orishas - 2024 Chicago Open

Question

One of these figures symbolizes a form of tragedy that deals with a “seething cauldron of the dark world will and psyche.” The town of San Pere is home to a set of characters named after these figures, including a former track star who presents her severed ear to her lover, in The Brother/Sister Plays of Tarell Alvin McCraney. In a 1963 play, a tyrant becomes one of these figures (15[1])after seemingly killing himself at an ayan tree, prompting his followers to chant, “the king did not hang!” (15[1])One of these figures inspired the theory of the Fourth (-5[1])Stage. (*) Ulli Beier’s (-5[1])Mbari Club (-5[1])staged a play by Duro Ladipo about one of these (-5[2])figures, who are “not to blame” (10[1]-5[2])in a reworking (-5[1])of Oedipus Rex by Ola Rotimi. (-5[1])One of these beings who led their descent to earth appears in the play A Dance of the Forests. For 10 points, what beings include Wole Soyinka’s “muse” Ogun? ■END■ (10[10]0[3])

ANSWER: orishas [or Yoruba gods; accept orixas or Santería gods; accept deities or goddesses in place of “gods”; prompt on gods, goddesses, or deities by asking “of what ethnic group?”]

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Summary


2024 Chicago Open	07/28/2024	Y	15	87%	13%	60%	141.85

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Matt Jackson	LMM's LLM MLM	BHSU B	69	15
Rahul Keyal	Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago	Lisan al-Quib	87	15
Mitch McCullar	Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret	NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)	97	-5
Henry Atkins	The Empire Bikes Back	The Dyatlov Passement incident	100	-5
Anuttam Ramji	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone	102	-5
Kai Smith	Punished "Venom" BHSU	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	112	-5
Richard Niu	AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH	The Oldest Men in the World	112	-5
Omkar Marathe	Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team	There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see	118	10
Jonathan Shauf	Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes	NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)	118	-5
Ethan Ashbrook	Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer	Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A	118	-5
Michael Hunding	SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE	The Jeam Team	121	-5
Fred Garvey	Les Missourables	First Cause, First Cause, make me young!	127	-5
Henry Goff	A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence	Punished "Venom" BHSU	157	10
Robert Wang	NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)	Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret	157	0
Ved Muthusamy	First Cause, First Cause, make me young!	Les Missourables	157	10
Anwen Kelleher	NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)	Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes	157	0
Eric Bobrow	Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A	Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer	157	10
William Golden	The Dyatlov Passement incident	The Empire Bikes Back	157	10
Joy An	The Jeam Team	SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE	157	10
Mike Cheyne	The Oldest Men in the World	AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH	157	10
Chris Ray	We Need New Names	I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)	157	10
Ned Tagtmeier	Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy	genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet	157	10
Kevin Wang	genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet	Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy	157	0
Aseem Keyal	sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone	it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown	157	10
Matt Lafer	when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything	var merchants	157	10