Question

A seven-sided one of these objects carved from dark brown stone features a battle axe resting on the shoulder of a hunter in relief who holds a ram and a pot of water. Common modifications include adding 1,001 or 108 miniature copies to these objects’s surface, or adding a metal covering with one or more human faces. In a common scene, a boar and goose appear at the top and bottom of these objects (-5[1])as someone (15[1])emerges from within it. (-5[1])Two guardians flank each entrance to the square cella that houses one of these objects, the focal point of the (-5[1])(*) Great Cave of Elephanta. The name of these objects refers to (-5[1])a “sign,” explaining their function as aniconic symbols of the formless Ultimate Reality. These objects are usually displayed atop a lipped pitha, or disk, that symbolizes Parashakti. (-5[1])For 10 points, what abstract objects, often paired with yonis, represent Shiva? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Shiva lingams [or Shiva lingas; or Shivlings; accept any of the Gudimallam Lingam or sahasra lingams or ashtottara-sata lingams or mukhalingams or Lingodbhavamurti; prompt on any reference to a phallic symbol by asking “What is the common name for those symbolic objects?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Annabelle YangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking73-5
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioClown Squad7515
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame79-5
Liam StarnesThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Dayshawk two of99-5
Andrew HartBHSU RebirthNortheast by Northwestern110-5
John MarvinThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?137-5
Dan Nihawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days15010
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingWashU15010
Max BrodskyWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)1500

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%33%140.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y367%0%67%133.50
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%0%67%148.67
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y650%17%83%125.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%33%148.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%133.67