A foundling and a cat legendarily survived the Saint Elizabeth’s Flood on one of these structures, which initiated Beemster’s recovery from the “water wolf.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these structures that enclosed reclaimed polders managed by water boards in the Dutch Republic.
ANSWER: dikes [or dijken; or levees; or embankments or flood banks or stop banks; accept Kinderdijk; prompt on banks]
[10h] In 1730, dike inspectors publicized a “plague” of these animals, which stoked fears of another Christmas Flood and led to sodomy trials in Utrecht. These animals inspired Marc Isambard Brunel’s tunneling shield.
ANSWER: shipworms [or Teredo navalis or T. navalis; prompt on clams, bivalves, mollusks, or Mollusca; prompt on worms]
[10m] Since the eastern Baltic is too cold for shipworms, it preserved the wrecks of the Gribshunden and this intact 17th-century warship. An archaeologist-king sponsored this ship’s salvage for its namesake Stockholm museum.
ANSWER: Vasa [or Wasa; accept Vasamuseet or Vasa Museum] (The king was Gustaf VI Adolf.)
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