Question

A philosopher from this country advocated a “negative platonism” of studying history through Socratic questioning while rejecting the concept of absolute truth, leading to “problematicity.” A philosopher from this country who popularized the phrase “living in truth” opened an essay riffing on Marx in saying the specter haunting Europe was “what in the West is called ‘dissent.’” (15[1]-5[1])The “solidarity (-5[1])of the shaken” advocated by an author from this country inspired a countrymate who described the apathy of a (*) grocer (10[1])to a sign (10[2])reading “workers of the world, unite!” (10[1])“The Power of the Powerless” was written (-5[1])by an author from this (10[1]-5[1])country (-5[1])who was among the activists in this country who signed Charter 77, (10[6])a document (10[1])that inspired its later (10[1]-5[1])Velvet Revolution. (10[6])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])Jan Patocka (10[1])and Vaclav Havel were political thinkers from what country? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Czechoslovakia [or Czechia; or Czech Republic]
<Emmett Laurie, Philosophy>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%106.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%29%105.86
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%124.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%125.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%0%101.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%25%119.50
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%123.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%123.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell BColumbia B5615
Vincent DuUNC AUNC B56-5
Kane NguyenMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianToronto Joy58-5
Raymond WangCornell AColumbia A7810
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteTabearnacle8110
Adam Jones3HK1MMFoucoult's Penndulum8110
Cindy GaoHarvardMIT8710
Michał GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B94-5
Cade ReinbergerRITJohn Jay A99-5
David BassJHU AUMD B9910
Jisoo YooTexas ATexas B100-5
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesLa Clique du Château11210
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto WearyWaterloo Hatsune11210
Biniam AlaroFlorida ANorth Florida11210
Eli IssoksonBrandeisBrown11210
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustYes, Moderator11210
Ian BayleyBroken HeartsOld London Town11210
Ryan SunBerkeley CBerkeley A11410
Caleb KendrickUMD ARutgers11810
Danny PeelenPittNYU118-5
Joey SunToronto RoflWaterloo Miku12010
James MangravitiBoston CollegeTufts12010
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ARIT12010
Owen GilroyTexas COklahoma A12010
Christopher LloydOklahoma BRice12010
George CharlsonScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherEdinburgh12010
Jeffery DeRomoUSC BUNC C12210
Aditya SharmaDuke AUSC A12310
Jim FanUNC BUNC A12510
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto JoyMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian13410
Alejandro ValdiviaFSU AFSU B13510
Ben RotkoSwarthmoreJHU B13510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUPitt13510
Swapnil GargBerkeley BStanford13510
Parker KnudsonTexas BTexas A13510