mermaids - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

In a story, these creatures lack immortal souls, causing them to dissolve into foam when they die. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these creatures. In that story, one of these creatures gives up her voice in an attempt to obtain a soul, and later dies after tossing a dagger into the ocean.

ANSWER: mermaids [or mermen; or merfolk; or merpeople; or havfrue]

[10e] “The Little Mermaid” is a fairy tale by this Danish author. Other fairy tales by this author include “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and “The Ugly Duckling.”

ANSWER: Hans Christian Andersen

[10h] In this other Andersen fairy tale, Kai becomes cruel after a piece of the devil’s mirror gets stuck in his heart. In this story, Gerda rescues Kai after his abduction by the title character.

ANSWER: “The Snow Queen” [or “Snedronningen”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	22.86	86%	100%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	75%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	26.00	100%	90%	70%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	24.44	100%	89%	56%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	22.22	89%	78%	56%
North	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	92%	75%	42%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	25.00	100%	88%	63%
South Central	Main	Y	6	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	25.00	100%	100%	50%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%

Data


Stanford A	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Little Prince	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	0	10
UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	10	10	30
Claremont B	UCSD B	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCLA E	10	10	10	30
UCLA F	USC B	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	USC A	10	10	10	30
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Ottawa B	0	10	0	10
McGill E	Ottawa C	10	10	10	30
Florida State A	Florida Tech A	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	10	0	0	10
UCF A	Florida A	10	10	10	30
Florida B	South Florida A	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Michigan State C	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Louisville C	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Michigan State B	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Pittsburgh	0	10	10	20
CWRU D	Michigan D	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Ohio State C	WVU A	10	10	10	30
UNC A	JMU A	10	10	0	20
UNC D	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
William & Mary A	UNC B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	UNC C	10	10	10	30
VCU A	NCSU B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	JMU B	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	William & Mary C	0	10	0	10
NYU B	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	0	0	0	0
Maryland B	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Princeton	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B	Penn	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Rowan	10	10	10	30
Rutgers D	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers C	Stony Brook	10	10	0	20
Vassar B	NYU C	10	10	10	30
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	10	10	0	20
Macalester	Wisconsin C	10	10	0	20
Minnesota	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth B	Brown A	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth C	Vermont A	0	0	0	0
Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	MIT B	10	10	10	30
Williams C	Tufts C	0	10	0	10
Williams A	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
MIT A	UConn A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Vermont B	10	10	10	30
Boston College B	Williams B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Alberta B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	British Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Washington Chinook	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	10	10	0	20
Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	10	10	10	30
Washington State	Washington Masu	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Boise State	0	10	0	10
Washington Steelhead	Texas	10	10	10	30
Central Oklahoma B	Kansas State B	10	10	0	20
Tulsa B	Kansas State A	10	10	10	30
Oklahoma	Murray State College B	10	10	10	30
Nebraska A	Nebraska C	10	10	10	30
Nebraska B	Harding	10	10	0	20
Rose State	Murray State College A	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Auburn C	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Sewanne	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Chipola College	10	10	10	30
Durham B	Edinburgh C	10	10	0	20
York	Durham C	10	10	10	30
Durham D	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Durham A	Edinburgh D	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Rochester	10	10	10	30
Binghamton B	RIT A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton C	Cornell A	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	10	0	20