Question

After a character is crowned in this location, he berates two servants for not bringing him baskets quickly enough. Since a poet won't stop singing about this location, a character gives him a leather tunic and throws him offstage. A messenger reports that the walls of this location are so wide that two men could drive chariots past each other on top of them. Unwelcome visitors to this (-5[1])location include an oracle-monger and the geometrician Meton. While in (-5[1])this location, (-5[1])a character (10[1])convinces Hercules to give him Zeus's scepter and allow him (-5[1])to marry Sovereignty. Because it is between (-5[1])Earth and Heaven, (10[1])this location blocks all sacrifices from reaching the gods. After finding the Hoopoe at the start of a play, Pisthetaerus (10[1])promotes the construction of this location. For 10 points, name this aerial city from Aristophanes's (10[1])The Birds. (10[2])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Cloud-cuckoo-land [or Nephelokokkygia; prompt on the city from The Birds]
<Nathan Zhang , Literature - World/Misc drama>
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2023 NASAT06/17/2023Y978%0%56%122.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Elle LeeVirginiaNew Jersey A67-5
Rohan GaneshanIllinois BlueArkansas77-5
Kheng Hshin WongAsia BIllinois White79-5
Omar HamidKentucky APennsylvania8110
Teigue KellyIllinois OrangeAsia A91-5
Rohan NavaneethaOhioKentucky B98-5
Conner FengCaliforniaMissouri A10110
Owen ArnesonMissouri BNew Jersey B12110
Alexander TenaceArkansasIllinois Blue13610
Saketh DontarajuIllinois WhiteAsia B13810
Eshan PantNew Jersey AVirginia13810
Patrick TorreMaryland GoldLiberia13910
Holland RiddellKentucky BOhio1390