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According to Livy, this language’s word ister was borrowed into Latin and became histriō, meaning “actor.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Emperor Claudius was among the last people to speak and write what non-Indo-European language? Its namesake people built cities such as Veii (“WAY-yee”) on the Italian peninsula before Rome rose to power.
ANSWER: Etruscan language
[10m] Many Etruscan gods’ names were inscribed in a bronze-shaped like one of these objects found at Piacenza. Imseti is depicted on Egyptian ceramics for holding these objects, which are used by a haruspex (“ha-RUSS-pecks”) for divination.
ANSWER: liver [accept sheep’s or ewe’s liver; accept Liver of Piacenza; prompt on internal organs or entrails or guts or offal] (Imseti’s head appeared on the canopic jar for the liver.)
[10h] Other Etruscan words are preserved on this type of ceramic ware first made in Etruria in the 7th century BC, which got its distinctive black color as it fired in an oxygen-free oven. It has sottile and pesante variants.
ANSWER: bucchero (“BOO-kay-roh”) ware [or bucchero sotile; or bucchero pesante]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaUC Berkeley B100010E
Columbia AStanford100010E
Cornell AIowa State100010E
FloridaArizona State100010E
Georgia StateNYU100010E
Illinois ANorthwestern1010020EM
LSEWUSTL B100010E
MITGeorgia Tech100010E
MarylandCornell B1010020EM
MichiganVanderbilt1010020EM
MinnesotaHarvard100010E
North Carolina AChicago A1010020EM
North Carolina BIllinois B1010020EM
Ohio StateWinona State100010E
RutgersUC Berkeley A100010E
TexasChicago B100010E
Toronto AIndiana100010E
Toronto BJohns Hopkins100010E
UCFRIT100010E
VirginiaColumbia B100010E
Virginia TechToronto C100010E
WUSTL AWaterloo A1010020EM
Waterloo BPenn State1010020EM
YaleOttawa100010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2412.92100%29%0%