gnomes - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

If Scandinavian families failed to leave out porridge for these creatures during the winter solstice, they would cause all of the family’s crops to fail for the next year. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these short “earth dwellers.” Some of these creatures with pointy red hats and long beards live in gardens and are depicted in lawn ornaments.

ANSWER: gnomes [or genomos or Gnom; accept Edmanleins or Henzelmannchen or Kleinmanneken; accept Nisse or Nissen; accept Nains or Tontti; accept Dudje or Mano or Kabouter or Skritek; accept Domovoi Djedoes]

[10m] Gnomes were master gem craftsmen and extensively worked with this stone, which was used to counteract poison and restore eyesight in alchemy. This Western birthstone of May is associated with the sign of Cancer.

ANSWER: emerald

[10h] Paracelsus assigned gnomes to the earth and these creatures to fire. Asbestos was originally called the “wool” of these creatures, which Isidore of Seville feared caused mass poisoning due to its slimy skin.

ANSWER: salamanders [accept newts]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	15.00	100%	10%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	75%	88%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	9	37.78	167%	89%	122%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	20.00	100%	56%	44%

Data


Binghamton A	RIT B	10	0	0	10
Cornell G	Binghamton B	10	0	10	20
Binghamton C	U of Rochester B	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Cornell D	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	Cornell E	10	10	0	20
Cornell A	Cornell F	10	0	0	10
U of Rochester A	ESF	10	0	10	20
Cornell B	Penn State	10	0	0	10
RIT A	RIT C	10	10	0	20
CWRU A (UG)	Miami B (UG)	10	10	0	20
CWRU B (DII)	West Virginia B (UG)	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	10	0	0	10
Miami A (UG)	Michigan B (UG)	10	0	0	10
West Virginia A (UG)	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan A (UG)	Ohio State A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
CWRU C (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	Boise State	10	10	0	20
UBC B	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
UW Sloth	UW Chastity	10	10	0	20
UW Gluttony	UW Envy	10	0	0	10
UW Greed	UW Pride	10	0	0	10
UW Wrath	Alberta	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Georgia Tech D	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Mississippi State A	10	0	0	10
Emory Oxford	Clemson B	10	0	0	10
Georgia A	Georgia Tech E	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	Belmont	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Southern	10	0	0	10
UNC A	Appalachian State A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	Appalachian State B	10	10	0	20
Liberty C	Duke A	10	0	10	20
Duke B	James Madison B	10	0	0	10
Liberty B	UNC C	10	10	0	20
UNC B	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
VCU	William & Mary	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Virginia	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
UCLA E	Claremont A	10	0	0	10
Claremont B	Claremont C	10	0	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCSD	USC	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A (UG)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A (UG)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Columbia A (UG)	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Fordham A	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Penn A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Fordham A	Penn A (DII)	10	10	0	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland A (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Princeton A (UG)	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Bard A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Penn A (DII)	Columbia A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Fordham A	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Penn A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Fordham A	Penn A (DII)	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	10	0	0	10
Lehigh A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Bard A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Lehigh A (UG)	Bard A (UG)	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	0	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Rutgers A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Illinois B	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	WashU B	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Illinois D	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
Indiana	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame B	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
Iowa A	SIUE	10	10	10	30