Question

A man from this family paid for his own triumph over the Salassi (“suh-LAH-see”) and brought a relative who was a Vestal Virgin in his chariot so that the triumph could not be vetoed. That member of this family served on the agrarian commission set up by Gaius Gracchus and Tiberius Gracchus, (-5[1])the latter of whom was his son-in-law. (-5[1])A woman from this family allegedly single-handedly towed a boat holding a cult image of (10[1])Cybele (“SIB-uh-lee”) up (10[1])the Tiber when it ran aground. Supposed actions by a man from this family caused Caesar to quip “my wife must be above suspicion” and divorce (10[2])Pompeia. A (10[1])man (10[1])from this family changed the spelling (10[2])of his name after voluntarily becoming plebeian. (10[2])That man from this family, who was killed in a street fight by partisans of his rival Milo, cross-dressed as a harpist (10[2])to infiltrate the all-female rites of Bona (10[1])Dea (10[1])(“BOH-nah DAY-uh”). For 10 points, (10[1])what Roman family produced descendants with the cognomen Pulcher ■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: gens Claudia (“GENZ CLAW-dee-uh”) [or Claudii Pulchri family or Clodii Pulchri family; or gens Clodia; or Claudian family; accept Publius Claudius Pulcher or Publius Clodius Pulcher; accept Appius Claudius Pulcher; accept Claudia Quinta; accept Clodian family; prompt on Pulcher until it is read]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2295%0%9%127.19

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt SchiavonePurdue AVanderbilt A50-5
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia ANorth Carolina A57-5
Michał GerasimiukYale AStanford A7210
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AFlorida A7410
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago A10010
Chris RayOhio State AChicago B10010
Jonathan TranCornell ADuke A10210
Jeffrey FungHarvard AToronto A10310
Andrew SalijNorthwestern ATexas A10910
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AChicago C10910
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech BPenn A11610
JD KrothIowa State APenn State A11610
Aiden DartleyRutgers AYale B13810
Jason HongBrown AMaryland A13810
Mitch McCullarIllinois ASouth Carolina A14510
Lexi TermanRutgers BNYU A14610
Kevin FanMcGill AClaremont A14910
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BVirginia A15910
Justin HawkinsIndiana AMIT A15910
Sarod NoriCornell BMinnesota A15910
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BImperial A15910
John BroussardHouston AMinnesota B15910
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AColumbia A15910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt APurdue A1590