Question
In this ethnicity’s folklore, a king who feeds children to a series of snakes on his shoulders is deposed by a blacksmith who turned his apron into a banner. 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” chronicles the hero Rostam. 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■
ANSWER: Persians [or Iranians; accept Irani or Farsi]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joshua Garner (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | 13 | -5 |
Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | 59 | 10 |
Adam Monusko (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 61 | 10 |
Varun Ambalavanan (DII) | CWRU C (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | 62 | 10 |
Daniel Huang (DII) | Michigan C | Ohio State B (DII) | 67 | 10 |
Pranet Sirkonda (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | 75 | -5 |
Venkat Das (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | Miami B (UG) | 78 | 10 |
Anthony Yin (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | 112 | 10 |
Daniel Luebs (DII) | Michigan State B | Miami C (DII) | 113 | 10 |
Leo Tao (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 113 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 20% | 78.56 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 83.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 65.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 83.44 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 54.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 38% | 74.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 66.11 |