playing board games - 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo

Question

Note to players: general answer acceptable. Bernardino de Sahagun described a type of this activity among the Aztecs which was interrupted by invocations to Macuilxochitl (ma-kweel-SHO-cheet) and named for the Nahuatl word for kidney beans. Records for an ancient type of this activity were thought to be lost before Irving Finkel tracked down practitioners among Jews from Kochi. Edward (-5[1])Burnett Tylor posited that an Aztec type of this activity called patolli derived from an Indian example due to the supposed presence of (*) elephants (10[1])on its equipment. A painting from the tomb of Nefertari shows her doing this action alone using an object with (10[1])30 squares. A popular type of this activity derives from the Indian chaturanga (chuh-tu-RUNG-uh) and uses a term derived from the Persian for “the king is dead.” For 10 points, describe this activity, examples of which include senet and (10[1])chess. ■END■

ANSWER: playing board games [accept chess or senet or the royal game of Ur; accept patolli before mention; prompt on games; prompt on dice games; prompt on gambling with “on what?”] (The elephants turned out to be tapirs.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Mattias Ehatamm	The Vulture's Guide to Buzz	Milan et al.	58	-5
Colin Veevers	Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style	Cameron et al.	82	10
Erik Christensen	The Passion According to C.H.	Parth et al.	102	10
Ian Chow	Milan et al.	The Vulture's Guide to Buzz	141	10

Summary


2023 BHSU @ Northwestern	02/25/2023	Y	6	100%	17%	17%	101.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland	03/11/2023	Y	3	100%	33%	0%	89.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley	03/18/2023	Y	3	100%	67%	33%	72.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield	04/15/2023	Y	2	100%	50%	0%	76.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo	04/15/2023	Y	3	100%	0%	33%	108.33