Question
You Meng is believed to be the first person in recorded history with this profession. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this profession later held by Stańczyk (“stine-chick”) in Poland-Lithuania. In more recent times, the American financial advisor Jesse Bogdonoff took this profession in Tonga.
ANSWER: court jesters [or fools; accept clowns; prompt on comedians]
[10h] Henry II of England had a jester with this name who would perform an act involving jumping, whistling, and farting at Christmastime. The jester Taillefer entertained Norman troops at Hastings with a work about a soldier with this name.
ANSWER: Roland [accept Roland the Farter; accept the Song of Roland]
[10e] The Persian jester Kal Enayat used his position to criticize an edict banning this drug, leading him to reverse the ban. Lin Zexu’s attempts at cracking down on this drug helped spark a namesake war between Britain and China.
ANSWER: opium [accept Opium Wars or First Opium War]
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Chicago | 11/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Harvard | 10/26/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Texas | 11/02/2024 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UK | 10/26/2024 | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
Data
| JHU A | Columbia | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |