A naked man is shown to be entangled within this figure’s octopus-like, serpentine legs in a Palmyrene temple relief. A Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal held by the British Museum likely depicts a bearded Ninurta sprinting across this figure’s back. Nammu is sometimes identified as a nurturing counterpart to this deity. The Bašmu and the girtablullû were among the eleven children of this deity who were bound to the feet of a son of (*) Ea. This figure’s defeat at the hands of Anshar’s forces was commemorated by the Zagmuk and Akitu festivals. Mountains were formed from this figure’s breasts, while two great rivers were fashioned from her eyes after her body was split in two to form the heavens and the earth. For 10 points, what personification of the primordial sea and consort of Abzu was slain by Marduk? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 10% | 109.10 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | BHSU B | 96 | 10 |
| Jason Shi | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | Floridovician | 96 | 10 |
| Jordan Brownstein | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 96 | 10 |
| Eric Bobrow | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 102 | 10 |
| Justin Wytmar | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 103 | 10 |
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 104 | 10 |
| Azura Gollamudi | Do re mi fa serving negs | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 108 | 10 |
| Dylan Minarik | The RAND Coöperation | Broken Socal Scene | 112 | 10 |
| Andrew Wang | BHSU X | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 114 | -5 |
| Joy An | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | BHSU X | 137 | 10 |
| Nathaniel Hull | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 137 | 10 |