Bonus
This figure dies after being struck by three spears fashioned by Lugaid (“LOO-gid”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this figure who wields the spear Gáe Bulg (“guy bolg”). This figure singlehandedly defeated the armies of Queen Medb (“mayv”) at the Cattle Raid of Cooley.
ANSWER: Cú Chulainn (“koo KULL-in”) [or Sétanta]
[10h] Original language term required. Cú Chulainn is spiritually weakened after he eats a meal offered to him by an old woman, thus allowing Lugaid to kill him and breaking one of these taboos in Irish myth.
ANSWER: geasa (“GASH-uh”) [or geis (“gesh”) or geas]
[10e] The meal the old woman offered Cú Chulainn was the meat of these animals, thus breaking the geis placed upon him. Cerberus was a three-headed one of these animals in Greek myth.
ANSWER: dogs [accept madraí; accept dog meat; accept canis; or canes; accept kuon; or kunes; prompt on cú]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 39 | 16.15 | 100% | 54% | 8% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |