iconoclasm - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

Description acceptable. During the English Civil War, William Dowsing was nicknamed for vigorously enforcing this policy as per a law that called out rood lofts. A decree by Yazid II may have inspired a later policy of this type whose end in 843 CE is celebrated on the Feast of Orthodoxy. A “fury” (20[2])of this policy (20[1])took place (20[1])during (20[1])Germany’s Bildersturm (20[2])in the 16th (20[1])century. (20[2])One of these policies was applied to the Temples of Bel and (20[1])Baalshamin in (*) Palmyra in 2015. Emperor Leo (10[1])III (10[1])began a period (10[1])of applying this (10[1])policy (10[1])in the Byzantine (10[1])Empire (10[3])based (10[1])on a prohibition in the Ten (10[1])Commandments. A palace in Nimrud (10[2])was bulldozed as part of one of these policies (10[1])by ISIL. (10[1])For 10 points, name this policy that prohibits (10[1])the use of religious images. (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: iconoclasm [accept answers like anti-idolatry policies or anti-graven image policies or Islamic aniconism or destroying art or destroying relics; prompt on destroying temples or destroying non-Islamic religious objects; reject answers about “policies prohibiting the depiction of Muhammad”] (William Dowsing was nicknamed Smasher Dowsing.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Robert Wang	Livingston A	James W. Robinson	52	20
Ethan Bosita	St. Mark's	Northmont B	52	20
Edward Burros	McLean A	Carl Sandburg	55	20
Charlie Doehring	DuPage County AT	Great Valley	57	20
Cole Hartung	Kinkaid	Cincinnati Hills	58	20
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery B	Johns Creek A	60	20
Matthew Ryan	Thomas Jefferson D	Fairfield County AT	60	20
Soren Gjesfjeld	Bloomington	Okemos	63	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Georgetown Day	64	20
Samuel Shottes	Hunter B	Winston Churchill A	64	20
Josh Fan	Richard Montgomery A	Lindbergh	76	20
Rohan Kher	Barrington	Innovation Academy B	83	10
Allen Xu	Durham AT	Owensboro	84	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Seven Lakes	87	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Maggie Walker C	90	10
Andrew Martin	Lightridge	Belmont	91	10
Anthony Zhao	Thomas Jefferson B	Freeman	94	10
Charlie Bartley	St. Thomas	Choate Rosemary Hall	95	10
Liam Reed	Maggie Walker B	Lambert	95	10
Owen Wagner	Norfolk Academic Guild	Northmont A	95	10
Deven Hagen	Thomas Jefferson A	West Point	96	10
Justin Wang	Strake Jesuit	Elkhorn North	102	10
Joshua Studee	Walter Payton B	Downingtown STEM	107	10
Christian Curtis	Detroit Catholic Central C	Heights	107	10
Aryan Desarapu	Beavercreek	Saint Joseph	116	10
Shawn Syed	University Lab	Detroit Catholic Central B	118	10
Stephen McCollum	Hoover A	Winston Churchill B	126	10
Joseph Gleyzer	Stevenson B	Solon	131	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	William Fremd	131	10
Alan Fan	Thomas Jefferson C	Canyon Crest	132	10
Hazel DePreist-Sullivan	Hastings	Walter Payton A	132	10
Benjamin Laskov	Livingston B	Innovation Academy A	132	10
Vikas Kothari	St. Xavier	Maggie Walker A	132	10
Keefer Lin	Chattahoochee	McLean B	132	10
Hari Veginati	Stevenson A	Carbondale	132	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	35	100%	31%	0%	94.31