Packet 9: Tossup 9

After winning the Battle of Merv, a holder of this title (-5[1])legendarily made a goblet out of Muhammad (-5[1])Shaybani's skull. (-5[1])On (15[1])behalf of a holder of (-5[1])this title, Robert Shirley (-5[1])reformed (15[1])an army containing (15[1])Ghulam and tofangchi (15[1])troops. (15[1])Haydar, (-5[1])the father of a holder of this title, (-5[1])defeated the “White Sheep” (0[1]-5[1])Turkomens while leading the red-hat wearing (*) Qizilbash. (10[1])Selim the Grim defeated (-5[1])a holder (-5[1])of this title (10[2])at the Battle of Chaldiran. (10[3]-5[1])A holder of this title named Ismail (-5[1])I (-5[1])moved the Safavid (10[1])capital (10[3])to Tehran. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this title (10[1]-5[1])traditionally (10[1])used by (-5[1])Iranian (10[2])rulers (10[2])like (10[1]-5[1])Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. (10[2])■END■ (10[11]0[3])

ANSWER: Shah [Accept Safavid Shah or Shah Ismail I or Shah Abbas I or Shah Abbas the Great or Shah of Iran or Shah of Persia; accept Shahanshah; prompt on Safavid ruler or Safavid Emperor by asking “what was the official title of Safavid rulers?”; prompt on King or King of kings or King of Persia or King of Iran by asking “what was their official title?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Terry TangMidnight Bus to VistaAlways Set the Kurve10-5
James O'ReillyTaman's Nepo BabiesWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience17-5
Darren KellisOstia OrcasThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days19-5
Vivaan KohliLambert BChattahoochee B2015
Edward KimJohns CreekInnovation B25-5
Shahar SchwartzAn even worse ideaArmand duplantis fan club29-5
Adhrit YadavLambert ANorthview B3015
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechI have no buzzer and I must neg3315
Sasha FillbrandtMountain Dew is BetterPC Chris Master Race3615
Mitch McCullarThey'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These DaysOstia Orcas3715
Benjamin WatsonThey fuck you up your buzz and negTed Offensive38-5
Skand ParvatikarLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceDon't Ever Take Sides Against the Family46-5
Neel JayaramanNew YorkTexas A50-5
Edgar HughesTed OffensiveThey fuck you up your buzz and neg500
Alex Mattson.Minnetonka AMinnetonka B5710
Michael FayerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooAlbanian Rift in the Sky61-5
Ritam Setu (St. Mark's)Texas BGeorgia A63-5
Anthony ZhaoBooz Allen InternsHoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish?6610
Pranavkrishna BharanidharanBella VistaRenert6610
Samrat Vibhuti (Challenger-Strawberry Park)CaliforniaGeorgia B7110
Tevin FrancisSouthamptonBirmingham B71-5
Anoop ValavojuNorthview AExhibition7110
Jeffrey WuBelmont AMansfield A7110
Lucas ZhangNorth CarolinaWashington78-5
Emery GehrkeBurnsvilleEden Prairie79-5
Aarya JoshiTexas ANew York8210
William TurnerBathCambridge8310
Will BartonSouthperialWarperial8310
Fionn QuinnGlebeNorthern8310
Hussain SaleemMartingroveCheese Sandwich85-5
Tejas SolaiInnovation AHoover8810
Ben HellmanMichael Touse-SquidJeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu91-5
Dhruva DevabhaltuniChattahoochee AMidtown9110
Niall KarunaratneArmand duplantis fan clubAn even worse idea9210
Lillian GonçalvesBurlington TrojansAbbey Park94-5
Maciej WojdyłaManchester AManchester B9510
Tom Morris-JonesBirmingham AOxford9510
Rick LineChimeraEdinburgh9610
Ben RichardsSheffield ASheffield B9610
Rohit RajaNot Just BikingThe Young Jits9710
Amory Kaufman-YoungProvidenceMinnetonka C97-5
Nathan Daniel (North Gwinnett)Georgia CKentucky10010
Nolan DannelsAlbanian Rift in the SkyBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo10010
Arnav Balijepalli (River Trail)Georgia ATexas B10110
Darsh MehrotraWashingtonNorth Carolina10110
Harvey WagstaffBirmingham BSouthampton10110
Shawn ArmstrongJeopardy Rejected Ibean BatutuMichael Touse-Squid10110
Sankalp AgrawalEden PrairieBurnsville10110
Van LeMinnetonka CProvidence10110
Kavineesh SenthilrajInnovation BJohns Creek10110
Willow BhargavaWaltham AMansfield B10110
Emily HoangAbbey ParkBurlington Trojans1010
Muye ChenCheese SandwichMartingrove1010
Sofia CastaldiAlways Set the KurveMidnight Bus to Vista10110
Sara NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearance1010
March DelfinWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceTaman's Nepo Babies10110
Nikola WuHeauton Timorumenoswhatever10110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%33%17%66.83
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%0%67%86.33
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓450%0%50%74.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓580%0%80%100.75
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%0%95.67
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%25%90.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓2100%0%0%86.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%0%60%91.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓888%38%50%66.00