Packet 8: Bonus 4
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]
<Editors, Mythology> | Packet H
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 132 | 15.61 | 100% | 43% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont A | UCLA B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Claremont B | USC A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| UCLA D | UCSD B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| UCLA E | UC Irvine | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UCLA F | UC Santa Barbara | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCSD A | UCLA A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| USC B | Claremont C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 33% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 15.45 | 100% | 46% | 9% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 56% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 100% | 29% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 16.15 | 100% | 46% | 15% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |