Bonus
This is the last title concept of a book that argues Marx’s theory of commodities was the first “symptomatic” analysis. For 10 points each:
[10h] What concept’s “Sublime Object” titles that book? Marx developed an early form of his base and superstructure theory in a book titled for this concept’s “German” form.
ANSWER: ideology [accept The Sublime Object of Ideology; accept The German Ideology]
[10m] The Sublime Object of Ideology is by this Slovenian philosopher, film theorist, and subject of many memes who often rails against “pure ideology.”
ANSWER: Slavoj Žižek (“ZHEE-zhek”)
[10e] In Marxist theory, ideology instills the “false” form of this concept in the working class, preventing them from realizing they are exploited. More generally, this concept is the awareness of one’s own experience.
ANSWER: consciousness [accept false consciousness]
<Editors, Philosophy>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 88 | 16.59 | 85% | 71% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason A | Maryland C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Lehigh B | Vassar B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maryland A | George Mason B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland B | NYU C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU A | George Mason C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Penn | Vassar A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers A | Rutgers B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers C | Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stony Brook | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 63% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 60% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 86% | 86% | 14% |
| Florida | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 75% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 50% | 13% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 75% | 75% | 13% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 71% | 43% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 86% | 86% | 29% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 78% | 11% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |