Question
According to tradition, these mythological creatures will only land on the legendary Mount Qaf. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these giant birds common throughout Middle Eastern mythologies. In one story, these birds retrieve meat from a valley of diamonds.
ANSWER: rocs [or rukhs]
[10e] Rocs were described as enormous eagles by this medieval Italian traveler, who collected many stories of mythical creatures across Asia in his travelogue Il Milione.
ANSWER: Marco Polo [accept The Travels of Marco Polo]
[10h] In this text, a roc delivers a blessed piece of wood to King Solomon that transforms the Queen of Sheba’s goat foot into a human foot. In this text, the Queen of Sheba steals the Ark of the Covenant from King Solomon.
ANSWER: Kebra Nagast [or Kebra Negast or The Book of the Glory of the Kings]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 25.71 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 57% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 67% | 83% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 25.00 | 100% | 90% | 60% |
Data
| Miami | Indiana B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue C | Notre Dame | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| UChicago B | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UChicago D | Purdue D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UChicago A | SIUE A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UIUC A | WashU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | WashU D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |