Rhine River - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

Hagen orders a woman to kill Gunther before he will reveal the whereabouts of a hoard at the bottom of this location, then is killed by her for going against his word. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this body of water home to namesake legendary nixie “maidens” protecting a store of gold. Boaters are legendarily drowned by a siren combing her golden hair in this body of water.

ANSWER: Rhine River [or Rhein; or Rijn; or Rhin; accept Rhinemaidens or Rheintöchter]

[10e] The hoard that Kriemhild seeks was obtained when Siegfried killed one of these creatures named Fafnir. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (“YOR-mun-gahn-durr”) is one of these creatures who dwells in the oceans of Midgard.

ANSWER: Germanic dragons [or serpents; or wyrms; accept giant snakes; accept Midgard Serpent or World Serpent]

[10h] This husband of Kriemhild shuns her after she kills Hagen, Gunther, and Siegfried. This ruler, whose historical counterpart apocryphally had a river diverted for his burial, owns the gold-decked castle that serves as the destination of Dietrich’s Flight.

ANSWER: Etzel [or Atli; or Attila the Hun]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	16.15	92%	62%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	0%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	50%	10%
North	Main	Y	11	13.64	100%	27%	9%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	14.17	92%	33%	17%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	12.50	92%	25%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	12.86	93%	36%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Northern California	Main	N	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Southern California	Main	N	8	15.00	88%	38%	25%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	N	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	9	13.33	100%	22%	11%
Florida	Main	N	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	N	12	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Midwest	Main	N	9	15.56	89%	56%	11%
North	Main	N	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	N	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
Pacific	Main	N	8	18.75	88%	75%	25%
South Central	Main	N	7	11.43	100%	14%	0%
Southeast	Main	N	13	13.85	100%	23%	15%
UK (North)	UK	N	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
UK (South)	UK	N	8	16.25	100%	13%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	N	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%

Data


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