Question
Answer the following about the mythology and folklore of onions, for 10 points each.
[10e] In a myth of the Mono people, a group of onion-loving wives leave their husbands after being berated for their bad breath and turn into these stars. In Kiowa (“KYE-oh-wuh”) myth, seven maidens fleeing bears turned into these stars.
ANSWER: Pleiades [prompt on Seven Sisters]
[10h] This author’s work claims that a sick man who dreamt that he ate a lot of onions will get better, but one who dreamt he ate only a few will die. This Ephesian diviner compiled his dream interpretations in the Oneirocritica.
ANSWER: Artemidorus [or Artemidorus Daldianus; prompt on Ephesius]
[10m] Sticking an onion with pins and placing it under your pillow on St. Thomas’s Eve is said to reveal this figure. A Romanian tradition holds that bringing a candle to a fountain at midnight on St. Andrew’s Eve lets you see this figure.
ANSWER: one’s future husband [or one’s future bridegroom or spouse; prompt on synonyms of one’s beloved or lover]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 14.67 | 100% | 33% | 13% |
Data
| BHSU B | A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Empire Bikes Back | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| LMM's LLM MLM | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Oldest Men in the World | Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Jeam Team | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Lisan al-Quib | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Punished "Venom" BHSU | it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| We Need New Names | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Les Missourables | var merchants | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |