Question
A proverb from this language jests that it is an entirely unprecedented event for a young lady to fart on her husband. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this ancient language that a vegetable seller speaks in the supposedly hilarious “Tale of the Illiterate Doctor.” It was a prestigious literary language for Akkadians and Babylonians.
ANSWER: Sumerian [or eme-gir; accept emesal]
[10m] A dog who performs this action but cannot see suggests he will open something in the punchline to an inscrutable Sumerian proverb. Dovaleh Greenstein performs stand-up in a 2017 David Grossman novel partly titled for this action.
ANSWER: walking into a bar [accept reasonable equivalents for “bar” like tavern or inn; accept A Horse Walks into a Bar or Sus Echad Nichnas Lebar]
[10h] The Illiterate Doctor tries to collect fees from a patient in this city, to which Gilgamesh and Enkidu bring Humbaba’s head. In a comedic Akkadian story, the poor Gimil-Ninurta revenges himself on its mayor.
ANSWER: Nippur [or Nibru; or Nibbur; accept Nuffar] (The second clue refers to the Poor Man of Nippur.)
<Literature - World Literature - Misc Literature>
Summary
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| The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
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