Question

The heroine Tjut Meutia (“choot MOOT-yah”) used one of these objects shaped like the Basmala. Empus (“um-POO’s”) can laminate these objects with an undulating dapur in over 100 pamor patterns. The clown Semar owns a “magic” kind of these objects similar to a cursed one that Gandring (-5[1])made for Ken Arok. (10[1])These objects name “broken” and “victory” batik motifs reserved for noble sarongs in Solo. King Willem-Alexander returned an asymmetric gold one owned by Prince Diponegoro. The UMNO (-5[1])(“UM-no”) wields these objects as a symbol of Malay supremacy. The Katipunan (“kah-tee-POO-nan”) held blindfolded initiations with these objects, which include flippable balisongs (10[3])that rotate (10[3])around the tang. (10[1])Rangda (10[1]-5[1])casts a spell so men poison themselves (10[1])with these objects, (10[1])but Barong (-5[1])protects them, in a Balinese dance. For 10 points, what objects (10[1])include the Indonesian kris (10[2])and the (10[1])Filipino (10[1])bolo (10[1])and “butterfly”? ■END■ (10[6]0[2])

ANSWER: knives [or knife; accept daggers, swords, switchblades, machetes, pocketknife, sheaths, scabbards, or hilts; accept keris, kris, balisong, or bolo until each is read; accept itak, tabak, sundang, sanduko, binangon, cuchillos, kutsilyo, gulok, wilah, warangka, hulu, parang rusak, parang menang, or rencong; prompt on weapons or arms]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2496%0%17%114.17

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammWaterlooStanford43-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AIndiana4710
Jake GreerHarvardBerkeley B74-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia TechNYU9510
Skand ParvatikarArizona StateDuke9510
Vishal KanigicherlaPennToronto B9510
Henry CafaroChicago BTexas9710
Karthik PrasadCornell BTruman State9710
Mark TawfikRutgersVirginia9710
Chris SimsNorthwesternMichigan10010
Aidan FeinVanderbiltChicago D10110
Will OrrYale BWUSTL B101-5
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto AJohns Hopkins10810
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BMcGill11110
Karsten RynearsonYale AMaryland113-5
Andrew WangIllinoisBerkeley A12410
Albert ZhangColumbia BClaremont Colleges12810
Quynh PhungPurdueChicago A12810
Jason HongBrownIowa State13010
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AMinnesota A13110
Dennis ReppenChicago CKentucky13210
Caleb KendrickMarylandYale A13510
Ryan SunBerkeley BHarvard13510
Cooper RohColumbia ACornell A13510
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BSouth Carolina1350
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaMinnesota B1350
Michal GerasimiukStanfordWaterloo13510
Tiffany ZhouFloridaOttawa13510
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BYale B13510