Question
Ethnomycologists study how ancient Greeks may have mixed these organisms into kykeon during the Eleusinian Mysteries. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these capped, spore-bearing organisms called “food of the gods” by ancient Egyptians.
ANSWER: mushrooms [or toadstools; or fungus; or ergot; or shrooms]
[10m] Mushrooms may have killed the Roman emperor Jovian while campaigning against this empire. Shapur II ruled this major enemy of third-century Rome.
ANSWER: Sassanid Empire [or Sasanian Empire; or Neo-Persian Empire; prompt on Empire of the Iranians or Persia or Persian Empire]
[10h] The crackpot historian and ethnomycologist John M. Allegro was fired from Manchester University for writing a book titled for “The Sacred Mushroom and [one of these objects].” Heraclius recovered one of these objects after it was taken during a 614 CE sack by Khosrow II.
ANSWER: cross [accept True Cross; accept The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross] (John Allegro alleged that Jesus was actually symbolic of the mushroom Amanita muscaria.)
<Abhinav Rachakonda, History - European - Classical> ~23317~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 11.39 | 67% | 36% | 11% |