Question
In this region, ordinary civilians trampled upon and spat on the corpse of the “admiral of admirals” Maion after he was assassinated by Matthew Bonellus. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this region ruled by the Hauteville dynasty. Charles of Anjou’s later rule over this region was overthrown in a revolt known as its namesake “Vespers.”
ANSWER: Sicily [or Sicilia; accept the Kingdom of Sicily; accept the Sicilian Vespers]
[10h] This historian documented the revolt of Matthew Bonellus against the Hauteville Dynasty. This man’s History of the Rulers of Sicily claims that William I kicked his son to death, earning him the epithet “the Bad.”
ANSWER: Hugo Falcandus
[10m] Hugo Falcandus’s history begins with the death of this ruler, William the Bad’s father. Matthew Bonellus’s revolt resulted in the destruction of the original atlas named for this ruler created by Muhammad al-Idrisi.
ANSWER: Roger II of Sicily [or Ruggero II; or Roger the Great; prompt on Roger or Ruggero; prompt on Tabula Rogeriana or The Book of Roger]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Berkeley | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cry of the Common Loon | Stanford+ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |