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 benevolent spirit appearing 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 (10[1])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. 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 one of (-5[1])what places 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 with “what place in a forest?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABCornell R8710
Cade ReinbergerRITSyracuse+Rochester144-5
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT15210

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2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY2100%0%0%116.50
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY3100%0%67%148.67
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY1100%0%0%119.00
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY5100%0%0%123.80
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY2100%0%50%119.50
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY3100%33%0%123.67