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Answer the following about how wealthy married ancient Roman women dressed up. For 10 points each:
[10e] Roman women sometimes whitened their faces with skin cream containing this toxic heavy metal, which the Romans used in their plumbing.
ANSWER: lead [prompt on Pb]
[10h] Though girls usually wore a tunica, Roman matrons typically wore two visible garments: a shoulder-pinned floor-length sleeveless dress and a woolen mantle draped over the head and shoulders. Give the Latin name for either.
ANSWER: pallae OR stolae [or pallas OR stolas; accept vestis longa; prompt on vestis]
[10m] A “turban” of wrapped-around braids was popularized by one of this emperor’s wives. A 120-hectare complex constructed by this emperor featured a half-dome at one end of a large pool, evoking the city of Canopus and its Serapeum.
ANSWER: Hadrian [or Publius Aelius Hadrianus; accept Villa Adriana] (The person in the first clue was Vibia Sabina. The second clue refers to the villa at Tivoli.)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AMichigan1010020EH
Chicago BPenn State10101030EHM
Columbia AMinnesota100010E
Columbia BArizona State1010020EH
Cornell BWUSTL A1010020EH
Georgia StateOhio State1001020EM
Georgia TechNorth Carolina B100010E
Illinois ARIT1001020EM
Illinois BMIT1001020EM
IndianaYale100010E
Iowa StateFlorida100010E
MarylandVanderbilt100010E
NorthwesternJohns Hopkins1010020EH
OttawaNorth Carolina A100010E
RutgersToronto C1010020EH
Toronto BBritish Columbia1010020EH
UCFStanford100010E
Virginia TechUC Berkeley B100010E
WUSTL BWinona State100010E
Waterloo ACornell A10101030EHM
Waterloo BUC Berkeley A010010H

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2116.1995%24%43%