Question

A courtyard on the west side of this structure has an iron chain suspended from its entrance to force anyone who enters on horseback to bow their head. Parts of this structure inspired by fauna include four pillars nicknamed “elephant feet” and chandeliers that, to ward off nesting spiders, contained ostrich eggs. This structure’s architect allegedly misheard the adjective “gold” as “six” when receiving (10[1])directions for the design of its towers, which was controversial since only one other such structure had that many towers. (10[1])The entire ceramics industry of Iznik was dedicated (-5[1])towards this (10[1])structure, which a teenage monarch built in the 1610s next (-5[1])to the Hippodrome to surpass the beauty of the (-5[1])Hagia Sophia. For 10 points, what place of worship in Istanbul is nicknamed for the color of its (10[1])tiles? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Blue Mosque [or Sultan Ahmed Mosque; or Sultan Ahmet Camii] (The mosque of the Kaaba was the only other mosque to have six minarets at the time of the Blue Mosque’s construction.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John MarvinChicago AChicago D6310
Danila KabotyanskiIndiana AWashU B8310
Liam StarnesChicago BIllinois B91-5
Charles HangWashU AIndiana B9310
Justin WytmarIllinois AChicago C103-5
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CMissouri112-5
Drew ScheinerMissouriIllinois C13010
Yash MandaviaIllinois BChicago B13210
Sam KonkelChicago CIllinois A13210

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%107.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%110.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%50%128.83
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%50%105.50
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%130.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%40%114.75
Overflow2025-02-01Y475%0%75%118.67
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%100%132.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%131.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%129.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y9100%0%33%123.56
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%83.33