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According to the Grímnismál (“GREEM-ness-mahl”), to “sit as judge” at one of these objects, Thor must wade through the (-5[1])Körmt and Örmt rivers. A tall one-eyed man thrusts his sword into one of these objects (10[2])during (10[1])a marriage (10[1]-5[1])feast (10[2])for the daughter (10[1])of King (10[1])Völsung. (10[2]-5[1])Vili (-5[1])(“VILL-ee”), Vé (“VAY”), and Odin (10[1])create Ask and Embla from (10[1])two (10[1])of these objects (10[3])that they (10[1])are (10[1])named for. (-5[1])Lif and Lifthrasir (10[4]-5[1])survive (10[1])Ragnarok (10[2])by hiding (10[1])in (10[2])one (10[1])of (10[1])these (10[1])objects (10[6])during (10[5])the Fimbulwinter. (10[7]-5[1])The well (10[1])of Mimir (-5[1])(“MEE-meer”) is (10[2])located (10[1]-5[1])underneath (10[5])one (10[1])of (10[1])these (10[1])objects (10[6]-5[1])that is tended to by the three Norns. (10[7])That one of these objects houses (10[1])the (10[1])messenger (-5[1])squirrel (10[3])Ratatoskr (10[6])and (10[1])the dragon (10[1])Nidhogg. (10[4])For 10 (10[1])points, in Norse mythology, what type of object (10[1])is Yggdrasil ■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: trees [or wood; accept world tree; accept specific types of trees like ash tree; prompt on plants; reject “ash”] (The first line refers to Yggdrasil, while the second line refers to Barnstokkr.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	17	-5
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	Ohio State A	33	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Georgia Tech E	33	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	NYU C	34	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont C	36	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge A	36	-5
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Sewanne	37	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	ESF	37	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	CWRU B	40	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa D	42	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Liberty B	43	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Atlantic	43	10
Uriah Lee	Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	43	-5
Olivia Ding	Texas	Alberta A	44	-5
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Auburn A	47	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA A	52	10
Noah Fine	UNC D	Liberty C	53	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Rowan	56	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Georgia Tech A	56	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	York	56	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Masu	58	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	RIT B	59	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	61	-5
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	64	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	Virginia Tech A	64	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Purdue A	64	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Emory A	64	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Vanderbilt B	64	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	65	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford B	66	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Mississippi State A	66	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Wisconsin B	68	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Indiana B	69	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	69	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UC Irvine	70	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Binghamton A	71	10
Brennan Davis	Louisville B	WVU A	72	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	73	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill E	73	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	73	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Louisville A	73	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State D	73	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Maryland B	73	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Michigan C	74	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty A	74	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	William & Mary A	74	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	NYU B	74	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Princeton	74	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UC Santa Barbara	76	-5
Peyton Legg	UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	76	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State D	76	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Kentucky	76	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Rutgers C	76	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Chum	76	10
Robert McDonald	Durham C	Sheffield A	76	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Durham B	76	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	78	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	USC B	80	-5
Micah Williams	VCU A	UNC A	81	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	WashU Grizzlers	81	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill B	82	-5
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	82	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	83	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	83	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan A	83	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Blue	83	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Southampton	83	10
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	84	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Lehigh B	85	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Lehigh A	86	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Vassar B	87	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	87	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	87	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts A	87	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Boise State	87	10
Bethany Howard	Imperial A	Cardiff	87	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial B	87	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA C	95	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan D	95	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	UNC C	95	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Indiana A	95	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	95	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Birmingham	95	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton C	95	10
Jordan Parker-Martin	Rochester	Cornell C	101	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	102	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Macalester	103	-5
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	104	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Canada	104	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Georgia A	104	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	George Mason C	105	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Maryland C	105	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	105	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	105	10
Fia Gale	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh C	105	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	LSE	105	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	106	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia C	108	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	109	10
Diana Obiozo	USC A	UCLA F	109	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Minnesota	109	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Imperial C	109	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Coho	111	10
Oliver West	Cambridge B	Warwick	119	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	Claremont B	122	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	122	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill C	122	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Virginia Tech C	122	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Texas	122	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech C	122	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	122	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Cambridge C	122	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Oxford	122	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	87.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	25%	105.25
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	88.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	86.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	25%	80.00
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	84.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	69.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	22%	75.75
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	11	100%	0%	77.73
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	105.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	83.56
North	US	4	100%	25%	82.50
Northeast	US	2	100%	0%	96.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	87.50
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	69.83
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	72.60