Inuit - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet C: Bonus 1

In this culture, dilated nostrils and large eyes characterize depictions of a hybrid monster-spirit formed from the Frankensteined remains of animals and humans by shaman. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this culture, whose shamans rely on familiar “helping spirits” to identify the cause of illnesses. Every year, a shaman from this culture descends into the underworld to comb the hair of a fingerless goddess.

ANSWER: Inuit [or Inuuk; or Kalaallit; accept Inupiat; accept Inuvialuit; accept Inughuit or Inuhuit; accept Yupik; prompt on Eskimo but note that it’s a derogatory term] (The goddess is Sedna.)

[10e] The angakkuq shamans of the Inuit carve representations of tupilaq monsters from the teeth of walruses and these animals. Haida tales recall the conflict between the thunderbird and these animals, which also swallow Jonah in Biblical lore.

ANSWER: whales [accept sperm whales; accept orcas or killer whales]

[10h] In Inuit folklore, tupilaq are believed to have this ability that, along with invisibility, helps them sneak up on their targets. The naguals of Mesoamerica also have this ability, as do certain Navajo warlocks.

ANSWER: shapeshifting [accept skinchanging or skinwalking; accept skinwalkers; accept size alteration; accept answers indicating transforming into animals]

<KT, Mythology> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
71	21.41	99%	47%	69%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Berkeley A	Stanford B	10	10	0	20	ME
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30	MEH
Brandeis B	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10	E
Bristol	Oxford A	0	10	10	20	EH
Brock	McGill A	0	10	10	20	EH
Brown	Harvard B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Bruin	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10	E
CWRU A	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20	EH
Cambridge A	Warwick B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Cambridge B	UCL	10	10	10	30	MEH
Cambridge C	Imperial C	10	10	10	30	MEH
Central Florida A	Central Florida B	0	0	10	10	H
Central Florida C	Florida A	0	10	0	10	E
Chicago A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20	EH
Chicago D	Illinois A	0	10	10	20	EH
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20	ME
Dartmouth A	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20	EH
Durham	Imperial A	0	10	0	10	E
Edinburgh A	Oxford C	10	10	10	30	MEH
Florida C	Florida B	0	10	10	20	EH
Georgetown	Maryland C	10	10	10	30	MEH
Georgia Tech A	Claremont	0	10	10	20	EH
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20	ME
Georgia Tech C	Alabama B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Guelph	Western A	10	10	0	20	ME
Harvard A	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Illinois C	Illinois B	0	10	10	20	EH
Imperial B	Southampton B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Indiana A	Northwestern C	0	10	10	20	EH
Johns Hopkins A	Columbia B	0	10	10	20	EH
Kentucky	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30	MEH
LSE	Edinburgh B	10	10	10	30	MEH
MIT	Southern Connecticut State	10	10	0	20	ME
Maryland A	Columbia C	0	10	10	20	EH
Maryland B	John Jay	10	10	10	30	MEH
McMaster A	Western C	0	10	0	10	E
Michigan A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Michigan C	Michigan State	10	10	10	30	MEH
Mississipi State	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10	E
Missouri A	Carleton College	10	10	10	30	MEH
Missouri B	Washington A	0	10	0	10	E
Montpellier	Manchester	0	10	0	10	E
NYU A	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	10	30	MEH
NYU B	Catholic	0	10	10	20	EH
Northwestern B	Chicago C	0	10	0	10	E
Notre Dame A	Indiana B	0	10	0	10	E
Notre Dame B	Indiana C	0	10	0	10	E
Ohio State B	Michigan B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Ottawa	McMaster B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Oxford B	City St. George's	10	10	10	30	MEH
Penn State	Rochester	10	10	0	20	ME
Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20	EH
Purdue A	Chicago B	0	10	10	20	EH
Queen's	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20	ME
RIT	Cornell B	0	10	10	20	EH
Sewanee	Louisville B	0	10	10	20	EH
Southampton A	Cardiff	0	10	10	20	EH
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30	MEH
Swarthmore	NYU C	0	10	10	20	EH
Texas A	Murray State A	10	10	0	20	ME
Texas B	Texas A&M A	0	10	10	20	EH
Toronto B	Toronto E	10	10	10	30	MEH
Toronto G	Carleton University	0	10	10	20	EH
UBC B	Toronto C	0	10	10	20	EH
Vassar	Columbia A	0	10	0	10	E
Warwick A	Birmingham	10	10	10	30	MEH
WashU A	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20	ME
Washington B	Iowa State	0	10	10	20	EH
Waterloo B	McGill B	0	10	10	20	EH
Western B	Simon Fraser	0	10	0	10	E
Yale	Brandeis A	10	10	10	30	MEH

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Canada	Main Site	✓	10	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	67%	0%	67%
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	26.00	100%	60%	100%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	16.25	100%	0%	63%
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	23.33	100%	67%	67%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	20.00	100%	25%	75%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	20.00	100%	57%	43%
UK	Main Site	✓	12	25.00	100%	67%	83%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	22.50	100%	38%	88%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%