Question

A Potamoi river god gives instructions on how to collect this stuff to a girl who almost drowned herself in him. To avoid the poisonous creatures central to her second task given by Aphrodite, Psyche collects this stuff from thorn bushes at (-5[1])night. One figure gives this stuff to a king as a gift of gratitude for being saved from a sacrifice plot devised by his (-5[1])step-mother Ino; that figure is (15[1])Phrixus. This stuff was (*) hung on an oak tree in a grove sacred to (10[1])Ares, where it was guarded by a dragon (10[1])whose teeth could become (10[1])soldiers. King Iolcus gives a man who arrived at his court with only one (10[1])sandal a challenge involving this stuff. Orpheus, Heracles, and several other Greek heroes later join that challenge to obtain this stuff. For 10 points, name this material Jason fetched with the (10[1])Argonauts. ■END■

ANSWER: golden fleece [or equivalents such as golden wool; or chrysomallon deras; prompt on partial answers]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Annabelle YangWUSTLOhio State42-5
Abigail ZimmermanIowaNorth Carolina66-5
Teigue KellyPenn State AIowa State7115
Biyang ZhangMichigan AStanford8510
Thomas FlexerPenn State BMichigan B9310
Young Fenimore LeeOhioMichigan C9710
Roxanne TangOhio StateWUSTL11110
Rasheeq AzadNorth CarolinaIowa14210

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2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%75%135.25
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%33%99.83
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%33%92.33