Question

Note to players: The answer is a region that encompasses multiple countries. You may give the name of the general region or any of the individual countries. (-5[1])A mosquito outbreak in this cultural region inspired a dance whose male performers repeatedly slap themselves across (-5[1])their body. The most famous composition of a dance style (15[1])from this region gives thanks to a “hairy man” who saved his life by hiding him in a pit. A dance from this region set to the beat of an ipu is celebrated in the Merrie Monarch Festival. (15[2])A narrative dance from this region involves spinning a pair of tethered (*) weights that hobbyists may light with LEDs. A dance from this region (-5[1])involves bending at the knees and repeatedly slapping at the chest with the tongue out as a welcome. (10[2])In a traditional (10[2])dance from this region, (10[2])performers sway their arms while gyrating in a skirt of (10[1])(“kee”) leaves and wear garlands of flowers. For 10 points, name this region whose dances (10[1])include the haka and hula. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Polynesia [prompt on the Pacific Ocean; prompt on Oceania; accept Samoa or Tonga or Tahiti or the Cook Islands or New Zealand; accept Hawai‘i; prompt on the United States of America by asking “what region?”] (The first line refers to the Samoan Slap Dance. The second line refers to Ka Mate. The powerbreak clue is about poi spinning.)
<GE, Other Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%140.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%0%0%136.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%0%112.00
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y4100%25%50%132.25
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y5100%20%20%136.40

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Darren KellisMiltonGeorgia Tech D26-5
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy C43-5
Pranav SrambikkalLambertInnovation Academy B5315
Vinu HariharStanfordBerkeley A9115
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AImperial B9115
Iris CreightonCambridge BImperial A115-5
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley PastBerkeley B13310
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick A13310
Yash MandaviaIllinois OrangeChicago A13610
James ByrneBristolSouthampton13610
Jared HeWaterloo AspidistraWaterloo Basic14010
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B14010
Andre WongLSE AWarwick B15110
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DMilton16510
Michael VadakumpaddanInnovation Academy CMississippi State17110
Owen IredaleImperial ACambridge B17110