cremation - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This practice, one of many legalized in Vatican II (“two”), was linked to increasing secularism by Alvin J. Schmidt. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this practice performed by the Romans after the removal of the os resectum, and prior to installment in a columbarium niche.

ANSWER: cremation [or burning the dead; or burning corpses]

[10m] This commodity, used to embalm corpses, was drunk by Jesus on the Cross according to Mark, rather than vinegar. The Magi brought this commodity, which “brings gathering gloom” in a popular Christmas carol, to the infant Jesus.

ANSWER: myrrh

[10e] According to Schmidt, unembalmed burial was historically the norm in the Christian world outside this region. Coptic Christians in this country continued to embalm and mummify their dead after converting, despite no longer worshipping Anubis.

ANSWER: Egypt [or Maṣr; accept Kēme or Kūmat or km.t (“kem-et”)]

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Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	13	18.46	100%	69%	15%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	50%	40%
South Central	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	88%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	23.75	100%	88%	50%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%

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UCI	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20
USC	UCSB	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	Claremont Scripps	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
Carleton	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	McGill A	0	10	10	20
McGill C	Queen's A	10	0	10	20
McMaster B	Guelph B	0	10	10	20
Ottawa	Toronto C	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	Western Ontario	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto D	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Waterloo	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Toronto J	0	10	10	20
Toronto H	Toronto K	0	10	10	20
James Madison	Virginia B	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	NC State	10	0	10	20
South Carolina B	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum	0	0	10	10
North Carolina C	Virginia Tech A	0	0	10	10
North Carolina B	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Rowan A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Lehigh A	0	10	10	20
Columbia C	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Rutgers C	Lehigh B	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Chicago D	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Louisville A	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
Michigan C	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Macalester A	10	10	10	30
Minnesota A	Macalester B	10	10	10	30
Minnesota B	St. Thomas	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Nebraska	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin	Minnesota C	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UCO	0	0	10	10
Tulsa	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
Ohio	Iowa	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
UTD A	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Alberta B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern C	UTD B	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Alabama B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Bruin A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Huntsville A	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Huntsville B	0	10	10	20
UAB A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Oxford B	10	10	10	30
Sheffield A	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Warwick A	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Indiana B	10	0	10	20