Question
A Vachel Lindsey poem about this figure imagines him laying in a “four-poster bed” outside Fort Wayne with curtains made of “August Rains.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this folk hero that Michael Pollan has linked to alcohol because of his opposition to grafting. This figure is frequently depicted with a tin pot.
ANSWER: Johnny Appleseed [or John Chapman]
[10h] In addition to apples, Appleseed distributed copies of this philosopher’s writings. This mystic’s 1734 tract Philosophical and Logical Works greatly influenced a group called The New Church.
ANSWER: Emanuel Swedenborg [or Emanuel Swedberg]
[10e] In the 1920s, the FBI tore down Appleseed’s Indiana orchard to prevent the distilling of hard cider as part of this ban on alcohol that began with the 18th Amendment.
ANSWER: Prohibition [accept temperance]
<Michael Bentley, Other - Other Academic and General Knowledge> ~19875~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Barrington A | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |