Packet K: Bonus 7
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> | Packet K
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122 | 13.20 | 99% | 26% | 7% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst A | Vermont B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Amherst B | Boston College B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Boston College A | Brown B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Boston University B | Tufts C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Brandeis Mozart | Dartmouth B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Brown A | Tufts A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Dartmouth C | Brandeis Beethoven | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT A | Williams B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| MIT B | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UConn A | Brandeis Bach | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vermont A | Boston University A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Williams A | Dartmouth A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 42% | 8% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 12 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 14.17 | 100% | 33% | 8% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 89% | 33% | 11% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 13 | 13.85 | 100% | 31% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 0% | 40% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 8 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |