Nero - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

The word “grotesque” can be traced to Renaissance-era excavations of a lavish complex built by this emperor before his death in 68 CE. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this fifth Roman emperor who allegedly fiddled during the Great Fire of Rome.

ANSWER: Nero [or Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; or Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]

[10h] After the Great Fire of Rome, Nero claimed a destroyed neighborhood on the Oppian Hill to build this complex. The Colosseum was later built on the site of this complex, taking its name from a statue of Nero as Sol.

ANSWER: Domus Aurea [or Golden House]

[10m] Besides the Colosseum, the Domus Aurea’s ruins were also built over by Titus and Trajan with two of these locations. In ancient Rome, hypocausts in these locations used stacks of tiles to heat their caldaria and tepidaria.

ANSWER: baths [or bathhouses; or thermae; or balneae]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	100%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	75%	100%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	21.00	100%	80%	30%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	88%	13%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	92%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	16.67	83%	83%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	21.82	100%	91%	27%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

Data


Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Little Prince	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA C	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UC Irvine	10	0	10	20
UCSD A	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
Claremont C	UCLA D	10	0	10	20
Claremont B	UCLA F	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	USC B	10	0	10	20
USC A	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa A	10	0	10	20
Ottawa C	McGill C	0	0	10	10
Ottawa B	McGill B	10	0	10	20
Ottawa D	Carleton B	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	10	20
Stanford A	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	McMaster A	10	0	0	10
ERAU Daytona A	Florida A	10	0	10	20
Florida State A	Florida B	10	0	0	10
Florida Tech A	South Florida A	10	0	10	20
Florida Tech B	UCF A	10	0	10	20
Louisville B	Ohio State C	10	0	10	20
WVU B	Louisville D	10	0	0	10
CWRU B	Michigan A	10	10	10	30
Louisville A	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
Michigan State C	Louisville C	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Ohio State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	Ohio State D	10	0	10	20
Pittsburgh	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
Michigan State D	WVU A	10	0	0	10
Toronto C	Brock A	10	0	10	20
Queen's A	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
Toronto H	Guelph A	10	0	10	20
McMaster B	Toronto I	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	Waterloo A	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Waterloo B	10	0	0	10
Toronto F	Waterloo C	10	0	0	10
William & Mary A	JMU B	10	0	10	20
Liberty A	Duke A	10	10	10	30
Liberty B	Virginia A	10	0	10	20
William & Mary B	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
UNC D	NCSU A	10	0	10	20
UNC C	UNC A	10	0	10	20
UNC B	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
JMU A	VCU A	10	0	10	20
Chicago B	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Illinois Blue	Iowa B	10	0	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Illinois Orange	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	WashU Grizzlers	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Purdue D	10	0	10	20
WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	10	0	10	20
Macalester	Iowa State	10	0	10	20
Michigan Tech	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Minnesota	Wisconsin A	10	0	10	20
Wisconsin B	Wisconsin C	10	0	0	10
Amherst A	Boston College B	10	10	10	30
Boston College A	Harvard	10	0	10	20
Brown A	Boston University A	10	0	10	20
Brown B	Dartmouth A	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth C	Williams B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	Boston University B	10	0	10	20
Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	0	10	20
Tufts C	Brandeis Bach	10	0	10	20
UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Vermont A	10	0	0	10
Vermont B	Amherst B	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Williams C	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	Alberta A	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	Washington Pink	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Maryland A	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Penn	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Princeton	George Mason B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	George Mason C	10	0	10	20
Rutgers D	Columbia A	10	0	10	20
Vassar B	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Nebraska C	Kansas State A	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Nebraska A	10	0	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Nebraska B	10	0	10	20
Oklahoma	Harding	10	0	10	20
Tulsa A	Kansas State B	10	0	10	20
Rose State	Tulsa B	0	0	0	0
Alabama A	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Auburn C	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Clemson B	Chipola College	10	0	10	20
Georgia A	Clemson C	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Mississippi State A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt C	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
ESF	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
Binghamton C	Binghamton B	10	0	10	20
Rochester	Cornell A	10	0	10	20
RIT A	Cornell B	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Cornell C	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Boise State	10	0	10	20
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Washington Chinook	Washington Atlantic	10	0	10	20
Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	10	10	10	30
Washington Masu	Washington Chum	10	0	0	10
Alberta B	Washington State	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	McMaster C	10	0	10	20