Packet 1: Bonus 10
François-René de Chateaubriand (“frahn-SWAH reh-NAY duh sha-toh-bree-ON”) juxtaposed a declaration by Napoleon with this ruler’s self-declaration that he was the “hammer of the world.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this 5th-century CE ruler whose attributes were later co-opted by a chronicler of Matthias Corvinus who also characterized him as the “Scourge of God.”
ANSWER: Attila [or Attila the Hun]
[10m] In another justification of conquest with weapon-related ideology, Muhammad gave the title “Sword of God” to this general, a convert to Islam who won the Battle of Yarmouk.
ANSWER: Khalid ibn al-Walid [accept Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī]
[10h] This term was used in Hellenistic historiography for land acquired by force, like Ptolemy’s holding of Egypt before the Partition of Triparadeisos (“tri-pa-ra-DAY-soss”). Diodorus said that after Alexander IV’s death, the Successors held territory as kingdoms described by this term.
ANSWER: spear-won [or doryktetos or doríktētos; accept equivalents like won by the spear; accept spear-won land or doryktetos khora; accept spear-taken or doryalōtos]
<Editors, Other History> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 15.45 | 100% | 41% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Chicago A | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgetown | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | Stanford A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina | UCF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern A | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Pittsburgh | Cornell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Purdue | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Toronto B | Bruin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley B | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Swarthmore | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 22 | 15.45 | 100% | 41% | 14% |