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. (-5[1])An abbot of this region, (*) Guénolé (“GAY-noe-lay”), foretold the destruction of a city, after which its 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 and opens the dikes surrounding her city, causing it to vanish under the waves. For 10 points, the city of Ys (“EESS”) lies off the coast of what French Celtic region? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Brittany [accept Bretagne; accept Breton; prompt on France]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Khanh NguyenUF AUCF69-5
Graham CopeUF CUF B10310
Alexander NicholsUCFUF A14010

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