Question
In a 2007 Leor Halevi book, a city in this modern-day country was said to be “padlocking the women” in it by cracking down on wailing in funerals. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea published a 1965 ethnography of a village in this country, which is also the site of an event often commemorated by beating one’s chest in the practice of matam. This country’s “valley of peace” is often claimed to be the world’s largest cemetery. An event that occurred in this country is recounted in (*) ta’ziyeh passion plays. The first hawza was founded in this modern-day country by Shaykh Tusi. The Arbaeen pilgrimage commemorates Husayn’s death in this country and occurs 40 days after Ashura. For 10 points, the holy city of Najaf is located in what country where Shi’a rituals were banned by Saddam Hussein? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Micah Colman | Waterloo Basic | Toronto A | 59 | 15 |
Parth Jagtap | Toronto B | Toronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha | 61 | -5 |
Michael Du | Waterloo Aspidistra | McMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii | 73 | 15 |
Kevin Le | Carleton A | Ottawa Absolomabsolomabsolom | 108 | 10 |
Ishan Joshi | Toronto Metropolitan A | Toronto Disband the Club 2k24 | 130 | -5 |
Joey Sun | Toronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha | Toronto B | 135 | 10 |
Nameer Qadir | Toronto Disband the Club 2k24 | Toronto Metropolitan A | 135 | 10 |
Nick Edwards | McGill A | Waterloo Cloze | 135 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 122.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 107.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 96.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 135.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 92.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 115.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 68.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 29% | 123.14 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 40% | 128.75 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 37.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 110.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 119.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 115.80 |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 100% | 40% | 20% | 96.40 |