Question
A short poem called “The Gnat” was traditionally attributed to this author, and is included in an Appendix once considered to contain this author’s.youthful works. This author was interpreted as foretelling the birth of Jesus due to the description of a messianic child called the “great growth of Jupiter” in the fourth section of one work. A character created by this author tears off a golden bough from a tree to gain admission to the underworld. This poet declared “Love conquers all” in the second of his Eclogues, and declared “Of arms and the man I sing” at the start of an epic poem whose title character kills Turnus and has an affair with Dido. For 10 points, who wrote the Aeneid ■END■
ANSWER: Virgil [or Publius Vergilius Maro; accept Appendix Vergiliana]
<European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | UW Envy | 37 | 10 |
Dylan Bianchi | UW Greed | UW Pride | 44 | -5 |
Matthew Wang | UBC B | Arizona State A | 69 | -5 |
Florian Chiu | UW Sloth | UW Chastity | 81 | -5 |
Skand Parvatikar | Arizona State B | Boise State | 114 | 10 |
Sonya Bates | UW Wrath | Alberta | 116 | 10 |
Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | UW Sloth | 122 | 0 |
Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UBC B | 122 | 10 |
Luke Strole | UW Pride | UW Greed | 122 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 115.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 29% | 97.43 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 50% | 102.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 85.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 91.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 80.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 50.63 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 94.38 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 87.33 |