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 (10[1])in his soul” before staying at the Spouter Inn. After one of these animals bites off a man’s leg, he uses a prosthetic (10[1])made of these animals’ bones. (10[1])A character yells “from hell’s heart, I stab at thee” after a (10[1])white (10[1])one of these animals destroys his ship, (10[1])the Pequod. For 10 points, what type of animal 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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anne FjeldAlbertaArizona State B3710
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyBoise State6010
Erin ChenUBC BUW Pride6510
Dylan BianchiUW GreedUW Lust7710
Corwin DavidsonUBC AUW Wrath7810
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona State AUW Sloth8510

Summary

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