Bonus
This story is prefaced with the claim that “Greed is the root of all evil,” as told by a man who makes his living from selling fake relics. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story that follows three friends on a quest to kill Death. The story concludes with the friends killing each other after discovering treasure beneath a tree.
ANSWER: “The Pardoner’s Tale”
[10m] In a frame story, the pardoner is prevented from fighting by a character with this profession who had earlier told a story about Arcite and Palamon. In another poem, two characters of this profession play a beheading game.
ANSWER: knight [accept The Knight’s Tale or Gawain and the Green Knight]
[10e] Both Gawain and the Green Knight and Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales were written in this form of English, which succeeded the Old English of Beowulf and preceded the Early Modern English of Shakespeare.
ANSWER: Middle English
<Editors, British Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 106 | 15.09 | 99% | 48% | 4% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham A | Durham C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Durham B | York | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Edinburgh A | Edinburgh D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Edinburgh C | Edinburgh B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield A | Sheffield B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 100% | 29% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 89% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 100% | 58% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 100% | 58% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |