Semele - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Peculiarly, this mortal woman’s name may derive from the same root as the Proto-Indo-European deity *Dʰéǵʰōm (“day-gome”), from whom we also get the earth goddesses Gaia and Prithvi. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this woman who gains the name Thyone after she is rescued from the underworld by her “twice-born” son. In one legend, she becomes pregnant after her lover gives her his torn-up heart to drink.

ANSWER: Semele [or Stimula] (The son is Dionysus.)

[10m] Some linguists believe the name Semele may originate from the language of this non-Phrygian region. Notable kings from this region include Tereus, the husband of Procne, and Diomedes.

ANSWER: Thrace [or Thracia; or Thrakē]

[10e] Pausanias relates another tale of Semele and Dionysus that sees them set adrift in a chest in a manner akin to that of Danae and this son of hers. This early Greek hero rescued Andromeda from Cetus.

ANSWER: Perseus

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	12.22	89%	22%	11%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	12.22	100%	11%	11%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	17.14	100%	29%	43%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley C	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Arizona State	UCSD C	10	10	10	30
Stanford A	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Central Florida C	Central Florida B	0	0	10	10
Florida A	Florida B	0	0	10	10
Central Florida A	Florida C	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Ohio State A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State C	Michigan State	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	10	30
Duke	James Madison B	0	0	10	10
NC State B	James Madison A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	Liberty B	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
VCU	North Carolina C	10	0	10	20
North Carolina B	Virginia	0	10	10	20
Wake Forest	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
William and Mary	NC State A	0	0	10	10
UC Irvine	UCSD A	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago D	0	0	10	10
Northwestern D	Chicago E	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Illinois B	0	0	10	10
Indiana C	Indiana B	0	0	10	10
Northwestern C	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Indiana A	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Brown	Southern Connecticut State	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth A	Harvard B	0	0	10	10
Yale	Dartmouth B	0	10	10	20
MIT	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Carleton College	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	Claremont	10	10	10	30
Minnesota A	Washington A	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Texas A&M A	10	10	10	30
Murray State A	Texas B	0	0	10	10
Harvard A	Bowdoin B	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Alabama B	10	0	10	20
Bruin	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	10	0	10	20
WashU B	Louisville A	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Mississipi State	0	0	10	10
WashU A	Sewanee	0	10	10	20
Birmingham	Oxford C	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Montpellier	0	0	10	10
Southampton A	Warwick A	0	0	10	10
Manchester	Warwick B	0	0	10	10
Brandeis B	Brandeis A	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Catholic	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	John Jay	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	0	0	10	10
Swarthmore	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Maryland C	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Georgetown	Vassar	0	0	10	10
Penn State	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
RIT	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Rochester	0	10	10	20