Question
Answer the following about mythological interpretations of auroras, for 10 points each.
[10m] In Inuit mythology, the Northern Lights are believed to be children playing ball with the skull of a walrus, an animal created when this sea goddess’s fingers were cut off by her father Anguta.
ANSWER: Sedna [or Sanna]
[10e] The Gunai people of this country believe the Southern Lights to be fire from the spirit world. Nabunum the eel made the frog Tiddalik laugh, releasing all the world’s water, in the mythology of this country’s Aboriginal peoples.
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia]
[10h] In Chinese mythology, this figure was conceived either by an aurora or lightning from the Big Dipper. In the Records of the Grand Historian, this figure teamed up with the emperor Yuwang to win the battle of Zhuolu.
ANSWER: Yellow Emperor [or Yellow Thearch or Huangdi or Xuānyuán] (Huangdi legendarily founded huaxia civilization after winning Zhuolu.)
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Bristol | Warwick B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge A | Warwick A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cambridge B | LSE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cambridge D | Sheffield | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge E | Oxford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Southampton B | Durham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Imperial A | Cambridge C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Imperial B | Southampton A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Manchester | NYU C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Oxford A | Oxford C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |