Question

In Kurdish folklore, a hero who receives these objects for killing a snake later uses them as payment to travel to a distant land. One of these objects is used to get advice on using the twig of a tamarisk tree for an arrow to blind and kill Esfandiyar after a long battle. One of these objects is symbolic of Shu’s lightness and emptiness. After reaching adulthood, (-5[1])Zal receives (*) three of these objects, (10[1])the first of which he burns to get advice on how to do a C-section. Red and gold examples of these objects are owned by a creature which, (-5[1])according to Herodotus, (10[1])appears every (10[1])500 years for a ritual involving encasing its father in myrrh. (-5[1])A group of forty-two judges are all depicted with one of these objects on their head that (-5[1])represents Ma’at. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])in the Egyptian (10[1])underworld, (-5[1])the hearts of the dead are weighed (10[1])against what (10[1])objects (10[2])deriving from an ostrich? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: feathers [accept ostrich feathers, Simurgh feathers, or phoenix feathers]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%103.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%105.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%0%100%154.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y4100%0%50%147.50
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%0%40%136.20

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford66-5
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge AImperial B7210
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CMississippi State100-5
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraWaterloo Basic10310
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIllinois Orange10510
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley Past116-5
Lucas JohnsWarwick ALSE B133-5
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertInnovation Academy B13510
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech C138-5
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech D14110
Rachel BenthamCambridge BImperial A142-5
Odysseas GabrielatosWarwick BLSE A14910
Robert BallantyneBristolSouthampton15110
Vinu HariharStanfordBerkeley A15210
Rahim DinaImperial ACambridge B15210
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley PastBerkeley B15610
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B15710
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy C15710
David WorleyLSE BWarwick A15710