centaurs - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Alleged parentage by Ixion led to the name of Ixionidae for these creatures. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these Greek mythological creatures. Rhoecus (“REE-kuss”) and Hylaeus, who are killed by Atalanta during their failed attempt to assault her mid-hunt, are examples of these half-horse, half-human creatures.

ANSWER: centaurs [or hippocentaurs]

[10m] Ixion fathered the centaurs with the cloud-nymph Nephele while she was disguised as this deity, for whom a sculptor named Rhoecus built a temple in Samos. This Greek goddess turns Galanthis into a weasel for allowing the birth of Alcmene’s (“alk-MEE-nee’s”) son.

ANSWER: Hera [reject “Juno”]

[10h] The rich man Rhoecus of Cnidus is blinded by one of these animals sent by his hamadryad (“ham-uh-DRY-ad”) lover for brushing it away while gambling. One hero has to sacrifice four bulls and four cows to save some of these animals that are inflicted with disease after Eurydice’s death.

ANSWER: bees [accept honeybees or bumblebees] (The hero is Aristaeus.)

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Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	50%	10%
North	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	44%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	75%	25%
UK	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	11	18.18	100%	82%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%

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Berkeley D	Berkeley A	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley E	10	10	0	20
Berkeley C	Berkeley F	10	0	0	10
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
UCSC	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Scripps	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	UCI	10	10	0	20
UCSB	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	10	0	20
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCLA C	10	0	0	10
USC	Claremont Pitzer	10	0	0	10
UF B	ERAU B	10	0	0	10
UF E	Melbourne B	10	0	0	10
UF C	ERAU A	10	0	0	10
UF D	FSU	10	0	0	10
FIU	Melbourne A	10	10	0	20
UF A	USF	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	MSU A	10	10	0	20
CWRU C	Kenyon A	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Kenyon B	10	10	0	20
MSU B	OSU B	10	10	0	20
OSU C	OSU A	10	0	0	10
Pitt B	Pitt C	10	0	0	10
Clemson B	Tennessee A	10	0	0	10
Liberty A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina C	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
North Carolina B	James Madison	10	10	0	20
Virginia B	Roanoke	10	0	0	10
North Carolina A	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	NC State	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
CWRU B	OSU D	10	10	0	20
Georgetown A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
Georgetown B	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins C	George Washington A	10	0	0	10
George Mason C	Maryland A	10	0	0	10
Penn A	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Catholic University	10	10	0	20
NYU B	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Maryland D	Penn B	10	0	0	10
VCU A	UMBC A	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Princeton A	10	10	0	20
Swarthmore A	Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Rowan A	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Louisville B	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
UIC	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Notre Dame D	10	0	0	10
Illinois B	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
Chicago C	Notre Dame C	10	10	0	20
Carleton	Minnesota C	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	Macalester A	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Macalester B	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Nebraska	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin	Minnesota B	10	10	0	20
Brown A	BC A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Lloyd George	BC B	10	10	0	20
BU	Brandeis Orlando	10	0	0	10
Cornell-UG	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	Yale A	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Brown C	10	0	0	10
MIT A	Brown B	10	10	10	30
MIT B	Dartmouth	10	10	0	20
Tufts A	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
Tufts B	Brandeis Wilson	10	0	0	10
Williams	Bowdoin A	10	10	0	20
Harvard	Yale B	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	Washington B	10	10	0	20
British Columbia D	Washington A	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	British Columbia C	10	0	0	10
British Columbia B	Alberta	10	0	0	10
UTD A	Alberta B	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
Ohio	Tulsa	10	10	0	20
Iowa	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Texas A	McGill D	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Northwestern C	10	10	0	20
UCO	UTD B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Alabama B	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Huntsville A	10	0	0	10
Bruin A	Huntsville B	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Sewanee A	10	0	0	10
Auburn B	UAB A	10	10	0	20
Sheffield B	Birmingham A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge B	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge C	LSE A	10	10	0	20
Durham B	Sheffield C	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh A	Imperial B	10	10	0	20
LSE B	Bristol A	10	0	0	10
Bristol B	Lancaster A	10	0	0	10
Manchester A	Southampton A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	Manchester B	10	10	0	20
Oxford A	Imperial C	10	10	0	20
Cornell-DII	ESF	10	10	0	20
Rochester	RIT A	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Binghamton A	10	0	0	10