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

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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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

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aum MundheRutgers APenn A31-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU ACornell B53-5
William OrrYale AColumbia B70-5
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia CJohn Jay College10310
Isaac MammelMaryland AJohns Hopkins A10510
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BGeorge Washington B11410
Leonard CastinePenn BHaverford A13010
William GrogerColumbia BYale A13210
Nathan ZhangCornell BNYU A13210
Daniel KimMaryland BVassar A13210
Sasha WertimeHaverford BGeorge Washington A13210
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ARutgers A13210