Question
As a boy, this adept farmer is given 10 apple trees, 13 pear trees, 40 fig trees, and 50 vine rows by his father. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this hero who wins an archery contest against a group of suitors after returning home to Ithaka.
ANSWER: Odysseus [or Ulysses; or Ulixes]
[10m] Odysseus won a footrace against this other Greek hero when Athena made him trip. This warrior is often referred to as the “Locrian” holder of his name, to distinguish him from another of the Achaeans.
ANSWER: Ajax the Lesser [or Ajax the son of Oileus; accept Aias for “Ajax”; prompt on Locrian Ajax; do not accept or prompt on “Ajax the Greater” or “Telamonian Ajax”]
[10h] Odysseus wins a discus-throwing contest on this fictional island, which is often equated with Corfu. Odysseus recounts his wanderings at a banquet held by Alcinous on this home of Nausicaa.
ANSWER: Phaeacia [or Skheria or Scherie]
<Michael Bentley, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology> ~13649~ <Editor: Matthew Bollinger>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 14 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |
Data
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Barrington A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Creek B | Barrington B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall | Maggie Walker C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hinsdale Central | Innovation Academy A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | William Fremd | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chattahoochee A | Lincoln-Way East | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Northmont A | Walter Payton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Parkway West | New Brighton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rockford Auburn A | Richard Montgomery | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Solon | Hunter A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson B | Dallas County | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Thomas Jefferson D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| University Lab | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Winston Churchill A | Belmont | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |