Question
Loki lies to one of these beings that his companion’s ferocious appetite and burning eyes are due to not having eaten or slept in eight days. For 10 points each:
[10m] The ancestor of what beings is said to have been born from the venom of the Elivagar River and drank the milk of Auðumbla (“ow-THOOM-bla”)? One of these beings claims that an object he hid “eight leagues beneath the earth” will only be returned if Freya is brought to marry him.
ANSWER: jotunn (“YO-tun”) [or jotnar or frost giants]
[10e] The theft of this weapon by the jotunn Thrym requires Thor to cross-dress as Freya. Thor kills Thrym after this short hammer is returned to him.
ANSWER: Mjölnir
[10h] Thrym lends his name to a location once occupied by these two jotunn in Jotunheim. After one of these two figures is set on fire outside of Asgard for an attempted kidnapping, the other is allowed to choose a husband from among the gods, but only by looking at their feet.
ANSWER: Thiazi AND Skadi [accept Thjazi or Thiazzi or Tjasse or Thiassi or Tjasse or Thiassi in place of “Thiazi”; accept Skade or Skathi or Öndurgud or Öndurdís in place of “Skadi”]
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Summary
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia B | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale A | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Haverford A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Penn A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| NYU A | Penn B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Columbia C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |