Question
The War of Saint Sabas was fought between Genoa and Venice for control of this city. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city in the Kingdom of Jerusalem where an epidemic killed Sibylla during a siege by her husband, Guy de Lusignan (“GHEE deh LOO-zin-yon”). The Knights Hospitallers relocated from this city to Cyprus after it fell to the Mamluks in 1291.
ANSWER: Acre [or ʻAkkā or ʻAkō; or Saint-Jean d’Acre; accept Siege of Acre or Fall of Acre]
[10h] The War of Saint Sabas was focused on Acre’s harbor, which was guarded by a structure called the “Tower of” these animals. The Crusaders so named the tower because they mistook Acre for Ekron, where a god apparently named for these animals was once worshiped.
ANSWER: flies [or fly or muscae or mouches; accept “Tower of the Flies” or Turris Muscarum; accept fleas or“Tower of the Fleas”; prompt on Beelzebub, Beelzebul, Belzebuth, Baal Zevuv, or Ba’al-zəbûl by asking “he and the god of Ekron he has been linked to were ascribed power over what animals?”] (“Beelzebub” may derive from a name meaning “lord of the flies.”)
[10e] Participants in the Third Crusade, who were at that point principally led by this king of England, helped Guy de Lusignan take Acre.
ANSWER: Richard I [or Richard the Lionhearted; or Richard Coeur de Lion; prompt on Richard or Plantagenet]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WUSTL B | Yale B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |