cats - 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror

Question

In the Vatnsdæla (“VASS-die-lah”) Saga, the troublemaker Porolfr Sleggja has no human friends but owns twenty black examples of these animals, who defend his doorway while he engages in witchcraft. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these animals, which are sacred to Freya and pull her chariot.

ANSWER: cats

[10m] In Icelandic folklore, a large vicious cat appears during this namesake time and eats people who do not have new clothes. That cat appears along with 13 mischievous “Lads,” also named for this observance.

ANSWER: Yuletide [accept the Yule Cat; or the Yule Lads; or the Yule log; prompt on Christmas]

[10h] The troll cat, a Norwegian witches’ familiar, is sent to perform this malicious action on her neighbors. In British folklore, hedgehogs are also believed to perform this malicious action.

ANSWER: stealing milk [accept stealing cream; accept stealing dairy; prompt on stealing or stealing food]

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Data

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Total
2 Indiscernible Broke Girls	Goldman & Jackson	10	0	10
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
Fable of the Miis	Three Cantabrigians	10	10	20
The Chard Problem of Consciousness	Water Buffalo	10	10	20
Yesodei HaTorah 2:7	Knox et al	0	10	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror	05/31/25	Y	5	16.00	80%	80%	0%
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror	07/13/25	Y	3	16.67	67%	67%	33%
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror	08/10/25	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%