Question
After participants in this event crossed a river, a yellow ribbon was tied to their right hands and left legs. “Things done,” “things shown,” and “things said” made up this event’s “unrepeatables.” Participants in this event made dirty jokes in honor of Iambe during a procession along the Sacred Way. Ergot may have been in the drink of kykeon consumed in the Telesterion during this event. The “Lesser” of these events occurred in March, and the “Greater” of them in October. “An ear of (*) grain” was “cut in silence” during this event to honor the return of a goddess after she ate four pomegranate seeds. This event re-enacted the abduction of Persephone. For 10 points, name these enigmatic initiations held by the cult of Demeter. ■END■
ANSWER: Eleusinian Mysteries [or Eleusínia Mystḗria; prompt on mysteries before mention]
<Jaimie Carlson, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology> ~25803~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 34 | 56% | 6% | 0% | 113.68 |
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Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Ryan Zhang | Thomas Jefferson B | William Fremd | 49 | 0 |
Jonah Hubert | Dunbar | Woodland | 56 | 0 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | University Lab | 58 | 0 |
Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | St. Mark's | 59 | 0 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Belmont | 62 | 20 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Detroit Catholic Central A | 78 | 20 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Waukee | 85 | 0 |
Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Heights | 98 | 0 |
Kaushik Gollamudi | Barrington B | Carl Sandburg | 98 | 10 |
Michelle Luo | Johns Creek A | Canyon Crest | 103 | 10 |
Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Irvington A | 103 | 0 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Hinsdale Central | 104 | 0 |
Arnou Thammarak | New Brighton | Johns Creek B | 104 | 0 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Hoover B | 104 | 0 |
Aatreyo Bhattacharyya | Mira Loma | Maggie Walker A | 104 | 0 |
Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Northmont B | 104 | 0 |
Matthew Liu | Chattahoochee A | Parkway West | 104 | 0 |
Rohan Navaneetha | Solon | Richard Montgomery | 104 | 10 |
Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Thomas Jefferson D | 104 | 0 |
Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Lincoln-Way East | 104 | 0 |
Ulden Gao | Winston Churchill B | Walter Payton | 104 | 0 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Maggie Walker C | 104 | 0 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Mexico | 106 | 10 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Midtown | 106 | 0 |
Alex Crowell | Rockford Auburn A | Hunter A | 107 | 0 |
Grace Nuckolls | Washington | Saint Joseph | 107 | 0 |
Justin Yang | Norman | Norris | 108 | 0 |
Stella Broome | Maggie Walker B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 111 | 0 |
Kevin Peng | Winston Churchill A | Thomas Jefferson A | 117 | 10 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Dallas County | 119 | 10 |
Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Chattahoochee A | 124 | 0 |
Felix Sacks | Lincoln-Way East | Carbondale | 124 | 0 |
Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Winston Churchill B | 124 | 0 |
Sanjay Ranjith | Thomas Jefferson D | Stevenson A | 124 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Stevenson B | 124 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | New Brighton | 125 | 10 |
Eleanor Heydt | Midtown | Chattahoochee B | 125 | 0 |
Jiming Chen | Hinsdale Central | Winnebago | 125 | 0 |
Paul Samuel | Lake Highland | Hunter B | 125 | 0 |
Liam Reed | Maggie Walker C | Innovation Academy A | 125 | 10 |
Chris Goolsby | Detroit Catholic Central C | Maggie Walker B | 125 | 10 |
Brayden Ferrell | Heights | Thomas Jefferson C | 125 | 0 |
Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Lake Highland | 125 | 0 |
Pete Wasser | Norris | Norman | 125 | 0 |
Dominic Aiello | Detroit Catholic Central B | Rockford Auburn B | 125 | 10 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Northmont A | 125 | 10 |
Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Elkhorn North | 125 | 0 |
Vien Nguyen | Maggie Walker A | Mira Loma | 125 | 10 |
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | Hunter A | Rockford Auburn A | 125 | 10 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Plymouth | 125 | 0 |
Atharva Upadhye | Waukee | Innovation Academy B | 125 | 0 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Thomas Jefferson B | 125 | 10 |
Genevieve Lake | Saint Joseph | Washington | 125 | 0 |
Arnav Lahoti | St. Mark's | Detroit Country Day | 125 | 10 |