Edward VII - 2024 ACF Regionals

Question

According to one book, the death of this person signified that “the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this person whose funeral was attended by Queen Alexandra; nine countries’ kings, like his brother-in-law George I of Greece; and over three million people.

ANSWER: Edward VII [prompt on Edward]

[10h] The spectacle of the funeral of Edward VII is described in the first chapter of this book. After the success of this book, its author followed it with a survey titled The Proud Tower.

ANSWER: The Guns of August

[10e] The next chapters of The Guns of August discuss different countries’ plans for World War I, like this German plan that involved an invasion of Belgium to decisively defeat France.

ANSWER: Schlieffen Plan

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	33%	100%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	9	11.11	89%	0%	22%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	12.00	80%	20%	20%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	14.00	60%	20%	60%
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT	01/27/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%

Data


Stanford B	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
Stanford A	Stanford C	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Binghamton	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
RIT B	RIT A	0	0	10	10
Bristol	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge A	Oxford C	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Edinburgh	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Imperial B	0	0	10	10
Oxford A	KCL	0	0	10	10
Kiel	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Durham A	Sheffield	0	10	10	20
Duke A (UG)	Virginia B (UG)	0	0	10	10
UNC D (DII)	GWU A (UG)	0	0	10	10
William & Mary A (UG)	GWU B (Grad)	0	0	10	10
JMU A (UG)	Virginia C (UG)	0	0	10	10
Liberty A (Grad)	Maryland C (DII)	0	10	0	10
Liberty B (DII)	Virginia A (UG)	0	0	10	10
Maryland A (Grad)	Liberty C (DII)	0	0	10	10
Maryland B (UG)	Roanoke College A (DII)	0	0	10	10
UNC B (UG)	JMU B (UG)	0	10	10	20
Minnesota B	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Arizona State	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Kenyon	Cedarville	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Ohio State B	0	0	10	10
Warwick	Durham B	0	0	10	10
MTSU	Alabama	0	10	10	20
Geodesic	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Harding	Vanderbilt A	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	South Carolina	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley B	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Haverford	Columbia C	0	0	0	0
John Jay	NYU A	0	0	10	10
Penn	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Vassar	Rowan	0	0	10	10
Brandeis A	Boston University	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth A	Brandeis B	0	0	10	10
Yale A	Harvard B	0	10	10	20