Question
Aristotle claimed that when a snake bit this person, he bit the snake back and killed it. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this person whose improbable escapades include convincing a bull not to eat fava beans. This vegetarian philosopher came up with a tuning system by listening to the sounds of blacksmiths’ hammers.
ANSWER: Pythagoras of Samos
[10h] Herodotus recounts stories of this charlatan, a slave of Pythagoras turned Thracian “god” whose cult was established amongst the Getae after he faked his resurrection using an underground chamber. Protochronists celebrate Mircea Eliade’s analysis of this god as a monotheistic figure.
ANSWER: Zalmoxis [or Salmoxis, Zalmoxes, Zamolxis, Zamolxes, Zamolxe, or Samolxis; accept Gebeleizis]
[10m] Pythagoras convinced Abaris the Hyperborean that he was Apollo incarnate by showing off a golden one of these body parts. Pseudo-Apolladorus describes Typhon’s body as a writhing mass of vipers starting from this part down.
ANSWER: thighs [accept groin; accept testicles or common euphemisms; prompt on a leg]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
Data
| BHSU | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Evans Hall destruction awaiters | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| I would prefer not to | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | remembrance of lost time | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | In Search of Things Past | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Canadians | Quasicrystal Silence | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | Hang et al., Robert Browning | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |