Question
It’s not The Odyssey, but a story from this collection features a character who blinds a one-eyed giant using hot-iron spits. Antoine Galland added a story to this collection whose title character marries Princess Badroulbadour. A blindfolded tailor sews together the body of a woodcutter after he is killed in a story from this collection. The slave girl Morgiana pours boiling oil on thieves in that story from this collection in which the phrase “Open Sesame”opens a treasure-filled cave. The stories of this collection are told to Shahryar by Scheherezade to delay her execution. For 10 points, name this collection of stories featuring characters like Ali Baba, Sinbad, and Aladdin. ■END■
ANSWER: The Arabian Nights [or One Thousand and One Nights; or The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments; or Kitab Alf Layla wa Layla]
<Literature - World Literature>
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Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan | University of Delaware B | 58 | 10 |
| Nitya Nigam (UG) | Columbia B | Princeton | 61 | -5 |
| Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A | NYU C | 62 | 10 |
| Ivy Chen (DII) | Princeton | Columbia B | 75 | 10 |
| Alex Shi (DII) | Swarthmore B | Penn | 75 | 10 |
| Geoffrey Wu (UG) | Columbia A | Maryland | 76 | 10 |
| Shadmehr Khan (UG) | Rutgers | Lehigh | 90 | 10 |