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 to work in a bathhouse owned by Yubaba. (10[5])That protagonist (10[1])is followed by a lonely (10[1])one of these beings 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. (-5[1])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
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) CWRU B (DII) 6810
Elijah Quan (DII)Michigan C Miami A (UG) 6810
Natalee Vernon (DII)Miami C (DII) CWRU C (UG)6810
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan A (UG)6810
Yuki Brown (DII)Miami B (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 6810
Ryan DiBacco (UG)West Virginia B (UG) West Virginia A (UG) 7010
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A Michigan D (UG)7510
Mohamed Musa (DII)Ohio State C (DII) Michigan State B 8610
Cole Polley (UG)Michigan B (UG)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)103-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan B (UG)12010

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