As a diversion from the “Little War in Hungary,” this man used tiered cannon-fire to conquer the fortress of Koroni in the Morea. While “perpetual censor” of his homeland, this man instituted government by a set of 28 families, including the Greek-origin House of Cybo. In his old age, this man named his housecat after an enemy dubbed “the Drawn Sword of Islam,” whom he generously ransomed after his nephew Giannettino’s victory at Girolata. This man was made Prince of Melfi by Holy Roman Emperor (*) Charles V after betraying Francis I during the Siege of Naples. This man’s inaction may have caused the defeat of Holy League forces at the Battle of Preveza by the Ottoman corsair Hayreddin Barbarossa. For 10 points, a portrait by Bronzino depicts what Genoese admiral as Neptune? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 11 | 100% | 9% | 9% | 114.64 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 66 | 15 |
| Adrian Wong | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | BHSU X | 88 | 10 |
| Cooper Roh | Halifax Shipping Services | The RAND Coöperation | 100 | 10 |
| Akshar Goyal | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 115 | -5 |
| Lou Leere | Big is moving to Evanston! | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 121 | 10 |
| Andrew Ullsperger | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 123 | 10 |
| Charles Hang | It's not X, but... defenders | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 125 | 10 |
| Sam Macchi | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 125 | 10 |
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | Floridovician | 126 | 10 |
| Nathaniel Hull | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 126 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 129 | 10 |
| Doug Simons | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 132 | 10 |