Impundulu OR Adze OR Eloko OR Sasabonsam - 2025 RMP Fest

Question

In Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Tracker and his companions attempt to rescue a boy held captive by a host of vampiric creatures drawn from African myths. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name any of these monsters. Their mythical origins are: (read slowly) a Zulu lightning bird, a Ewe firefly monster, a cannibalistic dwarf from the Congo, and an Akan iron-toothed monster.

ANSWER: Impundulu OR Adze OR Eloko OR Sasabonsam [accept Asanbosam] (Asanbosam is a separate character in the book but also given as an alternative name for the mythological monster Sasanbonsam.)

[10m] Tracker and Leopard rescue mingichildren and leave them in the care of this “anti-witch.” This character shares her name with traditional South African healers who deal in spirits, contrasted with herbalist inyangas.

ANSWER: Sangoma

[10e] The novel’s moon witch, Sogolon, shares her name with the mother of this epic hero, who pulls himself to stand with an iron rod and defeats the sorcerer king Sumanguru.

ANSWER: Sundiata [or Sunjata; or Son-Jara]

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Data

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total
Bringing an Occam's Razor and a Hume's Guillotine to a Newton's Flaming Laser Sword fight	Morlocks! Morlocks! lama sabachthani?	0	0	10	10
Does a dawg have Buddha-nature?	Ezrielev et al.	0	10	10	20
Jesus wept, for He had no more worlds to conquer	The Rumbleless Rumble in Meinong's Jungle	0	0	10	10
Rump Fest? I Thought They Closed That Place Down	Kirtland Signature	0	0	10	10
The Questions for the Historical JeBUZZ by AlBonus Schweitzer	The Philosophy of Furniture	10	10	10	30
is the priestly source stored in the balls	Josiah Royce da 5'9	0	0	10	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror	05/31/25	N	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror	07/13/25	N	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror	08/10/25	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%