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Description acceptable. The engineer Charles Minard used an early example of a Sankey diagram to visualize the number of soldiers’ lives lost during this military campaign. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this campaign, which Michael Barclay de Tolly opposed using an unpopular scorched-earth strategy. During this campaign, Joachim Murat took command of the defeated army after its general departed by sled.
ANSWER: Napoleon’s invasion of Russia [or the French invasion of Russia or the Russian campaign or the Patriotic War of 1812; accept any description of Napoleon’s army invading the Russian Empire]
[10e] In another example of data visualization, Abraham Wald used red dots on diagrams to show where these machines could sustain damage. Spitfires and Messerschmitts were examples of these machines.
ANSWER: aircraft [or aeroplanes; accept fighter planes or bombers]
[10m] This person pioneered the use of polar area diagrams during the Crimean War, before establishing a namesake school at St. Thomas’ Hospital.
ANSWER: Florence Nightingale
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY215.00100%50%0%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY130.00100%100%100%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY130.00100%100%100%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY313.3367%33%33%
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Chicago APurdue B10101030
SIUEChicago B0101020
Illinois AIowa A10101030
Northwestern BIllinois B0101020
Illinois CIowa B10101030
Northwestern AIllinois D010010
Notre Dame CNotre Dame B0101020
Purdue ANotre Dame A0101020
WashU BPurdue C0101020
WashU AIndiana0101020