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 (10[1])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 (10[1])a contract to work in a bathhouse (10[2])owned by Yubaba. That protagonist is followed (10[1])by a lonely one of these beings named (-5[1])No-Face who wears a white (10[1])mask. The racoon-inspired mascot of a studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki is one of these beings named Totoro. 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Princeton A (UG)2610
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Rowan A (DII)5810
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Columbia A (UG)6510
Rico-Ian Banting (UG)NYU BRutgers B6510
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)7210
Mary ScheidelFordham AColumbia B80-5
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Penn A (DII)8510
Andrew YangColumbia BFordham A12010

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