decapitation - 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford

Question

In one story, Cu Chulainn wins the champion’s portion by agreeing to have this action performed on him in a namesake “game.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this action featured in numerous medieval folktales, which, in one story, is performed on a character who is later given three kisses, but not a protective sash, in exchange for a fox.

ANSWER: decapitation [or beheading or equivalents; accept beheading game]

[10e] As is typical in the genre, this Arthurian knight is only nicked on the back of the neck by the Green Knight as part of the beheading game.

ANSWER: Sir Gawain [accept Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]

[10h] Much like the supernatural figures in beheading game tales, this headless horseman from Irish folklore carries his own head while looking for those who are about to die.

ANSWER: Dullahan [or Dubhlachan or dúlachán]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	13.33	33%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	14.29	86%	57%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	17.50	75%	63%	38%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	10.00	60%	20%	20%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	16.36	91%	46%	27%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	16.00	80%	40%	40%

Data


Birmingham	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
LSE B	Bristol B	0	0	0	0
Oxford A	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Cambridge C	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Southampton	10	10	0	20
Durham B	Edinburgh	0	10	0	10
Bristol A	LSE A	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Manchester	10	10	0	20
Durham A	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Southampton A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt	Warwick B	0	10	0	10