Question
This figure’s canoe crew consisted of his trusted “first mate” Kareg and the less-trustworthy Zugubals who were slain and placed among the stars after they consumed this figure’s rations. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this culture hero of the Torres Strait Islanders, a fisherman whose body forms a large constellation that holds a Eugenia fruit in his right hand while his left hand forms the Southern Cross known in Western astronomy.
ANSWER: Tagai
[10e] In Torres cosmology, Tagai’s canoe is identified with this Western constellation whose “claws” were rearranged into the constellation Libra by the Romans. In Greek myth, Orion engages this constellation in battle.
ANSWER: Scorpius [or Scorpio; accept the Scorpion]
[10m] Among Australia’s Yolngu people, Scorpio resembles this animal that, in Gaagudju lore, was once a burned man named Ginga. In Hinduism, Varuṇa rides Makara, a beast that resembles this animal’s “mugger” species.
ANSWER: crocodiles [or nakra]
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Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 7.78 | 44% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| In Search of Things Past | BHSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | Hang et al., Robert Browning | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| remembrance of lost time | I would prefer not to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Name Think Detail | Quasicrystal Silence | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Canadians | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Peter Andre 3000 | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |