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 (10[1]-5[1])Emerson. (-5[1])Philip Freneau was often called the “Poet of” this (10[1])conflict, which was also the setting of a poem whose title character “spread the alarm through every Middlesex village and farm.” (10[2])For 10 points, what conflict is the setting of Longfellow’s poem “Paul (10[1])Revere’s Ride?” (10[1])■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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Fordham A71-5
Kevin Liu (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)7110
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)NYU B72-5
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Rutgers A (UG)8110
Andrew YangColumbia BMaryland A (DII)10210
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)10210
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rutgers B11410
Zachary Leblang (DII)Penn B (DII)Bard A (UG)11610
Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham AColumbia A (UG)11710
Rico-Ian Banting (UG)NYU BPenn A (DII)11710

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