Packet K: Tossup 13

These animals are associated with vampiric beings that are born with two hearts, two souls, and two sets of teeth. In one tale, this animal saves Genghis Khan’s life by distracting his pursuers with its presence as he hides in a thicket. A princess of Lesbos (-5[1])named Nyctimene (10[2])is transfigured into this animal after she is assaulted (-5[1])by her father. (-5[2])After he informed the world of the pomegranate seed’s consumption, (10[1]-5[1])Persephone (10[3]-5[1])used the (10[1])Phlegethon’s waters to transform (10[1])Ascalaphus (10[2]-5[1])into one of (10[1])these (10[1]-5[1])animals. (-5[2])The striga and strix (10[2])are associated (10[1])with (10[1])these animals, (10[7])whose feathers adorn (-5[1])the headdress (10[1])of (-5[1])Mictlantecuhtli (“MEEKT-lahn-TEH-quit-lee”). The flight (10[1])of this animal over (10[1]-5[1])Themistocles’s navy heralded the (-5[1])Athenian victory at Salamis (10[1])and the favor (-5[1])of a (-5[1])certain (-5[1])“grey-eyed” goddess. (10[4]-5[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[5])what nocturnal (10[1])birds (10[1])are symbols (10[2])of (10[1])Athena? (10[2]) (10[14])■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary