19th century - 2024 ACF Nationals

Question

Though its founder was born earlier, a movement in this century challenged clerical authority by claiming that a “Perfect Shī‘a” could commune with the Hidden Imam in the realm of hūrqalyā (“HOOR-kal-yah”). As recounted by Nabīl Zarandī (“nah-BEEL zuh-RAN-dee”), many members of that Shaykhī (“shaky”) movement from this century joined another movement whose key members included a female poet known as Táhirih (“TAH-hee-ruh”). In this century, the Ṣubḥ-i-Azal (“SOOB-hee-uh-ZAWL”) rejected a self-proclaimed successor (10[1])to that movement’s (10[1])founder, a merchant who declared the abrogation of prior religious law in the Bayán (“buh-YAHN”) and called his closest followers the “Letters of the Living.” (10[1])During this century, (10[2])the fulfillment of that man’s prophecies was declared in the (-5[1])Garden of Ridván. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])in what (10[1])century did a follower (10[1])of the Báb (-5[1])declare (10[1])himself (10[1])“He (10[1])Whom (-5[1])God Shall Make Manifest” to found (10[1])the Bahá’í (10[1])(“bah-HAH-ee”) faith? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: 19th century [or 19th century CE or 19th century AD; or 1800s; accept 1st Badí’ century or 1st Bábí century or 1st Bahá’í century until “Bahá’í” is read; accept 13th hijrī century or 1200s hijrī] (Nabīl Zarandī or “Nabíl-i A‘ẓam” wrote The Dawn-Breakers.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury	Michigan	Illinois	66	10
Matt Jackson	Chicago A	Indiana	69	10
Matthew Lehmann	WUSTL A	Stanford	93	10
Tegan Kapadia	Georgia Tech	Berkeley A	96	10
John Marvin	Chicago B	Minnesota A	96	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins	Northwestern	106	-5
Karthik Prasad	Cornell B	Berkeley B	109	10
Ashish Subramanian	Duke	Ottawa	109	10
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford	North Carolina A	Purdue	109	-5
Sky Li	Toronto A	Yale A	109	10
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Claremont Colleges	112	10
Owen Mimno	NYU	Brown	114	10
Fred Garvey	Truman State	Kentucky	118	10
Jack Oberman	South Carolina	North Carolina B	121	-5
Michael Du	Waterloo	Columbia A	122	10
Shiv Seshan	Chicago D	McGill	123	10
Raymond Wang	Cornell A	Texas	124	10
Liam Starnes	Chicago C	Minnesota B	125	-5
Hayden Prather	Florida	Yale B	131	10
Conor Thompson	Iowa State	Maryland	133	10
Urbas Ekka	Minnesota B	Chicago C	134	10
William Groger	Columbia B	Arizona State	135	10
Nikhil Chellam	Northwestern	Johns Hopkins	135	10
Quynh Phung	Purdue	North Carolina A	135	10
Andrew Hanna	Penn	Rutgers	135	10
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	WUSTL B	135	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 ACF Nationals	04/21/2024	Y	23	96%	0%	17%	115.14