Question

Acehnese (“ah-chay-NEEZ”) lacks this grammatical feature everywhere except in its first-personal pronouns. Classical Arabic’s word for “camel” uniquely admits eight possible options for this grammatical feature. (10[1]-5[1])The (10[1])Tanoan (-5[1])languages Kiowa and Jemez (“HAY-mez”) feature a rare “inverse” form of this grammatical feature, which marks whether this feature has the expected status for its noun class. (-5[1])Besides (-5[1])recursion and color, Daniel Everett argued that the Pirahã (10[2]-5[1])language (10[2]-5[1])lacks both this (10[1])feature (10[1])and any words (10[2])for related (10[1])concepts. (10[1])The (-5[1])“paucal” (-5[4])form (10[2])of this feature is most (10[1]-5[1])closely (10[1])approximated by the English phrase “a (10[1])few.” (10[5])For 10 points, name this grammatical feature (10[1])in which words are (10[1])modified according to the quantities (10[1])involved, (10[2])such as English’s (10[1])singular (10[1])and plural. ■END■ (10[9]0[2])

ANSWER: grammatical number [accept quantity until read; accept singular or plural until read]
<Chicago A, Social Science>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%96.33
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%79.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%93.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y683%0%17%79.60
Overflow2025-02-01Y580%0%60%100.50
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%92.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%102.67
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%40%76.89

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alice Ton NuUW AUW B24-5
Paige CrawleyOxford BImperial B2410
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AOxford A2510
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern ANotre Dame A26-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C52-5
Matt ShinnickGeorgetown ANorthwestern B53-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AUC Berkeley B62-5
Crow HeUNC BWake Forest6210
Ezra SantosChicago BMissouri6210
Kevin ParkClaremont AClaremont B6310
Joseph ChambersVirginia ALiberty A6310
Cormac StephensonSouthampton ANYU C63-5
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AMichigan A6610
Fahim AfzalCambridge DSouthampton B6710
Anthony YinCase Western BMichigan D7010
Roan DowlingIowaStanford B7010
John ChenUBCAlberta7210
Jacob HarlMissoui S&TChicago C7310
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech C74-5
Charles HangWashU AIllinois B75-5
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BPurdue75-5
Nathan EasowManchesterSheffield75-5
Josh HowarthWarwick BDurham75-5
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon AMichigan B7610
Chris LevesleyWarwick ABristol7610
Nolan DannelsUCSDUCLA81-5
Danila KabotyanskiIndiana AChicago D8110
Andrew WangIllinois AIndiana B8210
Reed SextonMichigan COhio State B8810
Elie AounCase Western AKenyon8910
Cade SmithMichigan StateCarnegie Mellon B8910
Brina RatangeeVanderbilt AAlabama A8910
Ian McDowellCambridge CCambridge B8910
Cormac BeirneLSEImperial A8910
Benjamin LiuOxford CCambridge E9610
Jiping FangIllinois CWashU B10010
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryVirginia Tech A10510
Will SandersNotre Dame CGeorgetown B10610
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AGeorgia Tech A10610
Miller DoerrLiberty BLiberty C10910
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaDuke11010
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BUC Berkeley A11310
Kaiser XiaoUCLAUCSD11310
Nick SmemoeUNC DUNC C11310
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame ANorthwestern A11310
Davis JohnsonPurdueNotre Dame B11310
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BGeorgetown A1130
Alan FanUW BUW A11310
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CBruin A11310
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton A1130
Freddy PottsSheffieldManchester11310
Hamish CampbellDurhamWarwick B11310