Question

A soldier in this conflict is depicted “musing o’er his scars, and wooden leg” in a poem that ends with the italicized phrase “famine and a name!” Another poem set in this conflict describes a future “born on the night-wind of the past” and a “word that shall echo forevermore!” The line “By the rude bridge that arched the flood” opens a “Hymn” about a battle in this conflict (-5[1])by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Philip Freneau (-5[1])was often called the (-5[1])“Poet of” this conflict, (-5[3])which was also the setting of a poem whose title character “spread the alarm through every Middlesex village and farm.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what conflict (10[1])is the setting of Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s (-5[1])Ride?” (10[3])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: American Revolution [or American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence; prompt on Battle of Concord by asking “that was part of what wider conflict?”] (The poem in the first line is “The American Soldier” by Philip Freneau.)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%70%113.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%92.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%82.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%25%100.67
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%100.56
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%60%107.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%102.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%98.44

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Quinn VaughenRIT BCornell C68-5
Brian ChenCornell GCornell A74-5
Aidan CranerU of Rochester ACornell E78-5
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CCornell F82-5
Spencer AhnU of Rochester BPenn State82-5
Spencer AhnU of Rochester BPenn State82-5
Alec WestSyracuseRIT A10210
Owen LinderBinghamton ACornell D10510
Brian HoffCornell BBinghamton B10710
Claire WangRIT CESF115-5
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CRIT B11610
Riley ShermanESFRIT C11610
Anna KuangCornell EU of Rochester A11610
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell G11710
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FBinghamton C11710
Sam HofeckerPenn StateU of Rochester B11710
Sam HofeckerPenn StateU of Rochester B11710