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In a Pushkin-popularized fairytale, every time Tsar Dadon hears this sound, he sends his armies off to war. (20[1])A hanged pilgrim in the Portuguese city of Barcelos was deemed innocent after a roasted corpse produced this sound. Prior to hearing this sound and repenting, a Biblical man denies (20[1])his Galilean (20[2])heritage (20[2])while sitting (20[2])by a fire. (20[8])In (20[1])the Völuspá, Egdir’s harp is interrupted by (20[1])Fjalarr and Gullinkambi as they (20[1])emit this sound to herald (*) Ragnarok. This sound is lethal to a creature incubated by an egg-sitting toad, the “king of serpents.” This sound is lethal (10[2])to cockatrices (10[1])and basilisks. (10[1])For 10 points, Jesus predicts that Peter will deny him thrice (10[1])prior to hearing what sound, (10[1])which more generally heralds the dawn? (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

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