possession - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

Description acceptable. This practice is likened to a priest becoming a horse and being mounted in the toque de santo ritual of Santería. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this practice, which usually begins in another religion when mambos ask Papa Legba to open his gates.

ANSWER: possession [or spirit possession; accept answers indicating someone being possessed by an orisha or by a spirit; accept a trance or being in a trance; accept descriptions of a spirit or ghost entering someone’s body]

[10e] People possessed by the lwa (“low-uh”) Ogoun may feel inclined to drink rum in rituals of this Haitian religion. Mistakenly, anthropologists once thought this religion used dolls.

ANSWER: Vodou [or Haitian Vodou]

[10m] A study of Moroccans in the Netherlands by Lim et al. suggested that schizophrenia and other mental disorders were commonly attributed to spirit possession by these creatures. The Qur’an states these creatures are made of smokeless fire.

ANSWER: jinn [or djinn or al-jinni or genies]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	18.57	100%	86%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%

Data


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