Question

Children with this physical quality who ate only beans and claimed to be from “St. Martin’s Land” appeared near Woolpit in the 1100s. (15[2])A grindylow-like spirit with teeth (15[1])with this quality named Jenny drowns children in stagnant Yorkshire ponds. Lady Raglan dubiously claimed architectural motifs named for a man with this quality, (15[1])featuring faces with vegetation sprouting from the mouth, represent an ancient pagan deity. Chimneysweeps wear conical frames to portray a (*) Jack dressed in this quality during May Day celebrations. A figure named for this quality arrives at a feast holding a bough of holly and an axe. One rhyme claims “married in [this (10[1])quality], ashamed to be seen.” A figure named for this quality trades a fox, a doe, and a boar for (10[1])kisses originally given by his wife. For 10 points, (10[1])Gawaine accepts a beheading challenge from a knight of what color? ■END■

ANSWER: green [accept the Green Children of Woolpit; or Jenny Greenteeth; or the Green Man; or Jack in the Green; or the Green Knight; prompt on male or man until read with “what other quality does he have?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizboy's jitches (ft. DMA)2215
Alex SchmidtLet's Fighting Love1.g4 Test Mixture2215
Doug SimonsParden the InterruptionNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse2715
Iain CarpenterSandmännchen im HelikopterchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia5115
Emmett LauriemnemonistsNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)10410
Isaac MammelJJarylandbruh12410
Amogh KulkarniThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuolaprotobowling for soup13310

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2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%100%0%47.33
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%57%0%69.00
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%100%0%41.50