Question
A ruler of this kingdom ordered all arrowheads fired towards his troops to be collected during a siege of Amsaka. This kingdom’s Duguwa dynasty came to power after subsuming the cities of the Sao civilization. A ruler of this kingdom legendarily opened a leather-bound mystical item called the mune, which Ibn Furtu equated to the Ark of the Covenant; that ruler was Dunama Dabbalemi. The rulers of Katsina were forced to send one hundred slaves to this kingdom’s capital at (*) Ngazargamu, whose ruins were visited by Heinrich Barth in the 1800s. Hummay established this kingdom’s Sayfawa dynasty, leading to the spread of Islam throughout this kingdom. This state’s mais, who were listed in the Girgam, included its greatest ruler Idris Alooma. For 10 points, name this West African empire based around Lake Chad. ■END■
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Du | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 19 | -5 |
| Erik Christensen | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 34 | 15 |
| Gareth Thorlakson | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 80 | 10 |
| Adil Haider | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | 129 | -5 |
| Henry Atkins | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 133 | 10 |
| Elijah Mandelbaum | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | 133 | 0 |
| Raymond Chen | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 133 | 0 |
| Ishan Joshi | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | 133 | 0 |
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 76.67 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 60% | 20% | 40% | 82.33 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 50% | 33% | 17% | 77.33 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 33% | 0% | 83.50 |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 84.67 |