Borgia - 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges

Question

A member of this family married Alfonso I d’Este (“di-ES-tay”) and supposedly used a hollow ring to poison her enemies. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this family of the noblewoman Lucrezia. Cesare (“tsay-ZAR-ay”), another member of this family, is often cited as an example in Machiavelli’s The Prince.

ANSWER: Borgia [accept Lucrezia Borgia or Cesare Borgia]

[10e] Another member of the family, Alfonso de Borgia, named himself Callixtus III upon obtaining this position. John Burchard reported on the Banquet of Chestnuts held by another holder of this position in the Vatican Palace.

ANSWER: Pope [or bishop of Rome]

[10h] Pope Alexander VI, born Rodrigo Borgia, excommunicated this political rival of his whose followers were called the Piagnoni (“pyah-NYOH-nee”), meaning “weepers.” This Dominican friar held events known as “bonfires of the vanities.”

ANSWER: Girolamo Savonarola

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	75%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	4	22.50	100%	50%	75%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%

Data


UCLA C	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
USC	UCLA E	0	10	10	20