Question
The Mandinka word from which this phrase derives refers to a masked male dancer who settled marital disputes. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this phrase that titles a novel in which a group named for Sodom and Gomorrah in Arabic, al- Mutafikah, liberates African artifacts from Western museums. In that novel, this phrase names a Kathedral led by Papa LaBas.
ANSWER: mumbo jumbo [accept mā-mā-gyo-mbō or maamajomboo; accept Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral]
[10m] In Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo, the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral tries to spread a “dance virus” but is opposed by this organization. In real life, this organization’s members were often charged with worshipping Baphomet.
ANSWER: Knights Templar [or Templars; or Templar Order; or the Order of Solomon’s Temple; or Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon]
[10e] Reed borrowed parts of Mumbo Jumbo’s plot from stories by Zora Neale Hurston and Henri Gamache that imagined this man as Black. Mumbo Jumbo’s villains are Atonist in reference to Freud’s essay on “[this prophet] and Monotheism.”
ANSWER: Moses [or Moshe; or Musa; accept “Moses and Monotheism”]
<FW, Religion (Any/Other)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Knox et al | Goldman & Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Chard Problem of Consciousness | Three Cantabrigians | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Water Buffalo | Fable of the Miis | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 50% | 25% | 50% |