Question

A severed hand lands in the lap of Lady Mary in an English variant of this story called “Mr. Fox,” which repeats the phrase “be bold, be bold.” This is the most famous story of Aarne-Thompson Type 312, (-5[1])which also includes a Tamil story about a shapeshifting tiger. A version of this story from Cantal features a trio that gives the protagonist rope, some poison, and a big club to help her escape. In the most famous version of this story, the dragoon and musketeer brothers of the wounded protagonist rush in to stop her (15[1])(*) attacker (10[2])after he discovers a key stained (10[1])with blood. (10[3]-5[1])In (10[1])Charles Perrault’s (-5[1])version (10[3])of this (-5[1])tale, a newly married (10[1])girl unlocks the doors (10[2])to (-5[1])a forbidden room (10[1])containing (10[1])the (10[1])bodies of her husband’s (10[2])previous wives. (10[2])For 10 points, name this French folktale titled for a murderous (10[1])rich man with colorful facial hair. (10[3])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Bluebeard” [or Duke Bluebeard’s Castle; or Barbe-Bleue]
<Taylor Harvey, Mythology>
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Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%130.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%0%14%123.29
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%124.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%120.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%20%108.40
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y475%25%25%114.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%123.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%123.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joy AnHarvardMIT37-5
Maude-Sophie LockmanLa Clique du ChâteauLibrary of Babel School of Continuing Studies9415
Matt BoothFour Neg OmeletteTabearnacle9510
Justin Lee3HK1MMFoucoult's Penndulum9510
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley CBerkeley A10110
Nathan ZhangCornell BColumbia B10310
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustYes, Moderator10310
Daoud JacksonBroken HeartsOld London Town10310
James CarrigyEdinburghScottish, Irish, Both or Neither103-5
Micah ColmanWaterloo MikuToronto Rofl10410
Samuel WangPittNYU106-5
Caleb KendrickUMD ARutgers10710
Sinecio MoralesJHU AUMD B10710
Kassidy LongOklahoma BRice10710
Sky LiToronto WearyWaterloo Hatsune109-5
Mitchell ShaddenTexas ATexas B11310
Ryan CarmichaelFSU AFSU B11710
Jason HongBrownBrandeis11710
Michał GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B118-5
Ivan StanisavlievicDuke AUSC A12110
Graham TroyUNC BUNC A12210
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ARIT12310
Theodore BenzmillerBoston CollegeTufts12710
Ivvone ZhouUNC CUSC B12710
Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFlorida A12910
Raymond WangCornell AColumbia A12910
Vince IngersollTexas COklahoma A14010
Ishan JoshiMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianToronto Joy14610
Nathan SheffieldMITHarvard14610
Frances Clark-MurrayScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherEdinburgh14610
Jasmine BaoSwarthmoreJHU B14710
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUPitt14710
Steven YuanBerkeley BStanford14710