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Description acceptable. To prevent spreading news of deaths among these people, the bard Phemius plays wedding music. (20[1])For providing these people weapons, Melanthius is dismembered and executed. (0[1])Zeus and Athena intervene in a skirmish (20[1])at a (0[1])Cephallenian ("KEFF-uh-LEN-ian") king's farm led by Eupeithes ("you-PAY-thees"), the father of one of these people. The maid Melantho falls in (20[1])love with one of these (20[1])people, (20[2])(*) Eurymachus, (10[2])who (10[1])disrespects the practice of xenia ("ZEE-nee-ah") alongside (0[1])Antinous (10[1]0[3])("aan-TIN-oh-us"). After consulting (10[2])Nestor (10[1])in Sparta, (10[3]0[1])Telemachus (0[1])manages to evade (10[2])an (10[1])ambush (10[2]0[1])by these (10[1])people. (10[3]0[1])A hero (10[1])in disguise who shoots an arrow through twelve ax handles (10[1])kills these people (10[4]0[1])after reuniting with his wife. (0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])identify these men who try to take the hand of Odysseus's wife in the Odyssey. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

ANSWER: Penelope's suitors [accept answers describing the men who try to court Penelope; accept proci; accept mnesteres; prompt on answers describing suitors without mentioning Penelope by asking "of whom?"]
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Hunter DavisMiltonAdlai E. Stevenson A1620
Luke WhiteheadLee's SummitHunter A260
Neel RegeGreat ValleyFairfield County AT3320
Samuel ShottesHunter BLambert A350
Evan TingPark TudorClassen SAS5320
Joshua KochGrosse Pointe SouthWalter Payton B5820
Maya HulyalkarAdlai E. Stevenson BUni School of Nashville A5920
Maximilian LinEastchesterSolon5920
Alvan HossainLexingtonBarrington6010
Michelle LuoJohns CreekUni School of Nashville B6010
Jacob HiggsStrake Jesuit ALincoln-Way East A6110
Dhruv RastogiChattahoochee AQuince Orchard670
Henry NolanHerronBelmont680
Arnav JasaparaChattahoochee BNorthmont680
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMGeorgetown Day680
Alex EwartStrake Jesuit BWinston Churchill B6810
Jaehyun YiUni of Illinois LaboratoryCentennial B7010
Sasha TripathiParkway WestOkemos7010
Kevin QiuWayzataCarl Sandburg7110
Arjun RamachandranMontgomery Blair AInnovation Academy B7310
Micah ChaconPageWinston Churchill A730
Aditya KhambekarSeven LakesMontgomery Blair B7310
Elena WhitfordWalter Payton AWalker7310
Josephine BaxaLincoln-Way East BEdina740
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central AKane County AT7710
Saathvik KoneruDetroit Catholic Central BAudrain County AT7710
Omkar MaratheFremdCarmel B7810
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy ANorthside College Prep7910
Sheehan BankaNorthviewIrvington7910
Matthew RyanThomas Jefferson AGlenbrook South790
Aditya DubeyLindberghDetroit Catholic Central C8110
Eshaan SombhattaThomas Jefferson CAlabama Cyber Tech820
Jonathan KimRichard MontgomeryYukon B8210
Christopher StewartYukon ASaint Joseph8210
Parker BrathwaiteThomas Jefferson ESaratoga8210
Alex ZhangHinsdale Central ANorth Quincy8410
Draco QiaoCarmel ARussell9410
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechThomas Jefferson C9710
Maxwell SwannCentennial ACoronado9710
Christian WatsonWestwoodVirginia970
Brodie HenryWest PointThomas Jefferson D9710
Anthony XuThomas Jefferson BWhite Pigeon9710
Samyuktha KrishnanLambert BHomewood-Flossmoor1020
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambert AHunter B10510
Wilson HartleyVirginiaWestwood12010
Daniel SheffieldBelmontHerron12110
Evan GniadekQuince OrchardChattahoochee A12110
Ethan KralNorthmontChattahoochee B12110
Haughton NepplGeorgetown DayDowningtown STEM12110
Everett Van TilHomewood-FlossmoorLambert B1210
Maggie SunHunter ALee's Summit12110
Jo AdamEdinaLincoln-Way East B12110
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill APage12110
Ian ChiuGlenbrook SouthThomas Jefferson A12110

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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y4298%14%0%83.73