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Question

A poem titled for this island repeats “hope your road is a long one” and asserts “keep [this island] always in your mind.” For 10 points each.

[10m] Name this island, the return to which is the subject of the most famous nostos. On this island, a man reveals his identity after stringing a bow and firing an arrow through axeheads.

ANSWER: Ithaca [or Ithaka] (“Ithaka” is by Constantine P. Cavafy.)

[10e] This character returns to Ithaca from the Trojan War and reunites with his wife Penelope in a namesake Homeric epic.

ANSWER: Odysseus [accept Ulysses; accept The Odyssey]

[10h] This 20th-century author wrote The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, a 33,333-line poem where Odysseus meets the Buddha and travels to Antarctica. This author also wrote The Last Temptation of Christ.

ANSWER: Nikos Kazantzakis

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	86%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	22.73	100%	91%	36%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	89%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	58%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	67%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	75%	33%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	100%	83%	33%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

Data


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