Gilgamesh - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

This figure and a formerly wild man defeat the guardian of the Cedar Forest, Humbaba, and chop down its sacred tree. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this God-King of Uruk who adventures with his bro Enkidu in an eponymous Sumerian epic.

ANSWER: Gilgamesh [or Gilgameš or Bilgames; accept The Epic of Gilgamesh]

[10h] After the destruction of the Sacred Cedar, the love goddess Ishtar sent this creature to punish Gilgamesh for rebuking her advances. Anu and Shamash cause Enkidu to fall sick after he and Gilgamesh slay this creature.

ANSWER: Bull of Heaven [prompt on the bull]

[10m] Later in the epic, Gilgamesh becomes obsessed with gaining this trait. Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh about a herb at the bottom of the ocean that grants this trait, but a snake eats it once Gilgamesh washes up on shore.

ANSWER: immortality [accept eternal life or living forever; accept becoming young or gaining youth; reject “invulnerability”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	22.22	89%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	21.67	100%	100%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	22.73	91%	100%	36%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	20.00	89%	100%	11%

Data


Claremont A	Claremont B	10	0	10	20
USC	Claremont C	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCSD	UCLA E	10	0	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
Cornell G	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
U of Rochester A	Binghamton B	10	0	10	20
Binghamton C	RIT B	10	0	10	20
Cornell C	Penn State	10	10	10	30
RIT C	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Cornell E	10	10	10	30
ESF	Cornell A	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Syracuse	10	0	10	20
Cornell F	U of Rochester B	10	0	10	20
SIUE	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Iowa B	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Illinois A	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Illinois D	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame A	Indiana	10	0	10	20
Purdue C	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	WashU A	10	0	10	20
Northwestern A	WashU B	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Notre Dame C	10	0	10	20
Fordham A	Bard A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	Lehigh A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Penn B	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Princeton A	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Penn A	10	0	10	20
Columbia B	NYU B	10	10	10	30
CWRU C	West Virginia B	10	10	10	30
Miami C	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Miami A	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan State B	Miami B	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Jefferson County Scholars	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
UW Gluttony	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
UBC B	UW Chastity	10	10	10	30
UW Envy	UBC A	10	0	10	20
UW Greed	Arizona State A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Belmont	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Furman	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	Emory Oxford	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	South Carolina B	10	0	10	20
Tennessee A	Southern	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
Liberty A	Appalachian State B	10	10	10	30
Appalachian State A	Duke B	10	0	10	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	0	10	20
UNC D	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Virginia	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
VCU	Tusculum	10	0	10	20
William & Mary	UNC B	10	0	10	20
UNC C	James Madison B	10	0	10	20
UNC A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	10	20
UW Sloth	UW Lust	10	0	10	20
Boise State	UW Wrath	10	0	10	20