Death of a Naturalist - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

The title poem of this collection describes “great slime kings” that “were gathered ... for vengeance.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this poetry collection. In this collection, the author mourns his brother, who is buried in “a four-foot box, a foot for every year” in the poem “Mid-Term Break.”

ANSWER: Death of a Naturalist

[10m] Death of a Naturalist is a poetry collection by this Irish poet. This poet repeated the line “between my finger and my thumb / the squat pen rests” in his poem “Digging.”

ANSWER: Seamus Heaney (“SHAY-mus HEE-nee”) [or Seamus Justin Heaney]

[10e] In 1999, Heaney released his translation of this Old English epic poem, notably translating its first word, “hwaet,” as “so.” In this poem, the title Geatish warrior kills the monster Grendel.

ANSWER: Beowulf

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	70%	30%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	11	12.73	100%	27%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	13.33	89%	33%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	50%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	18.57	100%	71%	14%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%

Data


Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	0	10	10
UCSC	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
UCLA F	USC A	0	0	10	10
UCSD B	Claremont C	0	0	10	10
Claremont A	UC Irvine	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	USC B	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	UCLA A	0	0	10	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
McGill A	Ottawa D	10	10	10	30
McGill C	McGill B	10	10	10	30
Ottawa A	McGill E	0	0	10	10
Carleton A	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	10	30
Florida B	Florida A	0	10	10	20
Florida State A	South Florida A	0	0	10	10
Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State D	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
WVU A	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	Louisville C	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	WVU B	0	0	10	10
Michigan State B	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	Michigan State D	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	JMU B	0	0	10	10
William & Mary B	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
UNC D	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
NCSU B	UNC C	0	0	10	10
George Mason C	George Mason B	0	0	10	10
Penn	Maryland B	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Maryland C	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Rutgers C	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Maryland A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	NYU C	0	10	10	20
Rowan	George Mason A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers D	Lehigh A	0	0	10	10
Stony Brook	Princeton	0	0	10	10
Vassar A	Lehigh B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Vassar B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
William Woods University A	Illinois Canada	0	10	10	20
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	Indiana B	0	0	10	10
Iowa B	Rose-Hulman A	0	0	0	0
Purdue B	Illinois Blue	10	10	10	30
Illinois Urbana	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Purdue D	Indiana A	0	0	10	10
Illinois Champaign	WashU Grolars	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota	Macalester	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	10	10	20
VCU A	UNC A	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	Virginia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Duke A	Virginia Tech A	0	0	10	10
William & Mary A	William & Mary C	0	0	10	10
Texas	Alberta A	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	Boise State	0	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Washington Chinook	Arizona State B	0	0	10	10
British Columbia B	Washington Coho	0	0	10	10
British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	0	0	10	10
Washington State	Washington Chum	0	0	10	10
Washington Steelhead	Washington Atlantic	0	0	10	10
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma A	0	0	10	10
Harding	Murray State College B	0	0	10	10
Tulsa A	Nebraska B	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Oklahoma	0	0	10	10
Rose State	Nebraska C	0	0	10	10
Tulsa B	Murray State College A	0	0	10	10
Boston University B	Southern Connecticut State University A	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Tufts A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	0	10	10	20
Durham C	Sheffield A	0	0	10	10
Durham D	Durham B	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh A	York	0	10	10	20
Imperial D	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Imperial C	Bristol	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Southampton	Cambridge E	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Oxford	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Warwick	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Binghamton C	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
ESF	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
RIT B	RIT A	0	0	10	10
Cornell C	Rochester	0	0	10	10
Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Auburn C	Georgia Tech A	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	Auburn A	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	0	0	10	10
Chipola College	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Tennessee Tech	Sewanne	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Emory A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	0	0	10	10