Random Questions
2008 ACF Regionals - Packet by Wayne State - #15 [report this tossup]
In one of his plays, the Spanish judge Crispiano spies on his son Julio while the central merchant Romelio attempts to keep his sister away from Contarino and is sued by his mother Leonora for bastardy. In addition to The Devil's Law Case, he also collaborated on Appius and Virginia and authored a play which features the line "Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle. She died young." In another play, Lodovico and Gasparo disguise themselves as Capuchin monks to uncover the crime of the Duke of Brachiano and his secretary Flamineo, the brother of Vittoria Corombona. For 10 points, name this author of The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi.
Answer: John Webster
2001 ACF Nationals - Packet by Texas - Austin - #10 [report this tossup]
Sites of interest in this city include Comenius University and the Gothic Cathedral of St. Martin where Habsburg kings were crowned for over two hundred years. Situated at the foot of the Little Carpathians, it stretches across both banks of the Danube River only 35 miles from Vienna. It was the capital of Hungary from 1526 to 1784 but became the capital of a different country in 1993. FTP, name this largest city and capital of Slovakia.
Answer: Bratislava or Pozsony (prompt on "Pressburg")
2003 ACF Nationals - Packet by Chicago - #5 [report this tossup]
This saint's feast day is August 27, and her emblems are a girdle and tears. Shortly after being denounced by a servant for her precocious alcoholism, she gave up drinking wine and was baptized as a Christian. The mother of Perpetua and Navigius, she was married to the abusive pagan Patricius, whom she converted to Christianity. Most of our information on her comes from Book IX of her son's Confessions. FTP, name this woman, the mother of St. Augustine.
Answer: Monica