Question
In a poem, this person retired to the woods of King Rhydderch (“RUH-therck”) where he lived in a house with seventy windows. This person was trapped under a large stone, a tree, or in an invisible tower by Viviane. This person revealed that Vortigern’s tower couldn’t be built because a red and a white dragon were battling below it. A story by Geoffrey of Monmouth explains that this person moved Stonehenge to honor the older brother of Uther Pendragon. T.H. White fictionalized the idea that this person lives time backwards and is continually growing younger. This mentor of Morgan le Fey sealed the Sword in the Stone. For 10 points, name this magical advisor to King Arthur. ■END■
ANSWER: Merlin [or Myrddin] (The poem in the first line is the Vita Merlini.)
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Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 33% | 67.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 85.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 64.33 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 9% | 83.27 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 89.89 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 78.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 66.50 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | Binghamton C | 37 | 10 |
Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Michigan State A | 37 | -5 |
Matthew Rittenberg | Arizona State A | UW Sloth | 37 | 10 |
Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Virginia Tech A | 37 | 10 |
Terrence Han (DII) | UCLA C | Claremont C | 37 | 10 |
James O'Reilly | Arizona State B | Alberta | 39 | 10 |
Alex Wyrick | Tennessee A | Georgia Tech D | 39 | 10 |
Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 39 | 10 |
Angelo Pan (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 40 | 10 |
Danny Cutbill | RIT A | Cornell B | 42 | 10 |
Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Rowan A (DII) | 42 | 10 |
Anna Kuang | Cornell E | Binghamton B | 43 | 10 |
Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | NYU B | 44 | 10 |
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 44 | 10 |
Arhith Dharanendra | Georgia Tech E | Mississippi State A | 51 | 10 |
Tianyu Xu | Georgia Tech A | Furman | 52 | 10 |
Brian Chen | Cornell G | ESF | 53 | 10 |
Alec Riso | Cornell D | Cornell A | 55 | 10 |
Kevin Zheng (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | 55 | 10 |
Luke Strole | UW Pride | UBC B | 57 | 10 |
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 57 | 10 |
Sawyer Smith | Missisippi State | Georgia Tech B | 62 | -5 |
Dylan Bianchi | UW Greed | UW Lust | 63 | 10 |
Jacob Bieri | Boise State | UW Gluttony | 67 | -5 |
Theodore Farrell (UG) | Fordham A | Maryland B (DII) | 69 | -5 |
John Gamble | NC State | Virginia Tech B | 73 | 10 |
Tai Belke | UBC A | UW Wrath | 74 | 10 |
Vivian Fan (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA B | 74 | 10 |
Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 74 | 10 |
Giuseppe Piccirilli | Binghamton A | RIT C | 77 | -5 |
Greg Reiser | RIT B | U of Rochester B | 77 | 10 |
Peter Ballas (DII) | Michigan C | CWRU A (UG) | 79 | 10 |
Meredie Cohen | William & Mary | Virginia | 79 | -5 |
Nick Smemoe | UNC B | Duke A | 79 | 10 |
Soren Heydari | UNC C | Appalachian State A | 82 | -5 |
Mac Dixon | Emory Oxford | Emory A | 85 | 10 |
Ethan Maddox | U of Rochester A | Syracuse | 87 | -5 |
Jacob Moeller (DII) | Miami A (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 88 | 10 |
Britton Webster | Alabama A | Vanderbilt A | 88 | 10 |
Andrew Nucci (DII) | UCLA E | UCLA A | 88 | 10 |
Timothy Porter | VCU | Appalachian State B | 90 | 10 |
Ben Kantsiper | James Madison B | UNC D | 90 | 10 |
Brandon Hunt | Auburn C | Georgia Tech B | 91 | 10 |
John Mcqueen | South Carolina B | Southern | 92 | 10 |
Pranet Sirkonda (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | Michigan B (UG) | 93 | 10 |
Mikolai Davis (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Michigan State B | 93 | 10 |
Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Liberty C | 93 | 10 |
Victor Bender | Penn State | Cornell F | 95 | -5 |
Anna Figge (DII) | Claremont B | USC | 95 | 10 |
Sumukh Murthy (UG) | UCSD | UCLA D | 97 | 10 |
Jack Ogletree | Auburn B | Vanderbilt B | 98 | 10 |
Tommy Nguyen | Belmont | Georgia Tech C | 100 | 10 |
Max Khurzman | UNC A | Duke B | 101 | -5 |
Shawn Richardson | Clemson B | Tennessee B | 108 | 10 |
Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | Columbia B | 110 | -5 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Missisippi State | 112 | 10 |
Alec West | Syracuse | U of Rochester A | 113 | 10 |
Will Hackbarth | Virginia | William & Mary | 115 | 10 |
Madelyn Stochaj | RIT C | Binghamton A | 116 | 10 |
Pratham Banushali (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | Miami C (DII) | 116 | 10 |
Cade Smith (UG) | Michigan State A | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 116 | 10 |
Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | Boise State | 116 | 10 |
Albert Li | Duke B | UNC A | 116 | 10 |
Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | UNC C | 116 | 10 |
Ben Spirtas (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Fordham A | 116 | 10 |
Andrew Yang | Columbia B | Rutgers B | 116 | 10 |