Packet 8: Bonus 1
Answer the following about Nader Shah. For 10 points each:
[10h] During his sack of Delhi, Nader Shah looted the Peacock Throne, from which he took this gemstone which was later set in the crown of Queen Elizabeth.
ANSWER: Koh-i-Noor diamond
[10m] Nader Shah overthrew the Safavid Empire, which, along with the Mughals and Ottomans, made up this group of three Islamic empires that Marshall Hodgson named for a substance traded on the Silk Road.
ANSWER: gunpowder empires
[10e] Nader Shah and the Safavids both ruled from this modern-day country, whose final Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.
ANSWER: Iran [or Islamic Republic of Iran; accept Safavid Iran; accept Afsharid Iran]
<World History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 15.00 | 81% | 42% | 27% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 10.00 | 69% | 25% | 6% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 28.00 | 100% | 80% | 100% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |