Battle of Kosovo Polje - 2024 ACF Regionals

Question

According to legend, a prince who lost at this battle was visited by a gray falcon who offered him a choice between an earthly kingdom and victory. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this medieval battle detailed in a cycle of tales from guslar bards, some of which were recorded by Milman Parry and Alfred Lord in their research on oral-formulaic composition.

ANSWER: Battle of Kosovo Polje [or Battle of Kosovo Field]

[10e] The Serbian scholar Vuk Karadžić (“kah-RAH-jitch”) sent his version of the Kosovo cycle to two German brothers with this surname who are better known for popularizing Cinderella, Rapunzel, and other tales.

ANSWER: Brothers Grimm [accept any answer including the word Grimm]

[10m] Serbian mythology also features this Pan-Slavic god of thunder and the sky, who defeats the cattle raids of Veles in an annual cycle.

ANSWER: Perun

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	9	15.56	100%	33%	22%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%

Data


Duke A (UG)	Virginia B (UG)	0	10	10	20
UNC D (DII)	GWU A (UG)	0	10	0	10
GWU B (Grad)	William & Mary A (UG)	0	10	0	10
JMU A (UG)	Virginia C (UG)	0	10	0	10
Liberty A (Grad)	Maryland C (DII)	0	10	0	10
Liberty B (DII)	Virginia A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Maryland A (Grad)	Liberty C (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (UG)	Roanoke College A (DII)	0	10	10	20
UNC B (UG)	JMU B (UG)	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Stanford C	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Binghamton	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
RIT A	RIT B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota B	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Minnesota C	Arizona State	0	10	0	10
Kenyon	Cedarville	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State B	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Haverford	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
NYU A	John Jay	0	10	10	20
Penn	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Vassar	Rowan	0	10	0	10
MTSU	Alabama	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Geodesic	0	10	0	10
Harding	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee	South Carolina	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis A	Boston University	10	10	0	20
Brandeis B	Dartmouth A	0	10	0	10
Harvard B	Yale A	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Bristol	0	10	10	20
Oxford C	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Oxford B	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
KCL	Oxford A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Kiel	0	10	10	20
Sheffield	Durham A	10	10	10	30
Durham B	Warwick	0	10	0	10