the Wife of Bath - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This character’s husband Jankyn hits her and makes her go deaf in her left ear after she tears a page out of his Book of Wicked Wives. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this character, who tells a story to a group of pilgrims about a knight who must discover what women most want.

ANSWER: the Wife of Bath [or Alison]

[10e] The Wife of Bath appears in this Geoffrey Chaucer story collection about a group of pilgrims traveling to the title city.

ANSWER: The Canterbury Tales

[10h] In a Chaucer poem centered on one of these events, an eagle carries the speaker to the title “House of Fame.” An Old English poem titled for one of these “of the Rood,” features the bejeweled cross Jesus was crucified on.

ANSWER: dreams [or visions; accept “Dream of the Rood”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	18.33	100%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	13.33	100%	22%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%

Data


Northwestern A	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
WashU B	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame C	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Iowa B	SIUE	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Auburn C	Belmont	0	10	10	20
Emory A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Furman	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Emory Oxford	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Southern	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Rutgers A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland A (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Princeton A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois D	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Illinois B	10	10	0	20
Miami A (UG)	CWRU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
CWRU B (DII)	Miami B (UG)	10	10	0	20
CWRU C (UG)	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Michigan State A	Michigan A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Michigan D (UG)	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Michigan B (UG)	Ohio State B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C (DII)	West Virginia A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Miami C (DII)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Alberta	UW Chastity	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
UBC B	UBC A	0	10	0	10
UW Gluttony	UW Greed	10	10	0	20
UW Envy	UW Lust	0	10	0	10
UW Pride	UW Wrath	10	10	0	20
UW Sloth	Boise State	0	10	10	20
Appalachian State B	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
James Madison B	Duke A	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	Duke B	0	10	0	10
NC State	William & Mary	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	UNC A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	UNC C	10	10	0	20
Virginia	UNC D	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	VCU	0	10	0	10
Rowan A (DII)	Bard A (UG)	10	10	0	20