Question

In mystery festivals during Khoiak, this practice was done on a mixture of silt and germinated grains. This practice was performed in a room called the Beautiful House and involved a green mask symbolizing the Fields of Reeds. As part of this practice, a person covered in natron (10[1])and (10[1])perfume (10[1])had their sense-detecting body parts tapped (10[1])with a rod; that (10[1])Opening of the Mouth ritual (-5[1])in this practice allowed the ka and ba to return. The heads of Hapi and three other of Horus’s sons appeared on canopic jars (10[1])used in this practice, which removed the brain with a hook. (10[1])For 10 points, priests of Anubis oversaw what practice in which souls were prepared for the Egyptian afterlife by wrapping their bodies? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: mummification [accept word forms such as making a mummy; accept Egyptian mummification; prompt on embalming or preservation; prompt on descriptive answers such as wrapping a body or postmortem modification; prompt on organ removal or taking out organs; prompt on preparing for the afterlife; prompt on burials or funeral rites]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Columbia B4710
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Penn A (DII)4810
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Bard A (UG)4910
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)Penn B (DII)5510
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Columbia J (DII)5910
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham APrinceton A (UG)64-5
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)8810
Alex Lin (DII)Rutgers BNYU B9910
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Fordham A12210

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%65.44
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%64.88
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%17%72.83
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%0%65.83
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%69.33
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%73.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%70.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%62.11