magical carpet - 2023 PACE NSC

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, (0[1])Shapur I kidnapped the emperor Valerian with one of these objects. (0[2])Ivan carries the (*) Firebird on one of these things. (10[1])Cleopatra supposedly seduced (10[1])Caesar after (10[1])emerging (10[7]0[3])from (10[1])one (10[1])of (10[1])these (10[2]0[1])objects. (10[5]0[4])A (10[1])purple one of these is laid out for Agamemnon before his murder, (10[1])and Hussain (10[1])buys one of these things (10[1])in India in One Thousand and One Nights. For (10[1])10 points, the original tale of Aladdin doesn’t actually feature a flying example (10[1])of what object? (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: magical carpet [or flying carpet; accept rugs or mats; prompt on tapestries]

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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
Aiden Dombrosky	Hoover B	Mercer County	63	0
William Thain	Saint Joseph	Stevenson B	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
Kaiwen Xiao	Irvington A	Heights	78	10
Jiming Chen	Hinsdale Central	New Brighton	78	0
Luke Puttnam	Innovation Academy B	John Adams A	78	10
Sam Konkel	Johns Creek A	Dunbar	78	0
Lynda Ma	Barrington B	Maggie Walker C	78	10
Aaron Zhou	Winston Churchill A	St. Mark's	78	0
Riona Duncan	Walter Payton	Thomas Jefferson D	78	10
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	University Lab	78	10
Rohan Dalal	Johns Creek B	Winnebago	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
Will Carstens	Detroit Catholic Central A	Richard Montgomery	82	0
Eric Hu	Maggie Walker B	Rockford Auburn B	82	10
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill B	Stevenson A	82	10
Ryan Dai	Carbondale	Chattahoochee B	83	0
Maya Pandit	Hunter B	Elkhorn North	83	0
Grace Liu	Thomas Jefferson B	Mira Loma	83	10
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson C	Northmont A	83	10
Camden Williams	Mexico	Parkway West	83	10
Christian Allen	Dallas County	Plymouth	83	0
Rohan Kher	Barrington A	Rockford Auburn A	83	10
Prahalad Rao	Solon	Troy	83	10
C. Schenkel	Washington	Belvidere	83	0
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
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
Nathan Wu	Plymouth	Dallas County	129	10
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	Winston Churchill A	129	10