Question

A man who visits three of these places while searching for the “thrice-ninth” kingdom is told to blow three horns successively louder to avoid getting eaten. (10[1])A piece of bread covered in salt and wrapped in cloth can pacify angry spirits in these places, which may be occupied by benevolent female spirits with chicken beaks called kikimora. (10[1])While following a doll’s instructions, (10[2]-5[2])a girl witnesses three subsequent riders wearing white, red, and black (-5[1])entering one (10[2])of these places. (10[1]-5[1])A barabashka is an angry subtype of a spirit of these (10[1])places (10[2])called domovoi. (10[4]-5[3])Vasilisa (10[2])the Beautiful sought fire in one of these places surrounded by a fence (10[2])of bones (10[1])and supported (10[1])by chicken legs. (10[15])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[4])sweets (10[1])make up what type of location (10[1])in the Grimm (10[1])Brothers (10[1])fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel?” (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[1])

ANSWER: houses [or households or homes or huts; accept hearths; accept Baba Yaga’s house; prompt on walls or courtyards or keyholes by asking “of what places?”; prompt on forests by asking “what sort of place in the forest?”; prompt on buildings]
<MS, Mythology>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%118.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%115.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%117.83
Midwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%67.50
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%118.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%93.80
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%112.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%102.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%116.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%98.40
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%99.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%130.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
James McCurleyHarvard BBrandeis A2510
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge E5610
Owen ArnesonMissouriChicago B6110
Omer KeskinOxford ABristol6110
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeGeorge Washington B61-5
Tom ScheriRIT BRIT A61-5
Hamish CampbellDurhamNYU C72-5
Andrew WangIllinois AChicago A7410
Nathan ZhangCornell BNYU B7410
Eric ChangVirginia Tech AUNC B77-5
Albert NyangLSESheffield7710
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BNotre Dame C8810
Megan WangBrown ABrandeis B8910
Audrey ChoHaverford ARutgers A8910
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BKenyon91-5
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota B9110
Eric YangPurdueIowa91-5
Andy YuMaryland AMaryland B9110
Ryan RosenbergNYU AHaverford B9110
Jem BurchYale AColumbia C9110
Alec RisoCornell CCornell D91-5
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW A9210
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AManchester9210
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B10510
Ben LaFondCambridge BSouthampton A10510
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BUCF C10710
Aidan JonesLiberty AUNC D10910
Joshua GarnerOhio State BCase Western B11210
Biyang ZhangMichigan BMichigan D11210
Cade SmithMichigan StateOhio State A11210
Xavier MigliaccioCarnegie Mellon ACase Western A11210
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeLiberty B11210
Joy AnHarvard AUMass Boston11210
Nathan SheffieldMIT ADartmouth A11210
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANotre Dame B11210
Michał GerasimiukStanford BGeorgetown B11210
Tai BelkeUBCUW B11210
Virginia StewartAlabama AVanderbilt A11210
Eugenia TongImperial BOxford C11210
Elliot CosnettOxford BImperial A11210
Olin BoseColumbia BPenn B11210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AGeorge Washington A11210
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan C11310
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC C11410
Khanh NguyenFlorida AValencia A11510
Chris YooWilliam & MaryWake Forest11510
Jack LewisBruin ALouisville A11510
Fahim AfzalCambridge DWarwick B11510
Matt ShinnickGeorgetown ANotre Dame A11610
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CSouthampton B12210
Benny ShtutmanSouth CarolinaLiberty C12510
Elijah O’Sick JohnsonBinghamton AESF A12610
Eren MicheletBUTufts A13110
Juan LandaetaFlorida State AUCF B13210
Noah DeanKenyonCarnegie Mellon B13210
Crow HeUNC BVirginia Tech A13210
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin A13210
Aaron MarchandCarletonWisconsin B13210
Owen AshbrookIowaPurdue13210
Samir SarmaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A13210
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech D1320
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CDurham13210
Peter LutzGeorge Washington BJohn Jay College13210
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DCornell C13210
Chris ScheriRIT ARIT B13210