Alfred Dreyfus - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

This native of Mulhouse (“muh-LOOZE”) had his innocence defended by fellow Alsatian (“al-SAY-shun”) Auguste Scheurer-Kestner, who told the French Senate that “the truth always wins in the end.” For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this French Jew who was accused of treasonously handing secrets to the Germans in an 1894 affair, after which Émile Zola defended him in the letter J'Accuse…! (“zhah-KOOZ”).

ANSWER: Alfred Dreyfus [accept Dreyfus Affair]

[10h] The Alsatian Jewish Javal (“zha-VAL”) family created the company Houbigant (“oo-bee-GAHN”) to sell this product. Pierre Wertheimer (“VAIR-tye-mur”) financed a company that primarily sells this product, which was seized by a Nazi spy who took part in Operation Model Hat.

ANSWER: perfume [or eau de parfum; accept fragrances; accept cologne; accept Houbigant Parfum; accept Parfums Chanel; accept Chanel No. 5; prompt on Chanel or Coco Chanel or Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel; prompt on or fashion]

[10m] Another descendant of an Alsatian Jew was the historian Marc Bloch (“block”), who founded this French school of history that studied the longue durée (“long du-RAY”) and included author Fernand Braudel.

ANSWER: Annales (“ah-NAL”) school [or École des Annales]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	15.71	100%	57%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	7	15.71	29%	100%	29%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	11.11	78%	22%	11%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	11.25	100%	0%	13%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	8.00	60%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	10	15.00	90%	50%	10%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Stanford L	Stanford A	10	0	10	20
Stanford M	Berkeley C	10	0	10	20
Emory B	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Emory A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Tusculum A	Auburn C	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Auburn C	Auburn B	0	0	10	10
Georgia A	Emory B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins B	Bard A	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	Princeton A	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Haverford A	10	0	10	20
Penn B	Rowan A	10	10	0	20
Penn State A	Lehigh	10	0	10	20
Rutgers A	Penn State B	10	0	0	10
Penn A	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Miami	WashU B	10	0	0	10
Purdue D	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
SIUE A	UIUC B	10	0	0	10
UChicago C	UChicago A	10	0	0	10
UChicago D	Purdue A	0	0	0	0
UIUC A	WashU D	10	10	10	30
UIUC C	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
UIUC D	Notre Dame	0	0	0	0
WashU C	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State	NYU B	10	0	10	20
Mississippi State	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	0	10	10
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	0	0	0
Central Oklahoma	Vassar A	0	0	0	0
Vassar B	Arkansas	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
WUSTL A	Central Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
Iowa	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Texas A	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State	NYU B	10	0	10	20
Mississippi State	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	0	10	10
Mississippi State	McGill E	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Texas D	10	0	0	10
Texas C	Ole Miss	10	10	0	20
Colorado College	Texas B	10	0	0	10
UCF A	Florida Tech B	0	0	0	0
UCF B	Florida Tech A	0	0	0	0
UF D	Florida State University A	10	0	0	10
UF B	UF E	10	0	10	20
UF F	UF A	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	Bristol A	10	0	10	20
Bristol B	Warwick B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge C	Oxford A	10	10	0	20
Birmingham	Cambridge D	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh	LSE B	10	0	0	10
Southampton B	Imperial B	0	0	10	10
Manchester	LSE A	10	0	0	10
Oxford B	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt	Durham B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia A	10	0	10	20