Question
The narrator of one poem declares “sweet mother, I cannot weave on the loom” because of this goddess. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this goddess “of the spangled mind,” whose car is drawn by “quick sparrows over the black earth.” A “Hymn to” this Greek goddess implores her “You be my ally.”
ANSWER: Aphrodite [accept “Hymn to Aphrodite”; reject “Venus”]
[10e] The “Hymn to Aphrodite” was written by this woman from Lesbos whose namesake type of love has become a general term for love between women.
ANSWER: Sappho [or Sappho of Lesbos; accept sapphic love]
[10h] This much later poet who wrote the epic “Helen in Egypt” was stylistically inspired by Sappho in early poems like “Oread.”
ANSWER: H.D. [or Hilda Doolittle]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - World and Miscellaneous> ~22678~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | Stevenson A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Downingtown STEM | Hunter A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hastings | Owensboro | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Heights | Carbondale | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hoover A | Barrington | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hoover B | Georgetown Day | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Creek A | University Lab | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lightridge | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Lindbergh | Seven Lakes | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Richard Montgomery A | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| St. Mark's | Bloomington | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Strake Jesuit | Carl Sandburg | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson B | Stevenson B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Walter Payton B | Mexico | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Winston Churchill A | St. Thomas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 15 | 19.33 | 100% | 73% | 20% |