Question
In a story from this region, a woman was turned into a plant after drowning while searching for the moon goddess Jaci. Travelers in this region can be led astray by the backwards footprints of a flaming dwarf-like demon or a hairy one-eyed giant. A mythical “land of cinnamon” was the destination of an expedition in this natural region chronicled by Gaspar de Carvajal (“kar-vah-HALL”). Men in this natural region may be targeted by a siren-like figure named Iara (“Yara”), while women may be impregnated by shapeshifting dolphins. The 100-foot-long snake Yacumama inhabits this natural region, where Henry Fawcett disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z. For 10 points, myths of the Tupi peoples tell of creatures from what South American rainforest? ■END■
Summary
California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 111.00 |
Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 106.33 |
Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 74.67 |
Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 112.00 |
Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 97.00 |
South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 91.50 |
Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 91.67 |
UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 30% | 107.80 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Annabelle Yang | WashU A | Chicago B | 36 | 10 |
Jisoo Yoo | Texas A | ASU | 46 | -5 |
John Luke Broussard | TAMU | Texas B | 61 | 10 |
Jakob Myers | Indiana A | Missoui S&T | 63 | 10 |
Elliot Cosnett | Oxford B | NYU C | 66 | -5 |
Justin Lee | Imperial A | Manchester | 66 | 10 |
Drew Scheiner | Missouri | Indiana B | 69 | 10 |
Adam Iqbal | Durham | Cambridge E | 70 | 10 |
Cole Hartung | Georgetown A | Notre Dame C | 84 | -5 |
Qingyu Zhang | Florida B | Florida State A | 85 | 10 |
Fahim Afzal | Cambridge D | Imperial B | 85 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Chicago C | WashU B | 87 | 10 |
Beckett Gilmore | Louisville A | Georgia Tech B | 87 | 10 |
Jack Lewis | Bruin A | Georgia Tech D | 87 | 10 |
Ned Tagtmeier | Chicago A | Illinois B | 88 | 10 |
Alice Ton Nu | UW A | Alberta | 92 | 10 |
Andrew Zeng | Stanford B | Notre Dame B | 96 | 10 |
Lucy Dennett | Warwick B | Southampton A | 96 | 10 |
Christopher Sims | Northwestern A | Northwestern B | 99 | 10 |
Ben LaFond | Cambridge B | Bristol | 99 | 10 |
Harris Beckner | Alabama A | Tennessee A | 101 | 10 |
Matthew Wang | UBC | UW B | 102 | 10 |
Swapnil Garg | UC Berkeley A | Claremont B | 103 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | Oxford A | LSE | 104 | 10 |
Justin Wytmar | Illinois A | Illinois C | 105 | 10 |
Freddy Potts | Sheffield | Oxford C | 105 | 10 |
Ryan Sun | UC Berkeley B | UCSD | 109 | 10 |
Brendan Bethlehem | Cambridge A | Cambridge C | 110 | -5 |
Khanh Nguyen | Florida A | UCF B | 112 | 10 |
Kevin Park | Claremont A | UCLA | 121 | 10 |
Brielle Rach | Iowa | Georgetown B | 121 | 10 |
Henry Keating | UCF C | Valencia A | 122 | 10 |
Stan Melkumian | Purdue | Notre Dame A | 122 | 10 |
Will Sanders | Notre Dame C | Georgetown A | 122 | 10 |
Bryan Ugaz | ASU | Texas A | 122 | 10 |
Jaz the Mononymous | Southampton B | Warwick A | 133 | -5 |
Lucas Johns | Warwick A | Southampton B | 151 | 10 |
Ian McDowell | Cambridge C | Cambridge A | 151 | 10 |
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | NYU C | Oxford B | 151 | 10 |