Question

One of these objects turns back time when reverting arrows to canebrakes and birds. A text named for one of these objects coined the maxim “as above, so below.” (20[1])The Anzu steals one of these objects from a bathing Enlil, (20[1])resulting in Ninurta being sent to retrieve it. During the war to avenge Abzu, this type of (20[1])object (20[1])acts as Kingu’s breastplate. (20[2])The (20[1])philosopher’s stone is described by (*) Hermes Trismegistus in an “Emerald” text named for (10[1])this (10[1])type of object. (10[3])Marduk claims one of these objects (10[3])of “destiny” (10[2])after (10[2])slaying Tiamat. (10[2])The Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered on (10[1])some of these (10[1])objects (10[2])taken (10[1])from (10[2])Ashurbanipal’s (10[2])library. (10[2])For 10 points, reed-pen styluses inscribed Mesopotamian myths on what clay writing medium? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: tablet [accept Tablet of Destinies or Tablets of Destiny; accept Emerald Tablet; prompt on Emerald by asking “what other object”; prompt on slab]
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Janani GollapalliLightridgeStevenson A2820
Gregory ZeldovichBelmontHeights3920
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertSt. Mark's5620
Arav KaushikLivingston BSolon5720
Hazel DePreist-SullivanHastingsCanyon Crest6120
Alan FanThomas Jefferson CDurham AT6120
Kevin AdlerNorthmont BBloomington6220
Ali HamzehKinkaidFairfield County AT7510
Jacob HansenWalter Payton AOwensboro7610
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechJohns Creek A7910
Anna KuangBeavercreekBarrington7910
Cindy YaoLindberghMaggie Walker A7910
Arhith DharanendraChattahoocheeCincinnati Hills8510
Christian 'Ash' FredericksonMexicoHunter A8510
Isaac McCollumHoover AInnovation Academy B8510
Michelle LuoJohns Creek BChoate Rosemary Hall8710
Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BInnovation Academy A8710
Kevin BaekOkemosMaggie Walker B8810
Henry JoeckenSt. XavierSeven Lakes8810
Kevin ZhangLivingston ANorthmont A9010
Max ChenStrake JesuitThomas Jefferson A9010
Connolly NugentWalter Payton BHoover B9710
Nam DangRichard Montgomery BUniversity Lab10010
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMGeorgetown Day10110
Amber ParkFreemanStevenson B10110
Michelle YuRichard Montgomery ADetroit Catholic Central A10210
Zee EbertCarl SandburgElkhorn North10310
Matthew RyanThomas Jefferson DMcLean B10310
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CCarbondale10410
Andrew LiWinston Churchill BSaint Joseph10410
David LinsMaggie Walker CDetroit Catholic Central B10510
Zacariah HartSt. ThomasHunter B10510
Charlie DoehringDuPage County ATNorfolk Academic Guild11810
Jacob KoewlerJames W. RobinsonGreat Valley11910
Brady LaughlinWest PointMcLean A11910
Kevin PengWinston Churchill AWilliam Fremd11910

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC06/08/2024Y36100%19%0%87.14