Question

In Kurdish folklore, a hero who receives these objects for killing a snake later uses them as payment to travel to a distant land. One of these objects is used to get advice on using the twig of a tamarisk tree for an arrow to blind and kill Esfandiyar after a long battle. One of these objects is symbolic of Shu’s lightness and emptiness. After reaching adulthood, Zal receives (*) three of these objects, the first of which he burns to get advice on how to do a C-section. Red and gold examples of these objects are owned by a creature which, (-5[1])according to Herodotus, appears every 500 years for a ritual involving encasing its father in myrrh. A group of forty-two judges are all depicted with one of these objects on their head that represents Ma’at. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])in the Egyptian (10[1])underworld, the hearts of the dead are weighed against what objects deriving from an ostrich? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: feathers [accept ostrich feathers, Simurgh feathers, or phoenix feathers]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CMississippi State100-5
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertInnovation Academy B13510
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech C138-5
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech D14110
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B15710
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy C15710

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%103.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%105.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%0%100%154.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y4100%0%50%147.50
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%0%40%136.20