Packet 8: Tossup 10

Description acceptable. In one account, this event occurred because a queen was slapped by her sister in the second of “Three Harmful Blows.” Before this event, one participant (15[1])dreamed that he was fastened to a wheel of fortune above a pit of beasts, (-5[1])before (15[1])his dead nephew appeared accompanied by women he had saved to warn him to avert this event. (-5[1])That man ignored advice from the “butler” Lucan to escape this “wicked day of destiny” by avenging this event in a (*) duel which mortally wounded him. Negotiations (10[1])to stop this event were thwarted when a man unthinkingly (10[1])drew his sword (10[1])to strike an (10[1])adder. After (10[1])this battle, (10[2])which may have occurred at Salisbury Plain, (10[1])Bedivere (-5[2])was (10[1]-5[1])thrice asked (10[1])to throw (10[1])an object (10[1])into a lake, (10[3])summoning Nimue (10[1])to take (10[1])a king to Avalon. (10[1])For 10 points, Mordred was killed along with most knights of Camelot (10[1])in what battle? (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

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