Round 12: 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. (-5[1])After getting trapped, Cassim gets quartered in one of these places that his (10[1])brother found (10[1])while cutting wood. To hide the secret of that one of these places, forty thieves hide (10[2])in oil jars (10[1])to kill (10[1])Ali Baba. A sorcerer (10[1])tricks a boy into searching one of these places (10[2])for a lamp in a story (10[1])from Arabian Nights. For 10 points, Aladdin finds a genie while trapped in what (-5[1])type of underground location? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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