Question

Depictions of men collecting falcon eggs and a lion fighting a bull appear on a pyxis container made of this material created for Córdoban Prince al-Mughira. Five saints appear below a Deësis (day-EE-siss) scene in an artwork made of this material that belongs to the “Romanos Group.” In another work made with this material of the Harbaville Triptych, Victory stands on a small globe hovering above a horse-mounted Justinian. That imperial Byzantine diptych is named for Cardinal Francesco (*) Barberini. (10[1])A once-standing statue whose body was made of this material showed its figure enthroned and holding Nike in his right hand. (10[1])Phidias used this material to form the body of his Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Gold and this material are used to create chryselephantine sculptures. For 10 points, name this white material (-5[1])that carvers source from animal tusks. (10[1]) ■END■

ANSWER: ivory [accept Barberini ivory]
<Kane Nguyen, Visual Fine Arts>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Austin GuoPrincetonColumbia7810
Aditya ShivaswamyJHU ANYU A9910
Derrick LiuJHU BNYU B131-5
Zaid AsifNYU BJHU B13710

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%25%107.75
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%20%94.60
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%50%50%87.75
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%88%131.25
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%104.67