Question
After discovering Caeneus was invulnerable to swords and spears, these creatures buried him under a pile of tree trunks and stones. One of these creatures named Pholus opened one of their sacred wines for Heracles. In one origin story, these creatures were fathered by Ixion (“ick-SIGH-on”) with the cloud nymph Nephele. These creatures fought a namesake war with the Lapiths of Thessaly. A wise one of these creatures gave up his immortality in exchange for Prometheus’s freedom after being struck with a poisoned arrow. That one of these creatures trained heroes like Jason and Achilles and is named Chiron. For 10 points, name this race of mythical human-horse hybrids. ■END■
ANSWER: centaurs [or kentauros or kentauroi; prompt on Ixionidae until Ixion is read]
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 22.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 15.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 15.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 84.33 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 64.20 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Azura Gollamudi | Northwestern B | Illinois B | 10 | 10 |
Cade Smith (UG) | Michigan State A | Michigan A (UG) | 11 | 10 |
Matthew Wang | UBC B | UBC A | 15 | 10 |
Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Auburn A | 15 | 10 |
Sanika Iyer | Indiana | WashU A | 33 | 10 |
Mikolai Davis (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 34 | 10 |
Owen McCoy | Illinois D | Northwestern A | 38 | 10 |
Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Appalachian State A | 47 | -5 |
Owen Ashbrook | Iowa B | Illinois C | 48 | 10 |
Davis Johnson | Purdue C | WashU B | 49 | -5 |
Owyn Noble | Purdue B | Chicago A | 49 | -5 |
Anwitha Vempati | Iowa A | Illinois A | 51 | -5 |
Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | Liberty A | 58 | 10 |
David Mathew | Purdue A | Notre Dame A | 60 | 10 |
Sam Alahi | Illinois A | Iowa A | 66 | 10 |
Danielle Webb | SIUE | Chicago B | 74 | 10 |
Joseph Cole | UNC B | Appalachian State A | 88 | 10 |
Kennedy Gallaher | Notre Dame B | Notre Dame C | 93 | -5 |
Max Kolda | Notre Dame C | Notre Dame B | 97 | 10 |
Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Tusculum | 107 | 10 |
Ezra Santos | Chicago A | Purdue B | 108 | 10 |
Samay Math | WashU B | Purdue C | 108 | 10 |