Eleanor of Aquitaine - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

Walter Map's writings contributed to a "black legend" about this (0[1])non-Spanish ruler, which was later contradicted by "golden myths" promoted by Amy Kelly. This ruler was blamed for a defeat at Mount Cadmus during a campaign in support of Raymond of (20[1])Antioch. (20[1])This ruler (0[1])was put (0[1])under (0[1])house arrest after supporting (0[1])a rebellion (0[2])led (20[1])by Henry (0[1])the Young King. (0[1])During the Third Crusade, (20[1]0[2])Leopold (0[1])of (*) Austria captured this (0[3])ruler's (0[4])son, (0[6])after which she raised (10[1])ransom money. On the basis of (10[1])consanguinity, (10[1])this ruler annulled her marriage to Louis (10[1])VII (10[1])before marrying Henry II of England. (10[2])A "court of love" at Poitiers (10[1]0[1])("pwaht-YAY") was maintained by, for 10 points, what noblewoman (10[2])who hailed from southwestern France? (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[4])

ANSWER: Eleanor of Aquitaine [accept Aliénor d'Aquitaine or Éléonore d'Aquitaine; prompt on Eleanor]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson A	Westwood	9	0
Samin Asif	Seven Lakes	Georgetown Day	40	20
Edward Kim	Johns Creek	Strake Jesuit A	41	20
Daniel Sheffield	Belmont	Hinsdale Central A	43	0
Alvan Hossain	Lexington	Strake Jesuit B	45	0
Steven Zhao	Hinsdale Central A	Belmont	46	0
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Walker	50	0
Jeremy Kantsiper	Centennial B	Classen SAS	52	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Eastchester	52	0
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Richard Montgomery	53	20
Sean Harbison	West Point	Lambert B	55	0
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Detroit Catholic Central A	58	0
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Hunter A	62	0
Jaehyun Yi	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Lindbergh	62	20
Justin Rosentover	Montgomery Blair A	Park Tudor	62	0
Samuel Li	Thomas Jefferson D	Winston Churchill B	63	0
Haricharan "Hari" Veginati	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Northmont	67	0
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Montgomery Blair B	67	0
Adhrit Yadav	Lambert B	West Point	67	0
Samanyu Bhupalam	Innovation Academy B	Carl Sandburg	68	0
Darren Kellis	Milton	Centennial A	68	0
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	Saint Joseph	68	0
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Thomas Jefferson A	68	0
Anthony Pho	Carmel A	Carmel B	69	0
Lyn Redman	Northside College Prep	Downingtown STEM	69	0
Rajiv Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Kane County AT	69	0
Luke Whitehead	Lee's Summit	Okemos	69	0
Robert Young Jr	Page	Thomas Jefferson C	69	0
Alex Ewart	Strake Jesuit B	Lexington	69	0
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Walter Payton A	73	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Innovation Academy B	79	10
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Lincoln-Way East B	80	10
Ryan Sharp	Carmel B	Carmel A	87	10
John Szaukellis	Barrington	Uni School of Nashville B	88	10
Belle Li	North Quincy	White Pigeon	94	10
Parker Brathwaite	Thomas Jefferson E	Yukon A	94	10
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Centennial B	100	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	Edina	100	0
Jerry Huang	Thomas Jefferson C	Page	108	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Quince Orchard	108	10
Nico Bobis	Glenbrook South	Chattahoochee A	113	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Adlai E. Stevenson B	114	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Alabama Cyber Tech	114	10
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Milton	114	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Audrain County AT	114	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Northside College Prep	114	10
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Winston Churchill A	114	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Grosse Pointe South	114	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	Hunter B	114	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Fairfield County AT	114	0
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Montgomery Blair A	114	10
Yongle Xin	Montgomery Blair B	Parkway West	114	10
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Russell	114	0
Justin Jiang	Russell	Walter Payton B	114	0
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Thomas Jefferson D	114	0
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Detroit Catholic Central C	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	33	76%	12%	0%	95.80