Question
Zora Neale Hurston wrote that this figure started as a “whisper… a wish to find something worthy of laughter and song” and so arrived “walking on waves of sound.” For 10 points each
[10h] Name this figure, who rode a crow spanning from morning to evening and took a group of enslaved people to Heaven to find a song. This figure left, but “like King Arthur… He waits to return when his people shall call again.”
ANSWER: High John the Conqueror [prompt on John]
[10m] John the Conqueror marries the Devil’s Daughter in a retelling from a Virginia Hamilton collection named for this action. Eight-year-old Cassie Lightfoot performs this action in Tar Beach, a story quilt by Faith Ringgold.
ANSWER: flying [accept The People Could Fly]
[10e] John the Conqueror stories are often compared to those of this trickster, who was trapped by a similarly-named fox using a sticky doll made of tar in stories published by Joel Chandler Harris.
ANSWER: Br’er Rabbit
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 83% | 50% |