King Völsung - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet B: Bonus 17

This ruler’s wife was responsible for his birth as she had dropped an apple of fertility onto his father’s laugh at Freyja’s behest. For 10 points each:

[10m] What son of Rerir and grandson of Odin constructed a great hall centered around the great tree Barnstokkr? Sinfjotli resists the pain of clothes being sewn into his skin, proving himself to be of this ruler’s lineage in his eponymous saga.

ANSWER: King Völsung [accept the Völsunga Saga or the Saga of the Völsungs]

[10e] Völsung’s future bride drops the apple on Rerir’s lap while in the guise of this bird. Two of these birds named for thought and memory act as messengers and spies for Odin.

ANSWER: crows [or ravens; accept corvids; accept kráka; or hrafn]

[10h] Later in the saga, this daughter of King Völsung avenges her father’s death at her husband’s hands by sleeping with her brother Sigmund and birthing Sinfjotli. After avenging her family, this woman walks into a burning hall to die with her husband.

ANSWER: Signy [or Signe; or Sieglinde]

<KT, Mythology> | Packet B - Queens A, UCLA B, Edinburgh B, St. Georges A

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
55	13.64	98%	26%	13%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Berkeley B	Stanford A	0	10	0	10	E
Berkeley C	Berkeley A	0	10	0	10	E
Binghamton A	Cornell B	0	10	0	10	E
Brown	Bowdoin A	10	10	0	20	ME
CWRU A	Michigan B	10	10	0	20	ME
CWRU B	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20	ME
Cambridge A	Manchester	0	10	0	10	E
Cardiff	Warwick A	0	10	0	10	E
Carleton University	Toronto E	0	10	0	10	E
Central Florida C	Central Florida A	0	10	0	10	E
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10	E
Chicago B	Illinois B	0	10	0	10	E
Cornell A	Penn State	10	10	0	20	ME
Edinburgh A	Birmingham	10	10	10	30	MEH
Georgia Tech A	Washington A	0	10	10	20	EH
Georgia Tech B	Bruin	10	10	0	20	ME
Georgia Tech C	WashU A	0	10	0	10	E
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20	ME
Guelph	UBC A	0	10	0	10	E
Harvard A	Yale	0	10	0	10	E
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20	ME
Indiana B	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10	E
John Jay	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	10	30	MEH
Kentucky	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10	E
Louisville A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10	E
MIT	Dartmouth A	0	10	0	10	E
Maryland B	Maryland A	0	10	0	10	E
McMaster B	McGill A	0	10	0	10	E
Michigan A	Michigan State	0	10	10	20	EH
Michigan C	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10	M
Minnesota A	Missouri B	0	10	0	10	E
Missouri A	Washington B	10	10	10	30	MEH
Montpellier	Southampton B	0	10	0	10	E
NYU A	Columbia A	0	10	0	10	E
North Carolina B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10	E
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	0	10	0	10	E
Purdue A	Northwestern D	0	10	0	10	E
RIT	Cornell C	0	10	0	10	E
Rutgers A	Columbia C	0	10	0	10	E
Stanford B	Berkeley D	0	10	0	10	E
Swarthmore	Columbia B	0	10	0	10	E
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	0	10	E
Toronto B	Toronto G	0	10	0	10	E
Toronto C	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10	E
Toronto Metropolitan	Simon Fraser	10	10	0	20	ME
VCU	North Carolina A	0	10	0	10	E
Vassar	Maryland C	0	10	0	10	E
Virginia	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10	E
Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	0	10	0	10	E
Wake Forest	James Madison A	0	10	0	10	E
Warwick B	Imperial B	0	10	0	10	E
WashU B	Mississipi State	10	10	10	30	MEH
Waterloo B	Western A	0	10	0	10	E
Western C	Toronto F	10	10	0	20	ME
William and Mary	Liberty B	0	10	10	20	EH

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Canada	Main Site	✓	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Florida	Main Site	✓	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	16.00	80%	60%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	6	11.67	100%	0%	17%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
South Central	Main Site	✓	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
UK	Main Site	✓	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%