Question
Answer the following about timekeeping devices in Enlightenment-era France, for 10 points each:
[10e] This king’s official instrument-maker Claude-Simeon Passemant designed a Rococo clock mounted with a mechanism displaying the planets’ revolution. This “beloved” king succeeded his great-grandfather, the Sun King.
ANSWER: Louis XV [prompt on Louis or Louis the Beloved]
[10h] In a gnomon in this Parisian church, the sun hits the peak of the obelisk during winter solstices, leading to it being used to compute the mean time. Legendary organists like Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers played at this Baroque church, which is named for a 7th-century bishop.
ANSWER: Church of Saint-Sulpice [accept the Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice]
[10m] The banning of jewelry in this city in 1541 spurred the birth of its watchmaking industry, which was burgeoned by the skills of Huguenots fleeing from France. Michael Servetus was burned at the stake in this city.
ANSWER: Geneva [accept Genève]
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Cornell MATLAB | Cornell R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse+Rochester | RIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |