Packet 1: Bonus 12

The key text in this cycle, the Acallam na Senórach (“AG-uh-luv nuh SHEN-or-uck”) or Tales of the Elders, consists of stories told by two survivors of the Battle of Gabhra (“GOW-ruh”). For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this cycle of Irish myth between the Ulster Cycle and Kings Cycle. This cycle is named for either the eater of the Salmon of Knowledge or the warrior band that he led.
ANSWER: Fenian Cycle [or Fianna Cycle; or Finn Cycle or Fionn mac Cumhaill (“Finn McCool”) Cycle]
[10h] Tales of the Elders is framed as a retelling by Oisín (“uh-SHEEN”) and Caílte (“KWEEL-chuh”) to this “son of Calpurn,” who wielded the Bachal Isu (“Bach-ull EE-soo”) and is said to have defeated Crom Cruach (“KROO-ukh”).
ANSWER: Saint Patrick [or Pádraig] (Bachal Isu is derived from baculus Iesu, or Staff of Jesus.)
[10m] Stories of Saint Patrick are preserved with Tales of the Elders in the Book of Lismore, alongside a 13th-century text by this man. This author coined “the Old Man of the Mountain,” described a rhinoceros as a unicorn, and wrote of roc birds dropping elephants.
ANSWER: Marco Polo [accept The Travels of Marco Polo]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
2410.42100%4%0%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BruinOhio State100010E
CambridgeMinnesota100010E
Chicago BSwarthmore100010E
CornellBrown100010E
Georgia Tech AStanford B100010E
Georgia Tech CBritish Columbia100010E
Illinois APittsburgh100010E
Illinois BUCF100010E
MITUCLA100010E
NYU AMaryland A100010E
NYU BJohns Hopkins100010E
North CarolinaMaryland B100010E
Northwestern AColumbia A100010E
Northwestern BGeorgetown100010E
Penn StateColumbia B100010E
PurdueWaterloo100010E
RutgersMichigan1001020EM
Stanford AHarvard100010E
TexasToronto B100010E
Toronto AUC Berkeley A100010E
UC Berkeley BChicago A100010E
VirginiaGeorgia Tech B100010E
Virginia TechIndiana100010E
WashUVanderbilt100010E

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2410.42100%4%0%