Question
This city established Myrcinus in Thrace as a reward for its leader opposing Miltiades of Athens and only pretending to leave an army stranded across the Danube during an invasion of Scythia. This city’s other colonies included Sinope, Trebizond, and many cities on the Black Sea, leading it to be regarded as the city with the most colonies in the Hellenic world. According to Herodotus, a leader of this city sent a message from Susa to his nephew ruling in this city via (*) tattoos on a slave’s head. This city’s Market Gate is held at the Pergamon Museum. This city was located opposite Mount Mycale at the mouth of the Menander. The Battle of Lade (“LAH-day”) occurred near an island opposite this city, ending a revolt led by its tyrants Histaeus and Aristagoras. For 10 points, name this city that led the Ionian Revolt and was home to a school of philosophers including Thales. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Adil Haider | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | 45 | -5 |
Mattias Ehatamm | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 148 | -5 |
Micah Colman | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | 151 | 10 |
Henry Atkins | Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere | 152 | 10 |
Jack van Nostrand | Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | 152 | 0 |
Joey Sun | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 152 | 10 |
Benjamin Chapman | Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | 153 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 84.33 |
2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 151.33 |
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 124.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 40% | 152.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | N | 6 | 83% | 0% | 67% | 150.00 |
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 33% | 67% | 122.33 |
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | N | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 134.00 |