Question
In a 14th-century romance, this character battles and defeats Gologoras after returning from Jerusalem, but submits to him anyway to prevent further bloodshed. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character, who names another romance in which he endures strange requests from a wealthy and powerful peasant named Carl.
ANSWER: Gawain
[10e] In a more famous romance, Gawain accepts a challenge from this colorful figure to a beheading game.
ANSWER: the Green Knight
[10m] In the romance Le Morte D’Arthur, Gawain is ultimately slain by Lancelot, a knight popularized by the romances of this French author of Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart.
ANSWER: Chrétien de Troyes (“crate-YANN duh TWAH”)
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Summary
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 13% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
Penn State | RIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Pitt | Maryland | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |