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Question

As a newborn, this figure was thrown into the ocean wrapped in some hair from his mother, Taranga, leading to one of his epithets meaning “wrapped in the topknot.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this figure who stole fire from the fingernails of the goddess Mahuika. This trickster figure wields a weapon that was fashioned from his grandmother’s jawbone.

ANSWER: Māui [or Māui-tikitiki; or Māui-pōtiki; or Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga; or Māui te whare kino]

[10e] This country’s North Island is known as Te Ika-a-Māui, or “the fish of Māui,” among its native Māori people.

ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]

[10h] While trying to gain immortality, Māui eventually dies when he is crushed by teeth made of this material. Dead shades encounter a mountain of this material in the third region of Mictlān.

ANSWER: obsidian [prompt on rock; prompt on stone]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	86%	57%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	80%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	10	24.00	90%	80%	70%
Florida	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	23.33	100%	75%	58%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	21.67	92%	75%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	22.22	89%	78%	56%
North	Main	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	67%	58%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	18.89	78%	67%	44%
South Central	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	20.00	100%	46%	54%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	80%	60%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	USC B	0	10	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	UCLA F	10	0	0	10
UCLA A	Claremont C	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCSD B	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
Ottawa C	Carleton A	10	10	0	20
McGill A	Ottawa A	10	10	10	30
McGill B	Ottawa D	10	10	10	30
McGill E	Carleton B	10	0	0	10
McGill C	Ottawa B	0	10	0	10
Guelph A	Waterloo C	10	10	10	30
Waterloo A	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
McMaster C	Brock A	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Toronto C	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	Toronto H	10	10	10	30
McMaster B	Waterloo B	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Kentucky	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Louisville A	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	Michigan D	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan State D	Michigan State C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Louisville D	Pittsburgh	0	10	10	20
WVU A	Ohio State D	10	10	10	30
Louisville C	WVU B	10	10	0	20
Duke A	William & Mary C	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	JMU A	10	10	0	20
JMU B	NCSU B	10	10	0	20
UNC A	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
UNC D	UNC B	10	10	0	20
VCU A	UNC C	10	10	10	30
NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	William & Mary A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
George Mason B	Penn	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	NYU A	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Princeton	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Rowan	10	0	0	10
Rutgers C	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers D	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	WashU Grolars	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Illinois Blue	10	10	0	20
Illinois Canada	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	0	0	0	0
Purdue C	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Iowa A	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	WashU Grizzlers	10	10	0	20
Purdue D	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin A	Iowa State	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Boston College A	Brown B	10	10	10	30
Tufts C	Boston University B	0	10	0	10
Williams A	Dartmouth A	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	10	20
MIT B	Harvard	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Bach	UConn A	10	10	10	30
Boston University A	Vermont A	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Williams B	10	10	10	30
Alberta A	Washington Chum	10	10	10	30
Washington State	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Washington Atlantic	Boise State	10	10	0	20
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Texas	0	10	0	10
Washington Masu	Washington Chinook	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Washington Coho	10	0	0	10
Washington Steelhead	Arizona State A	10	10	0	20
Amherst B	Boston College B	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College B	10	10	0	20
Oklahoma	Nebraska A	10	10	10	30
Nebraska B	Nebraska C	10	10	0	20
Tulsa A	Murray State College A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Georgia Tech E	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Sewanne	Montevallo	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Clemson C	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Edinburgh C	10	0	0	10
Durham B	Edinburgh D	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Edinburgh B	10	10	0	20
Durham D	York	10	10	0	20
Sheffield B	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Imperial D	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Birmingham	0	10	10	20
Oxford	Imperial C	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	LSE	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Cambridge E	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton B	ESF	0	10	0	10
Cornell C	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell D	10	10	10	30
Rochester	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge B	Southampton	0	10	0	10