Sirius - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Marcel Griaule claimed Mali’s Dogon people used information passed down from fishlike spirits called Nommo to correctly assert that this star was binary without modern scientific tools. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this “Dog Star” which commonly features in myth systems since it is the brightest in the night sky.

ANSWER: Sirius [or Alpha Canis Majoris; prompt on Canis Majoris]

[10m] In Tswana folklore, this constellation resembles three dogs chasing after three pigs. This Greek constellation was added to the heavens after its namesake was killed by Scorpius.

ANSWER: Orion

[10h] The stars were under the domain of this sky god who was the chief of the Akan pantheon. Anansi makes a bargain to obtain the world’s stories from this god after capturing creatures like hornets and a leopard.

ANSWER: Nyame [or Gye Nyame; accept Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma or Odomankoma]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	80%	80%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	8	16.25	63%	75%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	8	21.25	100%	100%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	20.00	86%	86%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	1	10.00	0%	0%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	15.00	67%	67%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	14.00	70%	70%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	16.25	75%	75%	13%

Data


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