Question
This author claimed that he opened a copy of Augustine’s Confessions after reaching a location called Filiolus, or “Little Son.” One of this author’s Epistolae familiares describes his recreational climb of Mont Ventoux (“vun-TOO”). This author described meeting a woman on Good Friday in a church in Avignon; that woman is often speculated to have the real-life surname de Noves (“day NOH-vess”). A poem opening “You who hear the sound, in scattered rhymes” gave a common title to this author’s poetry collection Il Canzoniere, which describes his love for a woman named Laura. For 10 points, what Italian poet and humanist gave his name to a form of the sonnet? ■END■
ANSWER: Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca; accept Petrarchan sonnets]
<Literature - European Literature>
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Patrick Torre (DII) | Maryland | University of Delaware A | 61 | 10 |
Ivy Chen (DII) | Princeton | Swarthmore A | 84 | 10 |
Geoffrey Wu (UG) | Columbia A | NYU B | 94 | 10 |
Kaiden Carey (DII) | Penn | Lehigh | 94 | 10 |
Keegan Martin (UG) | NYU A | Rowan | 107 | 10 |
Rio | NYU C | Delaware B | 107 | 0 |
Katy | Delaware B | NYU C | 107 | 10 |