Packet 10: Bonus 11
Note to players: description acceptable. A god often depicted with this physical trait may have turned a nymph into Cardea, the goddess of hinges. For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe this unusual physical trait captured by that god’s epithet Geminus. A dog with this physical trait was the guardian of a sacred horde of red cattle in Greek mythology.
ANSWER: two-headed [or two-faced; accept any description of having two heads or two faces; prompt on any description of having multiple heads by asking “how many?”]
[10e] The two-headed god Janus was the Roman god of beginnings, transitions, and doorways, and was the namesake of this month, seen as a transition into a new year.
ANSWER: January
[10m] Janus caused a hot spring to erupt onto this man and his followers after they abducted the Sabine women. This man may have killed his brother after his brother leapt over a border this man constructed around Palatine Hill.
ANSWER: Romulus
<Mythology — Joy An> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 17.89 | 84% | 74% | 21% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Chelsea | Rockford A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | ccny potato salad | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Hillsdale Academy A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Hillsdale Academy B | New Boston Huron | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Hillsdale Academy D | Grand Ledge | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| New Buffalo A | New Buffalo B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Okemos B | U of D Jesuit | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Rockford B | Coldwater | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Taylor | Detroit Country Day B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Traverse City Central B | Holt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy A | DeWitt A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Troy B | Detroit Country Day A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| USN B | USN A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Utica Academy | Okemos A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| White Cloud A | DeWitt B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| White Cloud B | Hillsdale Academy C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Williamston | Traverse City Central A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 16.88 | 81% | 69% | 19% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |