Question

This hero’s horse is able to discern the footprints of an ant upon a dark cloth at night at a distance of two leagues. After coming across a roast deer and improvising a song on a tambour, this hero slays a beautiful sorceress who instantly (10[1])becomes ugly when he utters the name of a god. (10[1])At the age of 600, this hero ultimately dies after being thrown into a well filled (10[1])with poison spears. This hero uses a double-headed arrow fashioned from a tamarisk tree to kill his main rival. (10[1])This hero was born after his albino (10[1]-5[1])father was taught (10[2])how to administer a C-section (10[2])by a legendary (10[1]-5[1])bird. (-5[1])Along with his talking (10[2])horse Rakhsh, this man (10[1])performs seven labors that culminate (-5[1])in him slaying (10[1])the White Demon. (10[1])This hero begs King Kay Kaus for a healing (10[1])potion after recognizing an armband possessed by a warrior he had just stabbed in battle. For 10 points, name this son of Zāl from the Shahnameh (10[1])who slays his own son (-5[1])Sohrab. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Rostam [or Rostam of Sistan; or Rustam] (The legendary bird is the Simurgh.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2391%0%22%115.76

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell AGeorgia Tech A4410
Annabelle YangWUSTL AOhio State A5410
Amogh KulkarniChicago BBrown A7010
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AMIT A8910
Tracy MirkinFlorida AStanford A9610
Brad MacLaineTexas AHarvard A96-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt ARutgers B9910
Quynh PhungPurdue AUC Berkeley B9910
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AClaremont A10410
Matt JacksonChicago AYale A10410
Justin ChenNYU AColumbia B107-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois AIowa State A10710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BVirginia A108-5
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AIndiana A11210
Raymond ChenToronto AColumbia A11210
Ashish SubramanianDuke AMaryland A11610
Cormac BeirneMcGill ARutgers A121-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina ACornell B12410
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn APenn State A12710
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BYale B13610
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AMinnesota B16210
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AChicago C167-5
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BHouston A16910
David BassVirginia AGeorgia Tech B16910
William GrogerColumbia BNYU A1690
Joelle SmartRutgers AMcGill A16910
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ATexas A16910