Question

In a Wabanaki tale, a huge one of these animals named Bootup serves as Glooscap’s mount. One of these non-flying animals fights a battle that uproots thousands of trees in a Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw (“QUOCK-wock-ya-WOCK-wuh”) tale. In a third tradition, these descendants of Tangaroa (“tahn-gah-ROH-ah”) guide various iwi to new places to settle. (-5[1])In Pacific Northwest (-5[1])tales, these animals war with thunderbirds. (10[7]-5[1])Their scientific (10[3])name (10[1])is identical to the name of the monster that attacked (10[1])Andromeda. (10[1]-5[1])Part of these animals (10[2])names (10[1])the stage in which the hero (10[3])is reborn (10[2])in a journey described by Joseph Campbell. A (10[1])man leaving the port of Jaffa chooses to sail for (10[2])Tarshish, (10[1])but then loses a (10[1])drawing of lots (10[1])and encounters (10[1])one of these animals (10[2])for three days, (10[2])after which he (10[1])obeys God and goes to Nineveh. (10[4])For 10 (10[1])points, what sort of animal swallowed (10[1])Jonah? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: whales [accept big fish or giant fish or great fish or dag gadol; accept kētos megalos or Cetus or Cetaceans; accept killer whales or orcas; prompt on fish or sea monsters] (Editor’s note: Some of the accepts and prompts aren’t taxonomically correct, but are correct in translation for several of the answers. Most pre-modern peoples did not define the word “fish” cladistically.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AColumbia B48-5
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaGeodesic51-5
Matthew ChristianBinghamtonCornell C57-5
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)GWU A (UG)5710
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BKenyon5710
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsPenn5710
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarNYU B5710
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia CNYU A5710
Ian DewanKielKCL5710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt A5710
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota B5910
William Groger (UG)Columbia BColumbia A5910
Freddy PottsSheffieldOxford C5910
Truman FillbrandtUW ASorbonne6010
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)UNC B (UG)7010
Michael KohnDurham ACambridge A7110
Adam JonesImperial AWarwick71-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)7510
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge B7510
Owen AshbrookIowa BRice A7610
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC C (UG)8210
Mitchell ShaddenTexas AIowa A8210
Paige CrawleyOxford AOxford B8210
William DawsonUBC ATexas A&M B8410
Rohan Navaneetha (DII)Ohio State AMichigan A8410
Danny CutbillRIT ACornell B9210
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C10210
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayRowan10210
Akshay SeetharamClaremont AMichigan State A10310
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell A10710
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)JMU A (UG)11010
Andrew EllisKentuckyTennessee11210
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia B (UG)11610
Johanna Angell (DII)CedarvilleOhio State B11610
Seth WebbTexas A&M AAppalachian State11910
Ria MatthewVanderbilt BAlabama11910
Onycha LongHardingGeorgia Tech B12210
Elizabeth LarkinCornell CBinghamton12810
Noelle Ropp (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)JMU B (UG)12810
Ethan Rehder (UG)Duke A (UG)Virginia C (UG)12810
Aisling SkeetDurham BBristol12810
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)GWU B (Grad)13010
Rahim DinaImperial BCambridge C13610
Meredie Cohen (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Maryland C (DII)13810
Thomas HartWarwickImperial A13810
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicSouth Carolina13810