Packet 4: Bonus 17
The Old English word for these beings could form positive compounds, as with “scȳne” or “beautiful,” or describe ailments like their “ādl,” meaning a nightmare. For 10 points each:
[10e] A king of what beings abducts Heurodis in the Breton lai Sir Orfeo? These beings’ association with the uncanny in Old English poetry inspired a novelist to create examples like Elrond and Galadriel.
ANSWER: elves [or ælf, ylf, or ielf; accept fairies; accept ælf-scȳne or ælf-ādl] (The novelist is J. R. R. Tolkien.)
[10m] The Beowulf poet takes a strict Christian stance against elves in his genealogy of Grendel, writing that they descend from this biblical figure along with other pagan monsters like giants and orcs.
ANSWER: Cain
[10h] On the other hand, the protagonist of this poem is described as “elf-beautiful” when she appears at a banquet. Only 348 lines remain of this anonymous poem, which is paired with Beowulf in the Nowell Codex.
ANSWER: Judith
<Editors, British Literature> | M. Playoffs 4 (Editors 4)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 19.52 | 100% | 95% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | MIT | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois B | Northwestern B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | WashU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| NYU B | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina | Swarthmore | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Penn State | Bruin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford A | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Cambridge | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCF | Cornell | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Waterloo | Brown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 19.52 | 100% | 95% | 0% |