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 (-5[1])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. A student in this play brags about how his teacher dipped a flea’s feet in wax to measure the distance (10[1])of its jump. In this play, a character is sent to learn how to argue away (10[1])the debts he incurred with his passion for horse racing. That character beats his father at the end of this play, after which the servant Xanthias is called to help Strepsiades burn down (-5[1])The Thinkery. For 10 points, (-5[1])Socrates is caricatured in what play by Aristophanes? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: The Clouds [or Nephelai]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jisoo YooTexas AVassar A36-5
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaMississippi State8910
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriIowa10510
Brynn JonesOregon StateMcGill E138-5
Claire Harvey (D2)Vassar BTexas D143-5
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BWUSTL A15110
Anthony Gagliano (UG)McGill EOregon State1520
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CColorado College15210

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