Question

A bolt of lightning marked the spot of this deity’s new temple on the Palatine, which honored his intercession at Naulochus. A ruler’s impious impersonation of this deity’s “Tormentor” aspect at a debaucherous banquet led to the cry that “the gods had eaten all the grain.” It’s not Zeus, but a serpentine mark manifested itself upon one woman’s body after this god impregnated her (15[1])as a snake while she slept. (-5[1])Suetonius relates that this god’s symbol emerged from the womb of (*) Atia in a dream experienced by her husband, Gaius Octavius. Games at Nicopolis were reestablished (10[1])to honor this deity’s (-5[1])aid at Actium by his purported son, Emperor Augustus. (10[2])A consul vowed to construct a temple to this god’s “Medicus” aspect during a plague. For 10 points, Roman kings were known to consult what god’s Oracle at Delphi? (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Apollo [accept Phoebus Apollo; accept Apollo the Tormentor; accept Apollo Medicus]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Derek FinoClark HouseBU6315
Michael KearneyHarvardBowdoin A69-5
Yrwin BatanMITBoston College B9510
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBowdoin C99-5
Madeline StrausTufts ABrandeis B10810
Christopher DechBrandeis AAmherst10810
Aalok BhattacharyaBoston College AYale13710
Nate KodamaBowdoin CTufts B13710
Riley RoesslerBowdoin BClark Wilson13810
Graham LucasBowdoin AHarvard13810

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