Question
Iona and Peter Opie studied the Lore and Language of this type of person in Great Britain. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this type of person, whose folkloric figures include Mary Mack and a lady with an alligator purse. This type of person is targeted by a class of monsters including the English bugbear.
ANSWER: (school)children [or kids; accept youth; prompt on students with “in what stage of life?” and accept answers indicating childhood; reject “babies” or “infants”] (The bugbear is a bogeyman.)
[10e] Childlore is often transmitted through these chanted or sung texts, which include “Jack and Jill” and “Ring around the Rosie.”
ANSWER: nursery rhymes [prompt on rhymes]
[10h] The oldest English nursery rhyme collections are “songbooks” titled for a figure with this name. A figure with this name survives a childhood run-in with a red cow and dies much later of a spider bite.
ANSWER: Tom Thumb [or Tommy Thumb; prompt on Tom or Tommy]
<JC, Mythology>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Tuahology | Quining Quem Quaeritis | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Book of Coming Forth by Gay | Trielectic Materialists | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Waterloo Queens | Hawk the Herald Angels Tuah | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | N | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
| 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 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |