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Question

In a study of Serbo-Croatian guslars titled for performers of this action, Milman Parry and Albert Lord argued that storytellers memorized formulaic terms. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this physical method of oral literature and storytelling. In Greek myth, Sirens lured men to their death by performing this action.

ANSWER: singing [or song or singers; accept The Singer of Tales; prompt on music or performing or performances; prompt on using the voice]

[10h] Gaelic storytellers called seanchaí (“SHAN-eh-khee”) chronicle local history and mythological stories, such as this event in which Cú Chulainn (“koo KULL-in”) tried to prevent Queen Medb (“maev”) from taking Finnbhennach (“finn-BEN-uk”).

ANSWER: The Cattle Raid of Cooley [or Táin Bó Cúailnge or the Táin; prompt on a cattle raid with “where?”; prompt on a raid with “of what and where?”]

[10m] Another seanchaí favorite is a story about how this hero created the Giant’s Causeway to fight the giant Benandonner. This Irish hero sucked his thumb after burning it while cooking the salmon of knowledge.

ANSWER: Finn MacCool [or Fionn MacCumhail; accept Finn or Fionn or Fionna]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	18.00	80%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	24.44	100%	100%	44%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	20.00	100%	88%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	19.00	90%	70%	30%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%

Data


UCLA D	Claremont B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	Cornell D	10	0	10	20
Cornell B	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10
Cornell F	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
Cornell C	RIT B	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester A	Cornell E	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	Cornell G	10	0	10	20
ESF	RIT C	10	0	10	20
Syracuse	RIT A	10	0	10	20
U of Rochester B	Penn State	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Notre Dame C	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	Illinois D	10	0	10	20
WashU B	Indiana	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Northwestern A	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
SIUE	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Penn B	Bard A	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Fordham A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Penn A	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Princeton A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers A	Columbia J	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	Claremont A	10	0	0	10
UCSD	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	USC	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	Claremont C	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	Jefferson County Scholars	10	0	10	20
UBC A	UW Wrath	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
Michigan D	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
Miami C	Michigan State B	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Ohio State B	10	0	10	20
Miami B	West Virginia A	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	West Virginia B	10	0	10	20
Tennessee A	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Southern	Auburn B	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Clemson A	10	0	0	10
Georgia A	Furman	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	10	20
Emory Oxford	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	James Madison B	10	0	10	20
Duke A	Appalachian State B	10	10	0	20
UNC D	Duke B	10	0	0	10
Appalachian State A	James Madison A	10	0	10	20
William & Mary	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
UNC B	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
NC State	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Tusculum	Virginia	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech A	VCU	10	10	10	30