Question
These medieval poets, whose works are collected in the Bannatyne Manuscript, are the subject of a poem in which each stanza ends with “Timor mortis conturbat me.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these 16th-century royal court poets from Scotland. William Dunbar wrote a “Lament for” these poets.
ANSWER: makars [or makaris; accept “Lament for the Makaris”]
[10m] Despite not being Scottish, this is the first makar mentioned in “Lament for the Makaris.” This author wrote the poem Parlement of Foules (“fowls”).
ANSWER: Geoffrey Chaucer
[10e] William Dunbar described himself with this word in the title of a poem framed as a “Petition of The Gray Horse.” In a poem by Robert Burns often sung on New Year’s Eve, this word precedes “Lang Syne.”
ANSWER: auld [or old; accept “Auld Lang Syne” or The Petition of The Gray Horse, Auld Dunbar”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 57% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 88% | 63% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 15.45 | 100% | 27% | 27% |
Data
| Florida State University A | UCF B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UF B | UF A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UCF A | UF C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UF D | Florida Tech B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UF E | Florida Tech A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |