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%

Data

Michigan B (UG)CWRU B (DII) 1010020
Miami A (UG) CWRU C (UG)010010
Miami B (UG) Michigan C 010010
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Miami C (DII) 1010020
Michigan State B West Virginia A (UG) 010010
Michigan D (UG)Ohio State A (UG) 1010020
Michigan State A Ohio State B (DII) 1010020
Ohio State C (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 010010