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Answer the following about ants in Greek myth, for 10 points each.
[10e] Aeacus (“EE-uh-cus”) wished the Myrmidons into existence while seeing ants crawling on one of these trees, which are sacred to Zeus and other lightning gods like Perun and Thor.
ANSWER: oak trees [or Quercus]
[10m] Description acceptable. While searching for Daedalus after his escape, Minos offered a puzzle to perform this action in various cities, which Daedalus solved in Cocalus’s court using an ant.
ANSWER: threading a seashell [accept descriptions indicating getting a thread or string through a seashell]
[10h] Though Athena turned Myrmex into an ant for taking sole credit for inventing the plow, in some stories, the accomplishment is credited to a man with this name often conflated with the Athenian Icarius.
ANSWER: Boötes (“boh-OH-teez”) [or Butes or Boutes; accept Philomelos]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AWUSTL B1010020EM
Chicago BRIT100010E
Columbia ABritish Columbia1010020EM
Columbia BGeorgia Tech010010M
Cornell BIowa State1010020EM
IndianaWUSTL A1010020EM
Johns HopkinsUC Berkeley B1010020EM
LSECornell A1010020EM
MITFlorida1010020EM
MinnesotaToronto B1010020EM
North Carolina AMaryland0000
NorthwesternOhio State1010020EM
Penn StateIllinois A010010M
RutgersNYU010010M
Toronto AUC Berkeley A1010020EM
VirginiaToronto C010010M
Virginia TechGeorgia State1010020EM
Waterloo AHarvard100010E
Waterloo BTexas100010E
YaleIllinois B010010M

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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2015.0070%80%0%