Round 11: Tossup 7

According to Richard Francis Burton, an escape from one of these places by following an animal was inspired by Aristomenes’ tale of following a fox. A custom of leaving surviving spouses in one of these places with water and seven loaves of bread is forced upon a sailor on his fourth voyage. After getting trapped, Cassim gets quartered (-5[1])in one of these places that his brother found (-5[1])while cutting wood. To hide the secret of that one of these places, (-5[1])forty thieves (10[1])hide in (10[1])oil (10[1])jars to kill Ali Baba. (10[2])A sorcerer tricks a boy into searching one of these places for a lamp in a story from Arabian Nights. For 10 points, (10[1])Aladdin finds a genie while trapped in what type of underground location? ■END■ (10[1])

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