Question

A goddess of these places destroyed a sacred grove of ohi trees after seeing her lover kiss a sister that she had held as an egg in her armpit. That goddess settled in one of these locations after repeatedly fleeing from her sister Namaka in a canoe. A goddess of these places who was sister to (10[1])Hi’iaka (“hee-ee-AH-kah”) lost (10[1]-5[1])a sled race to Poli’ahu. Ruins on (10[1])the island of Thera around one of these places inspired the (10[1])myth of Atlantis. To trap him within Tartarus, Zeus imprisoned (10[1])Typhon within one of these locations. (10[3])For 10 points, the Hawaiian goddess Pele resides in what locations that serve as the forge for the Roman counterpart to Hephaestus? ■END■

ANSWER: volcanoes [prompt on mountains; prompt on craters or fire pits; prompt on islands or Hawaiian island with “what type of location on it?”; prompt on Mount Etna or Kīlauea with “what broader type of location is it?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Miami A (UG) 5510
Nathan Wodicka (UG)Miami B (UG) Michigan State A 57-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)West Virginia A (UG) 5710
Tobias Zajac (UG)Michigan State B Michigan C 6410
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Miami C (DII) 7510
Cole Polley (UG)Michigan B (UG)West Virginia B (UG) 8510
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (DII) Michigan D (UG)9210
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A Miami B (UG) 9210
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 9210

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%76.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%8%62.33
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%83.33
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%77.20
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%69.78