Question
This activity titles a Roland Barthes essay that, unusually, analyzes a passage from the Book of Genesis, showing how its composition “explodes” structural analysis. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this activity which also titles a more famous Roland Barthes essay, collected in Mythologies. Barthes argues this activity is “spectacle” rather than “sport,” and analyzes the conduct of Thauvin, a “bastard-octopus.”
ANSWER: professional wrestling [or la lutte; or “Wrestling with the Angel”; or “The World of Wrestling”]
[10h] Jacques Ranciere, a philosopher who is not a professional wrestler, authored this essay collection. In the first entry in this collection, “Ten Theses on Politics,” Ranciere delivers a “people’s elbow” to the “politics of the police.”
ANSWER: Dissensus: On Politics and Aesthetics [or Disagreement: On Politics and Aesthetics]
[10e] Diogenes Laertius claims that this philosopher’s common name, meaning “broad-shouldered,” was a wrestling nickname. A wrestling school is the setting for the Theaetetus, a dialogue authored by this philosopher.
ANSWER: Plato [or Platon]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 33% | 33% | 100% |
Data
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Parth et al. | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Passion According to C.H. | Milan et al. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Cameron et al. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |