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Question

This word is repeated in the title of a 9th-century laboratory book by the Persian scholar al-Rāzī that describes alchemical ways to produce materials like caustic soda. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this adjective that titles a semi-mythological biography of Genghis Khan, which is the oldest work of Mongol literature.

ANSWER: secret [accept the Secret of Secrets or Book of Secrets or Sirr al-Asrar; accept the Secret History or Secret History of the Mongols]

[10e] al-Rāzī is credited as the first physician to distinguish smallpox and this other infectious disease, whose modern vaccine is combined with ones for mumps and rubella in MMR.

ANSWER: measles

[10m] Centuries after al-Rāzī, this ruler’s grandson Ulugh Beg sponsored Persian scholars in several hospitals and observatories. This Turco-Mongol conqueror created several pyramids of skulls and walked with a limp.

ANSWER: Timur [or Tamerlane or Tamburlaine; or Timur the Lame or Timur Lenk or Timur-i Lang; or Temür Küregen or Timūr Gurkānī; accept Timurid Empire or Timurid dynasty or the Timurids or Gūrkāniyān]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	86%	71%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	50%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	21.00	100%	70%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	89%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
North	Main	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	88%	75%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	19.09	100%	82%	9%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

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UCSD B	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	UC Irvine	10	10	10	30
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	Claremont A	0	10	10	20
USC B	UCLA F	0	10	0	10
USC A	UCLA D	0	10	0	10