Question
While ranking the top ten authors in this genre, Volcacius Sedigitus ("wole-KAH-kee-us se-DIH-gih-tus") claims "if anyone should feel differently, they would feel nothing." For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Roman genre which uses stock characters like the braggart soldier and the parasite. Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean play in this genre.
ANSWER: comedy [accept comoedia; or fabula palliata]
[10m] Sedigitus places Terence in this spot, the same number of comedies that he wrote. Aeneas' men finally reach Italy in this book of the Aeneid, halfway through the work.
ANSWER: six [accept sixth; accept sex; accept sextus]
[10h] Sedigitus places an author with this cognomen who wrote the Plocium in first place. A later author with this cognomen wrote the Thebaid and an unfinished Achilleid.
ANSWER: Statius [accept Caecilius Statius; accept Publius Papinius Statius]
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 36 | 13.06 | 92% | 33% | 6% |