Question

The Aztec time period named for this number and Ehecatl was considered fortuitous to magicians. An image of this many iguanas surrounding the world was one depiction of Itzamna. This many square panels representing previous incarnations surround Tonatiuh on the Sunstone in Mexico City. There are currently this number of surviving Mayan codices. Mayan cosmology divides the world into this many spatial levels, and like the Aztecs, asserts that prior to the current world, (15[1])the world has faced this many (*) destructions. (10[1])This many Bacabs hold up the sky, with each one corresponding to a cycle of this many color-designated years. Prior to the current sun, there were this many deities that attempted to serve as the sun. For 10 points, (10[1])Mesoamerican deities were often divided into how many divisions, corresponding to the cardinal directions? ■END■

ANSWER: four
<Taylor Harvey, Mythology>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jim FanUNC BUSC A7315
Ivan StanisavljevicDuke AUNC C8010
Vincent DuUNC AUSC B11910

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%101.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%43%106.57
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%80.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%33%115.33
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%40%115.80
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%75%0%62.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%90.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%121.50