Johannes Gutenberg - 2023 BHSU

Question

You are the inventor of roman typeface, 15th-century French engraver Nicolas Jenson. Answer the following about your life, for 10 points each.

[10e] In the 1450s, you were sent to Mainz, where you may have apprenticed under this German printer. Either way, you diligently learned the technology behind his signature invention, movable-type printing.

ANSWER: Johannes Gutenberg [or Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg]

[10m] You, Nicolas Jenson, later established your own printing press in this city. Building on your work, Aldus Manutius later established his Aldine Press in this city.

ANSWER: Venice, Italy

[10h] Your press put out the early printed books generally given this name, which comes from the Latin term for “cradle.” This term refers to books printed before 1500 that shared many similarities with earlier manuscripts.

ANSWER: incunabula [or incunables]

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Summary


2023 BHSU @ Berkeley	03/18/2023	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland	03/11/2023	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern	02/25/2023	Y	6	26.67	100%	83%	83%
2023 BHSU Online	04/15/2023	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield	04/15/2023	Y	2	25.00	100%	50%	100%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo	04/15/2023	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
2023 ARCADIA at Duke	Emory, Duke, Yale	N	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2023 ARCADIA at Emory	Emory, Duke, Yale	N	4	20.00	75%	75%	50%
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial	Imperial	N	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland	Maryland, Online	N	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State	Ohio State, Texas	N	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2023 ARCADIA Online	Maryland, Online	N	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2023 ARCADIA at Texas	Ohio State, Texas	N	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	It's Joever	10	0	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley A	10	10	10	30
[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
Maryland B+	Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them	10	10	0	20
Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers Diaspora	The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs	10	0	10	20
Maryland B-	Michigan	10	10	10	30
Mojo Shojo	Epic Games	10	10	10	30
Ohio State	Illinois+	10	10	10	30
Purdue	Chicago A	10	0	0	10
WUSTL	Amartya Senpai Notice Me	10	10	10	30
Northwestern	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Cornell C++	Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq	10	10	0	20
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang	Houston and friends	10	0	0	10
What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU	The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B	10	0	0	10
Buzzers Karamazov	Broken Imperial Nomads	10	0	10	20
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style	Parth et al.	10	0	10	20
Milan et al.	The Passion According to C.H.	10	10	0	20
Oxford Hornets	Magisters Ludi	10	10	10	30
Hutto Hippos	Cornell B-	10	10	10	30