Packet 10: Bonus 11
Italian masons imported this technique from North African architects to create the black-and-white facade of the Amalfi Cathedral. For 10 points each:
[10h] Arabic architects derived what technique from the Byzantine technique of opus mixtum? This technique, whose name means “piebald,” consists of laying alternating rows of light and dark stones.
ANSWER: ablaq [prompt on particolored]
[10e] A Mosque-Cathedral in this country uses ablaq to create a sense of “scintillation” in its hypostyle hall. Nasrid architecture from this country includes the Alhambra.
ANSWER: Spain [or Kingdom of Spain or Reino de España]
[10m] An architect with this given name imported the ablaq technique to decorate the cemetery garden of the Fâtih Mosque. Another architect with this given name designed the Süleymaniye and Selimiye Mosques.
ANSWER: Sinan [accept Mimar Sinan or Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ; accept Atik Sinan or Âzadlı Sinân]
<KN, Other Visual Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 11.05 | 100% | 11% | 0% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |