Question

Before the expedition narrated in the Doloneia, one of these objects that once belonged to Phoenix’s father Amyntor (10[1])was given to Odysseus by Meriones. (10[1])On the first day of the Trojan War, Achilles used either a rock or part of one of these objects to defeat an invulnerable king of Kolonai named Kyknos, (10[1])who then turned into a swan. At the walls of Troy, Hector and Andromache laughed when one of these (10[2])objects frightened (10[4])Astyanax. (10[4])Aphrodite broke one of these objects to save Paris from strangulation (10[1])during his duel with (10[1])Menelaus. (-5[1])The Cyclopes created one of these objects at the same time as Poseidon’s trident (10[1])and Zeus’s thunderbolts. (10[4]-5[1])According to the (10[1])Bibliotheca, Perseus used one of these objects to escape the Gorgons after the (10[1])Hesperides gave it to him along with a bag and winged sandals. For 10 points, Hades owned what type of object that made its wearer invisible? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: helmets [or helms; or caps; accept helmet straps, thongs, crests, or plumes; accept helmet of invisibility]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%8%85.83

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt SchiavonePurdue ANYU A1710
Adam FineChicago ACornell A2310
Daniel MaYale AChicago B5210
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia AMIT A7110
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AOhio State A7110
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BPenn State A7310
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BIllinois A7310
Brad MacLaineTexas ANorth Carolina A7310
Charles HangWUSTL AStanford A7310
Connor BlakeChicago CCornell B7410
Justin DuffyHarvard AUC Berkeley A7410
Todd MaslykMichigan AUC Berkeley B7410
Leah HonsingerFlorida AMaryland A7410
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ANorthwestern A8510
Jason HongBrown ADuke A8910
Zane KierzykIndiana AMinnesota A90-5
Michael MaysImperial AVanderbilt A10410
Karsten RynearsonYale BClaremont A10710
Collin AceRutgers BJohns Hopkins A10710
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BMinnesota B10710
Gio MazzeoVirginia AMcGill A10710
Aum MundheRutgers AIowa State A107-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BHouston A11010
Celina LiangPenn ASouth Carolina A12310
JD KrothIowa State ARutgers A14910
Shardul RaoMinnesota AIndiana A15010