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In the Mabinogion (“mah-bih-NOG-yon”), one of these beings challenges Culhwch (“KILL-hookh”) to retrieve a comb and scissors from the boar Twrch Trwyth (“toork truh-ith”) in order to let him marry his daughter Olwen. (10[1])In the Kalevala, (-5[1])Väinämöinen (10[1])(“VYE-na-moy-nen”) obtains the last three words of a spell from the stomach (-5[1])of one of these beings, (10[2]-5[2])Antero (10[1]-5[2])Vipunen. (-5[1])The severed (-5[1])head of one of these beings (-5[1])is (-5[1])buried facing France to protect Britain (10[1]-5[1])from invasion. (10[1]-5[2])Finn MacCool (10[2]-5[2])creates (10[3])a (-5[1])“causeway” (10[6]-5[5])named (10[3])after (10[10])these (10[9])beings. (10[43])In (10[2])Norse (10[1])myth, (10[4])Ymir (10[4])(“EE-meer”) is (10[1])the first of the “frost” (10[2])variety (10[5])of these beings (10[2])who live (10[2])in (10[1])Jotunheim (10[6])(“YO-tun-hime”). For 10 points, name these large beings, (10[2])one of which yells “fee, (10[1])fi, fo, fum” (10[1])in Jack (10[1])and the Beanstalk. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: giants [or cawr; or cewri; or frost giants; accept jötunn (“YO-tun”) or jötnar before “Jotunheim”; accept Giant’s Causeway] (The first line refers to Ysbaddaden Bencawr. The severed head belongs to Brân the Blessed.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	28	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh A	31	-5
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	CWRU D	32	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	McMaster C	43	-5
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Stony Brook	48	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	WashU Grolars	48	-5
Evan Roberts	Vanderbilt C	Alabama A	48	10
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Sheffield A	48	-5
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Vassar B	49	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	49	-5
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell A	49	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	50	-5
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	St. Thomas	52	-5
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Vanderbilt A	58	-5
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	McGill E	59	-5
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Carleton B	65	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	NYU A	65	-5
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan State D	67	-5
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin B	67	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Boston University B	67	-5
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville C	69	-5
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	Liberty A	69	-5
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	William & Mary B	69	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Clemson C	69	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	70	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Imperial B	70	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Warwick	70	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida State A	71	-5
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA F	72	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	Liberty B	72	-5
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Chicago B	72	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	72	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Boston College A	72	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	72	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	72	-5
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Chipola College	72	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	72	-5
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Imperial D	72	-5
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Binghamton C	72	-5
Erin Williams	JMU A	NCSU B	73	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Amherst A	73	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	73	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Toronto B	74	10
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	Tusculum A	74	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	74	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Virginia Tech A	74	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Columbia B	74	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	Lehigh B	74	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin A	74	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	74	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Steelhead	74	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge C	74	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	USC A	75	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa C	75	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto I	75	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Amherst B	75	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn C	75	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh B	75	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh C	75	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Birmingham	75	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Cornell D	75	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	76	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford A	76	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA A	76	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD A	76	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	McGill C	76	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Brock A	76	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Queen's A	76	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto A	76	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Toronto F	76	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Waterloo C	76	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech B	76	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	Ohio State D	76	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Louisville B	76	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan C	76	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	WVU B	76	10
David Ropp	Duke A	JMU B	76	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	UNC B	76	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	76	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Maryland C	76	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Rutgers B	76	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Princeton	76	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Rowan	76	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	NYU C	76	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	76	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Iowa B	76	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Indiana B	76	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	William Woods University A	76	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	76	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brandeis Mozart	76	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Brandeis Bach	76	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Harvard	76	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT B	76	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Williams C	76	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Coho	76	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Atlantic	76	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Pink	76	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	Washington State	76	10
Fionn O’Connor	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	76	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Durham D	76	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Cambridge D	76	10
Josh Morris	Bristol	LSE	76	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton B	76	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	76	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Urbana	77	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Boise State	77	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Columbia A	78	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	79	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech A	79	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Louisville D	79	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Dartmouth C	79	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	UCLA D	80	10
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Kentucky	80	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Iowa A	80	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Mississippi State A	80	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State C	81	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Waterloo B	86	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Southampton	86	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	87	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU C	87	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Pittsburgh	87	10
Diana Risley	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	87	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Emory A	87	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	90	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	Rutgers C	90	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	92	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	92	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	UCF A	93	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Guelph A	94	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	NCSU A	94	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Tufts A	94	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington Masu	94	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee A	94	10
Violet Page	Binghamton C	Binghamton A	94	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UC Irvine	101	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	NYU B	101	10
Jaie Somaia	Sheffield A	Durham A	106	10
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	Rutgers A	109	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Georgia Tech B	111	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa D	115	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Michigan State B	115	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Iowa State	115	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	115	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	81.00
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	14%	75.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	79.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	78.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	25%	82.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	78.78
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	84.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	18%	78.64
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	76.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	17%	79.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	76.89
North	US	4	100%	25%	83.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	72.92
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	77.63
Southeast	US	12	100%	42%	84.25
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	74.00