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!” (-5[2])The line “By the rude bridge that arched the flood” opens a “Hymn” about a battle in this (-5[1])conflict by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Philip Freneau was (10[1])often called the “Poet of” this (10[2])conflict, which was also the setting of a poem whose title character “spread the alarm through every Middlesex (10[1])village (10[1])and farm.” (10[3])For 10 points, what conflict is the setting of Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride?” (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BylinowskiAuburn ASouth Carolina A49-5
Henry BylinowskiAuburn ASouth Carolina A49-5
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DVanderbilt A67-5
Jack OgletreeAuburn BSouthern7510
Parker McCoigTennessee AAlabama A8110
Ethan AltshulEmory AGeorgia Tech C8110
Alina MooreTennessee BEmory Oxford9910
Anna HinkleGeorgia Tech BClemson A10010
Towery McNeilMississippi State AAuburn C10210
Brahm GianiodisBelmontClemson B10210
Robert FreemanSouth Carolina BVanderbilt B10210
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina AAuburn A11610
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina AAuburn A11610
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AFurman11710
Brake EnwillerVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech D11710