Question

The Minoan Genius is thought to have been derived from this earlier goddess, who by the Middle Kingdom had largely subsumed the similar, earlier apotropaic deities Ipet, Reret, and Hedjet. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this protective household goddess, omnipresent in ancient Egypt, who was generally depicted as a feline-limbed, long-breasted, bipedal hippopotamus.
ANSWER: Taweret [accept Taut or Tuart or Taurt; accept Thoeris or Taoris]
[10e] Taweret also has the tail of one of these Nile-dwelling reptiles, which were especially sacred to the god Sobek.
ANSWER: (Nile) crocodiles [or Crocodylus niloticus; accept West African crocodile(s) or desert crocodiles or sacred crocodiles; accept Crocodylus suchus; reject “alligator(s)” or similar]
[10h] Taweret's titles included “mistress of” this entity, which was represented by the hieroglyph akhet. Ra and Horus were sometimes merged into Ra-Horakhty, a sky god whose name means “Ra, who is the Horus of” two of these things.
ANSWER: horizons
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2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y313.33100%33%0%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y313.33100%33%0%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y613.33100%33%0%
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y415.00100%50%0%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y215.00100%50%0%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y210.00100%0%0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y316.67100%33%33%

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Berkeley A[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]1010020
Stanford AIt's Joever010010
Stanford BBerkeley B010010
Maryland AFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them010010
Rutgers DiasporaMaryland B+1010020
Glass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs010010
IllinoisAmartya Senpai Notice Me010010
Brownstein et al.Mojo Shojo1010020
OSUChicago A1010020
MichiganWUSTL010010
NorthwesternEpic Games010010
Purdue University Fightin' Hadrien DavidsChicago B+010010
Cornell B-Cornell C++010010
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq010010
Houston and friendsWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU1010020
Hutto HipposThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B1010020
Magisters LudiBroken Imperial Nomads010010
Oxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov1010020
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleMilan et al.010010
The Vulture's Guide to BuzzThe Passion According to C.H.010010
Columbia BUG Championship Players (and Mazin)010010
meet the new weird, same as the old weirdWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again10101030
Olmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft010010