Carolingian miniscule - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

This style was mistaken for an ancient Roman one by Renaissance humanists, causing a humanist version of it to be developed. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this 8th century style that originated at the Corbie Abbey, and was then developed by Alcuin of York.

ANSWER: Carolingian miniscule [or Caroline miniscule; prompt on miniscule or humanist miniscule]

[10e] Carolingian miniscule was developed to help non-native speakers understand the Vulgate, a translation of the Bible into this language. This was the main language used by scholars in the Middle Ages.

ANSWER: Latin [or lingua latina]

[10h] In 10th century England, scribes would use this script for Old English and Carolingian miniscule for Latin, even switching when transcribing bilingual schoolbooks. This script is wider and shorter than the later English Vernacular minuscule.

ANSWER: English square minuscule

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


MIT A	Brown	0	10	10
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	Harvard	0	10	10
MIT B	Yale	0	10	10
Brandeis	RIT	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Michigan B	0	10	10
Ohio State A	Michigan A	0	10	10
Mount Sinai	Columbia A	10	10	20
John Jay	JHU A	0	10	10
JHU B	Maryland A	0	10	10
Swarthmore	Maryland B	0	10	10
Maryland C	NYU B	0	10	10
Columbia B	NYU A	0	10	10
Texas B	Central Oklahoma	0	10	10
Oklahoma	Texas A	10	10	20
Illinois	Indiana	10	10	20
UChicago A	Northwestern B	0	10	10
Purdue A	Purdue B	0	10	10
New Young Whigs of America	abg academy	0	10	10
Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	rusty shackleford	0	10	10
Ottawa 67s	Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	0	10	10
Toronto Operation PBSuccess	Guelph perfomative male competition	0	10	10
Waterloo you are crooked	McGill B	10	10	20
Queen's is monitoring the situation	Toronto E	0	10	10
Toronto G	Carleton A	0	10	10
Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	#OpenToBuzz	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Berkeley B	10	10	20
Free Win	Berkeley C	0	0	0
Stanford A	In Search of Lost Clues	10	10	20
question mark	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	0	10	10
To buzz is to be perceived	Chimp Brisket	10	10	20
Galactic Ombudsmen	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	10	10
Knorr Stock Clue	Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	0	10	10
Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	Of Mice and Penn	0	10	10
The Bit and the Penndulum	Coughing Baby	0	10	10
Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	Washed Scrubs	0	10	10
Bristold	why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	0	10	10
UNC B	UNC A	0	10	10
VT A	VT B	0	10	10
Truman State	VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	10	10	20
WashU Kiki	WashU Bouba	10	10	20