Packet 6: Tossup 22

In an attempt to perform this action, a woman brings a white goat before the Prophet Josiah on the Mountain of Jaw-Dropping Miracles. Ogechi attempts to perform this action using hair in a story in which it is facilitated by the call-and-response song “Who Will Greet You at Home?” Yejide repeatedly attempts to perform this action in (15[1])Ayòbámi Adébáyò’s novel (-5[1])Stay With Me. A girl with the mark of a (15[1])cutlass on her head does this action nine times in a (*) Buchi Emecheta novel titled for (-5[1])The (-5[1])Joys (10[1])of (10[1]-5[1])a certain (10[3])concept. (10[10]-5[1])Obi (10[1])prevents (10[1])Clara (10[1])from doing this (-5[1])action (-5[4])by (-5[1])using bribes (-5[1])from the (-5[1])UPU (0[1]-5[1])after learning that she is an osu. (-5[1])In (-5[1])Things Fall Apart, certain results of this action are placed into pots in the (10[1])Evil Forest and left to die. (10[2])For 10 points, the Igbo traditionally consider it bad luck when what action results in twins? ■END■ (10[18]0[1])

ANSWER: having children [accept synonyms like giving birth or making a baby; accept becoming pregnant or becoming a mother]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Rachel EzrielevRosslyn Academic TeamCatholic University A5615
Sinecio MoralesJHUUNC Charity59-5
Anderson WangConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.Team 86915
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford A85-5
Michael HundingExecute Order 6 7Chicago !A86-5
Mitch McCullarPenn StateMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞8710
James OreficeContessa DoraMike and Psmith88-5
Bhaskar MoorthySt. MarxW&L+Friend8810
Tracy MirkinMuscle Mass Extinction EventQuebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'9010
Raymond WangHabitat 67Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett9010
Daoud JacksonH Charlson's Washed Up ScrubsA Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever9010
Rachel FanousInvective Against SwansBHSU9110
Jordan Brownstein(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseballThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.9110
Ryan RosenbergNYU ANegged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and Gambinos91-5
Rahul KeyalUntitled Keyal TeamNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)9110
Ricky Liconsumption smoothing by borrowing future big law incomeSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipa9110
John LawrenceThe Fire Neg TimeMiddlesex County Fetty Wap Fan Club9110
Shishir BharadwajLexMaybe Ever9110
Andrei HuiVacuous TortoiseC R A B S9110
Matt WeinerIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wifePolish Orthographers Posting Their Łs9110
Eric MukherjeeAna Pauker? I hardly know her!Say It Ain't Zhou9110
Jack LewisGeorgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡Girls who Just Want to Have Fun + Liam9110
Kurtis DrogeThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Dealsfour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B9210
Henry GoffThe Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHATennessee A9310
Caroline MaoNoah Sheidlower Six Quizbowlers in Search of Owen Minmo9410
Josh KochIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentIndiana97-5
Albert NyangNo Country for Old QuizzersThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the Easy98-5
Shahar SchwartzNot Old! (Old)Team 798-5
Stefan VladI fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 timesGuelph Cloze98-5
Maude-Sophie LockmanStrange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. PennywiseWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.98-5
Noah ChinDavid Foster GromitCopán Seethe99-5
Cade ReinbergerThe "C" TeamShipping Down from Ballston101-5
Charles HangWashU[Redacted]103-5
Kevin WangCapital One in the Twenty-First CenturyThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's Back104-5
Jim FanUNC CharityJHU1040
Liam MarklandThe Unbearable Heaviness of History PlayersAbbas I founded the Abbasids111-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern1000000 Delinquents112-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford B12610
Vasa ClarkeMunir Siddiqui Fan Clubhttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png13210
Sean GaoLicence to BillYou Don't Have the Cards13210
William HoustonChicago !AExecute Order 6 714910
Jakob MyersIndianaIn the Mood for Transportation Equipment14910
Chinmay Kansara1000000 DelinquentsNorthwestern14910
Hazel DePreist-SullivanNegged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and GambinosNYU A14910
Kai SmithShipping Down from BallstonThe "C" Team14910
Joy AnThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's BackCapital One in the Twenty-First Century14910
Rupert PsmithMike and PsmithContessa Dora14910
Monit Karmakar[Redacted]WashU14910
Agnijo BanerjeeDielectrical MaterialismDour Straits14910
Ben Russell JonesThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the EasyNo Country for Old Quizzers14910
Ell ShaufCopán SeetheDavid Foster Gromit14910
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordStanford ABerkeley B14910
Jason ChengTeam 7Not Old! (Old)14910
Aaron Dos RemediosGuelph ClozeI fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 times14910
Halee CareyI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get finedThe lion does not concern itself with negging teammates out of their own categories14910
Paul KasińskiLicence to C. Wright MillWilliam of Baskerville attempts to investigate John P. Robarts, gets turned away for not having a student card14910
Gabrielle ClarkWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.Strange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. Pennywise14910
Alan ZhangAbbas I founded the AbbasidsThe Unbearable Heaviness of History Players1490
Joyann HuaUBC BUBC A14910

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%25%50%123.25
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/2026250%0%50%149.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%0%25%105.00
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%0%0%91.67
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%0%40%145.60
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/2025580%20%40%106.00
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%0%33%110.33
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20254100%0%25%119.75
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%0%50%119.83
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%0%40%114.60
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%0%50%120.00