Question
A debunked myth around this clothing item suggested that Catherine de’ Medici brought it over to France from Italy. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this clothing item historically lined with whalebone or steel, which was worn by women underneath dresses to shape their figure.
ANSWER: corsets
[10h] This empress commissioned rigid leather corsets which could be laced extremely tightly. This wife of Emperor Franz Josef was assassinated by the anarchist Luigi Lucheni in 1898.
ANSWER: Empress Elisabeth of Austria [or Elisabeth of Bavaria; accept Sisi in place of Elisabeth]
[10m] Corsets fell out of fashion during this period of British history, during which a monarch who may have suffered from porphyria was forced to step away from direct rule.
ANSWER: Regency era [prompt on Georgian era; prompt on the reign of George III]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 22% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 13 | 16.15 | 100% | 23% | 39% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 11% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 56% | 33% |
Data
| Chicago A | Illinois D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Illinois A | Iowa B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Indiana | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Northwestern B | Iowa A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame A | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Purdue A | Illinois C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| WashU A | SIUE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame C | WashU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |