Mithras - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Worshippers of this god called themselves syndexioi (“syn-DEX-ee-oi”), or “united by the handshake.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this god whose worship was popular among Imperial Roman soldiers who met in underground temples. This bull-slaying god’s birthday was on December 25th, causing his cult to regularly come into conflict with Christianity.

ANSWER: Mithras [or Mithra; accept Mithraism]

[10e] In Mithraism, prayers to this celestial body were made thrice a day. The Roman cult of Sol Invictus worshipped this celestial body.

ANSWER: the sun

[10m] Mithras was inspired by Mithra, a deity from this religion. This religion’s adherents place dead bodies atop Towers of Silence for vultures to consume.

ANSWER: Zoroastrianism [or Zarathustrism; or Mazdayasna; or Magianism; or Mazdaism]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	75%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	71%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	92%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	20.00	90%	90%	20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	100%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	22.73	100%	82%	46%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	22.50	100%	88%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	7	18.57	71%	71%	43%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	21.54	100%	85%	31%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	24.29	100%	100%	43%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	10	10	20
UCSC	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	Claremont C	0	10	0	10
UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	Brock A	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Toronto A	10	10	0	20
Toronto C	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Toronto I	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Waterloo B	0	10	10	20
Waterloo C	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Florida Tech A	10	10	10	30
ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	0	10	10	20
South Florida A	Florida Tech B	0	10	0	10
UCF A	Florida A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	CWRU A	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Louisville B	10	10	10	30
Louisville C	Michigan State D	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	CWRU D	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	CWRU C	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	Louisville D	0	10	10	20
Ohio State D	Michigan State C	0	10	10	20
WVU A	WVU B	0	10	0	10
NCSU A	William & Mary A	10	10	10	30
Liberty B	NCSU B	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	Tusculum A	0	10	10	20
UNC A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
UNC B	UNC C	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
UNC D	Virginia Tech C	10	10	10	30
JMU A	William & Mary B	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	UCLA B	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UCSD A	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	USC A	0	10	0	10
McGill E	Carleton A	0	10	10	20
McGill A	McGill C	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Ottawa D	0	10	10	20
Ottawa A	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
Carleton B	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
George Mason C	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Princeton	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Vassar B	Rowan	0	10	0	10
Rutgers C	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Rutgers D	Penn	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Stony Brook	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
Illinois Canada	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Purdue D	Rose-Hulman A	0	10	10	20
WashU Grolars	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
Minnesota	Wisconsin B	0	10	10	20
St. Thomas	Macalester	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	USC B	0	10	10	20
Boston University B	Amherst B	0	10	10	20
Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Washington Atlantic	Alberta A	10	10	10	30
Washington Chum	Alberta B	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	10	10	10	30
Texas	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Washington State	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	0	10	10	20
Washington Coho	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Tulsa B	10	10	10	30
Kansas State B	Kansas State A	0	0	10	10
Murray State College A	Murray State College B	0	10	10	20
Nebraska A	Nebraska B	10	10	10	30
Nebraska C	Oklahoma	0	10	0	10
Harding	Rose State	0	0	0	0
Tulsa A	Central Oklahoma A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Chipola College	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	Montevallo	0	10	10	20
Sewanne	Clemson C	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Emory A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
MIT A	Brown B	10	10	10	30
Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	0	10
Amherst A	Tufts A	0	10	10	20
Vermont A	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Boston University A	UConn A	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Vermont B	10	10	10	30
Williams B	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Williams C	Dartmouth C	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh B	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Durham D	Edinburgh D	10	10	10	30
Durham A	Edinburgh C	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	10	10	10	30
Durham C	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
Southampton	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge E	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Cambridge D	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Birmingham	10	10	10	30
Imperial C	Bristol	0	10	10	20
LSE	Warwick	10	10	10	30
Imperial D	Oxford	0	10	10	20
Binghamton C	Rochester	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
ESF	RIT A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	RIT B	0	10	10	20