Question

A poem about this event describes the sun as it “goeth” “under wood” and “under tree.” In a depiction of this event, a woman sees a “little thing the size of a hazelnut,” which represents “all that is made.” In the earliest known English-language book written by a woman, the author describes the “showings” of this event that appeared to her after a near-death experience. (15[1])The first printed version of a poem about this event antedates a version carved onto a (*) stone monument in Ruthwell. In a poem about the “best of dreams” collected in the Vercelli Codex, a jewel-encrusted object that (10[1])was central to this event recounts the story of its own creation. For 10 points, name this Biblical event described in the “Dream of the Rood,” (10[1])when “all creation wept, bewailed the King’s fall.” ■END■

ANSWER: the Crucifixion of Jesus [accept the death of Christ or descriptions of Jesus on the Cross]
<Jack Rado, British Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jim FanUNC BDuke A6415
Vincent DuUNC ARIT A10110
Jonathan ShaufUNC CVirginia Tech A12710

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%0%97.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%50%133.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%50%121.25
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%20%82.80
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%102.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y367%33%0%90.00
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y450%0%25%81.50
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y888%0%13%104.43
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%50%0%38.00