Inuit - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

In this culture, dilated nostrils and large eyes characterize depictions of a hybrid monster-spirit formed from the Frankensteined remains of animals and humans by shaman. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this culture, whose shamans rely on familiar “helping spirits” to identify the cause of illnesses. Every year, a shaman from this culture descends into the underworld to comb the hair of a fingerless goddess.

ANSWER: Inuit [or Inuuk; or Kalaallit; accept Inupiat; accept Inuvialuit; accept Inughuit or Inuhuit; accept Yupik; prompt on Eskimo but note that it’s a derogatory term] (The goddess is Sedna.)

[10e] The angakkuq shamans of the Inuit carve representations of tupilaq monsters from the teeth of walruses and these animals. Haida tales recall the conflict between the thunderbird and these animals, which also swallow Jonah in Biblical lore.

ANSWER: whales [accept sperm whales; accept orcas or killer whales]

[10h] In Inuit folklore, tupilaq are believed to have this ability that, along with invisibility, helps them sneak up on their targets. The naguals of Mesoamerica also have this ability, as do certain Navajo warlocks.

ANSWER: shapeshifting [accept skinchanging or skinwalking; accept skinwalkers; accept size alteration; accept answers indicating transforming into animals]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	67%	0%	67%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	26.00	100%	60%	100%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	16.25	100%	0%	63%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	23.33	100%	67%	67%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	25%	75%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	20.00	100%	57%	43%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	25.00	100%	67%	83%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	22.50	100%	38%	88%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Brock	McGill A	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Carleton University	0	10	10	20
Guelph	Western A	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
UBC B	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Western B	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Central Florida A	Central Florida B	0	0	10	10
Central Florida C	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida C	Florida B	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Western C	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Michigan State	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Ottawa	McMaster B	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Illinois A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Indiana C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Northwestern C	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Queen's	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
Brandeis B	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Brown	Harvard B	10	10	10	30
Harvard A	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
MIT	Southern Connecticut State	10	10	0	20
Yale	Brandeis A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Claremont	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	Carleton College	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	Washington A	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth A	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Murray State A	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Texas A&M A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Sewanee	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
WashU A	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Bruin	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Bristol	Oxford A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Imperial C	10	10	10	30
Southampton A	Cardiff	0	10	10	20
Oxford B	City St. George's	10	10	10	30
Durham	Imperial A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Oxford C	10	10	10	30
LSE	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30
Montpellier	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge B	UCL	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Birmingham	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Warwick B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Alabama B	10	10	10	30
Mississipi State	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Vassar	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	John Jay	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
RIT	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
Penn State	Rochester	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Catholic	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore	NYU C	0	10	10	20