Question
By losing a game of senet, this member of the Theban triad allowed for the creation of the Egyptian intercalary days. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Egyptian god that gambled away a portion of his light to create five extra days, giving Nut time to give birth to her children.
ANSWER: Khonsu [or Konshu or Chonsu]
[10e] This Egyptian god gambled with Khonsu to create the Egyptian intercalary days. This god of wisdom and science is typically depicted with an ibis head.
ANSWER: Thoth
[10h] Thoth was syncretized with Hermes into this figure, who is credited with a set of alchemical texts that include the Emerald Tablet. This figure inspired the tradition of Hermeticism during late antiquity and the Renaissance.
ANSWER: Hermes Trismegistus [or Hermes the Thrice-Greatest]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 11% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 25% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 89% | 22% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 82% | 36% | 55% |
Data
| Manchester | Bristol A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Oxford A | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cambridge B | Cambridge C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Durham A | Warwick A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cambridge D | Imperial B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Imperial A | LSE A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| LSE B | Durham B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford B | Southampton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt | Bristol B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Edinburgh | Warwick B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Southampton B | Birmingham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |