Question

In a film whose title references these beings, Lin uses a star-shaped candy to feed small examples of them. (-5[1])In another film, two children and a group of these beings dance in front of seeds which then grow into (10[1])a gigantic tree. The protagonist of a film whose title references (10[1])these beings is given the name Sen (10[1])after signing a contract to work in a bathhouse owned by (10[1])Yubaba. That protagonist is followed by a lonely one of these beings named (10[1])No-Face who wears a (10[1])white mask. (10[2])The racoon-inspired mascot of a studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki is one of these beings named Totoro. For 10 points, Chihiro befriends what beings in a Studio Ghibli film titled for them Away? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: spirits [accept ghosts or sprites or gremlins or kami or yokai in place of “spirits”; accept wood spirits; accept soot spirits; accept Spirited Away or Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi; prompt on susuwatari or makkuro-kurosuke or black soots or traveling soots by asking “what more general type of being are they?”; prompt on supernatural beings]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Conner YamnitzWashU AIllinois D18-5
Cecilia AndersonIndianaNorthwestern A3810
Nitin MurthyPurdue AChicago A4910
Sophia ArnoldSIUENorthwestern B5610
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BPurdue C6710
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AChicago B8010
Max KoldaNotre Dame CIllinois A8410
Owen AshbrookIowa BIllinois B8610
Grace EarlyIowa AIllinois C8610
Owen McCoyIllinois DWashU A12010

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%82.89
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%76.78
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%43%95.14
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%14%85.07
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%79.67
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%41.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%70.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%74.00