Question

This character says it is “great bliss for a man to love them well and believe them not” in a monologue about how “womens’ wiles” ruined Adam, Solomon, and Samson. A lengthy dressing scene assigns concordances like the Five Wounds of Christ to the pentangle on this character’s (10[1])shield. (10[8]-5[1])Simon Armitage’s (-5[1])introduction to (10[1])his translation of one poem (10[1]-5[1])notes that this character’s name (10[1])must be pronounced (10[1])as both an iamb (10[1])and a trochee (10[1])to preserve (10[1])meter in bob and wheel sections. (10[1]-5[2])This character returns (10[1])three kisses (10[1])received from (10[1])a woman (10[4])and obtains (10[2])her magic girdle. (10[2])In a circa 1400 poem, (10[1])this nephew of King Arthur travels to a (10[2])northern chapel to finish a game (10[1])with a figure he had beheaded (10[2])at Christmas. For 10 points, what character (10[2])titles a Middle English poem (10[1]-5[1])with the Green Knight? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Gawain [or Sir Gawain; prompt on Gwalchmei]
<McMaster, British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y683%0%17%72.80
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%69.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%91.25
Overflow2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%75.50
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%84.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%78.70
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%50%107.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIndiana A4710
Aidan JonesLiberty AUNC C4810
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC B4810
Chris YooWilliam & MarySouth Carolina4810
John John GrogerWashU BChicago B4810
Michael HundingIllinois AIllinois B4810
Jon SuhHarvard AMIT A4810
Ben LaFondCambridge BManchester4810
Louis CameronCambridge EWarwick B4810
Nathan ZhangCornell BYale A48-5
David BassJohns Hopkins AHaverford A50-5
Ian McDowellCambridge CSheffield5210
Sam McNameeNotre Dame ANorthwestern B5710
Arya KarthikOxford AImperial A57-5
Roselyn DaffinSouthampton AOxford B6210
Elizabeth BowlingIndiana BMissoui S&T6510
Hamish CampbellDurhamOxford C6910
James McCurleyHarvard BTufts A7210
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BGeorgetown B7410
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AWake Forest80-5
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AIowa8010
Gus VanskikeMaryland BColumbia B80-5
Tai BelkeUBCUW B8310
Truman FillbrandtUW AAlberta8510
Albert NyangLSECambridge A8710
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeLiberty C8910
Annabelle YangWashU AMissouri8910
Sam MacchiVassar ANYU B8910
Isaac MammelMaryland APenn A8910
Andrew ZengStanford BPurdue9110
Ryan RosenbergNYU APenn B9110
Adsayan GaneshWarwick ACambridge D9410
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CImperial B9410
William GrogerColumbia BMaryland B9910
Lily MorrisBristolSouthampton B10710
Derek ChenColumbia CRutgers A10710
Jem BurchYale ACornell B11310
Alvin GuoChicago DIllinois C11910
Megan WangBrown ABrandeis B11910
Eren MicheletBUUMass Boston12610
Rahim DinaImperial AOxford A12610
Miller DoerrLiberty BUNC D13110
William BrokerHaverford BGeorge Washington B131-5
Audrey ChoHaverford AJohns Hopkins A13610
Peter LutzGeorge Washington BHaverford B13610