Question
Galbert of Bruges wrote a history called On The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of [this man], The Glorious One. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this beatified count of Flanders who was killed in the church of Saint Donatian by agents of the Erembalds, a powerful family that he tried to demote to serfdom. He was succeeded by William Clito, the grandson of William the Conqueror.
ANSWER: Charles the Good [or Charles the Good, Count of Flanders; or Charles I, Count of Flanders]
[10e] Charles was the son of Saint Canute IV, a ruler of this kingdom who was killed in a church in Odense (“OH-dun-suh”). Saxo Grammaticus described the “Gesta” of this kingdom in a history that ends with Canute VI.
ANSWER: Denmark [or Danish Kingdom; or Kingdom of Denmark; or Kongeriget Danmark; accept Gesta Danorum]
[10m] Canute VI’s successor, Valdemar II, largely conquered Estonia at the battle of Lyndanisse (“lin-duh-NISS-uh”), where this object supposedly fell from the sky to rally his faltering troops.
ANSWER: flag of Denmark [or Dannebrog; accept Danish flag; accept red flag with a white cross; accept banner in place of “flag”]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago B | Florida A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago C | Harvard A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida B | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| MIT A | Cornell B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Michigan A | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| North Carolina A | Indiana A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State A | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale B | McGill A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |