Question
After gifting a pipe to the Lakota man Bull Walking Upright, a woman rolled in the dirt until finally transforming into a buffalo calf with this trait. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this trait central to a propagandistic story by López de Gómara explaining why the Aztecs interpreted Hernan Cortés as the return of Quetzalcoatl (“KET-sull-koh-AH-tull”).
ANSWER: being white [or having white fur or having white skin; accept white gods; accept albino or having albinism; accept White Buffalo Woman or Ptesan-Wi; accept synonyms for the color white such as pale or cream or milky; prompt on being bleached; prompt on being European or Caucausian]
[10m] In Cherokee myth, this animal collided with a stump and gained its brownish color while rolling in the dirt in pain. A trickster god of the American Southwest based on this animal tossed the stars of the Milky Way into the sky.
ANSWER: Coyote
[10e] The Cheyenne god Maheo performed this action by rolling out mud in an example of an “earth-diver” myth. The Book of Genesis opens as God performs this action over seven days.
ANSWER: creation of the Earth [or the creation of the world or creation of the universe; accept word forms such as creating the world]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 56% | 89% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 25.71 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 22.86 | 100% | 86% | 43% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 22.86 | 100% | 86% | 43% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 25.56 | 89% | 89% | 78% |
Data
| Penn A (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Fordham A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rutgers B | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland A (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Princeton A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |