Question

At the end of Book One of a novel, a character stands near these things as her white dress shimmers in the moonlight, leading the narrator to stretch out his arms as she vanishes. The narrator of an 1823 poem hears the beckoning whispers of one of these things “at the well before the gate.” Hans Castorp (10[1])repeatedly plays a song named for one of these things (10[1])and hums it heading (10[1])into battle at the end of The Magic Mountain. A poem named for one of these things uses the word “tándaradéi” (10[2]-5[1])(“tahn-DEH-rah-DIE”) to represent the call of a nightingale, the only witness to the narrator’s tryst. These objects title the most famous Minnelied (“mih-nuh-LEEDT”) by the medieval court (10[1])poet Walther von der Vogelweide (10[1])(“FOH-gull-VYE-duh”). A character who likes to read Homer under (10[1])two of these objects (10[4])often mentions them (10[1])to (10[1])his unrequited love Charlotte (10[3])in an epistolary (10[1])novel. (-5[4])For 10 points, after his suicide, Young Werther is buried under what type (10[1])of tree? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: linden trees [or lime trees; or Lindenbäume; accept “Under the Linden Trees” or “Unter den Linden”; prompt on trees, plants, Baum, Bäume, or Pflanzen until “tree” is read by asking “what type?”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%21%125.09

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Halle FriedmanNYU AFlorida B5610
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AToronto A6610
Raymond WangCornell AWUSTL A7010
Tracy MirkinFlorida AOhio State A9110
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AMichigan A91-5
Michał GerasimiukYale ABrown A9110
Caleb KendrickMaryland AChicago B11610
Mitch McCullarIllinois ARutgers A12110
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AChicago A12910
Mazin OmerHarvard AMIT A13310
Cormac BeirneMcGill AGeorgia Tech B13310
Collin AceRutgers BMinnesota B13310
John BroussardHouston AJohns Hopkins A13310
Ashish SubramanianDuke AStanford A13610
Jisoo YooTexas ACornell B13710
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BColumbia B14110
Joel MilesMinnesota ANorth Carolina A14110
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AChicago C14110
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont APenn State A14410
William OrrYale BIowa State A145-5
Michael MaysImperial APurdue A145-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BSouth Carolina A145-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AVirginia A145-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AColumbia A15810
Joseph ChambersVirginia APenn A16010
Conor ThompsonIowa State AYale B16110
Todd MaslykMichigan AVanderbilt A16110
Quynh PhungPurdue AImperial A1610