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For a 2015 book in this genre, the Kenyan-born author John Spurling drew on histories by his grandfather J. C. Stobart. Edward Gorey illustrated a book in this genre (-5[1])by the author of The Aerodrome, Rex Warner. The author of a 1942 bestseller in this genre was the sister of the toxicologist Alice, the “mother of occupational health.” Louis Herbert Gray edited 13 volumes in this genre “of all races.” Wispy drawings by Chris Ofili punctuate Charlotte Higgins’s “new retelling” of this genre, whose other modern derivatives (-5[1])include Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, a (10[1])series by Stephen Fry, (10[1])and (10[1])the Canongate series. (10[3])A portmanteau of this genre and “poetry” (-5[1])names the men’s (10[1])movement led (10[1])by Robert Bly. This genre was popularized by (10[1])the d’Aulaires and Thomas Bulfinch. (10[3])For 10 points, Edith Hamilton (10[1])collected (10[1])what genre’s classical (10[3])tales? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: mythology [or myths and legends; or mythological retellings; accept fables or mythography; accept compendiums of mythology or mythology anthologies or equivalents; accept Bulfinch’s Mythology, Canongate Myth Series, mythopoetic men’s movement, or Mythology of All Races; prompt on classics or classical writings until “classical” is read; prompt on retellings, adaptations, compendiums, or anthology until “retelling” is read; reject “folklore” or “folktales” or “fairy tales”] (Spurling wrote Arcadian Nights and Warner wrote Men and Gods.)

<Editors, Other Academic> | L. Playoffs 3 (Editors 3)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Anuttam Ramji	UC Berkeley B	Columbia A	28	-5
Charles Hang	WashU	UCLA	86	-5
Sam Konkel	Chicago B	Cornell	93	10
Eve Fleisig	UC Berkeley A	Indiana	97	10
Christopher Sims	Northwestern A	Harvard	98	10
Noah Chin	Virginia Tech	Chicago A	101	10
Sim Spurrier	Swarthmore	Illinois B	101	10
Justin Wytmar	NYU A	Toronto A	101	10
Joel Miles	Minnesota	Illinois A	108	-5
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	Columbia B	111	10
Teigue Kelly	Penn State	Georgia Tech A	113	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU B	Bruin	121	10
Hadley Green	Northwestern B	UCF	126	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State	Michigan	126	10
Vayun Krishna	Georgetown	Purdue	126	10
Michał Gerasimiuk	Stanford A	Maryland A	131	10
Travis Johnson	Pittsburgh	Toronto B	132	10
Ben LaFond	Cambridge	MIT	135	10
Michael Du	Waterloo	North Carolina	135	10
Vikshar Athreya	Rutgers	Stanford B	135	10
Moses Kitakule	Columbia A	UC Berkeley B	136	10
Athena Shadden	Texas	Georgia Tech C	137	10
Jeffrey Xu	Georgia Tech B	Johns Hopkins	137	10
Megan Wang	Brown	Maryland B	137	10
Andrew Wang	Illinois A	Minnesota	137	10
Jaskaran Singh	UCLA	WashU	137	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt	British Columbia	137	0
Alan Zhang	British Columbia	Vanderbilt	137	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Main Site	2026-04-17	✓	24	100%	13%	122.50