Phoenician - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This script’s phonetic nature made it relatively easy to learn, unlike scripts such as cuneiform which required professional training. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this script, which likely developed around the city of Byblos in modern-day Lebanon. The Greek alphabet is derived from this earlier script.

ANSWER: Phoenician [accept Phoenician script or the Phoenician alphabet]

[10e] The Phoenician alphabet’s simplicity also helped it become more popular than this formal Egyptian writing system. This writing appears with demotic script and Greek on the Rosetta Stone.

ANSWER: hieroglyphs [or hieroglyphic script; accept hieratic]

[10h] Phoenician is an abjad, meaning that its letters all represent consonants, much like the script used for this language. This Semitic language was most likely used by Jesus of Nazareth for his teachings.

ANSWER: Aramaic

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	26.67	100%	89%	78%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	22.86	100%	71%	57%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	23.33	100%	83%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	56%	78%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	25.71	100%	86%	71%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	10	24.00	100%	70%	70%

Data


CWRU A (UG)	Miami A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Miami B (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State B	CWRU C (UG)	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Michigan A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Michigan D (UG)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
West Virginia B (UG)	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
UW Chastity	Alberta	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
UBC A	UBC B	0	10	10	20
UW Greed	UW Gluttony	10	10	0	20
UW Envy	UW Lust	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	UW Pride	10	10	10	30
UW Sloth	Boise State	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Belmont	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Furman	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Emory Oxford	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee B	Southern	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	Appalachian State B	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	Duke A	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
Duke B	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
NC State	William & Mary	10	10	0	20
UNC A	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
UNC C	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
UNC D	Virginia	0	10	10	20
VCU	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Rowan A (DII)	Bard A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Columbia A (UG)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland A (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Princeton A (UG)	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Illinois D	10	10	10	30
WashU A	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
WashU B	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
Iowa B	SIUE	10	10	0	20
Michigan B (UG)	Ohio State B (DII)	10	10	10	30
West Virginia A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	10	30