Bonus
This person was removed from power in July 1794 and executed without a trial, beginning a period known as the Thermidorian Reaction. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this statesman, whose radical Jacobin policies made him an architect of the Reign of Terror. This person was a member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793 onwards.
ANSWER: Maximilien Robespierre
[10e] Name these people who, during the early modern period, were often burned at the stake due to the popular belief that they communed with demons.
ANSWER: witches [accept sorcerers; accept reasonable synonyms for people using magic]
[10e] Robespierre was a prominent figure in the First Republic, created after this event. This event is often said to have begun with the storming of the Bastille (“bas-TEE”) in Paris in 1789.
ANSWER: French Revolution
[10m] This 17th-century conflict saw high rates of witch-hunting in the Holy Roman Empire. This conflict was sparked when two Catholic regents and their secretary were injured by defenestration in Prague.
ANSWER: Thirty Years’ War
[10h] Madame de Staël argued that Robespierre’s attempt to establish this religion damaged his credibility. This deistic religion was a rival of the Cult of Reason, which was itself intended to replace Catholicism.
ANSWER: Cult of the Supreme Being [or Culte de l’Être suprême]
[10h] Despite theologians’ condemnation, the approval of a pope with this name helped Malleus Maleficarum to gain traction. The third pope with this name ruled at the start of the 13th century and organised the Fourth Crusade.
ANSWER: Innocent [accept Innocent VIII or Innocent III]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 103 | 23.40 | 99% | 95% | 40% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia B | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| George Mason A | Rowan | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEE |
| George Mason B | George Mason C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland A | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland C | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEE |
| Penn | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEE |
| Rutgers A | NYU C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers B | Vassar B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers C | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers D | Lehigh A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Stony Brook | Princeton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Vassar A | Lehigh B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 88% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 25.71 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 21.82 | 91% | 100% | 27% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 24.44 | 100% | 100% | 44% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 26.25 | 100% | 100% | 63% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 24.17 | 100% | 92% | 50% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |