Question

The 2018 song “Bagdad” was inspired by a work in this language about an imprisoned woman who communicates with a knight by kissing the Psalter at church. A poet in this language who claimed to “love the wind / and chase the hare with the ox” was praised in the book The Spirit of Romance. Razos accompanied colorful biographies in this language of poets (10[1])who were the first to compete in “floral games.” A poet who developed the sirventes form in this language is seen in a later work carrying his decapitated head like a lantern in the Malebolge (“mal-ih-BOLJ”). The dedication to Ezra Pound (10[1])in The Waste Land as “il miglior fabbro” (“meel-YOR FAH-bro”) quotes Dante’s praise of a poet in this language who invented the sestina. (-5[1])For 10 points, Arnaut Daniel (“ar-NAWD don-YEL”) and other medieval troubadours performed (10[1])in what Romance language (10[1])of southern France? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Occitan (“OCK-sit-in”) [or Provençal; or Old Occitan; accept langue d’oc] (The lead-in refers to the romance Flamenca, which inspired Rosalía’s album El Mal Querer. The Spirit of Romance is by Ezra Pound.)
<HG, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWilliam & Mary6310
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ALiberty B10310
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaUNC C124-5
Jacob EgolDukeWake Forest13410
Graham TroyUNC BUNC D13810
Josh SchmidtLiberty ALiberty C14210
Diego AlmarazUNC CSouth Carolina14210

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%100%142.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y683%0%83%140.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%120.33
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%97.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%120.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%80%140.20
Overflow2025-02-01Y580%0%60%101.25
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%100%142.00
South Central2025-02-01Y250%0%100%142.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%100%138.25
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%30%112.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%25%129.50
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y367%0%67%139.00