molting - 2025 ACF Winter - Buzzpoints App

Question

It’s not looksmaxxing, but in medieval times, this process was also known as “mewing.” For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this process, exemplified by the shedding of feathers by birds. This process also refers to the discarding of exoskeletons or cuticles by insects and crustaceans.

ANSWER: molting [or moulting; accept ecdysis]

[10h] An insect’s new exoskeleton must rapidly undergo this process in order to harden. This process creates a namesake cross-linked material including catecholamines (“CAT-uh-COAL-uh-meens”).

ANSWER: sclerotization [accept sclerotin]

[10m] These organisms have five developmental instar stages between molts and feed on xylem. In North America, these insects follow 13-year and 17-year synchronized cycles.

ANSWER: cicadas [accept Magicicada; accept periodical cicadas]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	19.23	100%	92%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	100%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	100%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	18.18	91%	91%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	92%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	80%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	92%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	19.29	93%	100%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
UK (North)	UK	N	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
UK (South)	UK	N	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	0	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley E	10	0	10	20
Stanford C	Berkeley F	10	0	0	10
Berkeley B	UCSC	10	0	10	20
UCI	Claremont Pitzer	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	0	10	20
UCLA D	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSB	10	0	10	20
UCSD Vices and Virtues	USC	0	0	0	0
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Scripps	10	0	10	20
Carleton	McGill C	10	0	0	10
Guelph A	Toronto D	10	0	10	20
Ottawa	McGill A	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Queen's A	10	0	10	20
Waterloo	McMaster B	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	Queen's B	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	0	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
Toronto H	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	10	0	10	20
Toronto K	McMaster C	10	0	10	20
Guelph B	Western Ontario	10	0	10	20
FIU	ERAU A	10	0	10	20
UF D	ERAU B	10	0	0	10
UCF B	Melbourne A	10	0	10	20
UF A	UF C	10	0	10	20
UF E	UF B	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	OSU C	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	Pitt A	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	MSU B	10	0	10	20
Pitt C	Kenyon A	10	0	10	20
MSU A	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
Kenyon B	OSU D	10	0	10	20
OSU A	Pitt B	10	0	10	20
UCF A	FSU	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech A	James Madison	10	0	10	20
Liberty A	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
Virginia B	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
North Carolina B	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
North Carolina C	Roanoke	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	South Carolina B	10	0	10	20
Tennessee A	Liberty B	10	0	10	20
Tusculum	NC State	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	North Carolina A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Clemson B	10	0	10	20
Maryland D	Catholic University	0	0	10	10
George Washington A	UMBC A	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	George Washington B	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	Penn A	10	0	10	20
Maryland B	Penn B	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins A	10	0	10	20
NYU A	George Mason B	10	0	10	20
NYU B	George Mason A	10	0	10	20
Georgetown B	Notre Dame E	10	0	10	20
Georgetown A	VCU A	10	0	10	20
Columbia B	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Columbia C	10	0	10	20
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
WashU B	SIUE	0	0	10	10
Truman State	William Woods	10	0	10	20
Missouri A	WashU A	10	0	10	20
WashU C	WashU D	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	10	0	10	20
Chicago D	Louisville B	10	0	10	20
Illinois C	Illinois A	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
Illinois B	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Michigan D	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Notre Dame B	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	Notre Dame D	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Notre Dame C	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	UIC	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Macalester A	10	0	10	20
Macalester B	St. Thomas	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Minnesota C	10	0	10	20
Minnesota B	Nebraska	10	0	10	20
Minnesota A	Wisconsin	0	10	0	10
Amherst B	Brown A	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	BC A	10	0	10	20
BC B	Bowdoin A	0	0	10	10
BU	Bowdoin B	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Brandeis Lloyd George	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Orlando	Brown B	10	0	10	20
Harvard	Dartmouth	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Cornell-UG	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Brandeis Wilson	10	0	10	20
Tufts A	Yale A	10	0	10	20
Tufts B	Yale B	10	0	10	20
Brown C	Williams	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Ohio	10	0	10	20
McGill D	Northwestern A	10	0	10	20
Texas A	Rose State	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	Texas B	10	0	10	20
Tulsa	Northwestern C	10	0	10	20
UCO	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
Northwestern B	UTD A	10	0	10	20
Iowa	UTD B	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore A	Rutgers B	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh A	Bristol B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge A	LSE B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge C	Imperial B	10	0	10	20
Durham A	Cambridge D	10	0	10	20
Birmingham A	City St George's A	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh B	Bristol A	0	0	10	10
Imperial C	Southampton A	10	0	10	20
Lancaster A	LSE A	10	0	10	20
Manchester A	Sheffield C	10	0	10	20
Warwick B	Manchester B	10	0	10	20
Oxford A	Durham B	10	0	10	20
Sheffield A	Oxford B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge B	Sheffield B	10	0	10	20
Southampton B	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Cornell-DII	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
Syracuse	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
RIT B	RIT A	10	0	10	20
ESF	Rochester	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	0	10	20