Johannes Gutenberg - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

The preface of a book partly titled for this person describes it as a continuation of Parry and Lord’s studies into oral epics. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this person. An invention by this person made change to be “the archetypal norm of social life,” according to that book partly titled for this person by a colleague and countryman of Harold Innis.

ANSWER: Johannes Gutenberg [or Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg; accept Gutenberg Galaxy]

[10m] In The Gutenberg Galaxy, Marshall McLuhan claimed that electronic interdependence would turn the world into this two-word type of place, which he expanded upon in a book titled “War and Peace in” this type of place.

ANSWER: global village [accept War and Peace in the Global Village]

[10e] McLuhan’s focus in communication studies can be found in his maxim that this entity “is the message.”

ANSWER: media [or mediums; accept “the medium is the message”]

Back to bonuses

Summary


California	Main	Y	4	22.50	75%	75%	75%
Canada	Main	Y	6	10.00	67%	17%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	17.50	92%	75%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	16.00	90%	40%	30%
South Central	Main	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	11.25	75%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	12.50	63%	50%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%

Data


Berkeley E	Berkeley A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley B	Stanford A	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Berkeley D	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Claremont Scripps	UCI	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	USC	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCSB	0	0	0	0
UCLA A	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
Claremont Pitzer	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	0	0	0
Toronto F	Guelph B	0	0	0	0
McGill A	Toronto H	0	10	10	20
Carleton	McMaster A	10	10	10	30
Guelph A	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	McMaster C	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	Queen's B	0	0	10	10
McGill C	Toronto A	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Toronto J	Waterloo	0	10	10	20
Toronto K	Ottawa	0	0	10	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Western Ontario	0	10	10	20
FIU	UF B	0	0	10	10
UCF B	UCF A	0	0	10	10
UF A	UF E	0	0	0	0
Chicago B	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Notre Dame D	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Chicago D	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	Notre Dame C	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame A	Michigan A	10	10	10	30
UIC	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Indiana A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Kentucky	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Illinois C	0	0	10	10
St. Thomas	Macalester A	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Macalester B	0	0	10	10
Minnesota B	Minnesota A	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin	0	0	10	10
British Columbia B	Alberta	0	0	10	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Washington A	British Columbia D	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Simon Fraser	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	WashU A	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	McGill D	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Northwestern C	0	0	0	0
Northwestern B	Northwestern A	0	0	0	0
Ohio	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Iowa	Tulsa	0	0	10	10
UCO	Alberta B	0	0	10	10
UTD A	UTD B	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Sewanee A	0	0	0	0
Bruin A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Huntsville A	Huntsville B	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Bristol B	0	0	10	10
City St George's A	Cambridge B	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Sheffield B	0	0	10	10
LSE A	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
Manchester A	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Southampton A	0	0	10	10
Sheffield A	Durham A	0	0	10	10
Imperial C	Sheffield C	10	10	10	30
Oxford B	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Alabama B	0	0	0	0