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 (10[1])Inn. After one of these animals bites off a man’s leg, (10[3])he uses a prosthetic made of these animals’ bones. A character yells “from hell’s heart, I stab at thee” (10[1])after a white one of these animals (10[1])destroys his ship, (10[1])the Pequod. For 10 points, what type of animal (10[1])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
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) Michigan D (UG)4510
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Michigan C 5610
Stephen Barstys (UG)Michigan B (UG)Ohio State C (DII) 5610
Andrew Harms (DII)Michigan State A Jefferson County Scholars (DII)5610
Varun Ambalavanan (DII)CWRU C (UG)CWRU B (DII) 7510
Evan Davies (UG)Miami A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 8210
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State B Ohio State B (DII) 8510
Izaak Whetsell (UG)West Virginia A (UG) Miami C (DII) 9410

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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