laughing - 2023 ACF Nationals

Question

Parmeniscus of Metapontum lost the ability to perform this action after visiting the oracle of Trophonius. For 10 points each:

[10h] The crone Baubo was associated with what action, which the Tirynthians (“teer-IN-thee-ins”) did to a detrimental degree? According to Antoninus, Demeter transformed Ascalabus (“as-CAL-uh-bus”) into a gecko for performing this action.

ANSWER: laughing [or laughter; accept laughing at her or laughing at Demeter; prompt on joking, telling jokes, jesting, smiling, or smiles]

[10m] Parmeniscus was cured of his inability to laugh when he saw an ill-shaped piece of wood purported to be a statue of this goddess. This goddess transformed some Lycian peasants into frogs for denying her access to a fountain.

ANSWER: Leto [or Latona]

[10e] Chrysippus (“cry-SIP-us”) of Soli supposedly died of laughter while watching one of these animals eating figs. Lucius transforms into one of these animals in a Roman novel by Apuleius (“uh-POO-lee-us”).

ANSWER: donkeys [or asses; accept The Golden Ass or Asinus aureus; prompt on equines or equids; reject “mules”]

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Summary


2023 ACF Nationals	04/22/2023	Y	22	11.82	100%	14%	5%

Data


Illinois A	Duke A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Brown A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	WUSTL B	0	0	10	10
Minnesota A	Rutgers A	0	0	10	10
McGill A	Rutgers B	0	0	10	10
WUSTL A	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Chicago A	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Cornell A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
Florida B	Michigan A	0	0	10	10
Texas A	UC Berkeley B	0	10	10	20
Yale B	Indiana A	0	0	10	10
Yale A	Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Toronto A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Chicago C	0	0	10	10
UC Berkeley A	Iowa State A	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Penn A	0	0	10	10
Penn State A	MIT A	0	0	10	10
Stanford A	NYU A	0	0	10	10
Minnesota B	Claremont A	0	0	10	10
Harvard A	Houston A	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	Virginia A	0	0	10	10