Nanabozho - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

In one tale, a fox, a squirrel, and a bear help this figure steal fire from the island of the fire spirits. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this trickster spirit from Anishinaabe folklore who created the thunderbird to fend off the underwater panther among other spirits. This Ojibwe trickster often takes the form of a hare.

ANSWER: Nanabozho [or Nanabush or Mishaabooz or Gitchii-wabooz]

[10e] The beardless depiction of this figure’s statue at Lake Bemidji (“buh-MIJ-ee”) is apparently attributed to Nanabozho’s walloping of this figure with a Red Lake walleye. Babe the Blue Ox was this lumberjack’s companion.

ANSWER: Paul Bunyan

[10m] Among the various adversaries of Nanabozho are these emaciated spirits known to possess starving men like “Swift Runner” who are sometimes diagnosed with their namesake psychosis.

ANSWER: wendigos [or windigos or wenabozh; accept wendigo psychosis]

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Summary


California (South)	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	6	21.67	100%	83%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%

Data


UCLA A	UCSD B	0	10	0	10
Queen's	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
Simon Fraser	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
UBC A	McGill B	10	10	10	30
Ottawa	UBC B	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Virginia	10	10	10	30
William and Mary	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Harvard A	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Washington A	Claremont	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	Durham	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Bristol	0	10	10	20
UCL	Montpellier	0	10	0	10