Question
Caspar Shoppe wrote a scathing eyewitness account of this man’s execution, noting: “thus he miserably burned, and now probably dwells [in] those other Worlds he invented.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this man, who was executed in 1600 after returning to Italy from exile to teach Giovanni Mocenigo memory techniques. He argued for a heliocentric universe that was infinite.
ANSWER: Giordano Bruno
[10h] This Cardinal was the lead prosecutor at Bruno’s trial, performing a similar role in the later trial of Galileo. This man wrote numerous papers attacking the oath of allegiance required of English Catholics by James I.
ANSWER: Robert Bellarmine
[10e] Bruno was executed in this manner. This common execution method for accused witches was used to execute Joan of Arc.
ANSWER: burning at the stake [accept any answer indicating the person was burned]
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 43% | 0% |
Data
| Boston College | Tufts | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Brown | Brandeis | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Harvard | MIT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |