Question
According to one poem, a statue of this figure is “still suffused with brilliance from inside.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this figure, a statue of which is imagined as having a “legendary head” with “eyes like ripening fruit." That poem titled for it ends by stating “You must change your life."
ANSWER: Apollo [accept “The Archaic Torso of Apollo”
[10m] The author of the “Archaic Torso of Apollo” Rainer Maria Rilke, asked “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic orders?” to begin a series of works in this genre named for Duino Castle.
ANSWER: an elegy [accept elegies; accept Duino Elegies]
[10e] Rilke also wrote a cycle of 55 of these fourteen-line poems dedicated to Orpheus. Many Shakespearan examples of them were addressed to the Dark Lady.
ANSWER: sonnets [accept Sonnets to Orpheus]
<Literature - European Literature - Poetry>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USN A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| USN B | Merrol-Hyde | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| USN C | USN MS | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 11 | 25.45 | 100% | 82% | 73% |