Question
In this country, Asaro “mudmen,” Huli “wigmen,” and the “skeleton men” of Chimbu province perform at gatherings called sing-sings. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country home to the Goroka Show, the world’s largest tribal gathering. This linguistically diverse country’s 840 “established” languages include the pidgin Tok Pisin.
ANSWER: Papua New Guinea [or Independent State of Papua New Guinea or Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini or Gau Hedinarai ai Papua Matamata-Guinea]
[10h] Performances at sing-sings aim to preserve the traditions referred to by this word, which names tourist-focused “villages” on Vanuatu. Tok Pisin and Bislama speakers use this word to refer to Melanesian culture and norms.
ANSWER: kastom [accept custom; accept kastom dancing or kastom villages]
[10m] The exchange of this substance at intercultural events is a common way of maintaining kastom in Vanuatu. The consumption of this psychoactive drink in nakamals has inspired namesake bars in the West.
ANSWER: kava [accept kava bars; accept nakava or namalok or namalogu or m’aləh or daerek]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 16.67 | 93% | 60% | 13% |
Data
| A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Les Missourables | when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | The Oldest Men in the World | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| BHSU B | Punished "Venom" BHSU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Lisan al-Quib | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| We Need New Names | The Empire Bikes Back | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Jeam Team | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Dyatlov Passement incident | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| LMM's LLM MLM | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| var merchants | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |