Question
Residents of a “hanging city” above this river were terrorized by rumors of a giant octopus and prayed to a beauty goddess “of the Sewer.” During Argei, twenty-seven straw figures were thrown annually into this river to honor a drowned king of Alba Longa that may name it. The Tetrarchy was abolished shortly after a battle on this river’s Milvian Bridge. The first colonia was a city at the mouth of this river which imported grain and was named Ostia. This river’s aqueducts like the Aqua Appia supplied water to bathhouses in a city built on seven hills like the Palatine and Capitoline. For 10 points, name this river that flows through Rome. ■END■
ANSWER: Tiber River [or Tiberis or Tevere; prompt on Albula] (The first line is Pliny the Elder’s description of Rome and of Cloacina as the “Venus of the Sewer.” The drowned king was Tiberinus.)
<Other History>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG) | UCLA A | UCLA C | 47 | 10 |
| Jacob Cohen (UG) | UCLA B | UCLA D | 55 | -5 |
| Alan Kappler (DII) | Claremont C | Claremont B | 59 | 10 |
| Sumukh Murthy (UG) | UCSD | USC | 59 | 10 |
| Jerry Xu (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA E | 60 | 10 |
| Daniel Tritasavit (DII) | UCLA D | UCLA B | 112 | 10 |
Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 80.13 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 38% | 91.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 85.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 74.33 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 89.11 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 67.40 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 88% | 110.43 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 50% | 91.71 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 38% | 85.75 |