Question

While drunk, one of these figures wagers he can defeat all the men in a city, but is finally stopped by his mother. One of these figures is killed by a half-beast named Wonder while on his way to destroy the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. After a giant one of these figures is trapped in a stone coffin, (10[2])he gives superhuman strength to another of these figures he had earlier put inside his pocket. While bathing, one of these figures (-5[1])decapitates a dragon (10[1])with a hat filled with sand. One of these figures, who lay on a stove (10[1])unable to (10[1])walk (10[1]-5[1])until the age of (-5[1])33, resisted the deadly whistle of Nightingale the Robber. (10[1])Some of these characters (10[1]-5[1])from byliny, such as Alyosha Popovich and Dobrynya Nikitich, (10[2]-5[1])serve Vladimir Fair Sun, the ruler of Kiev. For 10 points, Ilya Muromets (10[3])is what type (10[1])of Slavic stock character, (10[1])similar to a knight-errant? ■END■ (10[6]0[5])

ANSWER: bogatyrs (“boh-guh-TEERS”) [or vityaz; accept elder bogatyrs; prompt on knight-errant until read] (The bogatyrs mentioned, in order, are Vasily Buslayev, Anika the Warrior, Svyatogor, Dobrynya Nikitich, and Ilya Muromets.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2488%0%21%123.10

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew WangIllinois AUC Berkeley A5710
Adam FineChicago AWUSTL A5710
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateBritish Columbia79-5
James McCurleyHarvardJohns Hopkins8210
Nathan ZhangCornell AGeorgia Tech9710
Justin HawkinsIndianaRutgers9910
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AToronto A10010
Jisoo YooTexasToronto C100-5
Teigue KellyPenn StateFlorida104-5
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANorthwestern11310
Jim FanNorth Carolina AStanford117-5
Owen MimnoNYUWaterloo B11710
Andy YuMarylandNorth Carolina B12610
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEUC Berkeley B126-5
Henry BonWinona StateUCF12610
Todd MaslykMichiganCornell B13910
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BVirginia13910
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota13910
Alan WuVanderbiltOhio State14210
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateOttawa14610
Yrwin BatanMITChicago B1510
Chris ScheriRITColumbia B1510
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaGeorgia State15110
Michał GerasimiukStanfordNorth Carolina A15110
Olin BoseColumbia BRIT1510
Parth JagtapToronto CTexas1510
Orion KellerVirginia TechToronto B15110
Liam StarnesChicago BMIT1510
Jem BurchYaleWUSTL B15110
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BLSE15110
Qingyu ZhangFloridaPenn State15110