Packet 12: Bonus 17
According to legend, a holder of this position had to sit on the sedes stercoraria (“seh-DAYS stair-coh-RAH-ree-uh”), the “dung chair,” to have their genitals examined to bar women holders of it. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this position that sedevacantists (“seh-duh-VAY-can-tists”) claim is currently empty. The phrase extra omnes (“extra OHM-nays”) is used to indicate the start of a process to select new holders of this position, whose current holder, Leo XIV, was elected by the conclave.
ANSWER: pope [or papa; or supreme pontiff; or pontifex maximus; or summus pontifex; or Roman pontiff; or Romanus pontifex; or bishop of Rome; or patriarch of Rome]
[10m] Description acceptable. According to Jean de Mailly (“duh mah-YEE”), this action was done for four days after the female Pope Joan’s death. In the Old Testament, Moses and Elijah did this action for forty days in addition to praying.
ANSWER: fasting [accept word forms; accept descriptions like not eating or not drinking or starving oneself]
[10h] Pope Joan was used as an exemplum for this Christian order. Friars from this order were called Blackfriars due to their black capes and Thomas Aquinas belonged to this order.
ANSWER: Dominican Order [accept Dominicans; accept Ordo Praedicatorum; or Order of Preachers; or OP; accept Jacobins]
<Editors, Religion> | Packet L
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 106 | 22.17 | 98% | 93% | 31% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont C | UCLA E | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Santa Barbara | Claremont A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA A | UCLA F | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UCLA B | UCSD B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA D | UCLA C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCSD A | Claremont B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| USC A | UC Irvine | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 88% | 13% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 71% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 89% | 22% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 24.17 | 100% | 100% | 42% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 100% | 17% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 22.50 | 92% | 100% | 33% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 89% | 44% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 92% | 25% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 89% | 44% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 26.00 | 100% | 100% | 60% |