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Question

The mythology of this country includes flying creatures that prey on pregnant women by using an elongated probicus-like tongue to extract fetuses known as the manananggal (“mah-nuh-nahn-GAHL”). For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Asian country whose mythology includes shapeshifting aswang (“oss-WAHNG”).

ANSWER: Philippines [or Republic of the Philippines; or Republika ng Pilipinas]

[10e] Their physical appearance has led the manananggal to be often compared to these mythological creatures. The chupacabra is sometimes considered a type of these general creatures for its bloodsucking tendencies.

ANSWER: vampires [prompt on cryptids]

[10h] Filipino mythology also includes tales of Bakunawa, one of these creatures that is believed to cause eclipses by consuming the moon. In another story, one of these creatures is distracted by a village in drought and blows a log carrying a rabbit to shore.

ANSWER: dragons [or serpents; accept Naga]

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Northern California	Main	Y	5	26.00	100%	100%	60%
Southern California	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	20.91	100%	64%	46%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	75%	25%
North	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	92%	42%	58%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	22.50	100%	88%	38%
UK	Main	Y	13	18.46	92%	62%	31%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%

Data


Tufts A	Brown B	0	10	0	10
Williams	MIT B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Lloyd George	Yale B	10	10	10	30
Amherst B	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	0	10
BC A	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Tufts B	BC B	0	10	0	10
BU	Yale A	10	10	10	30
Cornell-UG	Brandeis Clemenceau	10	10	10	30
Bowdoin A	Brandeis Wilson	0	0	10	10
Brown C	Dartmouth	0	10	10	20
Harvard	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
MIT A	Brown A	10	10	10	30