Question

In Reneau de Beaujeu’s Le Bel Inconnu, Gingalain saves a maiden with this physical characteristic from Malgier le Gris but leaves her to continue his quests, later marrying Blonde Esmerée instead. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this physical characteristic, also possessed by a daughter of Hoel whose husband marries her “for her beauty and for her name.”
ANSWER: white hands [or blanches mains; accept La Pucelle à Blanches Mains; accept but DO NOT reveal Iseult of the White Hands]
[10e] That white-handed Breton princess with this name falsely reports that the sails of a ship are black. This name also belongs to the Irish princess aboard said ship, who was unhappily married to Mark of Cornwall.
ANSWER: Iseult [or Isolde]
[10m] A minor knight with white hands shares his name with this son of Urien, who plays fidchell with King Arthur in the Dream of Rhonabwy. This knight summons a storm by pouring water on an emerald stone in a fountain.
ANSWER: Yvain [or Ywain; or Owain]
<AY, Mythology>

Back to bonuses