Packet 20: Bonus 16
The word “grotesque” can be traced to Renaissance-era excavations of a lavish complex built by this emperor before his death in 68 CE. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this fifth Roman emperor who allegedly fiddled during the Great Fire of Rome.
ANSWER: Nero [or Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; or Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]
[10h] After the Great Fire of Rome, Nero claimed a destroyed neighborhood on the Oppian Hill to build this complex. The Colosseum was later built on the site of this complex, taking its name from a statue of Nero as Sol.
ANSWER: Domus Aurea [or Golden House]
[10m] Besides the Colosseum, the Domus Aurea’s ruins were also built over by Titus and Trajan with two of these locations. In ancient Rome, hypocausts in these locations used stacks of tiles to heat their caldaria and tepidaria.
ANSWER: baths [or bathhouses; or thermae; or balneae]
<CWRU A, Other History> | Packet F
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 110 | 19.64 | 98% | 86% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton C | Binghamton B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| ESF | Binghamton A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| RIT A | Cornell B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| RIT B | Cornell C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Rochester | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 100% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 75% | 100% | 25% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 100% | 80% | 30% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 88% | 13% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 89% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 92% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 83% | 83% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 11 | 21.82 | 100% | 91% | 27% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |