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Question

In a speech in the underworld, Anchises (“an-KYE-seez”) tells this man about his descendants, starting with his last-born son Silvius. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this man who had that son, Silvius, with his wife Lavinia. This son of Venus earlier entered the underworld via Lake Avernus.

ANSWER: Aeneas

[10e] Later in that speech, Aeneas views a parade of Rome’s future heroes and hears a prophecy about this mythical founder of Rome. No mention is made of this person’s twin brother Remus, whom he murders in many accounts.

ANSWER: Romulus

[10h] After that speech, Anchises leads Aeneas and this woman through the gate of false dreams. This prophetess, who guides Aeneas through the underworld, ordered Aeneas to retrieve a golden bough so that Charon would ferry them across the Styx.

ANSWER: Sibyl of Cumae [or Cumaean Sibyl or Deiphobe; accept Sibylla Cumana; prompt on Sibyl or Sibylla]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	71%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	33%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	15.45	100%	46%	9%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	56%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	58%	8%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	16.15	100%	46%	15%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%

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Cornell A	Cornell C	10	10	0	20
ESF	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Rochester	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Binghamton B	10	10	10	30