Packet 1: Bonus 14
Original language term required. The holding of two of these events, one held at Kaiping and the other organized by Ariq Böke, led to the Toluid Civil War. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these events, which required commanders like Muqali to pause campaigns and travel hundreds of miles to attend to elect a new Mongol Khan.
ANSWER: kurultai [or qurultai]
[10e] The kurultai at Kaiping chose this man, who won the Toluid Civil War but lost control of most of the Mongol Empire. This man also founded the Yuan dynasty.
ANSWER: Kublai Khan [or Setsen Khan; accept Emperor Shizu of Yuan]
[10h] Besides elections, the kurultai included demonstrations of this activity, in which the Chagatai royal Khutulun was an expert. According to the Secret History, Buri Boko and Belgutei were experts in this activity.
ANSWER: Mongolian wrestling [or bökh]
<EC, World History> | NAFTA-Packet-1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 19.02 | 98% | 63% | 29% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever | Dielectrical Materialism | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | MH |
| No Country for Old Quizzers | H Charlson's Washed Up Scrubs | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Vacuous Tortoise | Dour Straits | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |