Question

In a Slovene folktale, the Count of Ljubljana (“l’yob-l’YAH-nuh”) uses one of these objects to try to kill the warlock Lampret from 26 miles away. In a Johann Apel tale, William crafts some of these objects while in a magic circle at a crossroads and surrounded by (10[1])owls and bones. A modern Polish legend contends that author Jan Potocki (“yan poh-TOH-skee”) was killed by one of these objects (10[1])crafted from his mother’s sugar bowl and blessed by a priest. Jean Chastel claimed to have killed the Beast (10[1])of Gévaudan (10[1])(“zhey-voo-dahn”) using some (10[2])of these objects (10[2])derived from (10[1])a chalice, (10[1])inspiring Curt Siodmak (10[1])to invent a piece of fakelore about them. (10[1])In a German folktale, the Devil crafts seven of these objects, the first six of which are hyper-accurate (10[1])while the seventh (10[1])causes an unexpected occurrence; (10[1])that folktale (10[1])was adapted into an opera (10[1]-5[1])by Carl Maria von Weber. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])silver examples (10[1])of what objects (-5[1])are said to kill werewolves? (10[3])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: magic bullets [accept silver bullets; prompt on guns, rifles, pistols, firearms, or weapons]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2496%0%17%112.17

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael MaysImperial AColumbia B4510
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AWUSTL A6410
Alex SchmidtPenn State AWUSTL B8310
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMcGill A8510
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BRutgers A8710
Matt JacksonChicago ABrown A8710
Halle FriedmanNYU AJohns Hopkins A9010
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BUC Berkeley B9010
Tracy MirkinFlorida ACornell A9210
Joel MilesMinnesota ATexas A9410
Clark SmithOhio State ADuke A9710
Collin AceRutgers BHouston A10510
Michał GerasimiukYale AMaryland A12310
Sky LiToronto AMIT A12610
Natan HoltzmanStanford AChicago B13010
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AIndiana A13210
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BIllinois A13710
Robert CondronChicago CColumbia A137-5
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AIowa State A142-5
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANorth Carolina A145-5
Todd MaslykMichigan APurdue A14510
Kevin ParkClaremont AVirginia A14710
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ACornell B150-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State ASouth Carolina A15510
Rosa XiaCornell BHarvard A15510
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BVanderbilt A15510
Jim FanNorth Carolina ANorthwestern A1560
John John GrogerColumbia AChicago C15610