Tossup
Terry Eagleton’s book Tragedy likens this character to the “monster lurking in the center of the symbolic order” in a chapter on a play’s arithmetical subtext. A fragment of a lost satyr play by Aeschylus calls this character a “Watch-dog that presideth over evil days.” In Robert Fagles’s translation, a man says he stopped this character “With no help from the birds” as “the flight of [his] own intelligence hit the mark.” A man repeatedly counts to fifty after this character calls herself the “singing bitch” and dons the head of Anubis in Jean Cocteau’s The Infernal Machine. This character casts herself upon the rocks after being bested by a man who had killed a king at a triple crossroads. For 10 points, name this non-human character who asks what being walks upon four, then two, then three legs while presenting Oedipus with a riddle. ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 100% | 0% | 71% | 131.13 |