Question

A flock of geese brings Sergei to one of these places after he and his sister Olga sneak out while their mother is away. A [emphasize] benevolent spirit who appears as an old woman with a chicken’s beak called the kikimora frequents these places. A cat, dog, and birch tree allow one figure to escape another of these places after receiving pie, bread, and a ribbon. In an alternative version of that story, the inhabitant of one of these places kicks out a visitor with a (*) “mother’s blessing,” but gives her a skull. (10[1])Horsemen clad in white, red, and black ride to one of these places, where they vanish at a gate made of bones. Angry domovoy can burn down these places. Vasilisa the Fair is sent by her stepmother to one of these places to retrieve fire. For 10 points, Baba Yaga lives in (10[1])one of what (10[1])places (-5[1])that walks on chicken legs? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: houses [or homes or households or huts; accept hearths or fireplaces or chimneys; prompt on fences or gates until read by asking “what place does it enclose?”; prompt on doors or keyholes; prompt on forest by asking “what place in the forest?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina AJames Madison B9210
Issac DaraSouth Carolina BJames Madison A14410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina BNC State14710
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeNorth Carolina A148-5
Alice ZhongNorth Carolina ADuke15410

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%25%134.25
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%50%136.75
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%0%40%148.00
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%33%33%125.33
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%33%33%114.67
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%0%67%153.00
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%0%33%151.00