Question
Greenstone amulets called hei matau resemble this object, which names a star formation that corresponds to the Western constellation of Scorpio. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this object created from a grandmother’s jawbone. In one feat, a deity tricked his brothers into pulling on this object to create Ni’ihau.
ANSWER: fish-hook [accept magical hook; accept Manaiakalani; accept BUT DO NOT REVEAL Maui’s hook or Ka Makau Nui o Māui]
[10e] This Polynesian trickster god used a giant fish hook to pull up the Hawaiian islands from the ocean floor.
ANSWER: Māui
[10m] Attached to Māui’s fish hook were feathers of the ‘alae bird, which Māui punished for preventing this action. Māui performed this action by taking one of Mahuika’s fingernails.
ANSWER: stealing fire [accept obvious equivalents such as the theft of fire; prompt on making fire or equivalents]
<Mythology - Mythology>
Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
Data
| Columbia A | Columbia C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Case Western | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Iowa State | Penn State B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Iowa | Vassar | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| North Carolina | Penn State A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan A | WUSTL | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Claremont | Vanderbilt B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| SIUE | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Squidward Community College | WUSTL J | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Truman State | WUSTL C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ottawa | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto Sprout | Toronto Penguin World War | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Waterloo Bust | Waterloo Cali | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |