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
Jaskaran SinghRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillTeam Name Think Detail13510
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)13510