burning of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley

Question

Critics believe that the last judgment meted out in The House of Fame is for this historical event, and that Chaucer incorrectly said that it happened in Athens. In her earliest credited role, Helen Mirren advertises orange rubber gloves in a 1967 Don Levy film titled in reference to this event. A few decades after this event, the affected city refused an offer of funding from Alexander the Great, because of his divinity. (15[1])Plutarch notes that this event happened the (-5[1])same (*) day as Alexander’s birth in 356 BC, and so a goddess was too preoccupied to stop this event. A damnatio memoriae (dam-NAH-tee-oh meh-MOE-ree-”eye”) was placed on this event’s perpetrator, the peasant Herostratus, who became an eponym for fame sought at any cost. For 10 points, name this act of arson that destroyed one of the Seven Wonders (-5[1])of the (0[2])World. ■END■

ANSWER: burning of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus [accept equivalents for burning, like destruction and accept Temple of Diana in place of Temple of Artemis; accept Herostratus burning the Temple of Artemis] (The Don Levy film is titled Herostratus; Chaucer refers to the burning of a temple of Isis in Athens.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Hari Parameswaran	It's Joever	[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]	72	15
Shahar Schwartz	Berkeley A	Stanford B	79	-5
Tim Morrison	Stanford A	Berkeley B	137	-5
Vinu Harihar	Berkeley B	Stanford A	139	0
Allan Lee	Stanford B	Berkeley A	139	0

Summary


2023 BHSU @ Northwestern	02/25/2023	Y	6	83%	17%	50%	109.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland	03/11/2023	Y	3	100%	33%	33%	106.67
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley	03/18/2023	Y	3	33%	33%	67%	72.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	99.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	3	100%	0%	33%	121.67
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo	04/15/2023	Y	3	67%	0%	33%	123.00
2023 BHSU Online	04/15/2023	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	110.67
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield	04/15/2023	Y	2	100%	0%	50%	116.50