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. (10[1])After one of these (-5[1])animals bites off a man’s leg, he uses a prosthetic (10[2])made of these animals’ bones. (10[4])A character yells “from hell’s heart, I stab at thee” (10[1])after a white one of (10[1])these animals destroys his ship, (10[1])the Pequod. For 10 points, what type of animal is pursued by Ishmael and Captain Ahab (0[1])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
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DTennessee A4610
Aaron TaylorMissisippi StateGeorgia Tech B50-5
Annika ValluruGeorgia Tech BAuburn C6010
Peter ChenGeorgia Tech EMississippi State A6010
Ethan AltshulEmory AEmory Oxford6510
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernSouth Carolina B6510
Henry TurnerClemson BTennessee B6510
TJ PickeringAuburn BVanderbilt B6510
Bharath RamGeorgia Tech AFurman7510
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AAlabama A8010
Justin HetrickBelmontGeorgia Tech C8510
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech BMissisippi State1010