Dionysus - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Many ancient Greek plays were first performed at a festival dedicated to this God, and Greek theater may have evolved from dithyrambs, hymns to this deity. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this god, who appears in a Euripides (“yoo-RIP-id-eez”) play to punish Pentheus for opposing worship of him by maenads. In Aristophanes’ Frogs, this god travels to Hades to bring Euripides back from the dead.

ANSWER: Dionysus [or Bacchus; accept Greater Dionysia]

[10e] During the Great Dionysia, playwrights such as Aeschylus (“ESS-kuh-luss”) presented plays in this genre. This dramatic genre, which often focuses on a character’s downfall, contrasts with comedy.

ANSWER: tragedy [or tragoidia]

[10h] In the Great Dionysia, playwrights submitted a trilogy of tragedies, followed by a play of this genre, which blends elements of tragedy and comedy. The only fully surviving play in this genre is Euripides’ Cyclops.

ANSWER: satyr play [reject “tragicomedy”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	23.33	100%	83%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	22.50	100%	63%	63%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%

Data


Cornell A	RIT C	0	10	0	10
Cornell F	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
West Virginia A (UG)	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Arizona State A	UW Pride	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State B	Tusculum	0	10	0	10
William & Mary	Duke A	0	10	0	10
Rowan A (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Illinois C	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Cornell B	Cornell E	0	10	0	10
Cornell D	Cornell G	10	10	0	20
Michigan B (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	0	20
CWRU C (UG)	Miami A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Miami B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan D (UG)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B (DII)	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
West Virginia B (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	0	20
Boise State	Alberta	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	UBC A	10	10	10	30
UW Chastity	UW Lust	0	10	0	10
UW Envy	UW Wrath	10	10	0	20
UW Greed	UW Sloth	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
Maryland B (DII)	Bard A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Columbia A (UG)	Penn B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Penn A (DII)	Maryland A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Columbia J (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Indiana	Notre Dame C	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Illinois D	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern B	WashU A	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	WashU B	10	10	0	20
SIUE	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	ESF	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Penn State	RIT B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	U of Rochester A	10	10	10	30
Binghamton C	U of Rochester B	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Auburn C	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Emory Oxford	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Emory Oxford	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
Liberty C	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
NC State	Appalachian State A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	UNC A	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Duke B	10	10	0	20
VCU	Virginia	10	10	0	20
UNC D	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	Claremont A	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCLA D	10	10	0	20
UCSD	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	USC	10	10	10	30