Packet G: Bonus 13
In Somalia, evil warlocks can supposedly transform themselves into these animals by rubbing themselves with a magic stick. For 10 points each:
[10h] What animal acts as the guise of many wicked African therianthropes like the graverobbing Ethiopian buda and Somalia’s Qoria Ismaris? The leucrocotta’s voice-imitating capabilities may have been inspired by this animal’s vocalizations.
ANSWER: hyenas [or jib; or waraabe; or dabu; accept werehyenas]
[10m] In a strange case of blood libel, male Ethiopian Jews may be identified as buda that consume Christian corpses because they work with this material. In Yoruba courts, witnesses may kiss this material to swear by Ogun.
ANSWER: iron [or barzel; or biret; or irin; prompt on metal]
[10e] In the myths of Kenya’s Meru people, the hyena’s threats to the mole led mankind to suffer from this concept. Zulu myths tell of how the lizard brought the message of this concept, which also titles an Egyptian “Book.”
ANSWER: death [or mawt; or kuthirirwa moyo; or ukufa; accept Book of the Dead]
<KT, Mythology> | Packet G - McMaster A, Notre Dame C, Rutgers A, NYU A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 19.21 | 96% | 24% | 72% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 25% | 100% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 20% | 80% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 13% | 50% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 25% | 63% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 0% | 80% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 25% | 75% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 88% | 25% | 63% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 20.83 | 92% | 33% | 83% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 50% | 75% |