Question

In a film whose title references these beings, Lin uses a star-shaped candy to feed small examples of them. In another film, two children and a group of these beings dance in front of seeds which then grow into a gigantic tree. The protagonist of a film whose title references these beings is given the name Sen after signing a contract (10[1])to work in a bathhouse owned by Yubaba. That (10[1])protagonist is followed by a lonely one of these beings (-5[1])named (10[1])No-Face (10[2])who wears (10[1])a 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brian ChenCornell GRIT C6010
Owen LinderBinghamton ACornell D6910
Jonathan ZhangCornell FCornell B79-5
Jake CobovicBinghamton CRIT A8010
Riley ShermanESFPenn State8110
Claire ChambersBinghamton BU of Rochester B8110
Orion HochCornell CSyracuse8310
Ethan MaddoxU of Rochester ACornell A8610
Greg ReiserRIT BCornell E8610
Alicia GarlicCornell BCornell F12010

Summary

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