Question

The ATU 700 classification concerns characters with this quality, like Turkey’s Erkenek and France’s Poucet, who steals seven-league boots. A peasant with this quality (0[1])is betrothed to Princess Huncamunca in a Henry Fielding (0[1])play. That son of (0[1])Thomas of the Mountain with this most notable quality is granted a hat of knowledge by the Queen of the Fairies, his godmother. That character travels to the court of King (*) Arthur and (0[1])lends his name to a P. T. Barnum performer. (10[1])After an emperor’s son cuts his finger, people with this quality (10[1])war over which end of an egg to crack. (10[3]0[1])A (10[1])race (0[1])of (10[1])people (10[4])who tie (10[2])down (10[2]0[1])the protagonist (10[3])of a 1726 (10[3])satire on the beach has this quality, (10[2])as do (10[1])Thumbelina and Tom Thumb. (10[2])For 10 (0[1])points, give this quality of the Lilliputians in Gulliver’s (10[1])Travels. (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: small [accept synonyms like being tiny or miniature or short or being the size of a thumb; prompt on being a child; reject “dwarf” or “shrunk” or “shrunken” or “changing size”]
<Michael Bentley, RMP - World Mythology&gt; ~23651~ &lt;Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%0%0%113.06

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ACanyon Crest230
Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomeryRockford Auburn A320
Rohan NavaneethaSolonHunter A360
Sean LeeChattahoochee BIrvington A690
Ave RiegerNorthmont AWalter Payton7810
Edward KimJohns Creek BBarrington B8910
Kevin PengWinston Churchill ABelmont9810
Dennis YangTroyKinkaid9810
Kevin YangStevenson ACarl Sandburg9810
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaDetroit Country Day980
Arjun KalaUniversity LabMaggie Walker A9910
Brian O'ConnellWoodlandPlymouth1000
Bridget ScrantonNorthmont BSaint Joseph10110
Jeffrey LiuHinsdale CentralInnovation Academy A10210
Samuel LiThomas Jefferson DThomas Jefferson C10210
Brodie HenryWest PointRockford Auburn B10210
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sDunbar10210
Bryce CruiseHeightsCarbondale10410
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee ALincoln-Way East10410
Dominic AielloDetroit Catholic Central BBelvidere10510
Eleanor HeydtMidtownWinnebago1050
Hayden LeyWashingtonCincinnati Hills Christian10510
Chris YooThomas Jefferson BDallas County10710
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AWilliam Fremd10710
Ella SheffieldMercer CountyDetroit Catholic Central C10710
Aiden DombroskyHoover BMoberly11010
Moxie StromHunter BNorman11010
Puna EkkaNew BrightonParkway West11010
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central ABarrington A11710
Brenden StremlerMaggie Walker CChoate Rosemary Hall11710
Stella BroomeMaggie Walker BInnovation Academy B11910
Ulden GaoWinston Churchill BMexico12310
Izzy LewisNorrisLake Highland12310
Joslyn SmithElkhorn NorthJohn Adams B1250
Max KoldaJohn Adams AStevenson B13410
Vincent WangIrvington AChattahoochee B13510
Nathan WuPlymouthWoodland13510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtHunter ASolon13610
Charlotte MaherWinnebagoMidtown13610
Mary McVeighJohn Adams BElkhorn North13610
Coby ThammavongRockford Auburn ARichard Montgomery13610
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayMira Loma13610
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestThomas Jefferson A13610