Question

The inscription “It is improper to boil a head here” appears in a Berenike shrine named for these animals, where these animals were ritually decapitated. The inability to easily raise these animals in captivity led priests to scam peasants using rag bundles made to resemble their mummified remains; those remains, along with ibises, were stacked in clay pots found inside the Saqqaran (-5[1])catacombs. (-5[1])The serekh is typically surmounted by this animal whose head (15[1])tops the intestine-containing (*) canopic jar guarded by Serqet, which represents Qebehsenuef (“keh-beh-seh-NOO-eff”). The city of Nekhen, or Hierakonpolis, is (10[1])alternatively named for this animal that is depicted binding a foe’s head above a set of papyrus plants on the Narmer Palette. A god most commonly depicted with this animal’s head rides the solar barque across (10[1])the sky. For 10 points, name this sacred animal of Horus. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: falcons [accept hawks; accept Horus falcon; prompt on birds of prey]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BWarwick61-5
Kai MadgwickDurhamOxford62-5
Enoch YuenImperial ABristol7215
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AEdinburgh9010
Ben LaFondCambridge BBirmingham12610
Dillon PatelWarwickImperial B1380
Schuyler ColfaxOxfordDurham13810

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY450%0%75%137.50
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%50%135.50
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY580%20%40%106.50
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%67%138.00
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%100%137.67
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%0%33%138.00
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%0%100%137.67