Question

One of these animals named after Mocha Island appears in a J.N. Reynolds article published in The Knickerbocker magazine. These animals are classified into “Folio,” “Octavo,” and “Duodecimo” types by a character who feels a “damp, drizzly November in his soul” before staying at the Spouter Inn. After one of these animals bites off a man’s leg, (10[1])he uses a prosthetic made of these animals’ bones. A character yells “from hell’s heart, I stab at thee” after a white one (10[1])of these (10[1])animals (10[2])destroys his ship, the Pequod. For 10 points, what type of animal is pursued by Ishmael and Captain Ahab in Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick? ■END■

ANSWER: whales [prompt on cetaceans; prompt on Moby-Dick or Mocha Dick before mention with “what kind of animal was he?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CClaremont C5610
Ethan Tran (DII)UCLA EUCLA A7910
Ethan Talbert (UG)UCSDUCLA D8110
Vivian Fan (DII)Claremont AUCLA B8210
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCClaremont B8210

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%77.44
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%68.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%67.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%9%66.60
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%77.11
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%76.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%65.63