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
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 |
Duke A (UG) | Virginia B (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
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 |
UNC D (DII) | GWU A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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 |
Imperial A | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Oxford C | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Edinburgh | Cambridge C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
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 |
Oxford B | Imperial B | 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 |