In a novel set in the 1970s, the author of this poem sells his father’s corpse as fertilizer to a botanist raising carnivorous tulips. In an embedded story from this poem, the “Twelve of England” defend the honor of twelve ladies in a joust. This poem describes a cosmological system in which eleven concentric spheres surround the four elements, the “machine of the world.” In this poem, a trick played by the nymph Doris is recounted by a (*) stony monster that materializes out of a cloud. Venus prepares the “Isle of Love” to reward the protagonists of this poem, who escape the dangers posed by the jealous god Bacchus and the storm giant Adamastor. For 10 points, name this epic poem about the voyage of Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese national epic written by Luís de Camöes (ka-MOH-ezh). ■END■
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 113.33 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 83.00 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 71.33 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 113.67 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazin Omer | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | 49 | -5 |
| Kevin Wang | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 57 | 15 |
| Shahar Schwartz | Berkeley A | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | 64 | 10 |
| Natan Holtzman | Stanford A | It's Joever | 65 | 10 |
| Ian Chow | Milan et al. | Cameron et al. | 68 | -5 |
| Adam Silverman | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | Olmo Bagelry | 68 | 10 |
| Benjamin Chapman | The Passion According to C.H. | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | 70 | -5 |
| Allan Lee | Stanford B | Berkeley B | 84 | -5 |
| Daniel Sheinberg | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | Columbia B | 89 | 10 |
| Liam Kusalik | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Parth et al. | 101 | 10 |
| Ashish Subramanian | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | 110 | 10 |
| Collin Ace | Rutgers Diaspora | Maryland B+ | 110 | 10 |
| Vinu Harihar | Berkeley B | Stanford B | 120 | 10 |
| Jacob Egol | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | Maryland A | 120 | 10 |
| Andrej Vukovic | Cameron et al. | Milan et al. | 120 | 10 |
| Sheena Li | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | The Passion According to C.H. | 120 | 10 |