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Question

Juvenal’s fifth satire chronicles a patron intentionally causing his clients pain at one of these events. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these events. In the Satyricon, Encolpius and his young lover Giton attend one of these events featuring objects emblazoned with zodiac signs where Trimalchio tells a story about a Cappadocian slave turned into straw.

ANSWER: feasts [or banquets; or dinners or dinner parties; accept Trimalchio’s feast; prompt on party or parties]

[10h] Petronius, who depicted that feast hosted by Trimalchio in the Satyricon, performed this action in Cumae with friends reciting verse. Juvenal’s sixth satire originates the phrase “who watches the watchmen?” after suggesting that Postumus take a boy to bed or perform this action as an alternative to marriage.

ANSWER: committing suicide [accept equivalents such as killing oneself; prompt on jumping out of a window or jumping off a bridge or hanging oneself]

[10e] Juvenal’s tenth satire originated a phrase commonly used to deride politicians for entertaining constituents with this foodstuff “and circuses.”

ANSWER: bread [or panem; accept bread and circuses or panem et circenses]

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Summary


Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	13	18.46	100%	54%	31%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	17.50	88%	25%	63%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	100%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	19.00	100%	60%	30%
South Central	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	38%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	50%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	30.00	100%	100%	100%

Data


UCLA C	UCI	0	0	10	10
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	Claremont Scripps	10	0	10	20
UCLA D	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	0	10	20
USC	UCSB	0	0	10	10
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	0	10	20
Carleton	McGill B	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Toronto C	Ottawa	10	0	10	20
Western Ontario	Queen's B	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	Guelph A	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	McMaster A	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Waterloo	10	10	10	30
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
McMaster C	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Toronto J	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Toronto K	Toronto H	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	McGill C	0	0	10	10
James Madison	Virginia B	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	North Carolina B	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Liberty C	Clemson A	0	0	10	10
NC State	North Carolina A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina C	0	0	10	10
McMaster B	Guelph B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Princeton A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Columbia C	Vassar A	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Illinois A	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame C	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Louisville A	10	0	10	20
Chicago C	Louisville B	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	Purdue C	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame D	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Macalester A	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
St. Thomas	Minnesota B	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Nebraska	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin	Minnesota C	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	UCO	10	0	10	20
Tulsa	Arizona State B	0	0	10	10
Iowa	Ohio	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Texas B	10	0	10	20
UTD A	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Alberta B	Texas A	0	0	10	10
Northwestern C	UTD B	0	0	10	10
Macalester B	Minnesota A	10	0	10	20
Alabama B	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Bruin A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Huntsville A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Huntsville B	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Sewanee A	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Cambridge D	10	10	10	30
Sheffield A	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Durham A	10	10	10	30