Question

While using one of these things, a man is reproached for vanity by the Queen of the Ants; that object makes forty thousand men die in a windstorm. One of these things is bought with an ivory telescope and a healing apple, while another appears in “The City of Brass.” According to legend, (0[1])Shapur I kidnapped the emperor Valerian with one of these objects. (0[2])Ivan carries the (*) Firebird on one of these things. (10[1])Cleopatra supposedly seduced (10[1])Caesar after (10[1])emerging (10[7]0[3])from (10[1])one (10[1])of (10[1])these (10[2]0[1])objects. (10[5]0[4])A (10[1])purple one of these is laid out for Agamemnon before his murder, (10[1])and Hussain (10[1])buys one of these things (10[1])in India in One Thousand and One Nights. For (10[1])10 points, the original tale of Aladdin doesn’t actually feature a flying example (10[1])of what object? (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: magical carpet [or flying carpet; accept rugs or mats; prompt on tapestries]
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Jonathan TaoStevenson BSaint Joseph12810
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