Packet 7: Bonus 12
This character complains that “noone sees fairies any more” because they have been replaced by begging friars. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character, who narrates a story about a knight who, to avoid a death sentence, is challenged to learn “what women most desire.”
ANSWER: The Wife of Bath [or Alisoun]
[10e] The knight is challenged to find what women most desire by this legendary queen. Thomas Malory wrote about this character’s extramarital affair, suggesting that what she most desired was Sir Lancelot and not King Arthur.
ANSWER: Guinevere
[10h] In a Middle English poem directly adapting the Wife of Bath’s Tale to Camelot, this character seeks to learn what women most desire, leading to his romance with Dame Ragnelle. In another poem, this character calls himself the “feeblest of wit.”
ANSWER: Sir Gawain
<Literature - British, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 07
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 16.90 | 81% | 57% | 31% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 16.67 | 67% | 83% | 17% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 0% | 75% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 40% | 40% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 23.75 | 100% | 88% | 50% |