conversion of the Hagia Sophia back to a mosque - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

Description acceptable. As part of this event, veils were placed over a mosaic of Mary and Jesus that had previously been uncovered by plaster in 1934. For 10 points each:

[10m] Identify this 2020 event that reversed the secularization of a museum that was earlier restored by the Fossati brothers.

ANSWER: conversion of the Hagia Sophia back to a mosque [or equivalent descriptions of the Hagia Sophia being reverted to a mosque; accept creation of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque or creation of the Ayasofya Camii or equivalents; prompt on conversion of the Hagia Sophia or equivalents by asking “into what?”]

[10h] Whereas other symbols have been covered in carpet, this large marble square on the Hagia Sophia’s floor has not. Byzantine emperors were crowned on this artwork that contains 30 different circles.

ANSWER: Omphalion [prompt on navel; prompt on omphalos]

[10e] Turkey’s control over the Hagia Sophia is debated since it is one of these sites identified by UNESCO (“yoo-NESS-ko”) as being of “outstanding value to humanity.”

ANSWER: World Heritage Sites [or World Heritage Sites]

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Summary


2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	20	19.50	100%	95%	0%

Data


Northwestern A	Claremont A	10	10	20
Cornell A	Imperial A	0	10	10
WUSTL A	Yale B	10	10	20
Chicago B	Iowa State A	10	10	20
Chicago C	MIT A	10	10	20
Purdue A	Columbia B	10	10	20
Florida A	South Carolina A	10	10	20
NYU A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	20
Virginia A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	20
Chicago A	Minnesota A	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Texas A	10	10	20
Florida B	Penn State A	10	10	20
Harvard A	Rutgers A	10	10	20
Rutgers B	WUSTL B	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Houston A	10	10	20
Stanford A	Cornell B	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Illinois A	10	10	20
Michigan A	Duke A	10	10	20
Indiana A	Toronto A	10	10	20
UC Berkeley B	McGill A	10	10	20