Question
According to legend, a man with this profession convinced Krakus to offer a calfskin filled with sulfur to the Wawel Dragon, after which the dragon drowned itself while scarfing down water. For 10 points each:
[10m] Elves assist a holder of what profession in a Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale?
ANSWER: shoemaker [accept cordwainer; accept cobbler; accept “The Elves and the Shoemaker”]
[10e] These green-clad fairies are often depicted as shoemakers, although they are more commonly known for hiding pots of gold at the ends of rainbows.
ANSWER: leprechauns
[10h] According to Lady Wilde, leprechauns can be found by listening for their hammers while they are building shoes under these objects. An alternative name for old witches is derived from these objects, since they were considered the boundary between the real and magical worlds in Britain.
ANSWER: hedges [or hedgerows; prompt on bushes or shrubs; reject “trees”] (The term “hag” derives from “hedge.”)
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Summary
2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
Data
Birmingham | Warwick | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Oxford | Cambridge B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Durham | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Imperial A | Edinburgh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Imperial B | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |