Question
While using one of these things, a man is reproached for vanity by the Queen of the Ants; that object makes forty thousand men die in a windstorm. One of these things is bought with an ivory telescope and a healing apple, while another appears in “The City of Brass.” According to legend, Shapur I kidnapped the emperor Valerian with one of these objects. Ivan carries the (*) Firebird on one of these things. Cleopatra supposedly seduced Caesar after emerging from one of these objects. A purple one of these is laid out for Agamemnon before his murder, and Hussain buys one of these things in India in One Thousand and One Nights. For 10 points, the original tale of Aladdin doesn’t actually feature a flying example of what object? ■END■
ANSWER: magical carpet [or flying carpet; accept rugs or mats; prompt on tapestries]
<Jaimie Carlson, RMP - World Mythology> ~26104~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 96.14 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Detroit Country Day | 52 | 0 |
William Thain | Saint Joseph | Stevenson B | 63 | 0 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Mercer County | 63 | 0 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | William Fremd | 72 | 10 |
Dominic Aiello | Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 75 | 10 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Belmont | 77 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Canyon Crest | 78 | 10 |
Jiming Chen | Hinsdale Central | New Brighton | 78 | 0 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Winnebago | 78 | 10 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Heights | 78 | 10 |
Aaron Zhou | Winston Churchill A | St. Mark's | 78 | 0 |
Luke Puttnam | Innovation Academy B | John Adams A | 78 | 10 |
Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Thomas Jefferson D | 78 | 10 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | University Lab | 78 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Dunbar | 78 | 0 |
Lynda Ma | Barrington B | Maggie Walker C | 78 | 10 |
Matt Mokrzycki | Carl Sandburg | Innovation Academy A | 79 | 10 |
Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Lake Highland | 80 | 10 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Chattahoochee A | 81 | 10 |
Colette Kendrick | Winston Churchill B | Stevenson A | 82 | 10 |
Eric Hu | Maggie Walker B | Rockford Auburn B | 82 | 10 |
Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Richard Montgomery | 82 | 0 |
C. Schenkel | Washington | Belvidere | 83 | 0 |
Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Chattahoochee B | 83 | 0 |
Anthony Zhao | Thomas Jefferson C | Northmont A | 83 | 10 |
Maya Pandit | Hunter B | Elkhorn North | 83 | 0 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Parkway West | 83 | 10 |
Grace Liu | Thomas Jefferson B | Mira Loma | 83 | 10 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Rockford Auburn A | 83 | 10 |
Christian Allen | Dallas County | Plymouth | 83 | 0 |
Prahalad Rao | Solon | Troy | 83 | 10 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | Moberly | 84 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Northmont B | 96 | 10 |
Caleb Lee | Lincoln-Way East | Midtown | 98 | 10 |
Costas Pavlou | Detroit Country Day | Thomas Jefferson A | 103 | 10 |
Kritanu Saha | Mercer County | Hoover B | 112 | 10 |
Joshua Fan | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Catholic Central A | 125 | 10 |
Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Hinsdale Central | 128 | 10 |
Jonathan Tao | Stevenson B | Saint Joseph | 128 | 10 |
Lindsay Rhode | Belvidere | Washington | 128 | 10 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Dallas County | 129 | 10 |
Martin Ames | Chattahoochee B | Carbondale | 129 | 10 |
Charlie Bork | Elkhorn North | Hunter B | 129 | 10 |
Justin Yang | Norman | John Adams B | 129 | 10 |
Omar Hamid | Dunbar | Johns Creek A | 129 | 10 |
Ethan Bosita | St. Mark's | Winston Churchill A | 129 | 10 |