Question

In a song from this region analyzed by Mary-Ann Constantine, Lord Nann or Lord Count dies after rejecting the marriage proposal of a fairy woman while hunting. A ballad about Enori, whose breast was cut off to heal her royal father, was inspired by the mother of a saint from this region, Budoc. The viscount Hersart’s highly edited collection of songs from this region records many of its gwerz (“GWAIRZ”) ballads. An abbot of this region, (*) Guénolé (“GAY-noe-lay”), foretold the destruction of a city, after which its (10[1])king must throw his daughter off his horse to make it to Quimper (“KAM-pair”). In one myth from this region, (10[1])Dahut steals her father Gradlon’s key (10[1])and opens the dikes surrounding her city, (-5[1])causing it to vanish under the waves. For 10 points, (10[1])the city of Ys (“EESS”) lies off the coast of what French Celtic region? ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Brittany [accept Bretagne; accept Breton; prompt on France]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Charles HangWUSTLIllinois A8410
Christopher SimsNorthwestern APurdue10310
Justin HawkinsIndiana AChicago A10910
Zach JosephNotre Dame AIllinois B116-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaNorthwestern B12610
Jiping FangIllinois CIndiana B1400
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BIllinois C1400
Akshar GoyalIllinois BNotre Dame A14010
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame CSIUE14010
William HoustonChicago BNotre Dame B14010

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%33%129.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%50%121.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y475%0%50%135.33
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%0%20%105.60
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%110.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%115.00
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%25%126.67
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y888%0%13%120.29
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%140.00