Question

Two answers required. One of these cities agreed to partition the other city’s lands with Louis XII in the Treaty of Blois (“blwah”). A treaty between these two cities that set their border at the Adda River established forty years of peace through the Most Holy League. Pope Alexander VI arranged an alliance named for one of these cities (10[1])after the other invited Charles VIII to invaded Naples. Thirty years of war between these two cities ended with the Treaty of Lodi. (10[1])One of these cities was granted to Francis I after (-5[1])the War of the League of Cambrai, which began as a coalition against the other. (10[1])A condottiero conspired with one of these city’s Council of Ten to betray the other city’s Ambrosian Republic found after the end of Visconti rule. (-5[1])For 10 points, name these (10[1])cities ruled respectively by doges (-5[1])of the Dandolo (-5[1])family and dukes of the Sforza family. ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Venice AND Milan [accept Venezia in place of “Venice”; accept Milano in place of “Milan”]
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Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y333%0%67%99.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y683%0%33%126.80
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%137.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%122.17
North2025-02-01Y367%0%67%111.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%60%123.50
Overflow2025-02-01Y475%0%100%151.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%124.50
South Central2025-02-01Y250%0%100%151.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%25%134.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y978%0%44%118.57
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%141.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William BrokerHaverford BGeorge Washington A5710
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia CJohn Jay College8010
Vikshar AthreyaRutgers APenn A90-5
Patrick TorreMaryland AJohns Hopkins A10510
Saketh DontarajuNYU ACornell B130-5
William OrrYale AColumbia B13510
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BNYU B140-5
Gus VanskikeMaryland BVassar A143-5
Nathan ZhangCornell BNYU A1510
Arjun BothraHaverford APenn B15110
Sam MacchiVassar AMaryland B15110
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BGeorge Washington B1510
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ARutgers A15110