Question
One of these animals assists a king in building a spiral citadel, thwarting interference from a thousand-year-old white chicken spirit, and gives that king its claw as a magic crossbow. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these animals, one of which named Bìxì is a hybrid with a dragon and often appears as a plinth holding up stelae. Another of these animals, Genbu, is the guardian of the North.
ANSWER: turtles [or tortoises; accept rùa; or guī] (The lead-in refers to Cổ Loa Citadel.)
[10e] Kim Quy (“kwee”), the golden turtle who gave An Dương Vương (“ahn dwung vwung”) a magic crossbow, also appeared to this Vietnamese emperor, who assembled the sword Heaven’s Will from a blade found in a fish.
ANSWER: Lê Lợi [or Lê Thái Tổ; or Bình Định vương; prompt on Lê]
[10h] The last turtle to live in Hanoi’s Lake of the Returned Sword, known by this descriptor, died in 2016 in a possible bad omen. Hat-wearing stone statues contemporaneously known with this descriptor ward against evil on Jeju Island.
ANSWER: grandfather [accept great-grandfather; accept old; accept Cụ; accept Dolhareubon]
<AY, Mythology>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fable of the Miis | Water Buffalo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Goldman & Jackson | Knox et al | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Chard Problem of Consciousness | Three Cantabrigians | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | N | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | N | 6 | 16.67 | 83% | 67% | 17% |