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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This character complains that “noone sees fairies any more” because they have been replaced by begging friars.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

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4216.9081%57%31%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Cary AcademyGrimsley0000
East Chapel HillChapel Hill A010010E
Tantaene Animis Caelestibus IraeChapel Hill B1010020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓616.6767%83%17%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓310.0067%33%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓120.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓420.00100%75%25%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓516.0080%80%0%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓313.33100%0%33%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓417.50100%0%75%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓36.670%33%33%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓516.0080%40%40%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓823.75100%88%50%