Packet 7: Bonus 14
In two versions of this ethnic group’s creation myth, Mebege (“meh-beh-GEH”) crafts mankind from a clay lizard and the spider Dibobia (“dee-BOH-bee-ah”) lays an egg sac that becomes the Earth. For 10 points each:
[10h] What ethnic group’s mvet (“muh-VET”) epics recount giants called Ekang who guard the secret of immortality? Pablo Picasso was inspired by one of this ethnicity’s ngil (“ngeel”) masks depicting forest spirits.
ANSWER: Fang people [or Fãn; or Pahuin or Pahouin; or Pangwe or Pamue; accept Beti]
[10e] In a Fang origin myth, one of these animals named Ombure (“om-BOO-reh”) demands maiden sacrifices until Ngurangurane (“ngoo-ra-ngoo-RA-nay”) gets him drunk. Jeki la Njambè (“JAY-kee la NJAM-beh”) captures a giant one of these animals sacred to Sobek.
ANSWER: crocodiles [accept Nile crocodile, West African crocodile, desert crocodile, or sacred crocodile; prompt on reptiles]
[10m] Inside the Whirlwind, which recasts this book through Fang worshippers’ “African eyes,” recounts missionaries elevating Mebege’s son Nzame (“N’ZAH-may”) to the role of creator. Roy Mackal identified the Aka legend of mokèlé-mbèmbé (“mo-kay-LAY em-bem-BAY”) with this book’s creature Behemoth.
ANSWER: Book of Job [or ’Īyyōḇ; prompt on the Bible]
<Editors, Mythology> | P. Playoffs 7 (Editors 7)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 16.67 | 96% | 54% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | WashU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia B | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Cornell | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech A | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Georgia Tech C | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Harvard | Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Indiana | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins | Bruin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| MIT | British Columbia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Maryland B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Pittsburgh | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Stanford B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Swarthmore | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Chicago A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCF | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA | Texas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 16.67 | 96% | 54% | 17% |