Question

After a corrupt one of these animals named Saltpetre assassinates their king, they leave a city for the mountains of Sicily in a Dino Buzzati children's book. (15[1])A giant flying one of these animals named Mord terrorizes the ruined city in which Jeff VanderMeer's novel Borne is set. Anna Kos is accompanied by one of these animals in Jakub Rozalski's 1920+ world, which inspired the board game (*) Scythe. In a trilogy, as these animals adopt human mannerisms, they lose their natural ability to sense deceit. A race of these animals who use sky-iron to craft their (10[1])armor rule Svalbard in that trilogy, whose protagonist (-5[2])destroys the Bolvangar (10[1])research station with the help of one of them named Iorek; that trilogy is Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. For 10 points, one of what animals says “We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just thought we were having fun” in a book (10[1])set in the Hundred Acre Wood? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: bears [accept polar bears; accept panserbjørne; accept Pooh Bears] (The Buzzati book is The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question bro|madam|2615
Jaimie CarlsonBanned from ARGOSHu up Jinning they Tao9510
Chinmay KansaraCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms103-5
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsUBC103-5
Henry BonI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireThompson et al.10610
Megan WangImport PandasPahkin' the Ahgo15010
Matthew WangUBCthrow away your cards, rally in the streets15710
Evan TingAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!15710

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025N3100%33%0%83.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%0%67%140.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%33%0%90.33
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024N5100%40%0%71.80
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024N6100%33%0%94.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024N3100%33%0%84.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024N3100%33%0%88.00