Question

During this activity, singers called nahham (“nah-HAHM”) performed bahri (“bah-ree”) songs that evolved into the genre of fidjeri (“FIDGE-ree”) music. (10[1])“Skinning” after this activity was perfected by Moro villagers of Jolo loyal to the Sultan of Sulu. Forced (-5[1])chastity was believed to improve Lucayan slaves’ performance in this activity on (10[1])Venezuela’s Cubagua (“koo-BAH-gwah”) island. Greased cotton and tortoise shells aid in this activity undertaken by the Paravar people around the Gulf of Mannar (10[2]-5[1])(“muh-NAR”). A pidgin language named for luggers (-5[1])emerged (10[1])in this activity’s global center at Broome in Western Australia. (10[2])Mikimoto (-5[1])Kōkichi’s (10[1])seeding innovations led to a higher demand (10[1])of (10[1])amas (“AH-mahs”) for this activity in Ise (“ee-SAY”) Bay. (10[2])A trail including the Bu Mahir Fort commemorates this activity on Bahrain’s (10[1])Muḥarraq (“moo-HAH-rahk”) Island. (10[2])For 10 points, people who perform (10[1])what activity “naked,” or without specialized (10[1])equipment, may risk decompression (10[1])sickness while retrieving a prized good (10[1])from mollusks? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: pearl fishing [or pearling; or pearl diving; or word forms such as fishing for pearls; accept Bahrain Pearling Trail; accept Pearling Path; prompt on fishing or diving or word forms by asking “for what?”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y22100%0%18%100.50

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ashish SubramanianDuke AIllinois A1610
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AChicago C34-5
Daniel MaYale AColumbia A4610
Albert ZhangColumbia BToronto A6810
Aiden DartleyRutgers AMinnesota A68-5
Zane KierzykIndiana AYale B6810
John MarvinChicago BCornell A74-5
Jason HongBrown AGeorgia Tech B7510
Natan HoltzmanStanford ANYU A8510
Lexi TermanRutgers BMcGill A8510
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ACornell B86-5
Claire JonesChicago AVanderbilt A8710
Charles HangWUSTL APurdue A9410
Conor ThompsonIowa State AUC Berkeley A9510
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMaryland A10210
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL B10210
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AVirginia A11410
Ted GanPenn State AMIT A11610
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BMichigan A11610
Brad MacLaineTexas AUC Berkeley B12210
Tanis NielsenClaremont AMinnesota B12810
John BroussardHouston AHarvard A13210
Jonathan TranCornell AChicago B13810
Joel MilesMinnesota ARutgers A14010
Dan NiCornell BNorthwestern A14110
Dennis ReppenChicago CGeorgia Tech A14110