Question
The oldest attested one of these places stored a holy object legendarily carried into the world by the celestial bull Srisok. The Story of Sanjan recounts how one of these places was moved and rebuilt in Gujarat near a famous “walking” mango tree. A padām is used to cover up mouths while in these places, which can be classified as Dadgah, Adaran, and Behram. These places are built near sources of “natural” water to facilitate the (*) haoma plant’s consecration during Ab-Zohr. In ancient times, these places’ centerpieces were rebuilt whenever a new shahanshah assumed the throne. In these buildings, the Avesta is read to honor Ahura Mazda. For 10 points, what houses of worship are named after their eternal flames in Zoroastrian beliefs? ■END■
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 108.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 50% | 104.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 33% | 100.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | N | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 74.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | N | 5 | 80% | 0% | 60% | 112.75 |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | N | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 100.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | N | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 120.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | N | 4 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 111.00 |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | N | 1 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 42.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Akshay Seetharam | Claremont | ALCU | 60 | -5 |
Parth Jagtap | Toronto B | Toronto Disband the Club 2k24 | 63 | 15 |
Sky Li | Toronto A | Waterloo Aspidistra | 74 | -5 |
Ned Tagtmeier | Chicago A | Illinois Blue | 74 | -5 |
Jay Kim | Chicago B | Purdue A | 75 | 15 |
Justine French | U[C]SD | Jason et al. | 79 | 10 |
Kevin Le | Carleton A | McMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii | 95 | 10 |
Owyn Noble | Purdue B | SIUE | 95 | -5 |
Sam McNamee | Notre Dame | Illinois Orange | 96 | 10 |
Joey Sun | Toronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha | Toronto Metropolitan A | 98 | 10 |
Nick Edwards | McGill A | Waterloo Cloze | 102 | 10 |
Micah Colman | Waterloo Basic | Ottawa Absolomabsolomabsolom | 109 | -5 |
Shardul Parthsarathy | Illinois Blue | Chicago A | 122 | 10 |
Josh Xu | ALCU | Claremont | 122 | 10 |
Michael Du | Waterloo Aspidistra | Toronto A | 123 | 10 |
James Wang | Ottawa Absolomabsolomabsolom | Waterloo Basic | 123 | 10 |
Logan Mathis | SIUE | Purdue B | 123 | 10 |
Ian Tullis | Anderson et al. | SGV Ventures | 123 | 10 |