Packet 2: Bonus 8
Adolf Erman coined “personal piety” to describe this religion’s shift from worship mediated by hem-netjers towards lay practice of heka magic. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify this religion whose priests served as ritual stand-ins for a monarch tasked with upholding ma’at.
ANSWER: Ancient Egyptian religion
[10m] Personal piety increased during the New Kingdom as this deity’s priests and “God’s Wives” gained control of Upper Egypt, excluding commoners from direct worship. This member of the Theban triad was worshipped with his son and his wife Mut at Karnak, and was syncretized with Zeus.
ANSWER: Amun [or Amun-Re or Amun-Ra; accept Zeus Ammon]
[10h] Commoners unable to enter temples may have prayed at exterior niches named for this symbol. Votive stelae to Ptah or Hathor were decorated with this symbol up to 40 times to boost their efficacy.
ANSWER: ears [or Temple of the Hearing Ear or Chapel of the Hearing Ear]
<Editors, Religion> | K. Playoffs 2 (Editors 2)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 15.00 | 83% | 63% | 4% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Texas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Cambridge | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago A | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Northwestern B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgetown | Cornell | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech A | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Georgia Tech B | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Indiana | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland B | Waterloo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | MIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Virginia Tech | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| North Carolina | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Purdue | Brown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Bruin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swarthmore | UCF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto B | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Northwestern A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| WashU | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 15.00 | 83% | 63% | 4% |