Question
A statuette from this civilization depicting a hippopotamus nicknamed William became the unofficial mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this civilization that produced a limestone statue missing its nose, the Great Sphinx.
ANSWER: ancient Egypt [or Misr; or Kemet]
[10h] The Egyptian faience that makes up William the Hippo is not proper faience but was actually made by crushing this material. The Bust of Nefertiti is missing an iris made of this material in its left eye.
ANSWER: quartz [prompt on silica or silicon dioxide]
[10m] Faience artworks like “William the Hippo” are often coated with a glaze of this color. The earliest synthetic pigment is often thought to be an Egyptian pigment of this color, also used for the crown of the Bust of Nefertiti.
ANSWER: blue [accept Egyptian blue; accept specific shades like turquoise]
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| WUSTL | Belmont | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Vanderbilt A | MTSU | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Claremont | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |