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Question

Ancient Arabs mythologized the “handle” of the Big Dipper as representing mourners at one of these events. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these events, one of which was held for Baldr in Norse myth after a mistletoe spear killed him.

ANSWER: funerals [accept funeral of Baldr; prompt on cremation or cremation of Baldr by asking “during what general event does cremation happen?”]

[10h] This legendary rival of the Yán Emperor was conceived by lightning from the Big Dipper. This legendary figure founded Chinese civilization and his wife, Léizǔ (“LAY-zoo”), is credited with the invention of silkworm cultivation.

ANSWER: Yellow Emperor [or Huángdì]

[10m] In Greek myth, this figure was turned into the constellation Ursa Major to prevent her son Arcas from unwittingly killing her. This nymph was seduced by Zeus in the guise of Artemis.

ANSWER: Callisto

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	13.33	100%	11%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	14.55	100%	27%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	11.11	100%	11%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	13.33	100%	11%	22%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	33%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	42%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
USC A	Claremont C	10	0	0	10
Claremont B	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	UCLA B	10	0	0	10
UCSD A	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UCSD B	UCLA F	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	USC B	10	0	10	20
Ottawa B	Carleton A	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Carleton B	10	0	0	10
McGill B	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	Ottawa A	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
Waterloo A	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	Toronto B	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Waterloo C	10	0	0	10
Toronto F	Brock A	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto D	10	0	0	10
Toronto I	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	McMaster C	10	0	10	20
Florida A	Florida Tech B	10	10	0	20
Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	10	0	0	10
Florida Tech A	Florida B	10	0	0	10
UCF A	South Florida A	10	0	0	10
CWRU D	CWRU A	10	0	0	10
Ohio State C	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Michigan State B	10	0	0	10
Louisville C	Ohio State B	10	0	10	20
Michigan B	Michigan State D	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	Michigan State C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Louisville D	Michigan State A	10	0	0	10
CWRU B	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	WVU A	10	0	0	10
Ohio State D	WVU B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	JMU A	10	0	0	10
William & Mary A	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
Liberty C	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	10	0	10	20
UNC A	NCSU B	10	0	0	10
VCU A	Tusculum A	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	UNC B	10	0	0	10
Virginia A	UNC D	10	0	0	10
Duke A	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Lehigh A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Princeton	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Lehigh B	10	0	0	10
NYU C	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Rowan	Rutgers D	10	0	0	10
Stony Brook	George Mason B	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Vassar B	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Chicago B	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Illinois Canada	Purdue D	10	0	0	10
Illinois Champaign	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Orange	Iowa A	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
Purdue A	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	William Woods University A	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Minnesota	10	0	0	10
Michigan Tech	Macalester	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	Washington Chum	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Boise State	Washington State	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	British Columbia A	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Washington Steelhead	10	0	10	20
Texas	Washington Chinook	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Washington Pink	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	10	0	0	10
Kansas State A	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Oklahoma	10	10	0	20
Tulsa A	Harding	10	0	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Tulsa B	10	0	0	10
Murray State College B	Kansas State B	10	10	0	20
Nebraska A	Murray State College A	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	South Carolina A	10	0	10	20
Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	10	0	0	10
Tennessee B	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	10	10	0	20
Sewanne	Clemson B	10	0	0	10
Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Durham B	Durham C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	10	0	0	10
York	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
Durham A	Durham D	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	10	0	0	10
LSE	Cardiff	10	0	0	10
Southampton	Imperial B	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
Imperial D	Cambridge A	10	0	0	10
Oxford	Birmingham	10	0	0	10
Bristol	Warwick	10	0	10	20
RIT A	Cornell D	10	0	10	20