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 (10[1])his teacher (10[1])dipped a flea’s (10[1])feet in wax to measure the distance of its jump. In this play, a character is sent to learn how to argue away the debts he incurred (-5[1])with his passion for horse racing. That character beats his father (10[1])at the end of this play, after which the servant Xanthias is called to help Strepsiades burn down The Thinkery. (10[1])For 10 points, Socrates is caricatured in what play by Aristophanes? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: The Clouds [or Nephelai]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State A (UG)6910
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (UG)Michigan C (UG)7710
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BOhio State B (DII)7910
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Ohio State C (DII)8210
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan State A109-5
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State B (UG)12010
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)CWRU D (DII)14010
Bee Sackett (DII)Kenyon A (UG)CWRU C (UG)15210
Cade SmithMichigan State APitt A15210

Summary

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