Vilokan - 2024 PLAYTIME - Buzzpoints App

Question

Unlike the elevated status of holy realms in many religions, this realm is considered to be far below earth inside a sphere made of inverted halves of a gourd. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this realm whose inhabitants are worshiped by priests who use cornmeal to draw vèvès. Its inhabitants are summoned by the shaking of the sacred ason rattle.

ANSWER: Vilokan

[10m] Vilokan is the realm of these spirits, who are divided into nanchons like the Rada. Crossroads are associated with one of these beings typically depicted in a tuxedo and top hat.

ANSWER: lwas [or loas; accept Rada lwas or Rada loas]

[10e] Priests called houngans and mambos revere Vilokan-dwelling lwas like Baron Samedi in this syncretic Haitian religion influenced by beliefs of the African diaspora.

ANSWER: Haitian Voodoo [or Vodou or Vodun or Voudon]

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%

Data


Michigan B	Michigan C	10	10	20
Michigan A	Oberlin	10	10	20
Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Ohio State C	10	10	20
girl 15 whale i mean they	UCSD	0	10	10
Billy's Bastion	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	10	10	20
Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	Too much from you lately	10	10	20
UCSB	Art of Premature Signaling	0	10	10
Claremont A	Caltech	0	10	10
Claremont B	UCLA A	0	10	10
P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	UCLA B	10	10	20
Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	10	10	20
Belmont	BU	10	10	20
Brown	Brandeis	0	10	10
Harvard	RIT	10	10	20
Lexington	MIT	10	10	20
Ohio State D	Michigan D	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	George Washington	0	10	10
Georgetown	Haverford B	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	George Mason C	10	10	20
Maryland A	Catholic University of America	10	10	20
NYU A	NYU C	10	10	20
UW B	Arizona State University A	10	10	20
Arizona State University B	South Dakota School of Mines	10	10	20
Alberta	UW A	10	10	20
Washington Connections	Carleton	0	10	10
Rutgers	CWRU	0	10	10
George Mason A	Maryland B	0	10	10
George Mason B	NYU B	0	10	10
we need new names	Auburn 2026	10	10	20
Egypt Airlines Haters	Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	10	10	20
Four Generalists in Search of a Power	Gruh	10	10	20
Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	evil women enjoyers	10	10	20
Lancaster	Imperial B	0	10	10
Sheffield C	Sheffield B	0	10	10
Warwick A	Manchester	0	10	10
Warwick B	Warwick C	10	10	20
McGill A	Waterloo C	10	10	20
Ottawa A	Toronto E	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Toronto A	0	10	10
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto D	0	10	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Mac A	10	10	20
Guelph	UBC	0	10	10
Simon Fraser	Waterloo B	0	10	10
Birmingham	Cambridge	0	10	10
Edinburgh	Imperial A	10	10	20
LSE	Sheffield	10	10	20
Somehow Paula Deen Returned	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	10	10	20
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Even in Blacksburg There I Am	10	10	20
4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	Master and Margaritaville	10	10	20
Missouri	Iowa State	10	10	20
Chicago B	SIUE	0	10	10
Chicago A	Truman State	10	10	20
WashU Bulbasaur	Illinois A	10	10	20
WashU Charmander	Illinois C	10	10	20
WashU Squirtle	Illinois B	10	10	20
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	Free Agents 1	10	10	20
2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	Goober Gang	0	10	10
Illinois Orange	Mahjonng Masters	10	10	20
Notre Dame + Epic Games	mongeese	10	10	20
MSJ	Quatumvirate	0	10	10