smörgåsbord - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

Guests to a Swedish household might either be disappointed or relieved that they traditionally aren’t fed by the family. For 10 points each:

[10e] A casserole called Jansson’s Temptation is a mainstay of these buffet-like “tables” traditionally stacked with hot and cold food for open-faced sandwiches. They have become a byword in English for “a variety of things.”

ANSWER: smörgåsbord (“smarr-gahs-BUHRD”) [prompt on julebord or påskbuffé]

[10m] Outdoor celebrations in August celebrate the High Coast dish of surströmming, which is produced in this manner. Hákarl is produced in this manner in Iceland and served in cubes.

ANSWER: fermented [or word forms, such as undergoing fermentation; accept fermented herring; accept fermented shark]

[10h] A common food during Shrovetide is this sweetroll filled with almond paste and topped with homemade whipped cream. This sweetroll is usually served alongside espresso but also can be served drowned in warm milk.

ANSWER: semla [or semlor; or fastelavn; or vēja kūkas; or laskiaispulla; or fastlagsbulle; or fastelavnbolle]

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Summary


2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	24	18.33	96%	88%	0%

Data


Minnesota A	Chicago C	10	10	20
North Carolina A	Cornell B	10	10	20
Chicago A	Yale A	10	10	20
Houston A	Florida B	10	10	20
Michigan A	Imperial A	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	Minnesota B	10	10	20
UC Berkeley A	MIT A	10	10	20
Rutgers A	McGill A	10	10	20
WUSTL A	Ohio State A	10	10	20
Penn A	Penn State A	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Claremont A	10	10	20
Columbia A	Toronto A	10	10	20
Virginia A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10
Texas A	Harvard A	10	10	20
Illinois A	Iowa State A	0	10	10
Columbia B	NYU A	10	10	20
Indiana A	Northwestern A	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Rutgers B	10	10	20
Stanford A	Florida A	10	10	20
UC Berkeley B	Purdue A	10	10	20
Cornell A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	10
Yale B	WUSTL B	10	10	20
Brown A	Chicago B	10	10	20
Duke A	Maryland A	10	0	10