the Academy - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

This institution ended during the First Mithridatic War when Philo of Larissa fled to Rome. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this Athenian institution founded by Plato which lends its name to modern schools.

ANSWER: the Academy [or Plato’s Academy or Platonic Academy; or Academic School]

[10m] Philo of Larissa supported a more moderate form of this philosophical view. During the Middle Academy, Arcesilaus promulgated the “Academic” form of this philosophical view, which advocates for akatalepsia.

ANSWER: skepticism [accept Academic skepticism; accept ancient skepticism]

[10h] Scholars disagree whether Arcesilaus or this leading Academic skeptic of the “New Academy” first promulgated akatalepsia. This thinker who emphasized probabilism in skepticism gave contradictory lectures on justice while visiting Rome.

ANSWER: Carneades

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	10.00	60%	40%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	2	15.00	50%	50%	50%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	8.75	63%	25%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	8.57	86%	0%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	9	13.33	78%	44%	11%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%

Data


Michigan A	Ohio State D	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Keeping Up With the Cardassians	Billy's Bastion	0	0	0	0
Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	10	10	10	30
Too much from you lately	Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	10	10	0	20
BU	Brandeis	10	0	0	10
Brown	Belmont	10	10	0	20
MIT	Harvard	10	0	0	10
RIT	Lexington	10	0	0	10
UCLA B	Art of Premature Signaling	10	0	0	10
P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	Caltech	10	0	0	10
Claremont A	girl 15 whale i mean they	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	UCSB	0	0	0	0
UCLA A	UCSD	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State B	0	0	0	0
Maryland B	CWRU	10	0	0	10
Georgetown	Catholic University of America	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins B	George Mason B	0	0	0	0
George Washington	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Haverford A	NYU A	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	George Mason A	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Haverford B	10	10	0	20
NYU C	Rutgers	10	0	0	10
Oberlin	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10
South Dakota School of Mines	Arizona State University A	10	0	0	10
Washington Connections	Carleton	10	10	0	20
Arizona State University B	UW A	10	10	0	20
Alberta	UW B	10	10	0	20
Egypt Airlines Haters	2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	10	10	10	30
mongeese	Auburn 2026	10	0	0	10
Free Agents 1	Gruh	10	10	0	20
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	Goober Gang	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame + Epic Games	Illinois Orange	10	0	0	10
Mahjonng Masters	evil women enjoyers	10	10	0	20
Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	MSJ	10	0	0	10
we need new names	Quatumvirate	10	0	0	10
Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	Four Generalists in Search of a Power	10	0	0	10
LSE	Cambridge	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	Edinburgh	10	0	0	10
Warwick A	Warwick B	10	0	0	10
Manchester	Warwick C	10	0	0	10
Sheffield A	Imperial B	0	0	0	0
Imperial A	Sheffield B	10	0	0	10
Sheffield C	Lancaster + Sheffield C	10	0	0	10
UBC	McGill A	0	0	0	0
McGill B	Simon Fraser	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto E	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Waterloo C	10	10	0	20
Toronto C	Mac A	10	0	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	0	0	0	0
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	0	0	0	0
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	10	0	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	10	0	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	10	10	0	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Guelph	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Ottawa A	10	10	10	30
Waterloo B	Toronto D	10	0	0	10
4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	10	10	0	20
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Master and Margaritaville	10	10	0	20
Even in Blacksburg There I Am	Somehow Paula Deen Returned	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	SIUE	10	0	0	10
Missouri	Illinois B	10	0	0	10
Chicago B	WashU Bulbasaur	10	10	0	20
WashU Charmander	WashU Squirtle	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Truman State	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	0	10	20