Question

While a student in this city is avoiding a gang of hoodlums called “the Wreckers,” his mother has a dream of him standing on (-5[1])a “wooden rule.” (15[1])The narrator chastises his boyhood self for weeping (-5[1])over a scene set in this city but not crying for his “own wretched self.” The protagonist sails away from this city after tricking his mother into spending the night praying at a shrine. After arriving in this city, the protagonist experiences a “cauldron of unholy loves” that “sings all around” his ears. The end of “The (*) Fire Sermon” section of “The Waste Land” quotes that narrator’s declaration, “To [this city] then I came.” (10[3])While studying (10[1])in this city, a native of Thagaste is disappointed by the ignorance of the Manichean preacher Faustus. (-5[1])For 10 points, Augustine’s Confessions depicts his hedonistic (-5[1])life in what North (10[1])African (10[1])city, (-5[1])and repeatedly references its Queen Dido? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Carthage [or Carthāgō]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y12100%8%42%123.25

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLMM's LLM MLM23-5
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see2615
Matt BollingerBHSU Bit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown34-5
Aidan MehiganFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)10810
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibThe Empire Bikes Back10810
Sinecio MoralesCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet10810
Andrew HartPunished "Venom" BHSUI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)11010
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A127-5
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)135-5
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHThe Dyatlov Passement incident13910
Charles HangLes MissourablesAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret14010
Jonathan ShaufMindgoblin of Little Hobbessticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone141-5
Nathaniel Hullit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownBHSU B14810
Tracy Mirkinsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneMindgoblin of Little Hobbes14810
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer14810
Alexander NeroRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AThe Jeam Team14810
Fierro GreyNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)The Oldest Men in the World14810