Question

During the funeral games of Patroclus, a man from this region won an archery contest after he invoked Apollo (10[1])when his opponent did not. A disguised Odysseus lies to Athena, Eumaeus, and Penelope that he is from this (10[1])region. (10[1])Paris (10[1])abducted Helen while Menelaus was attending a funeral in this region. The gods set a plague upon this region after a king promised Poseidon that he would sacrifice (10[1])the first (10[1])living (10[1])thing (10[1])he (10[1])saw upon (-5[1])returning. (10[4]-5[1])Another (-5[1])king of this region won a battle against the king of Megara by tricking his daughter Scylla (10[1])into cutting (10[1])a purple lock of his hair. (-5[1])The murder of that King’s son, (10[2])Androgeus, led Athens (10[1])to send a yearly (-5[2])tribute (10[1])of (10[1])fourteen (-5[1])people (10[1])to this (10[1])island, (10[4])which (10[1])was led (-5[2])during the Trojan (10[2])War (10[1])by (10[2])Idomeneus. For 10 points, name this island ruled by Minos (10[1])that held a labyrinth (10[1])underneath Knossos. (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Crete [or Kríti; or Krētē]
<Harvard B, Mythology>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%137.33
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%97.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%124.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%94.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%82.40
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%72.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%126.33
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%106.80

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern ANotre Dame A1810
Annabelle YangWashU AIllinois B3710
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C3810
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton A3910
Lucy DennettWarwick BDurham6710
Jacob HarlMissoui S&TChicago C6910
Truman FillbrandtUW AUW B7010
Prahalad RaoOhio State BMichigan C7110
Matt ShinnickGeorgetown ANorthwestern B7210
Justin WytmarIllinois AIndiana B74-5
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AUC Berkeley B75-5
Elie AounCase Western AKenyon7510
Owen ArnesonMissouriChicago B7510
Michał GerasimiukStanford BIowa7510
Matthew WangUBCAlberta7510
Danila KabotyanskiIndiana AChicago D76-5
Biyang ZhangMichigan BCarnegie Mellon A9310
Chris YooWilliam & MaryVirginia Tech A9510
Angelo PanCase Western BMichigan D101-5
Cade SmithMichigan StateCarnegie Mellon B10710
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CBruin A10710
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CWashU B11010
Kaiser XiaoUCLAUCSD114-5
Josh SchmidtLiberty AVirginia A114-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State A11510
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AOxford A11610
Paige CrawleyOxford BImperial B117-5
Jonah HubertNotre Dame BPurdue11810
Kevin ParkClaremont AClaremont B12010
Peter BallasMichigan DCase Western B12110
Adam PascoeWake ForestUNC B12110
Michael EngUNC CUNC D12110
Connor RonanSouth CarolinaDuke12110
Albert NyangLSEImperial A12210
James ZhaoVanderbilt AAlabama A124-5
Louis CameronCambridge EOxford C124-5
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AGeorgia Tech A12710
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ABristol12710
Percy YuenCambridge DSouthampton B12810
Sanika IyerIndiana BIllinois A12910
Amanda ZhaoGeorgetown BNotre Dame C12910
Joel CrossleyManchesterSheffield13910
Johanna BryantLiberty CLiberty B14310
Virginia StewartAlabama AVanderbilt A14510
Nolan DannelsUCSDUCLA14610
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BUC Berkeley A14610
Joseph ChambersVirginia ALiberty A14610
Max HodesChicago DIndiana A14610
Benjamin WatsonOxford CCambridge E14610
Joseph CollinsImperial BOxford B14610