Question

After a shipwreck, this character is forced into giving rides to the Old Man of the Sea, who is later tricked into drinking wine and is killed by this character. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character whose many travels include a voyage to a diamond-filled valley inhabited by mythical birds named rocs.
ANSWER: Sinbad the Sailor [or Sindbad; accept Sindibādu l-Bahriyy]
[10e] Scheherazade tells the story of Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin to delay her execution by King Shahryar in this collection of Middle Eastern stories.
ANSWER: One Thousand and One Nights [or The Arabian Nights; accept The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment or ʾAlf Laylah wa-Laylah; accept The 1001 Arabian Nights]
[10h] This British explorer's English translation of One Thousand and One Nights was accused of being plagiarized from John Payne’s earlier attempt. This writer also translated the Kama Sutra into English.
ANSWER: Sir Richard Francis Burton
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY915.56100%33%22%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY815.00100%50%0%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY613.33100%33%0%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1114.5582%55%9%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY912.2289%33%0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY512.0080%40%0%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY817.50100%75%0%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY914.44100%33%11%

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Alabama AAuburn B1010020
Emory OxfordBelmont010010
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Mississippi State AFurman1010020
Georgia Tech AClemson A1010020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E1010020
Georgia Tech CEmory Oxford001010
South Carolina BGeorgia Tech D010010
South Carolina AClemson B1010020
Tennessee BAuburn A0000
Vanderbilt AVanderbilt B010010