Question
Marcel Griaule claimed Mali’s Dogon people used information passed down from fishlike spirits called Nommo to correctly assert that this star was binary without modern scientific tools. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this “Dog Star” which commonly features in myth systems since it is the brightest in the night sky.
ANSWER: Sirius [or Alpha Canis Majoris; prompt on Canis Majoris]
[10m] In Tswana folklore, this constellation resembles three dogs chasing after three pigs. This Greek constellation was added to the heavens after its namesake was killed by Scorpius.
ANSWER: Orion
[10h] The stars were under the domain of this sky god who was the chief of the Akan pantheon. Anansi makes a bargain to obtain the world’s stories from this god after capturing creatures like hornets and a leopard.
ANSWER: Nyame [or Gye Nyame; accept Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma or Odomankoma]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 63% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 67% | 67% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 70% | 70% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 78% | 78% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 86% | 86% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 100% | 11% |
Data
| Columbia A | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Penn A (DII) | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia J (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn B (DII) | Fordham A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland A (DII) | Rutgers B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lehigh A (UG) | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Princeton A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |