Question
This figure’s husband Sychaeus was killed by her brother Pygmalion. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this mythical queen of Carthage. After her lover leaves her to sail to Italy, this woman stabs herself on a funeral pyre.
ANSWER: Dido [or Elissa]
[10e] Dido was the lover of this mythical Trojan hero and appeared in his namesake Latin epic, written by Virgil.
ANSWER: Aeneas [accept Aeneid]
[10h] In one story, Dido outsmarted King Iarbas after making a deal that she would get all the land that she could surround with one of these things. By cutting one of these things into strips, she is said to have received the land that made up Carthage.
ANSWER: oxhides [prompt on hides or leather with “of what animal?”]
<Mythology - Mythology>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USN A | Merrol-Hyde | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| USN B | USN MS | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt | USN C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |