Question

This hero’s horse is able to discern the footprints of an ant upon a dark cloth at night at a distance of two leagues. After coming across a roast deer and improvising a song on a tambour, this hero slays a beautiful sorceress who instantly (10[1])becomes ugly when he utters the name of a god. (10[1])At the age of 600, this hero ultimately dies after being thrown into a well filled (10[1])with poison spears. This hero uses a double-headed arrow fashioned from a tamarisk tree to kill his main rival. (10[1])This hero was born after his albino (10[1]-5[1])father was taught (10[2])how to administer a C-section (10[2])by a legendary (10[1]-5[1])bird. (-5[1])Along with his talking (10[2])horse Rakhsh, this man (10[1])performs seven labors that culminate (-5[1])in him slaying (10[1])the White Demon. (10[1])This hero begs King Kay Kaus for a healing (10[1])potion after recognizing an armband possessed by a warrior he had just stabbed in battle. For 10 points, name this son of Zāl from the Shahnameh (10[1])who slays his own son (-5[1])Sohrab. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Rostam [or Rostam of Sistan; or Rustam] (The legendary bird is the Simurgh.)
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Nathan ZhangCornell AGeorgia Tech A4410
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Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AMIT A8910
Brad MacLaineTexas AHarvard A96-5
Tracy MirkinFlorida AStanford A9610
Andrew HannaVanderbilt ARutgers B9910
Quynh PhungPurdue AUC Berkeley B9910
Matt JacksonChicago AYale A10410
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AClaremont A10410
Mitch McCullarIllinois AIowa State A10710
Justin ChenNYU AColumbia B107-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BVirginia A108-5
Raymond ChenToronto AColumbia A11210
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AIndiana A11210
Ashish SubramanianDuke AMaryland A11610
Cormac BeirneMcGill ARutgers A121-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina ACornell B12410
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn APenn State A12710
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BYale B13610
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AMinnesota B16210
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AChicago C167-5
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BHouston A16910
Joelle SmartRutgers AMcGill A16910
David BassVirginia AGeorgia Tech B16910
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ATexas A16910
William GrogerColumbia BNYU A1690