Packet 24: Bonus 3
Answer the following about the supposed history of the creation of the bugle call “Taps,” which is now commonly used at military funerals. For 10 points each:
[10m] “Taps” may have been written at the Berkeley plantation formerly owned by this family, which names a nearby “landing.” A president from this family campaigned on having won the Battle of Tippecanoe.
ANSWER: Harrison family [accept William Henry Harrison; accept Harrison’s Landing]
[10h] “Taps” was supposedly first played by a bugler with this first name and the names Wilcox Norton. A commander with this first name wrote “We have met the enemy and they are ours” in a telegram to William Henry Harrison.
ANSWER: Oliver [accept Oliver Hazard Perry or Oliver Wilcox Norton] (Oliver Otis Howard is the namesake of Howard University.)
[10e] General Daniel Butterfield is usually credited with composing “Taps” after attempting to capture this city in the Seven Days’ Battles. This longest-serving capital of the Confederacy is the current capital of Virginia.
ANSWER: Richmond
<Editors, American History> | Packet J
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 119 | 16.89 | 98% | 60% | 12% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia B | George Mason C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| George Mason A | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| George Mason B | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Lehigh A | Rutgers B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Lehigh B | NYU B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Maryland C | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU C | Rutgers C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Penn | Rutgers D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Princeton | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rowan | Vassar B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers A | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Vassar A | Stony Brook | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 43% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 13% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 19.17 | 100% | 75% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 78% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 90% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 89% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 18.18 | 100% | 64% | 18% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 63% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 57% | 14% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 20.00 | 100% | 69% | 31% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |