Sinbad the Sailor - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

After a shipwreck, this character is forced into giving rides to the Old Man of the Sea, who is later tricked into drinking wine and is killed by this character. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this character whose many travels include a voyage to a diamond-filled valley inhabited by mythical birds named rocs.

ANSWER: Sinbad the Sailor [or Sindbad; accept Sindibādu l-Bahriyy]

[10e] Scheherazade tells the story of Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin to delay her execution by King Shahryar in this collection of Middle Eastern stories.

ANSWER: One Thousand and One Nights [or The Arabian Nights; accept The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment or ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah; accept The 1001 Arabian Nights]

[10h] This British explorer's English translation of One Thousand and One Nights was accused of being plagiarized from John Payne’s earlier attempt. This writer also translated the Kama Sutra into English.

ANSWER: Sir Richard Francis Burton

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	33%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	14.55	82%	55%	9%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	12.22	89%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%

Data


Binghamton A	ESF	0	10	10	20
Syracuse	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Cornell A	RIT C	0	10	0	10
Cornell F	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	James Madison B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State A	NC State	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	UNC A	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Duke B	10	10	0	20
VCU	Virginia	0	10	0	10
UNC D	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Indiana	Notre Dame C	0	10	0	10
Illinois D	Iowa A	10	10	0	20
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Miami C (DII)	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	West Virginia A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Michigan D (UG)	Ohio State A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Ohio State B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C (DII)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Alberta	Boise State	0	10	0	10
UW Pride	Arizona State A	10	10	0	20
UBC A	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
UW Chastity	UW Lust	0	10	0	10
UW Envy	UW Wrath	0	10	0	10
UW Greed	UW Sloth	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Appalachian State B	0	10	0	10
Duke A	William & Mary	0	0	0	0
Bard A (UG)	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Columbia A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Fordham A	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Maryland A (DII)	Penn A (DII)	10	10	0	20
Columbia J (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Cornell B	Cornell E	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Cornell G	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Penn State	10	10	0	20
U of Rochester A	RIT A	0	10	0	10
U of Rochester B	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Miami A (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	0	10
Miami B (UG)	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Emory Oxford	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Emory Oxford	0	0	10	10
South Carolina B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee B	Auburn A	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
UCLA C	Claremont A	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	Claremont C	0	0	0	0
UCSD	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
USC	UCLA E	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	WashU B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	SIUE	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Purdue B	0	10	0	10