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Medieval residents of this city climbed greased Cuccagna (“coo-KAHN-yah”) trees to reach a stuffed bird during its Feast of the Roast Pig. A statue of Neptune in this city’s Piazza Maggiore (“mah-JOR-ay”) inspired the logo of one of its major car companies. Mundinus inaugurated this city’s tradition of public dissections, which were often accompanied by music. This city is home to the headquarters of Maserati and Lamborghini. Flat tagliatelle (“tah-lee-ah-TELL-ay”) pasta often accompanies this city’s (20[1])namesake (*) meat-based (10[1])sauce. (10[10])Umberto (10[3])Eco (10[4])established the “Anthropology of the West” in this European city at the oldest continuously-operating (10[2])university in the world. (10[1])The capital of Emilia-Romagna is, for 10 points, (10[1])what Italian city that names a type (10[1])of ground pork sausage? ■END■ (10[9])

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