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

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Josh SchmidtLiberty AWilliam & Mary7210
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AVCU74-5
Miller DoerrLiberty BNC State8210
Jonathan SchneidauLiberty CUNC B9610
Michael EngUNC DDuke B10210
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AJames Madison A10210
Malachi LedfordTusculumVirginia10210
Gavin BramerAppalachian State BDuke A11610
Robert MerrimanVCUVirginia Tech A11610
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech BJames Madison B11710

Summary

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