Question
This creature gained unique qualities after eating nine hazelnuts that fell into the Well of Wisdom. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this creature, caught by Finnegas after seven years of searching. His apprentice accidentally burned his thumb while trying to cook this creature.
ANSWER: Salmon of Knowledge [or An Bradán Feasa; prompt on salmon or fish]
[10e] Finn MacCool gained all the world’s knowledge after sucking his burnt thumb in this country’s Fenian Cycle. Another cycle from this country’s mythology recounts the story Cu Chulainn and the Cattle Raid of Cooley.
ANSWER: Ireland [or Republic of Ireland or Eire]
[10h] Much of the Fenian Cycle is narrated by this son of Finn MacCool, a legendary Irish poet. In one story, this figure fell off his horse and aged 300 years due to his time spent in Tir na Nog, the Irish Otherworld.
ANSWER: Oisin [or Osian or Ossian or Osheen]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
Data
| Fordham | Maryland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rowan | Lehigh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia A | Princeton | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |