According to a Michael Gomez history of “dominion,” an early merchant empire named for this city was the first city-state in its region. Several Zaghe dynasty kings of this city with Muslim loan names appear on Spanish-produced stelae at its site of Sarneh. Kukiya and this city were the bases of the Za dynasty. Rulers from this city established the rump state of (*) Dendi. This city was looted by Judar Pasha after a planned cattle stampede was disrupted by gunfire during the Battle of Tondibi. In this city, a ruler used materials gathered on Hajj to construct a mud pyramid of protruding sticks as a tomb. This city was the capital of an empire ruled by Sunni Ali and Askia the Great. For 10 points, name this city on the River Niger, the first capital of the Songhai Empire. ■END■
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford | 10/25/25 | Y | 4 | 25% | 0% | 75% | 68.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern | 10/25/25 | Y | 4 | 50% | 0% | 75% | 120.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn) | 11/01/25 | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 50% | 103.60 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - BU | 11/01/25 | Y | 4 | 50% | 0% | 75% | 139.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU | 11/01/25 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 136.33 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - UNC | 11/01/25 | Y | 3 | 33% | 0% | 67% | 83.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - WashU | 11/01/25 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 75.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa | 11/01/25 | Y | 7 | 71% | 0% | 86% | 118.20 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - UK | 11/01/25 | Y | 8 | 63% | 0% | 75% | 112.60 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Online | 11/08/25 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 72.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State | 11/08/25 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 100% | 139.00 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Patel | Of Mice and Penn | The Bit and the Penndulum | 65 | 10 |
| Abigail Tan | Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli | Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh | 77 | -5 |
| Ted Warner | Bristold | Knorr Stock Clue | 77 | -5 |
| Daoud Jackson | To buzz is to be perceived | 1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail | 84 | -5 |
| Omer Keskin | Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance | Galactic Ombudsmen | 89 | 10 |
| Jacob Price | why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it | Hail to the Sheaf | 89 | -5 |
| Ewan MacAulay | Washed Scrubs | Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins | 105 | -5 |
| Philip Jordan | Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins | Washed Scrubs | 117 | 0 |
| Aaron Storr | 1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail | To buzz is to be perceived | 131 | 10 |
| Daniel Bloom | Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh | Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli | 139 | 10 |
| Oliver Hargrave | Hail to the Sheaf | why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it | 139 | 0 |
| Kai Madgwick | Knorr Stock Clue | Bristold | 139 | 10 |
| Oscar O’Flanagan | Chimp Brisket | Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament | 139 | 0 |