Question
Answer the following about short-sighted vows that tear apart legendary families, for 10 points each.
[10e] In a Greek myth that parallels Jephthah’s story in Judges, this island’s king Idomeneus, a grandson of a judge of the dead, sacrifices his son after vowing to sacrifice the first thing he sees to Poseidon.
ANSWER: Crete [or Kríti; or Krḗtē] (He is a grandson of Minos.)
[10h] After he slayed this beast, a crusader cursed his descendants by failing to sacrifice the first thing he saw, which turned out to be his father. This dragon from County Durham grew from a tiny demon thrown into a well.
ANSWER: Lambton Worm [prompt on worm or wyrm; reject “wyvern” or “lindworm”]
[10m] In a lay, this character’s mentor Hildebrand vows to fight to the death with a foe who turns out to be his son Hadubrand. This hero based on a real-life king is exiled to the court of Etzel in the Rabenschlacht.
ANSWER: Dietrich von Bern [accept Thidrik or Thidriks saga; prompt on Theodoric the Great, Theodoric the Amal, Theoderīcus, or Theuderikhos]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |