Question

A character in this play is mocked for proposing ridiculous schemes like using a lens to burn up a clerk’s papers or getting a witch to shut a moon into a box. In this play, that character is called stupid for forgetting the name of the instrument used to knead bread. A man in this play who claims to be “contemplating the sun” first appears while standing in a basket. (10[1])A student in this play brags about how his teacher dipped a flea’s feet in wax (10[1])to measure the distance of its jump. (10[1])In this play, a character is sent to learn how (10[1])to argue away (10[1])the debts (10[1])he incurred with (-5[1])his passion for horse racing. That character beats his father at the end of this play, after which the servant Xanthias is called (10[1])to help Strepsiades (-5[1])burn down The Thinkery. For 10 points, Socrates is caricatured in what play by Aristophanes? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: The Clouds [or Nephelai]
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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y786%0%43%109.17
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%22%110.78
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%108.88
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y757%0%43%124.25
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%114.67
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y888%0%13%103.71

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BUChicago D6910
Shardul ParthasarathyUIUC BWashU B8510
Jisoo ParkUIUC CUChicago B9210
David MathewPurdue BSIUE A10210
Sam KonkelUChicago CUIUC A10510
Danila KabotyaIndiana APurdue A10710
Noah McRedmondNotre DameNorthwestern A110-5
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern ANotre Dame13310
Conner YamnitzWashU CPurdue C136-5
Connor McClellandMiamiUIUC D15210
Sophia MadrazoPurdue CWashU C15210