Round 7: Tossup 13

The captain of a voyage sponsored by this king sent him a letter preserved in the Cèllere Codex. This king forced a university to retract its condemnation of the theological tract Mirror of the Sinful Soul. Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto’s appeals did not prevent this king’s forces from massacring Waldensians at Mérindol. Hayreddin Barbarossa gifted this ruler a lion during a diplomatic visit reciprocated by Antonio Rincon and Jean de la Forêt (10[1]-5[1])(“fo-RAY”). This brother of Marguerite de Navarre acquired the Mona Lisa after Leonardo’s death. (-5[1])This king allied with Suleiman the Magnificent and met Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold as (10[1])part of his rivalry with another ruler who captured him at the Battle of Pavia. For 10 points, name this Valois (“val-WAH”) king of France who feuded with Charles V. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Francis I [or François I (“fran-SWAH prum-YAY”); prompt on Francis or François]
<Rutgers A, European History> | Packet G - McMaster A, Notre Dame C, Rutgers A, NYU A
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site367%33%57.00
California (South)Main Site4100%0%90.25
CanadaMain Site1182%36%102.67
FloridaMain Site3100%33%101.00
Great LakesMain Site580%20%103.50
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site967%22%102.00
MidwestMain Site863%25%90.80
NortheastMain Site683%17%84.20
OverflowMain Site450%50%86.50
South CentralMain Site2100%0%104.00
SoutheastMain Site850%0%96.00
UKMain Site1275%42%101.78
Upstate NYMain Site425%25%85.00