Question

In a legend from this modern-day country, a widowed fisherwoman smashes a jar to free a princess trapped in a golden snail shell. A food goddess from this country was born from an egg derived from the tear of Antaboga. A pangram (10[1])from this country used to order the consonant of a language derives from a disagreement over a royal heirloom that led to the deaths (-5[1])of two servants of the hero Aji Saka (10[1])(“AH-shee soh-kah”). In a creation myth from this country, a serpent wraps its body around a mountain on the back of a turtle to pin down a previously (-5[2])free-floating island. (-5[3])Enchantments from the evil witch Rangda (10[2]-5[1])cause men to stab themselves (10[1])with daggers in this country’s Barong lion dance. (10[2]-5[1])The powerful deity (10[1])Semar incarnates as an ugly clown servant who is portrayed by a shadow puppet (10[2])in this country’s (10[1])traditional (10[1])wayang (10[3])plays. (10[1])For 10 points, animist and Hindu beliefs are fused in the mythology of what country’s island of Bali? (10[3])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Indonesia [or Republic of Indonesia; or ​​Republik Indonesia] (The second sentence refers to the rice goddess Dewi Sri.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%33%134.17

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago AFlorida A4110
Alex SchmidtPenn State AYale B65-5
Quynh PhungPurdue AFlorida B7310
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BGeorgia Tech B99-5
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BMinnesota B99-5
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AChicago B101-5
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AMinnesota A101-5
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley ATexas A101-5
Caleb KendrickMaryland AStanford A10710
Lexi TermanRutgers BImperial A10710
Darren PetrosinoRutgers ASouth Carolina A107-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL ADuke A11210
Justin WytmarIllinois AVirginia A12010
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AMIT A120-5
Raymond WangCornell AYale A12010
Clark SmithOhio State ABrown A12310
Noah SheidlowerColumbia ACornell B13710
Mazin OmerHarvard AIndiana A13710
James StevensonMichigan AJohns Hopkins A14010
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AColumbia B14110
John BroussardHouston ANYU A14210
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AClaremont A14210
Ian ChowToronto AChicago C14210
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIowa State A14310
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BWUSTL B16110
Grace LiuMIT ANorth Carolina A16110
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina ARutgers A16110
John MarvinChicago BGeorgia Tech A16210
Matthew SiffYale BPenn State A16210
Joel MilesMinnesota ANorthwestern A16210
Brad MacLaineTexas AUC Berkeley A16210
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BUC Berkeley B16210