Question

The seer Idmon foresaw his own death by one of these animals, but joined the Argonauts anyway. After failing to correctly guess how many offspring would be born to one of these animals, Calchas (“KAL-cuss”) lost a divination contest to his rival Mopsus and subsequently died of shame. A man trapped one of these animals in deep snow to bring it back alive to (-5[1])Tiryns. While hunting one of these animals as a boy with his grandfather (-5[1])Autolycus, Odysseus suffered a scar on his thigh. The brothers Toxeus and Plexippus were killed by their nephew after a dispute over the spoils of one of these animals. (10[1])Oeneus’s (“EE-nee-us’s”) failure to dedicate the first fruits of the harvest led Artemis to punish him by (10[1])sending (10[1])one of these animals. For 10 points, what animal did Atalanta and Meleager kill because it was ravaging Calydon? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: boars [accept Calydonian Boar; accept sows; prompt on pigs]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex WyrickTennessee AGeorgia Tech A62-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech CLouisville A75-5
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AGeorgia Tech C10410
Jack LewisBruin AAlabama A12010
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A12110
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech ATennessee A14110

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