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Two answers required. One of these two powers constructed “the Beauteous Fortress” during a campaign in which Marshal de Boucicaut (“boo-see-COH”) aided the other. One of these empires tried to form an alliance with the Ilkhanate ruler Mahmud Ghazan to fight the other after the Battle of Bapheus. (10[1])Fighting between these two empires (10[1]-5[1])destroyed the Hexamilion wall. During an incident between these two empires, one of them refused to follow John Kantakouzenos’s orders (10[1])by continuing to settle Gallipoli. An emperor (10[1])supposedly turned to marble (10[1])after a siege between these two empires that caused the fall of the Paleologos (10[1])dynasty. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, what two empires fought each other during the 1453 siege of Constantinople? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Byzantine Empire AND Ottoman Empire [accept Eastern Roman Empire in place of “Byzantine Empire”; accept Turkish Empire or Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye in place of “Ottoman Empire”; accept Byzantine–Ottoman Wars; reject answers that mention “Roman Empire” alone or “Roman Republic”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ted WarnerBristol AOxford A4610
Justin LeeImperial AOxford B5110
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AWarwick B51-5
Greg MilesEdinburghManchester7110
Henry JamesonLSE BBristol B7810
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AImperial B8210
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CBirmingham9610
Alessandro d'AttanasioCambridge DWarwick A9710
Tom HainesDurham ACambridge B9810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltDurham B11210
Josh HowarthWarwick BSouthampton A11310