Question

This mountain names a Sōtō Zen monastery founded by Jiyu-Kennet. This mountain and a county to its south, where the ground sloth Nothrotheriops (“NOTH-ro-THEER-ee-ops”) was discovered, are both named for a people who fought alongside the Takelma in the Rogue River Wars. A legend holds that this (-5[1])[emphasize] extant mountain is where the sky god Skell stood to throw rocks at the underworld god Llao (“lao”). The book A Dweller on Two Planets claims that this mountain hides Telos, a utopian city built (10[1])by Lemurians. (10[1])A town below this mountain sells trinkets (10[1])that say “I love Weed.” (10[3])Like a manmade lake of the same name that drains the Pit River, this mountain stands in a national forest that protects the Trinity Alps. A local word for this mountain inspired the name of Yreka (“wye-REE-kuh”), the seat of Siskiyou (“SISK-yoo”) County. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Lassen (10[1])Peak is southeast (-5[1])of what (10[1])California volcano (10[1])in the southern (10[1])Cascades? (10[4])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Mount Shasta [or Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki or Úytaahkoo or Wáik’a; accept Shasta–Trinity National Forest; accept Shasta Lake, Shasta County, Shasta ground sloth, or Shasta Abbey]
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Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2488%0%13%129.81

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jakob MyersIndianaChicago A45-5
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechBerkeley A8010
Donal RyanTruman StateKentucky8210
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina APurdue8910
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BCornell B9410
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMaryland9410
Jonathan LauJohns HopkinsNorthwestern9410
Chinmay MurthyTexasCornell A13510
Ashish SubramanianDukeOttawa135-5
Owen MimnoNYUBrown13810
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateColumbia B13810
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago B13910
Justin WytmarIllinoisMichigan142-5
Anirudh BharadwajPennRutgers14410
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesToronto B14610
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AStanford14910
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AToronto A15010
Aidan FeinVanderbiltHarvard15010
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina15010
Max HodesChicago CMinnesota B15010
Jem BurchYale BFlorida1510
Matt JacksonChicago AIndiana15110
Shiv SeshanChicago DMcGill15110
Michael DuWaterlooColumbia A15110
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BVirginia15110
Graham CopeFloridaYale B1510