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Question

Count Axel von Fersen the Younger is thought to have commissioned a member of this profession to create an object dubbed “the Grand Complication” for Marie Antoinette. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this profession of Julien Coudray, who embedded its products into the pommels of daggers. John Arnold worked closely with a pioneer of this profession, Abraham-Louis Breguet.

ANSWER: watchmakers [or horlogers; accept horologists; prompt on clockmakers]

[10e] France’s watchmaking industry experienced a sharp decline at the end of the 17th century due to the passage of the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revoked this Huguenot-protecting decree signed by Henry IV.

ANSWER: Edict of Nantes [or Édit de Nantes]

[10m] Prominent French watchmakers such as Jean-Antoine Lépine worked at the Manufacture Royale founded by this man in Ferney. This man campaigned to posthumously exonerate Jean Calas after his unjust execution.

ANSWER: Voltaire [or François-Marie Arouet]

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2024 ARGOS @ Chicago	11/23/2024	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College	12/14/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia	11/23/2024	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster	11/17/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford	02/22/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	33%	67%
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis	03/22/2025	N	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ARGOS Online	03/22/2025	N	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%

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