Question

A group that spoke this non-English language names the paradox that languages can be both similar enough to translate but different enough to be mutually unintelligible. This language is the most widely spoken that features classificatory verb stems based on whether the object is one of several types, including (15[1])“Flat Flexible Object” and (15[1])“Mushy (15[1])Matter.” The only word in this language that has been fully absorbed into English is this language’s term for home, hooghan. (15[1]-5[2])Edward (15[1])Sapir (-5[1])coined the name of a family (-5[1])whose most spoken language is this one by adding (15[1])the (-5[1])prefix (*) “Na” (10[1])to (10[1])its endonym. (10[6]-5[1])Almost half of all native language speakers in the United (10[1])States speak this most-spoken Athabaskan language, which is mutually (10[1])intelligible with Apachean (10[1])languages. For 10 points, speakers of what Native American language were employed as “code (10[1])talkers” (10[4])in (10[1])World War II? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Navajo language [or Diné bizaad, accept the Navajo code talkers; accept Na-Dene languages] (The first line refers to the code-talker paradox.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%116.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%67%33%88.33
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%33%0%102.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%40%117.40
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%67%122.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%33%0%95.83
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%33%92.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brendan BethlehemCien Años de QuizboledadCambridge4815
Conor ThompsonThompson et al.UBC5215
Andrew HunterMusic to Help You Stop SmokingThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)5315
Joseph CollinsGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczSimple Vibes74-5
Emmett Lauriejeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubCope is the thing with feathers74-5
Natan Holtzmanthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms7415
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broBanned from ARGOS7515
Henry BonI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!76-5
Will AlstonWalston et. al.NJ TRANSit (and anwen82-5
Sean HigginsClown Senpaishawk two of9115
Kunaal Chandrashekaras rational as the square root of two power bottomsModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha92-5
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioBHSU Rebirth9410
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityLimp Francekit9510
Eren MicheletPahkin' the Ahgo|madam|9710
William HoustonThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysNortheast by Northwestern9710
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club9710
Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countrySimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut9710
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken97-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange9710
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Cry of the Common Loon9710
Charles HangWashUWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?10710
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere11610
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsBerkeley11910
Stephen HeritageNotre DameClown Squad13310
Christopher DechHu up Jinning they TaoImport Pandas13410
Sam MooreSimple VibesGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz13410
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwenWalston et. al.13410
Michal GerasimiukStanford+number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku13410
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green Teajust one more half-dot bro13510
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up13810
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms13910
Steven YuanCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire13910