Question

In a Russian folktale, a person of this type befriends a magic pike and rides a stove to see the king. In a reimagining of a folk character similar to Emelya, little devils teach this type of person how to make soldiers from straw and gold (15[1])from oak leaves. That character of this type also inspired a Cesar Cui opera, in which he uses pots meant for his family to feed hungry birds (15[1])and marries the Tsar’s (-5[1])daughter. (-5[1])In one story, Simon (15[1])the Warrior and Tarras the Pot-Bellied are brothers of (*) Ivan-durak, (10[1])who exemplifies the folkloric archetype of this kind of person. A group of people of this type who worship Saint Grobian journey to Narragonia in a book by Sebastian Brant. One painting depicts a nun and a monk playing a lute inside a vessel with a tree (10[1])for a mast bearing the title people of this type. For 10 points, Hieronymous Bosch painted an allegorical ship run by what title kind (10[1])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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sinecio MoralesEzrielev et al.Does a dawg have Buddha-nature?4515
Jordan BrownsteinThe Questions for the Historical Je*BUZZ* by AlBonus SchweitzerThe Philosophy of Furniture7215
Chris SimsKirtland SignatureRump Fest? I Thought They Closed That Place Down76-5
Andrew Wangis the priestly source stored in the ballsJosiah Royce da 5'977-5
John LawrenceThe Rumbleless Rumble in Meinong's JungleJesus wept, for He had no more worlds to conquer8115
Michael CoatesMorlocks! Morlocks! lama sabachthani?Bringing an Occam's Razor and a Hume's Guillotine to a Newton's Flaming Laser Sword fight9110
Tejas RajeRump Fest? I Thought They Closed That Place DownKirtland Signature13910
Wesley MathewsJosiah Royce da 5'9is the priestly source stored in the balls16310

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25N4100%75%0%66.25
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25N3100%67%0%83.00
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25Y6100%50%33%98.50