Question
In the essay “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind,” this writer argued that the amount of unfarmed land in America would lead to exponential population growth. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this colonial-era American demographer whose prediction of the population doubling every 25 years was later quoted by Thomas Malthus in An Essay on the Principle of Population.
ANSWER: Benjamin Franklin
[10e] This thinker used Franklin’s demographic observations to compare the productivity of the American colonies positively to China in his book The Wealth of Nations.
ANSWER: Adam Smith
[10m] Franklin argued that immigrants speaking this language were “swarthy” and decried their influence on Anglo culture. The first U.S. House Speaker’s opposition to this language is the subject of a recurring urban legend.
ANSWER: German [or Deutsch] (Frederick Muhlenberg was the Speaker of the House who supposedly prevented German from being voted an official language of the U.S.)
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Cameron et al. | Milan et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Parth et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | The Passion According to C.H. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |