Question
A fictional manuscript by Antonius Diogenes (“dye-OJ-uh-neez”) with this name titles a 2021 novel by Anthony Doerr. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this phrase now used to refer to an unrealistic realm. This phrase names the dwelling of the title creatures in Aristophanes’s (“air-ih-STOF-uh-neez’s”) play The Birds.
ANSWER: Cloud-Cuckoo-Land [or Cloud-Cuckoo-Town; or Cuckoo-Cloud-Land; or Cloud-Cuckoo-Borough; or Nephelokokkugía]
[10m] A character with this profession goes on an adventure in the fictional book within Doerr’s novel Cloud Cuckoo Land. Virgil wrote about Corydon and Thyrsis, two people with this profession who engage in a singing contest.
ANSWER: shepherds [or sheep herders; or herdsmen; accept pastoralists]
[10h] The Birds ends with Pisthetaerus (“piss-thuh-TAIR-uss”), who has overthrown the gods as leader of Cloud-Cuckoo-Land, marrying this companion of Zeus. You may either give her Greek name or the trait it is commonly translated as in English.
ANSWER: Basileia [or Sovereignty; or the Sovereign Bride]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
Data
| Georgia Tech A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Imperial A | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |