Leonidas - 2024 ACF Fall at Washington

Question

Plutarch recorded several quips of this leader, such as him proclaiming that he would “fight in the shade” after being told that a barrage of arrows would block the Sun. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this leader who Plutarch also alleged responded “molon labe” (“moh-LOHN lah-BAY”) or “come and take it” when asked to drop his weapons.

ANSWER: Leonidas (The battle was Thermopylae.)

[10e] Leonidas’s quotes were characteristic of the “laconic” speech of this militaristic Greek city-state that rivaled Athens.

ANSWER: Sparta

[10m] Anaxandridas (“an-ax-AND-rid-ass”) quipped that Spartans took care of themselves so that these people could care for their fields. This slave-like servile class often came from Messenia.

ANSWER: helots [or heílotes]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	20.00	100%	44%	56%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	21.43	100%	57%	57%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	20.00	100%	33%	67%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	20.00	100%	60%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	38%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%

Data


UBC A	UW Pride	0	10	0	10
UBC B	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
UW Chastity	Arizona State A	0	10	0	10
UW Envy	Boise State	10	10	10	30
UW Lust	UW Sloth	0	10	0	10
Alberta	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
UW Greed	UW Wrath	10	10	10	30