Question

A poem set during one of these events compares the addressee to a monkey throwing a javelin from the back of a goat, and ends by claiming that enduring poor treatment during these events is akin to “not flinching from the whip.” A discussion of bathing habits at one of these events turns into an exhaustive recollection of the life of Chrysanthus. One of these events overseen by Virro is the subject of Juvenal’s fifth Satire. A quote from one of these events (-5[1])is the source of the epigraph to The Waste Land, in which the Sibyl of Cumae says, “I want to die.” Attendees of one of these events swap stories about (-5[1])werewolves and witches, while slaves bring out objects (-5[1])resembling Zodiac signs. That one of these events is attended by the narrator Encolpius. For 10 points, the Satyricon features what sort of event (10[1])hosted by Trimalchio? ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: dinner parties [or cena; or banquets; or feasts; accept epula or convivia; prompt on parties or meals]
<HG, European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt ShinnickGeorgetown ANotre Dame A82-5
Ben HorningGeorgetown BStanford B112-5
Max KoldaNotre Dame BNorthwestern A120-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford BGeorgetown B14410
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern ANotre Dame B14810
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BNotre Dame C14810
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AGeorgetown A14810
Stan MelkumianPurdueIowa14810
Will SandersNotre Dame CNorthwestern B1480

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%143.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y560%0%40%138.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%124.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%105.00
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%133.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%107.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%60%147.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%144.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%139.75
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%30%126.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%38%133.75
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y333%0%0%148.00