Question

Residents of a “hanging city” above this river were terrorized by rumors of a giant octopus (-5[1])and prayed to a beauty goddess “of the Sewer.” During Argei, twenty-seven straw figures were thrown annually (-5[1])into this river (-5[1])to honor (10[1])a drowned king of (-5[1])Alba Longa that may name it. The (-5[1])Tetrarchy was abolished shortly after a battle on this river’s Milvian Bridge. (-5[1])The (10[1])first colonia was a city at (-5[1])the mouth (10[1]-5[1])of this river which imported grain (-5[1])and was named (-5[1])Ostia. This river’s aqueducts like the Aqua Appia supplied water to bathhouses in a city built on seven hills like (10[1]-5[1])the Palatine (10[1])and Capitoline. For 10 points, name this river that flows through Rome. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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.)
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%11%80.13
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%91.00
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%85.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1090%0%10%74.33
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%22%89.11
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%67.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%88%110.43
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%50%91.71
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY8100%0%38%85.75

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Albert Zeng (DII)Penn B (DII)NYU A (UG)15-5
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Penn B (DII)32-5
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Columbia B35-5
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham AColumbia J (DII)3710
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Bard A (UG)41-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU A (UG)48-5
Elijah Scheinson (UG)Columbia A (UG)Penn A (DII)60-5
Theodore Farrell (UG)Fordham APenn A (DII)6110
Ishan Joshi (DII)Rutgers BRowan A (DII)67-5
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)NYU B69-5
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BBard A (UG)6910
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rowan A (DII)75-5
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Maryland B (DII)78-5
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Maryland B (DII)9810
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)98-5
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh B (DII)10010
Rishi Swaminathan (DII)NYU A (UG)Penn B (DII)11210
Vedh Ramesh (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia A (UG)1130
Sam Millenbach (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh A (UG)11310
Andrew YangColumbia BRutgers A (UG)11310
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Lehigh B (DII)11810
Rico-Ian Banting (UG)NYU BPrinceton A (UG)11810
Abby Hope (UG)Bard A (UG)Lehigh A (UG)11910
Andrew YangColumbia BColumbia A (UG)11910
Arthur Zhang (DII)NYU A (UG)Maryland A (DII)11910
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John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Rutgers B1190