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Question

A moral panic about these people was inspired by Heinrich Kramer’s 15th-century work Malleus Maleficarum. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these people who, during the early modern period, were often burned at the stake due to the popular belief that they communed with demons.

ANSWER: witches [accept sorcerers; accept reasonable synonyms for people using magic]

[10m] This 17th-century conflict saw high rates of witch-hunting in the Holy Roman Empire. This conflict was sparked when two Catholic regents and their secretary were injured by defenestration in Prague.

ANSWER: Thirty Years’ War

[10h] Despite theologians’ condemnation, the approval of a pope with this name helped Malleus Maleficarum to gain traction. The third pope with this name ruled at the start of the 13th century and organised the Fourth Crusade.

ANSWER: Innocent [accept Innocent VIII or Innocent III]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	20.00	75%	100%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	90%	10%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	89%	89%	11%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	89%	44%
North	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	21.67	100%	83%	33%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	67%	42%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%

Data


Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	10	0	20
UCSC	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	0	10
Claremont A	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	UCLA A	10	0	0	10
UCSD A	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	UCLA F	10	10	0	20
UCSD B	USC B	10	10	10	30
UC Santa Barbara	USC A	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Ottawa B	10	10	0	20
Carleton B	Ottawa D	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Toronto A	10	10	0	20
Toronto C	Brock A	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
McMaster B	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
Toronto B	Waterloo A	10	10	0	20
Toronto D	Waterloo B	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Waterloo C	10	10	0	20
Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	0	20
Florida B	Florida State A	10	10	0	20
Florida Tech A	South Florida A	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida Tech B	10	10	0	20
Guelph A	Toronto H	10	0	10	20
Ohio State C	Louisville B	10	10	0	20
WVU B	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Louisville C	Michigan State C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Ohio State D	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Michigan State D	WVU A	10	0	0	10
William & Mary A	JMU B	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	Duke A	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	Liberty B	10	10	0	20
Liberty C	William & Mary B	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Tusculum A	NCSU B	10	0	0	10
UNC A	UNC C	10	10	0	20
UNC B	William & Mary C	10	10	0	20
VCU A	JMU A	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Penn	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	Princeton	10	10	10	30
Rutgers C	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Rutgers D	Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Vassar B	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Illinois Blue	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	10	10	0	20
Illinois Champaign	Indiana A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Purdue D	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois Orange	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Macalester	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin A	Minnesota	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	10	10	10	30
Amherst A	Boston College B	10	10	0	20
Boston College A	Harvard	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Boston University A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Dartmouth A	10	0	0	10
Williams B	Dartmouth C	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Boston University B	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	10	10	0	20
UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	0	10
Vermont A	MIT B	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Amherst B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth B	Williams C	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	Alberta A	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Arizona State A	10	0	0	10
British Columbia C	Boise State	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	British Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Washington Masu	Washington Chum	10	0	0	10
Alberta B	Washington State	10	0	0	10
Nebraska C	Kansas State A	10	10	0	20
Nebraska A	Central Oklahoma A	10	10	0	20
Oklahoma	Harding	10	10	10	30
Tulsa A	Kansas State B	10	10	0	20
Rose State	Tulsa B	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Clemson C	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	Emory A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Montevallo	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt C	Clemson A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	ESF	10	10	10	30
Binghamton C	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	Rochester	10	10	10	30
RIT A	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell C	10	10	0	20