Question
These siblings swore to get revenge on their cousins, who were also twins that were part of the Argonauts, after the siblings lost in a cow-eating contest. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this pair of siblings who rescue their sister after she is kidnapped by Theseus; one of whom is the son of a king of Sparta while the other is the immortal son of Zeus.
ANSWER: the Dioscuri [or Castor and Polydeuces; or Castor and Pollux; or the Gemini; or Castores; or Tyndaridae; or Tyndarids]
[10h] The rivalry began after the Dioscuri kidnapped the Aphareides’s wives, who were these twins. Their names are also epithets for the moon goddess Selene.
ANSWER: Hilaera and Phoebe [or the Leucippides]
[10e] In an attempt to steal their cousin’s cattle, the Dioscuri left Paris alone with this woman, their sister, who he kidnapped.
ANSWER: Helen
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Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia A | Gatherer | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Lehigh B | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia C | Bard | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU A | Lehigh A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| NYU C | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan B | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Vassar | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan C | Michigan A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Ohio | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State A | Penn State B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| USN A | Belmont | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Claremont | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| WUSTL | Vanderbilt B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Squidward Community College | WUSTL A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| WUSTL J | Truman State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| SIUE | WUSTL C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto Pilk | Ottawa | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Toronto cDNA | Toronto Penguin World War | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | Waterloo Bust | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Waterloo Cali | Toronto Sprout | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |