Question

In this ethnicity’s folklore, a king who feeds children to a series of snakes on his shoulders is deposed (10[1])by a blacksmith who turned his apron into a banner. (10[1])This ethnicity depicts spirits called fravashi that resemble a man in a winged sun. The simurgh and manticore originate from the folklore of this ethnicity, whose epic “Book of Kings” (10[1])chronicles the hero Rostam. (-5[1])A prophet of this ethnicity described a conflict between daevas led by Angra Mainyu and ahuras led by Ahura Mazda that forms the basis of a religion whose followers build fire temples and Towers of Silence. For 10 points, name this ethnicity, the largest in the modern-day homeland of Zoroaster. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Persians [or Iranians; accept Irani or Farsi]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG)UCLA AClaremont A1810
Terrence Han (DII)UCLA CUSC2810
Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDUCLA B5810
Alan Kappler (DII)Claremont CUCLA E62-5
Aidan Deshong (DII)Claremont BUCLA D11310

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1090%0%20%78.56
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%25%83.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%50.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%0%65.25
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%33%83.44
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%20%54.25
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%38%74.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%66.11