Question
Several hundred ceremonial jars that originated in this region were found at a site whose abundance of pottery sherds led it to be named the “Mother of Pots.” This region's supposed wealth is represented by a fictional chief who boils milk in one text. The longest hieroglyphic inscription depicts a battle in this region, which is the most northerly battle depicted at Medinet Habu. The title advisor of a ruler of this region returns to his homeland to die in The (*) Story of Sinuhe. Khor and Retjenu were Egyptian names for this original homeland of the Hyksos. The Amarna Letters show that this region's city-states were split between clients of Egypt and of Mitanni during the New Kingdom. Thutmose III won the oldest recorded battle near this region's city of Megiddo. For 10 points, name this region later identified with the biblical Promised Land. ■END■
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 137.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 123.67 |
2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 109.50 |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | N | 5 | 80% | 20% | 60% | 123.75 |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 128.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 126.33 |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 33% | 33% | 106.50 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Brendan Bethlehem | Cien Años de Quizboledad | Defying Suavity | 69 | 15 |
Hari Parameswaran | Cry of the Common Loon | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 76 | -5 |
Sinecio Morales | hawk two of | That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days | 83 | -5 |
Frances Hadley | Limp Franceskit | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | 86 | -5 |
Subhamitra Banerjee Roychoudhury | Clown Senpais | Clown Squad | 99 | 10 |
Justin Wytmar | Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus? | The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day) | 103 | 10 |
Hazel Depreist-Sullivan | NJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess) | jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club | 103 | -5 |
Will Alston | Walston et. al. | just one more half-dot bro | 112 | 10 |
Dylan Minarik | BHSU ReFantazio | WashU | 113 | -5 |
Tejas Raje | BHSU Rebirth | Music to Help You Stop Smoking | 124 | 10 |
Stephen Liu | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | Berkeley | 124 | -5 |
Jacob Puthipiroj | Northeast by Northwestern | Notre Dame | 127 | -5 |
Allan Lee | Stanford+ | A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | 130 | 10 |
Charles Hang | WashU | BHSU ReFantazio | 144 | 10 |
Zach Joseph | Notre Dame | Northeast by Northwestern | 144 | 10 |
William Houston | That Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days | hawk two of | 144 | 10 |
Arvin Borgahi | Cambridge | Simple Vibes | 144 | 10 |
Zosia Mikolajczuk | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | Limp Franceskit | 144 | 0 |
Ryan Rosenberg | Cope is the thing with feathers | 12 Litres of Green Tea | 144 | 0 |
Zaid Asif | 12 Litres of Green Tea | Cope is the thing with feathers | 144 | 0 |
Doug Simons | jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club | NJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess) | 144 | 10 |
Eve Fleisig | Berkeley | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 144 | 0 |
Vincent Du | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | Cry of the Common Loon | 144 | 10 |