Question
Arabella March murders several of these creatures bought by Adam Salton in Bram Stoker’s novel The Lair of the White Worm. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these creatures. In order to get access to a nest in a melon patch, one of these creatures devises a plan that involves a distraction caused by the wife of the tailorbird Darzee.
ANSWER: mongoose
[10e] The heroic mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi saves the family of the boy Teddy from two cobras in a story from this author’s collection The Jungle Book.
ANSWER: Rudyard Kipling [or Joseph Rudyard Kipling]
[10m] In a story by this author, a mongoose named Teddy is owned by Henry Wood, who frightens Colonel Barclay to death. In a different story by this author, Dr. Roylott tries to kill his stepdaughter by sending the title animal through a hole in the wall between their rooms.
ANSWER: Arthur Conan Doyle (The first story is “The Adventure of the Crooked Man.” The second story is “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.”)
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
Data
| Minnesota B | Arizona State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Iowa State | Minnesota C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |