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 (-5[1])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. Horsemen clad in white, red, and black ride to one of these places, where they vanish at a gate made of bones. (-5[1])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 (10[1])lives (10[1])in one of what (10[1])places that walks on chicken legs? ■END■ (10[2])

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
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghOxford37-5
Michael KohnDurhamImperial A114-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BImperial B14210
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ABirmingham14310
Kevin FlanaganBristolWarwick14710
Justin LeeImperial ADurham15410
Eileen PengOxfordEdinburgh15410

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