Question

This poem's speaker poses such questions as “who, if not I, for questing here hath power?” and “I know these slopes; who knows them if not I?” A stanza in this poem that opens by asking after a girl “by the boatman's door” who “umoor'd” a “skiff” is followed by one that describes how “the night / in ever-nearing circle weaves her shade.” After spotting a troop of jovial returning hunters late in this poem, the speaker is delighted to see, “bare on its lonely ridge,” a still-standing, much-prized (*) “signal-tree.” The title character is told “time, not Corydon, hath conquered (10[1])thee” in this poem, which imagines a “cuckoo's cry” conveying the message “the bloom is gone, and with the bloom go I.” Oxford (-5[1])is described (10[1])as “that sweet city (-5[2])with her dreaming (10[1])spires” in, (-5[1])for 10 points, what monody for Arthur Hugh Clough (0[1])(“cluff”), by Matthew (-5[1])Arnold? ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: Thyrsis
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y683%0%33%129.20
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y1100%0%100%146.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y333%0%67%146.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
John LawrenceAmartya Senpai Notice MeMaryland B-9910
Benjamin ChapmanThe Passion According to C.H.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz122-5
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-WUSTL12410
Nick JensenMojo ShojoChicago B+128-5
Matt JacksonChicago ANorthwestern128-5
Mitch McCullarTeam 2Purdue13110
Caleb KendrickMaryland ARutgers Diaspora133-5
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzThe Passion According to C.H.1420
David SnoddonParth et al.Cameron et al.144-5
Darren PetrosinoRutgers DiasporaMaryland A14610
Conor ThompsonMichiganEpic Games1460
Andrew SalijNorthwesternChicago A1460
Alston BoydChicago B+Mojo Shojo14610
Jason AsherEpic GamesMichigan14610
Cameron AminiCameron et al.Parth et al.1460
Milan FernandezMilan et al.Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style14610