Question

A proverb from this language jests that it is an entirely unprecedented event for a young lady to fart on her husband. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this ancient language that a vegetable seller speaks in the supposedly hilarious “Tale of the Illiterate Doctor.” It was a prestigious literary language for the Akkadians and Babylonians, who used its cuneiform script.
ANSWER: Sumerian [or eme-gir; accept emesal]
[10m] A dog who performs this action but cannot see suggests he will open something in the punchline to an inscrutable Sumerian proverb. Dovaleh Greenstein performs stand-up in a 2017 David Grossman novel partly titled for this action.
ANSWER: walking into a bar [accept reasonable equivalents for “bar” like tavern or inn; accept A Horse Walks into a Bar or Sus Echad Nichnas Lebar]
[10h] The Illiterate Doctor tries to collect fees from a patient in this city, to which Gilgamesh and Enkidu bring Humbaba’s head. In a comedic Akkadian story, the poor Gimil-Ninurta revenges himself on its mayor.
ANSWER: Nippur [or Nibru; or Nibbur; accept Nuffar] (The second clue refers to the Poor Man of Nippur.)
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2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y615.0067%83%0%
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y320.00100%100%0%
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y320.00100%100%0%
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y320.00100%100%0%
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N316.67100%67%0%
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024N510.0040%60%0%
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N316.6767%100%0%

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BHSU ReFantaziohawk two of1010020
Clown SenpaisThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)100010
Clown SquadMusic to Help You Stop Smoking1010020
Northeast by NorthwesternWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?010010
BHSU RebirthNotre Dame010010
WashUThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days1010020
Defying SuavityGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz1010020
CambridgeLimp Franceskit1010020
Walston et. al.12 Litres of Green Tea1010020
NJ TRANSit (and anwenCope is the thing with feathers1010020
jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubjust one more half-dot bro1010020
Simple VibesCien Años de Quizboledad1010020
A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku1010020
BerkeleyCry of the Common Loon1010020
Stanford+Where are the ACF Nationals recordings?1010020