Question

A character from this city says that he seeks a figure whom an atheist poet from this city “perhaps had scorned,” but upsets an old man who asks if the “sweet light” still “strikes” that poet’s “eyes.” A sonnet wishes that three poets from this city could board a “magic ship” that can fly “at will.” T. S. Eliot quoted the line “Because I do not hope to turn again” from a poet born in this city, part of (10[1])a movement (10[1])deemed the “Sweet New Style.” (10[3]-5[1])An (10[1])author (10[1])from this city (10[1])included 25 love sonnets (10[1])with prose commentary in a book whose title translates as “The New Life.” (-5[2])A (10[1])man from this city, (10[2])whose (10[1])son wrote (10[1]-5[1])“Donna me prega,” appears in a grave inside (10[1])the fiery City of Dis in the tenth canto (10[1])of a (10[1])poem (-5[1])that describes (10[2])an (-5[1])author from this city (10[1])being (10[1])guided by Virgil. (10[9])For 10 (10[1])points, name this city (10[1])from (10[1])which (10[1])Guido Cavalcanti and Dante Alighieri were exiled. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Florence [prompt on Sarzana or Verona or Lucca by asking “where was that person born?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial A7810
Sam FooCambridge ACambridge B8010
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford C85-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford AStanford B8510
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)8510
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicKentucky8510
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)8610
Eileen PengOxford CCambridge C8710
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)9010
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AHaverford9410
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ARowan107-5
Michael KohnDurham AImperial B107-5
Raymond WangCornell ACornell B10810
Jisoon YooTexas ASorbonne11210
Omer KeskinOxford AWarwick11210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AAlabama11310
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan A11510
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsColumbia C115-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayVassar12310
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley C13210
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A13410
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)135-5
Emmett ChungStanford CBerkeley B13710
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonCedarville13710
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AAppalachian State138-5
Elliot CosnettOxford BDurham B14210
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)14310
Matthew ChristianBinghamtonRIT B14610
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)14610
Aidan Casdin (UG)JMU A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)14610
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Virginia B (UG)14610
William DawsonUBC AClaremont A14610
Daniel NeylonTexas A&M BUW A14610
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BPenn14610
Alessandro BogoKCLSheffield14610
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt B14610
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BDurham A14810
Andrew HellerCornell CRIT A15210
Ashley CrawfordHardingSouth Carolina15310
Grace EarlyIowa ARice A15410
Ian DewanKielBristol16110
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Liberty B (DII)16210
Evyn Keller (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland C (DII)16210
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC B (UG)1620
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AIowa B16210
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateMichigan State A16210
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CMichigan B16210
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CJohns Hopkins16210
John Shelly (DII)RowanColumbia A16210