Question

This emperor’s original cognomen came from an ancestor whose beard supposedly turned (10[1])reddish-bronze (-5[2])after Castor (-5[1])and Pollux stroked it. (-5[2])This emperor agreed to (10[1])a peace treaty (-5[1])in which Tiridates I became king of Armenia, but had to travel to Rome for his crown. This emperor was praised in graffiti along with his wife Poppaea (10[1])after he imposed height (10[1])limits on tenements. (10[2])When the Praetorian Guard (10[1]-5[1])under Tigellinus switched sides to Galba, (10[1])this emperor committed suicide (10[4]-5[1])and the Year of the Four (10[2])Emperors (10[1])began. (10[8]-5[1])This final (10[3])Julio-Claudian (10[2]-5[1])emperor (10[5])ordered the death (10[1])of his mother Agrippina (10[6])the Younger (10[1]-5[2])and (10[1])his tutor (10[1])Seneca. For 10 points, (10[1])which emperor persecuted (10[1])Christians (10[2])after (10[1])the Great (10[1])Fire (10[2])of Rome? (10[3])■END■ (10[9]0[2])

ANSWER: Nero [or Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]
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Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Penn B (DII)1110
Terrence Han (DII)UCLA CClaremont A12-5
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Columbia B12-5
Owyn NoblePurdue BIllinois B14-5
Aidan RoulletRIT AU of Rochester A18-5
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton AESF18-5
Ishaan KashyapGeorgia Tech CEmory Oxford2210
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CCornell F25-5
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DSouth Carolina B5310
Soren HeydariUNC CDuke B5710
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Miami C (DII) 6010
Jonathan HoAlbertaBoise State6010
Nick Machin (UG)UCLA AUCLA D6410
Davis JohnsonPurdue CIllinois C64-5
Dylan BianchiUW GreedUW Sloth7010
Alec RisoCornell DCornell G7410
Daniel Luebs (DII)Michigan State B West Virginia A (UG) 7410
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B74-5
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BRutgers B7410
Jonah HubertNotre Dame AWashU B7410
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Miami A (UG) 8010
Will HughesAuburn ATennessee B8010
Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDClaremont B8110
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan B (UG)CWRU B (DII) 8210
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Michigan State A 8210
Colin VessVanderbilt BVanderbilt A8210
Mac DixonEmory OxfordBelmont8210
Malachi LedfordTusculumAppalachian State B8210
Nova SinkVirginia Tech BUNC D8210
Jesse MindleNC StateAppalachian State A8210
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham APrinceton A (UG)82-5
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BSIUE8210
Sonya BatesUW WrathUW Envy8410
Sawyer SmithMississippi State AFurman8410
Sawyer SmithMississippi State AFurman8410
Joyann HuaUBC AArizona State B85-5
James O'ReillyArizona State BUBC A8510
Dylan MissalAlabama AAuburn B8510
Kritanu SahaCornell ARIT C8610
Asheton WilbanksClemson AGeorgia Tech A8610
Shawn RichardsonClemson BSouth Carolina A8610
Diego AlmarazUNC ALiberty B8610
Jiping FangIllinois AChicago B8610
Alec WestSyracuseBinghamton B8910
Quinn VaughenRIT BPenn State9310
Peter Ballas (DII)Michigan C Miami B (UG) 9310
Orion KellerVirginia Tech ALiberty C9310
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCLA E9310
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Fordham A9310
Arthur ZhangNorthwestern AIowa B9310
Anna KuangCornell ECornell B95-5
Brady Hagan (DII)Ohio State C (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 95-5
Conner YamnitzWashU ANorthwestern B9510
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Columbia J (DII)9610
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaNotre Dame C9810
Ivan Karp (UG)UCLA BClaremont C10210
Euan McCubbinUW ChastityUW Lust10510
Matthew Kelley (DII)Michigan D (UG)Ohio State A (UG) 10610
Derek AldridgeWilliam & MaryDuke A10610
Jonah ChancioJames Madison AJames Madison B10710
Luke StroleUW PrideArizona State A10910
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AAuburn C11010
Timothy PorterVCUVirginia11010
Jerry Xu (DII)Claremont AUCLA C11210
Nishna Makala (DII)Maryland A (DII)Penn A (DII)11210
Sam Millenbach (DII)Rowan A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)11210
Riley ShermanESFBinghamton A11310
Aidan CranerU of Rochester ARIT A11310
Gary WangU of Rochester BBinghamton C11310
Nayel TekleCornell BCornell E11310
Connor Channels (UG)West Virginia B (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 1130
Anna HinkleGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E11310
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Bard A (UG)11310
Andrew YangColumbia BLehigh A (UG)1130
David ZhangIllinois BPurdue B11310
Steven SongIllinois CPurdue C11310
Brielle RachIowa AIllinois D11310