Bonus
In a dialogue, a practitioner of this activity defends its ability to teach arete, or virtue. For 10 points each:
[10m] What activity was practiced by sophists? Cicero advised practitioners of this activity to use memory palaces.
ANSWER: rhetoric [or oratory or word forms; accept De Oratore; prompt on public speaking]
[10e] This author of the dialogue The Sophist criticized the sophists for using rhetoric for their own benefit. Nevertheless, this thinker argued that philosopher-kings should tell a “noble lie” in his dialogue Republic.
ANSWER: Plato [or Platon]
[10h] Plato also wrote dialogues titled for Gorgias and this other sophist, who defended relativism with the statement “man is the measure of all things.”
ANSWER: Protagoras
<Editors, Philosophy>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 118 | 13.14 | 99% | 25% | 7% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty A | JMU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Liberty B | Tusculum A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| NCSU A | Virginia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| NCSU B | JMU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UNC D | UNC B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| VCU A | UNC C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia A | UNC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech B | William & Mary A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| William & Mary C | Duke A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 0% | 40% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 42% | 8% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 100% | 33% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 89% | 33% | 11% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 13.85 | 100% | 31% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |