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Question

The name of this deity is given to the Christian God in the Akan language. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this supreme sky deity in Akan myth, who challenges [emphasize] another figure to capture four creatures including Osebo the leopard and Mmoatia the fairy in order to win the world’s stories.

ANSWER: Nyame (“NYAH-may”) [or Gye Nyame; accept Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma; or Odomankoma]

[10m] That feat was accomplished by this trickster deity, who is often depicted as a spider. In another myth, this figure attempted to store all the world’s wisdom in a calabash gourd before dropping it while climbing up a tree.

ANSWER: Anansi [or Kweku Anansi; or Ananse]

[10e] Tales of Anansi have influenced the development of one of these animals called Br’er (“brair”) in the Southern United States. An Aesopian fable has one of these animals lose to a tortoise in a race due to its arrogance.

ANSWER: rabbit [or hare; or bunny; accept Br’er Rabbit; accept lepus]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	20.00	100%	91%	9%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	22.22	100%	89%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	18.33	92%	83%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	75%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	83%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


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