Question
An extended metaphor in this poem compares the dismembering of a right leg to an old tree uprooting from a cliffside and rolling down it. A catalog of mounted depictions of the Seven Deadly Sins in this poem includes Lechery riding a “bearded goat” and Gluttony atop a “filthie swyne” (“filthy swine”) in the train of the female demon Lucifera. Antagonists in this poem include the shapeshifting Archimago and the giant Despair. This poem was the first to be written in a mixed-meter nine-line stanza form now named for its author. The middle sections of this poem center on the themes of chastity and friendship and feature the heroine Britomart. The most read of this poem’s six completed books is its first, which features Una and the Redcrosse Knight. For 10 points, name this epic poem by Edmund Spenser. ■END■
Summary
Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 104.83 |
Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 68.00 |
Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 107.00 |
Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 116.33 |
Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 50% | 103.33 |
Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 131.50 |
South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 112.50 |
UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 137.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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David Nieman | Carnegie Mellon A | Michigan C | 65 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | Oxford A | Cambridge A | 67 | -5 |
Noah Chin | Virginia Tech A | Virginia A | 68 | 10 |
Andrew Zeng | Stanford B | Iowa | 69 | 10 |
John Luke Broussard | TAMU | ASU | 77 | -5 |
Kevin Zheng | Michigan B | Case Western B | 82 | 10 |
Yrwin Batan | MIT A | Brandeis B | 85 | 10 |
Jisoo Yoo | Texas A | Texas B | 88 | 10 |
Sharath Narayan | Northwestern A | Purdue | 104 | 10 |
Amanda Zhao | Georgetown B | Notre Dame C | 104 | -5 |
Anne Fjeld | Alberta | UBC | 106 | -5 |
Simon Zimmerman | Ohio State A | Michigan D | 107 | 10 |
Braden Booth | Missouri | Chicago B | 107 | 10 |
Rachel Fanous | Michigan A | Kenyon | 113 | 10 |
Stephen Heritage | Notre Dame A | Georgetown A | 119 | -5 |
Rohan Navaneetha Raj | Ohio State B | Carnegie Mellon B | 126 | 10 |
Michael Kearney | Harvard A | Brown A | 126 | -5 |
Truman Fillbrandt | UW A | UW B | 126 | 10 |
Kayla Drajpuch | Brandeis A | Tufts A | 127 | 10 |
Elie Aoun | Case Western A | Michigan State | 136 | 10 |
Mason Yu | Brown A | Harvard A | 137 | 10 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Georgetown A | Notre Dame A | 137 | 10 |
Will Sanders | Notre Dame C | Georgetown B | 137 | 0 |
Matthew Wang | UBC | Alberta | 137 | 10 |
Bryan Ugaz | ASU | TAMU | 137 | 10 |
Seraphina Charlotte Foo | Cambridge A | Oxford A | 137 | 10 |