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The descendants of ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb are known as the “family of” this title, which honors the Somali clan founders Darod and Ishaak (“iss-HOCK”). For 10 points each:
[10e] What informal title of Arab tribal elders is claimed by the Al Nahyan family? It is still the common English word for emirs of Gulf states like Dubai.
ANSWER: sheikh (“shake”) [or variants of sheik, sheikha, shaykh, cheikh, şekh, or šejh; accept sheikhdom or mashīkhat; accept Al ash-Sheikh or Āl aš-Šaykh]
[10m] Raids by Sheikh Rahmah bin Jābir motivated this protectorate over Arabia’s so-called “Pirate Coast.” These sheikhdoms signed a maritime peace after Oman and British Bombay attacked Ras Al Khaimah’s (“rass al KYE-mah’s”) Wahhābi Al Qasimis (“al KAH-see-meez”).
ANSWER: Trucial States [or Trucial Coast, Trucial Oman, Trucial Arabia, Trucial Sheikhdoms, Al-Imārāt al-Mutaṣāliḥ, Al-Sāḥil al-Mutaṣāliḥ, or Al-Mashīkhat al-Mutaṣāliḥa; accept Perpetual Maritime Truce]
[10h] Abu Dhabi violated the truce when this tribe’s Āl Khalīfah family led an 1867 war against Qaṭar’s Al Thanis (“al THAH-neez”). Sheikh Nasr Al-Madhkur lost Bahrain after a 1783 invasion by this tribe, whose Al Sabah branch founded Kuwait in 1752.
ANSWER: Bani ‘Utbah (“bah-NEE OOT-bah”) [or Bani ‘Utûb, ‘Utbî, Benî ‘Utbe, Uttoobees, or Attoobees]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Arizona StateTexas100010
Berkeley AChicago D1010020
BrownClaremont Colleges010010
Chicago AGeorgia Tech1010020
Chicago CMcGill0000
Columbia AOttawa1010020
Columbia BToronto B100010
DukeWUSTL A100010
IndianaBerkeley B1010020
Iowa StateToronto A100010
MarylandStanford010010
Minnesota AIllinois0000
Minnesota BNYU100010
North Carolina BCornell A100010
PennPurdue100010
RutgersChicago B1010020
South CarolinaWUSTL B0000
VanderbiltTruman State100010
VirginiaFlorida0000
WaterlooMichigan1010020

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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y2011.0070%40%0%