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 (-5[1])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 as a snake while she slept. 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 to honor this deity’s (-5[2])aid at Actium by his purported (-5[1])son, Emperor Augustus. A consul vowed to construct a temple to this god’s “Medicus” aspect during a plague. For 10 points, (10[1])Roman kings were known to consult (-5[1])what god’s Oracle at Delphi? (10[3])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Apollo [accept Phoebus Apollo; accept Apollo the Tormentor; accept Apollo Medicus]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nick EdwardsMcGill AWaterloo Basic33-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom99-5
Michael DuWaterloo AspidistraOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom99-5
Sky LiToronto AToronto Disband the Club 2k24105-5
Halee CareyMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto B12610
Ishan JoshiToronto Metropolitan AWaterloo Cloze132-5
Joey SunToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaCarleton A13710
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomWaterloo Aspidistra13710
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomWaterloo Aspidistra13710
Athan JuritschToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto A13810
Micah ColmanWaterloo BasicMcGill A13810
Xavier SpanoWaterloo ClozeToronto Metropolitan A13810