Packet 4: Bonus 3
Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa’s history of people with this position is the earliest account of the miracle of Mokattam Mountain. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this title of the 10th-century reformer Abraham. Amr ibn al-As invited a holder of this position named Benjamin I back from exile, which had been forced by the governor Cyrus.
ANSWER: pope of Alexandria [or patriarch of Alexandria; or the bishop of Alexandria; accept descriptions of the pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church; accept the patriarch of the see of St. Mark; reject answers that describe the “Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria” or “Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria”]
[10m] Coptic arts and culture persisted after the Arab conquest as Old Cairo slowly merged with this Muslim settlement on the Nile. The Cairo Genizah is a trove of Jewish texts from this settlement’s Ben Ezra Synagogue.
ANSWER: Fustat [or al-Fusṭāṭ; or Fostat]
[10e] Coptic tradition has held that Pope Abraham converted this dynasty’s caliph al-Mu’izz. Many Copts held high positions in the state service of this caliphate, which claimed descent from Muhammad’s daughter.
ANSWER: Fatimids [or Fatimid Caliphate, Fatmid Empire, or al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya]
<Michigan, World History> | D. Prelims 4 - Toronto B + Harvard + Michigan + Minnesota
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 13.33 | 100% | 29% | 5% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Brown | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Bruin | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech A | Swarthmore | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Illinois A | Northwestern B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Pittsburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| MIT | Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| North Carolina | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Texas | WashU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | Stanford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Virginia | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Maryland B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 13.33 | 100% | 29% | 5% |