Packet 2: Bonus 11
One description of this building says that its gable supported a golden chain visible from a great distance. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this building that, according to the text Deeds of the Bishops of the Church of Hamburg, contained three statues respectively bearing armour, a mace, and an enormous erection.
ANSWER: the temple at Uppsala [accept answers indicating a Norse temple or shrine in Uppsala or Old Uppsala]
[10e] Adam of Bremen’s account of the Temple at Uppsala claims that Norse pagans threw live men into one of these features as sacrifices. Mimir got his knowledge from one of these features at the base of Yggdrasil.
ANSWER: wells [accept Mimir’s well or Mimisbrunnr; accept spring]
[10m] The statue with an erection at Uppsala likely represented this fertility god. The opening section of the Heimskringla (“heimz-CRING-luh”) states that this god erected a hof at Uppsala and is named for this god’s descendants, the Ynglings.
ANSWER: Freyr (“FRAY-ur”) [or Frey; accept Yngvi or Ingunar-Freyr; prompt on Ing; reject “Freya” or “Freyja”]
<Editors, Mythology> | B. Prelims 2 - Northwestern A + Virginia Tech + Brown + Penn State
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 18.10 | 95% | 67% | 19% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | North Carolina | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Bruin | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Chicago A | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia A | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech A | WashU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Harvard | Georgetown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Michigan | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU B | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Purdue | UCLA | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford B | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | Swarthmore | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Toronto B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Vanderbilt | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 18.10 | 95% | 67% | 19% |