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Question

The Nordic poem the Hávamál (“HAW-vuh-mawl”), a collection of gnomic advice, is attributed to this god. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this god who legendarily sacrificed an eye for wisdom. This Norse All-Father was the father of Thor.

ANSWER: Odin [accept Wodin; or Wodan; or Wotan; or Wodanaz]

[10m] In stanzas 137 and 138 of the Hávamál, Odin reveals the origin of these things. Odin hung from Yggdrasil for nine days to obtain these things.

ANSWER: runes [or runic letters; or runic alphabet; or runic rows; or futhark]

[10h] Stanzas 101 to 108 of the Hávamál feature Odin sleeping with Gunnlöd to obtain this substance. This substance was created from a mixture of the blood of Kvasir and honey.

ANSWER: Mead of Poetry [or Poetic Mead; or Mead of Song; or Suttungr’s Mead; or skáldskaparmjöður; prompt on mead or mjöður]

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Summary


Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	58%	50%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	25%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	33%	44%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	100%	25%	17%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	42%	58%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	12.50	100%	13%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Claremont B	UCSD A	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCLA F	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
Claremont C	UCLA E	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSD B	10	10	10	30
USC A	UC Irvine	10	0	0	10
Waterloo B	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
Toronto C	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Toronto A	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Toronto B	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Brock A	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	McMaster B	10	0	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto H	10	10	0	20
Toronto I	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Louisville A	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Louisville D	CWRU C	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Michigan State B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Michigan State D	Ohio State D	10	0	0	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10
Louisville C	WVU A	10	10	10	30
WVU B	Michigan State C	10	0	0	10
Waterloo C	Toronto E	10	0	0	10
Duke A	JMU A	10	0	0	10
Liberty C	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
JMU B	Tusculum A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech C	UNC B	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	William & Mary B	10	0	0	10
UNC D	VCU A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	0	0	10
NYU C	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Penn	10	0	0	10
Princeton	Lehigh B	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
NYU A	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
Rowan	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Rutgers D	Stony Brook	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Vassar B	10	0	0	10
George Mason B	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
Chicago B	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
Illinois Blue	WashU Grizzlers	10	10	10	30
Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	10	0	0	10
Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	10	0	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
Purdue B	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
WashU Grolars	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
Amherst A	Williams A	10	10	0	20
Williams B	Boston College A	10	0	10	20
Tufts B	Boston University A	10	0	0	10
Dartmouth A	Tufts A	10	0	0	10
MIT A	Dartmouth B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth C	MIT B	10	0	0	10
Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	10	0	0	10
Tufts C	Boston College B	10	0	0	10
Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	10	0	0	10
Brown A	Vermont B	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Beethoven	Williams C	10	0	0	10
Washington Pink	Alberta A	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Washington State	British Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Texas	Arizona State A	10	0	0	10
Washington Atlantic	Washington Masu	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	Washington Chinook	10	0	0	10
Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	10	10	0	20
Washington Coho	Boise State	10	0	0	10
Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Auburn A	10	0	0	10
Emory A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Chipola College	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Durham A	Durham C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh A	Edinburgh D	10	10	10	30
Sheffield B	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
York	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Bristol	Oxford	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	Cambridge D	10	0	0	10
Imperial B	Imperial A	10	0	0	10
Imperial D	Imperial C	10	0	0	10
Cambridge E	LSE	10	10	10	30
Southampton	Cardiff	10	0	0	10
Warwick	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	Cornell D	10	0	0	10
ESF	Binghamton C	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	Cornell C	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell A	10	0	0	10