Question

Realist portraits housed in this city include a bust of a woman whose hair is a circle of curls and a verist bust of an elite covered in wrinkles. A courtyard in this city contains a pointing finger and disembodied head that are the remnants of a 40-foot colossus. (10[1])A necklace called a (-5[1])torc appears on a sculpture in this city of a man collapsing onto a shield. A statue in this city depicts a man with a club over his (-5[1])shoulder while wearing the head of a lion. (-5[1])A bronze figure in this city who points forwards while riding without stirrups inspired Donatello’s (10[1])Gattamelatta. (-5[1])The sculpture The Dying Gaul is housed in a museum in this city that also contains the original bronze statue of two babies crouching beneath a wolf. For 10 points, (10[2])name this city where the Capitoline Museums house artworks like (10[1])Equestrian Statue of Marcus (10[1])Aurelius. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Rome [or Roma] (The first line refers to a Flavian-era bust of a woman and a Patrician bust. The second line refers to the Colossus of Constantine.)
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%44%129.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben SterlingYale AVassar4810
Noah DornPrinceton BHaverford52-5
Austin GuoPrinceton ANYU A80-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia ACornell C88-5
Aiden DartleyRutgers AColumbia B10310
Chenyao LiuPenn BYale C104-5
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ANYU B13410
Danny HanPenn ARutgers B13410
Cyrus HodgsonBard AColumbia C14410
Owen MimnoNYU APrinceton A14810
Nathan ZhangCornell CColumbia A15010
Ethan FurmanHaverfordPrinceton B15010
Yixi YangYale CPenn B15010