Packet 9: Bonus 19
While traveling up the Volga, the Arabic diplomat Ibn Fadlan recorded how these people’s women stored knives in shell-like brooches around their neck. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these people, who likely didn’t wear horned helmets as they ravaged Europe in the 9th and 10th centuries.
ANSWER: Vikings [accept Norsemen; accept Swedes or Danes; prompt on Scandinavians]
[10m] Blue and red silk robes from the grave of the Mammen Prince are evidence of a Viking craze for fashion from this empire. Two monks from this empire smuggled silkworms to Europe at the behest of an emperor opposed in the Nika Riots.
ANSWER: Byzantine Empire [or Byzantines; accept Byzantium; accept Eastern Roman Empire; prompt on the Roman Empire or Rome]
[10h] A leather harness called this group’s “bra” was worn over mail armor by men like Harald Hardrada. Vladimir the Great gifted this group of Vikings, which later became an elite cadre of bodyguards, to Basil II.
ANSWER: Varangian Guard [accept Varangian bra]
<European History — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 21.88 | 100% | 63% | 56% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | washed and braindead!!! | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | Quaker Oats | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| POA | Fremd Larpers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| ccny potato salad | (not so) Evil Empire | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| son toliver | Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 28.00 | 100% | 80% | 100% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |