Horace - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

The title of Wilfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est is drawn from a work by this Roman poet. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this Roman poet of the “Ars Poetica”, who also wrote four books of satires. This poet is also known for coining the phrase carpe diem (“CAR-pay DEE-em”) in one poem.

ANSWER: Horace [or Quintus Horatius Flaccus]

[10e] Carpe diem comes from one of Horace’s 103 works in this genre, which praise various people and things. A poem by Friedrich Schiller, which was set to music in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, is titled for this genre “to Joy” in English.

ANSWER: odes [or carmen or carmina; accept “Ode to Joy”]

[10h] Horatian odes contrast with the strictly structured odes by this Greek poet, who wrote four books of odes dedicated to victors of athletic games.

ANSWER: Pindar [or Pindaros or Pindarus]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	6	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	17.50	100%	58%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	5	22.00	100%	60%	60%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%

Data


Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
Cornell G	Binghamton C	0	10	0	10
Cornell E	Syracuse	0	10	0	10
Cornell F	U of Rochester A	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	ESF	0	10	0	10
CWRU A (UG)	Miami C (DII)	0	10	0	10
Michigan D (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Miami B (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
Michigan A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	10	30
West Virginia A (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Belmont	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	Emory A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Southern	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Appalachian State A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
William & Mary	Appalachian State B	0	10	0	10
NC State	UNC C	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
UNC B	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Claremont B	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	UCLA D	10	10	0	20
UCSD	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	USC	0	10	0	10
Illinois D	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Northwestern A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Indiana	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Illinois B	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
SIUE	WashU A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame C	WashU B	0	10	0	10