Question
An author with this first name and the surname Aitmatov wrote about a boy who listens to stories about the Horned Mother Deer in The White Ship and a novel set on one day, The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this name that was adopted by an earlier ruler who, in a semi-fictional “history,” feuds with Jamukha and rescues his stolen wife Börte.
ANSWER: Genghis [or Chinggiz; or Chinggis; or Genghis Khan; accept Chinghiz Aitmatov; prompt on Temujin or Khan by asking “what is the full title he adopted?”]
[10h] In the 1980s, Kyrgyz author Chinggiz Aitmatov championed an epic about this national hero who unites the Kyrgyz tribes, possibly based on the khagan Bars Bek. This son of a shepherd fights the Oirat and marries Kanykei.
ANSWER: Manas (“mah-NOSS”)
[10e] Both the Epic of Manas and Mongolian epic poems such as the Jangar and Geser are transmitted in this manner. Occitan (“OCK-sit-in”) troubadours transmitted epic or lyric poetry in this manner.
ANSWER: singing [or sung poetry; accept throat singing or overtone singing or long song; or songs; prompt on oral or spoken literature or speech or music; prompt on any type of instrumental music by asking “and what other manner?”
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 70% | 60% | 10% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 63% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 80% | 80% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| Dartmouth B | Boston University | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Brown A | Brandeis B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale B | Harvard A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |