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 (10[1]-5[1])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. (10[1])That protagonist (10[1])is followed (10[1])by a lonely one of these beings (10[1])named No-Face who wears a white mask. (10[1])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? (10[1])■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
Gavin BramerAppalachian State BVirginia43-5
Aidan JonesLiberty AUNC B4310
Andrea OwusuDuke AVirginia Tech A6010
Zoe BrennanVirginia Tech BUNC C6810
Mary WellsVCULiberty C7010
Connor KahnNC StateUNC A7210
Abby KeithLiberty BDuke B7910
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryTusculum8610
Will HackbarthVirginiaAppalachian State B11910
Levan TsiskarishvilliJames Madison AUNC D12010

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