Question

In 2021, Jackie Kay was succeeded by Kathleen Jamie as the holder of a national title of this name. For 10 points each:
[10h] A “lament” by William Dunbar lists many fellow examples, including Robert Henryson and Blind Harry, of what traditional bards or poets?
ANSWER: makars (MAH-kur(s)) [accept makaris or "The Lament for the Makaris"]
[10e] The first “makar” lamented by Dunbar is this non-Scottish poet, the extremely influential Middle English author of the Canterbury Tales.
ANSWER: Geoffrey Chaucer
[10m] Edinburgh's Makars’ Court is paved with slabs displaying dozens of quotations from Scottish poets, including a couplet beginning “drums in the Walligate, pipes in the air” from this long poem by Hugh MacDiarmid.
ANSWER: “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y310.00100%0%0%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y316.67100%33%33%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y615.00100%33%17%
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y417.50100%25%50%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y220.00100%0%100%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y313.33100%33%0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y313.33100%33%0%

Data

Berkeley B[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]010010
It's JoeverBerkeley A010010
Stanford AStanford B010010
Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery010010
Maryland ARutgers Diaspora010010
Maryland B+The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs10101030
WUSTLChicago A010010
Chicago BMaryland B-010010
Amartya Senpai Notice MeEpic Games0101020
Illinois A+Michigan0101020
OSUMojo Shojo1010020
PurdueNorthwestern010010
Hutto HipposCornell C++010010
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHutto Hippos0101020
The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BCornell B-1010020
What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSURollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang1010020
Oxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads1010020
Magisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov1010020
The Passion According to C.H.Cameron et al.010010
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz010010
Milan et al.Parth et al.0101020
meet the new weird, same as the old weirdColumbia B010010
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)0101020
Olmo (Bonus) BagelryWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again010010