Question

In revenge for the death of his foster-son, this figure destroys a house with 150 women inside. This figure and his adopted brother made a pact to avenge each other’s deaths by nightfall of the same day. This figure split the stone of destiny with a sword after his foster son steps on it and it fails to cry out. A raven landed on this figure’s shoulder (10[1]-5[1])after (10[1])he strapped himself to a stone (10[2])and died. After a sleeping potion only affects this figure for an hour, he defeats Aoife (“EEF-uh”) in single (10[1])combat. This figure used the bones of a sea monster to create a weapon that sings for the blood of his enemies, the spear (10[1])Gáe Bulg (10[1])(“guy BUL-ugh”). This son of the god Lugh (“loo”) defeated the forces of Queen Medb (10[1])(“mayv”) during the Cattle Raid of Cooley. For 10 points, name this Irish hero from the (-5[1])Ulster cycle. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Cúchulainn (“koo-kull-in”) [or Setanta]
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Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%22%97.56

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell CColumbia A6610
Cooper RohColumbia BRutgers A66-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU APrinceton A6710
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn ARutgers B7310
Vincent ZhangPenn BYale C7310
Audrey ChoHaverfordPrinceton B9110
Karsten RynearsonYale AVassar11510
Lexi TermanRutgers AColumbia B11710
Cyrus HodgsonBard AColumbia C12910
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ANYU B144-5
Rico-ian BantingNYU BRowan A14710