Question

One of these animals helped a prince complete a king's tasks using a dog in an acorn and cloth in a walnut before helping with a final task by having him decapitate her. (-5[1])Another one of these animals (15[1])slays a shapeshifting ogre in the process of helping Constantino (15[1])acquire a castle (-5[1])to trick a king. Sir Kay battled one of these animals of Palug. (15[1]-5[2])One of these (15[1])animals (-5[1])from the stories of Reynard (-5[1])the Fox named (-5[1])Tibert (-5[1])claims the title of king (15[1])of these animals, a (15[1])title also held by a creature named [this animal]-síth (“shee”). One of (-5[1])these animals named (*) Grimalkin stalks the Scottish (10[1])highlands, (10[1]-5[1])and appears (-5[1])in one of the first English novels. Freya’s chariot (10[2])is driven (10[1])using two (10[1])of these (10[2])animals. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name these animals, (10[1])whose black versions (10[1])are associated with halloween and bad (10[1])luck. (10[1])■END■ (10[10]0[1])

ANSWER: cats [accept black cats; accept white cats; accept cath] (In order, clues include Madame d’Aulnoy’s The White Cat, Puss in Boots, Cath Palug, and William Baldwin’s Beware the Cat.)
<MB, Beliefs>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Claremont2024-11-02Y3100%0%33%121.33
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y6100%17%0%103.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y4100%25%75%115.50
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%100.50
2024 ARCADIA at Duke2024-12-06Y3100%0%33%125.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y580%0%80%135.25
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y4100%50%25%105.50
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y4100%0%25%134.25
2024 ARCADIA Online2025-05-17Y1100%100%0%66.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DMississippi State32-5
Sky LiToronto AWaterloo Aspidistra3715
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIllinois Blue4715
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B50-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford6315
Michelle LuoJohns CreekLambert63-5
Andre WongLSE ACambridge B63-5
Moses KitakuleIn the Mood for BuzzToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans6615
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AMilton67-5
Khanh NguyenUF BUF C72-5
Jason ChengJason et al.U[C]SD75-5
Jacob FinleyNotre DameIllinois Orange76-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ALSE B8115
Rahim DinaImperial ABristol8515
Logan MathisSIUEPurdue B96-5
Jessica TangMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiCarleton A10310
Jay KimChicago BPurdue A104-5
Ian TullisAnderson et al.SGV Ventures10410
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley Past106-5
Soren HeydariNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech A11510
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto B11510
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonImperial B11710
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha11910
Orion KellerVirginia Tech BVirginia Tech C12110
Kaiwen XiaoALCUClaremont12110
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaNorth Carolina B122-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom12210
Nick EdwardsMcGill AWaterloo Cloze12210
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CInnovation Academy C12410
Valerie UnzuetaFlorida TechUSF12810
Shiva TegullaUCF AUF A13110
Yash MandaviaIllinois OrangeNotre Dame13710
Eric ChenBerkeley PastBerkeley A13810
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina13910
Brendan BaumerUCF BValencia13910
Matthew AndersenUF CUF B13910
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A13910
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambertJohns Creek13910
Darren KellisMiltonInnovation Academy A13910
Towery McNeilMississippi StateGeorgia Tech D1390
Eric YangPurdue AChicago B13910
Owyn NoblePurdue BSIUE13910
Rachel BenthamCambridge BLSE A13910
Justine FrenchU[C]SDJason et al.13910