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. (-5[1])One of these events overseen by Virro is the subject of Juvenal’s fifth Satire. A quote from one of these events is the source of the epigraph (10[1])to The Waste Land, in which the Sibyl of Cumae (10[1])says, (10[1])“I want to die.” Attendees of one of these events swap stories about werewolves (10[1])and witches, while slaves bring (-5[1])out objects resembling Zodiac signs. That one of these events is attended by the narrator (-5[1])Encolpius. For 10 points, the Satyricon features what sort of event hosted by Trimalchio? (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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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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

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge E61-5
Eliza DeanOxford BImperial A8810
Ben LaFondCambridge BSouthampton A9810
Arya KarthikOxford ABristol9910
Cormac BeirneLSESheffield11310
Kai MadgwickManchesterCambridge A118-5
Sam HuttonCambridge DWarwick B133-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AManchester14710
Lucy DennettWarwick BCambridge D14710
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge C1480
Ian McDowellCambridge CSouthampton B1480
Louis CameronCambridge EWarwick A14810
Hamish CampbellDurhamNYU C14810
Joseph CollinsImperial BOxford C14810
Benjamin WatsonOxford CImperial B1480