Virgo - 2024 ARGOS - Buzzpoints App

Question

Poisonous-blooded women called vishkanya are born when the sun is in the nakshatra of Chitra, which corresponds to this constellation’s star Spica. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this largest constellation in the Zodiac, which Hindu astrologists called Kanya. Greeks and Romans also identified this constellation as a young woman.

ANSWER: Virgo [accept Parthenos]

[10h] This Greek deity left humanity during the Iron Age, becoming the constellation Virgo. Virgo's proximity to Libra reflects this goddess's association with Dike.

ANSWER: Astraea [or Astrea; or Astraia; or Astrea; or Austraa; prompt on Justitia or Iustitia by asking "What is this deity's Greek name?"]

[10m] Virgo is depicted in Plate 21 of a popular set of plagiarized star chart cards titled the Mirror of this”heavenly” muse, who is often crowned with star since she is the muse of astronomy.

ANSWER: Urania [or Ourania; or Rania; accept Urania's Mirror; or, a view of the Heavens]

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Summary


2024 ARGOS @ Chicago	11/23/2024	Y	6	18.33	83%	67%	33%
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College	12/14/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia	11/23/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster	11/17/2024	Y	5	16.00	80%	80%	0%
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford	02/22/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis	03/22/2025	N	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ARGOS Online	03/22/2025	N	3	6.67	0%	67%	0%

Data


WashU	BHSU Rebirth	10	10	10	30
Northeast by Northwestern	Clown Squad	10	10	10	30
Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?	Music to Help You Stop Smoking	10	0	10	20
hawk two of	Notre Dame	0	0	10	10
That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days	Clown Senpais	10	0	0	10
The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)	BHSU ReFantazio	10	0	0	10
Cambridge	Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz	10	0	0	10
Cien Años de Quizboledad	Limp Franceskit	10	10	10	30
Defying Suavity	Simple Vibes	10	0	10	20
12 Litres of Green Tea	Walston et. al.	10	10	0	20
NJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)	Cope is the thing with feathers	10	0	0	10
just one more half-dot bro	jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club	10	0	0	10
She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere	Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers	0	0	0	0
Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken	Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country	10	0	10	20
Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut	The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange	10	0	10	20
You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit	I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up	10	0	10	20
as rational as the square root of two power bottoms	Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha	10	0	10	20
Cry of the Common Loon	Berkeley	10	0	10	20
Where are the ACF Nationals recordings?	Stanford+	10	0	10	20
A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs	number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku	10	0	10	20