Kvasir - 2024 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

This figure was born from the combined saliva of the Aesir and Vanir that was spat into a vat to end the Aesir-Vanir war. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this wise figure from Norse mythology who is killed by the dwarves Fjalar and Galar. This figure’s blood is subsequently mixed with honey to create the Mead of Poetry.

ANSWER: Kvasir

[10h] In the Poetic Edda, this Vanir goddess is thrice murdered by the Aesir immediately before the Aesir–Vanir War. This goddess, whose name possibly means “gold-drink,” subsequently becomes a witch and is renamed Heiðr.

ANSWER: Gullveig

[10e] Many scholars have identified Gullveig with this goddess, who introduces seiðr to the Aesir when she joins them after the Aesir–Vanir War. This ruler of Fólkvangr is the Norse goddess of war, love, and fertility.

ANSWER: Freyja [or Freya or Freyia or Freja; reject “Frey” or “Freyr”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	15.71	86%	71%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	N	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	N	10	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	N	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	N	7	12.86	86%	29%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	N	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	N	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	N	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	N	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	N	11	18.18	100%	55%	27%

Data


Georgia Tech F	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Tennesse B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	10	0	0	10
Tennesse A	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Bard A	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Penn B	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Haverford A	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins B	Penn State B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	Penn A	0	0	10	10
Penn State A	Rowan A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers C	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	WashU B	10	0	10	20
UChicago D	Miami	0	0	10	10
Northwestern A	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
UChicago B	UChicago A	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	UIUC A	0	0	10	10
UIUC B	UChicago C	10	0	10	20
UIUC C	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
UIUC D	Purdue D	10	0	10	20
WashU D	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Kenyon A	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Pitt B	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Michigan State B	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Michigan State C	Kenyon B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
Alberta	UBC B	10	0	10	20
UBC A	UW B	10	0	10	20
UW A	SFU	0	0	10	10