Sundiata Keita - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

As a child, this character bent an iron bar rod that he used to stand up and walk for the first time. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this son of the “Buffalo Woman” Sogolon who defeats the sorcerer Soumaoro Kanté to take the title of mansa. This hero is the namesake of a work that details the founding of the Mali Empire.

ANSWER: Sundiata Keita [or Sunjata or Son-Jara; accept but DO NOT REVEAL Epic of Sundiata]

[10e] Sundiata’s rise is described in one of these long narrative poems that typically depict a heroic quest. Examples of these works include Homer’s Odyssey.

ANSWER: epic poem [or epic poetry; accept national epic; accept Epic of Sundiata or Epic of Son-Jara or Epic of Sunjata]

[10h] Balla Fasséké works as one of these figures for Sundiata and is considered the founder of the Kouyaté line. These Western African storytellers used instruments like the kora to tell the story of Sundiata.

ANSWER: griots (“GREE-ohs”) [or griottes or djeli or gewel or jeli or jeliw or jali or jaliw; prompt on musicians or singers or bards]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	10	16.00	100%	30%	30%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	16.67	100%	25%	42%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	22%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	38%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	100%	56%	67%

Data


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