Question

The 2018 song “Bagdad” was inspired by a work in this language about an imprisoned woman (-5[1])who communicates with a knight by kissing the Psalter at church. A poet in this language who claimed to “love the wind / and chase the hare with the ox” (10[1])was praised in the (10[1])book The Spirit (10[1])of Romance. (10[2])Razos accompanied colorful biographies in this language of poets (10[1])who were the first to compete in “floral games.” (-5[1])A poet who developed the sirventes (10[2]-5[1])form (10[1])in this language (-5[1])is seen in a later work carrying (10[1])his decapitated (-5[1])head (10[1])like a lantern in the (10[1])Malebolge (0[1]-5[2])(“mal-ih-BOLJ”). The dedication (-5[2])to Ezra Pound (10[1])in The (-5[1])Waste (10[1]-5[1])Land (0[1]-5[6])as (-5[1])“il (-5[1])miglior (-5[2])fabbro” (-5[3])(“meel-YOR FAH-bro”) quotes Dante’s (-5[1])praise of a poet in this language (-5[1])who (-5[1])invented the sestina. (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, Arnaut (10[2])Daniel (“ar-NAWD don-YEL”) and other medieval troubadours (10[1])performed (10[1])in (-5[1])what (10[2])Romance (10[1]-5[1])language (10[5]-5[2])of (-5[1])southern (10[1])France? (10[4])■END■ (10[25]0[4])

ANSWER: Occitan (“OCK-sit-in”) [or Provençal; or Old Occitan; accept langue d’oc] (The lead-in refers to the romance Flamenca, which inspired Rosalía’s album El Mal Querer. The Spirit of Romance is by Ezra Pound.)
<HG, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%100%142.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y683%0%83%140.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%120.33
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%97.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%120.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%80%140.20
Overflow2025-02-01Y580%0%60%101.25
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%100%142.00
South Central2025-02-01Y250%0%100%142.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%100%138.25
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%30%112.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%25%129.50
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y367%0%67%139.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Percy YuenCambridge DOxford C15-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford BNotre Dame C4510
Jakob MyersIndiana AIllinois C4910
Justin LeeImperial AWarwick A5210
Arya KarthikOxford ASheffield5410
Albert NyangLSEWarwick B5410
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWilliam & Mary6310
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AOhio State B72-5
Biyang ZhangMichigan BCase Western A78-5
Annabelle YangWashU AWashU B7810
Cole HartungGeorgetown ANotre Dame B7810
Braden BoothMissouriIllinois A7910
Aum MundheRutgers ACornell B82-5
Eshan PantNYU APenn A8910
Ethan NewmanMichigan StateKenyon91-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWisconsin B9210
Ned TagtmeierChicago AChicago C9710
Jisoo YooTexas AASU98-5
John Luke BroussardTAMUTexas B98-5
Keerthana KrishnanTexas BTAMU980
James McCurleyHarvard BUMass Boston100-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ASouthampton B100-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ALiberty B10310
Christian AllenMissoui S&TIllinois B105-5
Anthony YinCase Western BCarnegie Mellon A106-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AYale A10610
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard A107-5
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BIowa1070
Roan DowlingIowaNorthwestern B107-5
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame AGeorgetown B107-5
Tai BelkeUBCUW A107-5
Parker McCoigTennessee AGeorgia Tech B107-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeColumbia B107-5
Matt SheldonOxford BManchester108-5
Stan MelkumianPurdueNorthwestern A109-5
Tiffany ZhouFlorida AUCF B110-5
Christopher DechBrandeis ABrown A110-5
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF C111-5
Liam StarnesChicago BChicago D111-5
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech DLouisville A111-5
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW B113-5
Brina RatangeeVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech C120-5
Cole PolleyMichigan DMichigan C121-5
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaUNC C124-5
Declan CobbWisconsin AMinnesota B124-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BImperial B12410
Henry BonWinona StateCarleton12810
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CVanderbilt A12810
Todd MaslykMichigan ACarnegie Mellon B13310
Jacob EgolDukeWake Forest13410
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AAlabama A135-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CCambridge E13610
Sam MacchiVassar AHaverford A13610
Gregory StoneESF ACornell C13710
Tom ScheriRIT BCornell D137-5
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BFlorida State A138-5
Graham TroyUNC BUNC D13810
Isaac MeredithTufts ABrandeis B13810
Michael KearneyHarvard AMIT A13810
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CDurham13810
Andy YuMaryland AGeorge Washington B13810
Cade ReinbergerRIT ABinghamton A138-5
Elliott GomesDartmouth ABU139-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern APurdue14010
Megan WangBrown ABrandeis A14110
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AGeorgia Tech D14110
William BrokerHaverford BPenn B14110
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ARIT A14110
Samuel StellaFlorida State AFlorida B1420
Raj DoshiUCF BFlorida A14210
Henry KeatingUCF CValencia A14210
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan B14210
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon ACase Western B14210
Leo TaoMichigan CMichigan D14210
Prahalad RaoOhio State BOhio State A14210
Josh SchmidtLiberty ALiberty C14210
Diego AlmarazUNC CSouth Carolina14210
Carter HerronChicago DChicago B14210
Arjun KalaIllinois BMissoui S&T14210
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BWisconsin A14210
Khugan ChanUMass BostonHarvard B14210
Eren MicheletBUDartmouth A14210
Meggy ManiGeorgetown BNotre Dame A14210
Sophie HiggsUW AUBC14210
Yaj JhajhriaUW BAlberta1420
Bryan UgazASUTexas A14210
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AGeorgia Tech A14210
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BTennessee A14210
Benjamin WatsonOxford CCambridge D14210
James ByrneBristolSouthampton A14210
Joel DickerSouthampton BCambridge A14210
Kai MadgwickManchesterOxford B14210
Jack RadoColumbia BJohn Jay College14210
Richard NiuCornell BRutgers A14210
Lowrie WoodsideGeorge Washington AColumbia C14210
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia CGeorge Washington A1420
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DRIT B1420