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 the Akkadians and Babylonians, who used its cuneiform script.
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
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 67% | 83% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Berkeley | Cry of the Common Loon | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Stanford+ | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |