Question
Nine of ten characters in this work are each crowned “queen” on different days; the exception is Dioneo, the only male among them. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this work about a storytelling group that includes Pampinea and Fiametta. Also in this work, Isabella puts Lorenzo’s head in a pot of basil.
ANSWER: The Decameron
[10e] The characters in the Decameron tell stories to pass time during one of these events called the “Black Death” that wiped out almost half of Europe’s population.
ANSWER: plague
[10h] The last section of The Decameron, which is narrated by Dioneo, tells the story of this peasant woman who was put through a series of tests by her rich husband Gualtieri.
ANSWER: Griselda
<Literature - European Literature - Short Fiction>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASIS-Independent Brooklyn | North Babylon B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| East Brunswick A | Downingtown STEM | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Eastchester | Great Valley | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Hastings B | moving finger B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hunter A | Mather A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hunter B | moving finger C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Mather B | Mather C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stuyvesant B | North Babylon A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Trinity B | East Brunswick B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| moving finger A | Stuyvesant A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 30% | 30% |