pagodas - Eastern Canada (1)

Question

In the 8th century, Empress Shōtoku commissioned one million wooden reliquaries shaped like these structures. For 10 points each:

[10m] Xi’an’s (“shee-ahn’s”) Giant Wild Goose is an example of what tiered towers common in East Asia whose levels are divided by multiple eaves?

ANSWER: pagodas [or tō; or tǎ]

[10h] Japanese art historian Okakura Kakuzō gifted one of the pagoda reliquaries to this woman. A Chinese gu vessel was among the artworks stolen in the unsolved 1990 robbery of a Boston museum named for this woman.

ANSWER: Isabella Stewart Gardner [accept Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]

[10e] The Million Pagodas contain examples of these objects with incantations called durani. These silk or paper objects could be rolled up when not on display and were often hung to display Chinese calligraphy or painting.

ANSWER: scrolls [accept hanging scrolls; accept handscrolls]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	100%	40%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
Florida	Main	Y	2	15.00	50%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	24.00	100%	90%	50%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	21.11	89%	89%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	89%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	7	24.29	100%	86%	57%
North	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	24.55	82%	100%	64%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	63%	75%	50%
South Central	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	22.73	100%	82%	46%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


McGill A	Carleton B	10	10	20
McGill C	Carleton A	10	10	20
McGill E	Ottawa D	0	10	10
Ottawa B	Ottawa C	10	10	20