Question

This state destroyed image temples and mandated uniform religious art according to Mary Boyce’s influential “iconoclasm” thesis. A kingmaking priest of this state left an inscription bragging about wiping out religious minorities and executed a painter who evoked Jesus by entering a university city on a donkey. A colossal statue of a (-5[1])ruler of this state carved from a single limestone stalactite is identifiable by its crown and korymbos. The priests Tansar and (*) Kartir consolidated the official religion under this state’s (10[1])first rulers. In this state, rabbinical scholars at Sura and (10[1])Pumbedita (-5[1])published (-5[1])the Babylonian Talmud. This state, which crushed a proto-socialist heresy led by Mazdak, (10[1])backed (10[1])the Nestorian Church after Chalcedon in cities like Nisibis and Gundeshapur. For 10 points, magi completed the Avesta under Shapur II in what final (10[1])Zoroastrian empire of Persia? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Sassanid Empire [or Sasanian Empire or Eranshahr; prompt on the Neo-Persian Empire]
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y8100%0%38%114.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill51-5
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble8010
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!9010
Tracy MirkinThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubI would prefer not to91-5
Earthflax GeologybuzzerThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness92-5
Doug SimonsQuasicrystal SilenceDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too10510
Charles HangHang et al., Robert Browningwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp10610
Kenji Shimizuremembrance of lost timeThe Canadians13010
Richard YuI would prefer not toThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub13510
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)13510
Jaskaran SinghRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillTeam Name Think Detail13510