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
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | DeWitt B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Coldwater | New Buffalo B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DeWitt A | Grand Ledge | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Williamston | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Detroit Catholic Central C | Utica Academy | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Country Day A | Okemos B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Traverse City Central A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy C | Detroit Country Day B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hillsdale Academy D | Troy A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Holt | Hillsdale Academy B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| New Boston Huron | Traverse City Central B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Buffalo A | Rockford B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Okemos A | Detroit Catholic Central B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rockford A | White Cloud A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Taylor | White Cloud B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| U of D Jesuit | Troy B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
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% |