Question

In a Russian folktale, a person of this type named Emelya befriends a magic pike and rides a stove to see the king. In a reimagining of another Russian (15[1])folktale, little devils teach this type of person how to make soldiers from straw and gold from oak leaves. That person of this type then helps his brothers Simon the Warrior and Tarras the Pot-Bellied. Saint Basil, who walked barefoot (15[1])through Moscow, exemplifies a kind of Russian religious (15[1])type named for this kind of person, while (*) Ivan-durak represents a folkloric type with the same name. (10[1])A group of people of this type who worship Saint Grobian journey to the land of Narragonia in a book by Sebastian Brant. One painting depicts a nun and a monk playing a lute inside a vessel with a tree for a mast bearing the title people of this type. For 10 points, Hieronymous Bosch painted an allegorical ship run by what title kind of people? ■END■

ANSWER: fools [accept specific types of fools like the lucky fool or the holy fool; accept Ivan the Fool or Ivan-durak before mention; accept fool-for-Christ; accept Ship of Fools; accept yurodivy; accept ninny; accept simpleton; prompt on peasant or serf with “what archetypal character are they?”; prompt on lazy person with “what archetypal character are they?”; reject “jesters”] (The second and third lines refer to Leo Tolstoy’s retelling of the story of Ivan the Fool.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael BucknallWater BuffaloGoldman & Jackson2815
Nathan ZhangThe Chard Problem of Consciousness2 Indiscernible Broke Girls6815
Brendan BethlehemThree CantabrigiansYesodei HaTorah 2:77615
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordFable of the MiisKnox et al9310

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25Y4100%75%0%66.25
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25N3100%67%0%83.00
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25N6100%50%33%98.50