Question
Sheila Ogilvie’s State Corporatism and Proto-Industry argues that this German state’s legacy of rent-seeking by worsted-weaving guilds delayed mechanization until after 1870. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Swabian state where Wilhelm Maybach designed engines at Daimler Motors after the Peace of Pressburg made it and Bavaria into kingdoms. In 1952, it united with the home state of Carl Benz.
ANSWER: Württemberg (“WUR-tem-bairk”) [accept Baden-Württemberg or BW or BaWü; accept Kingdom of Württemberg or Königreich Württemberg; accept Duchy of Württemberg or Herzogtum Württemberg; accept Free People’s State of Württemberg or Freier Volksstaat Württemberg; reject “Baden”]
[10e] In the early 1900s, King William II of Württemberg (“WUR-tem-bairk”) funded this count’s experiments with namesake airships on Lake Constance.
ANSWER: Ferdinand von Zeppelin [or Count von Zeppelin or Graf von Zeppelin; or Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin]
[10h] Bosch’s spark plug factories in Württemberg were supplied by Krupp, which used this regenerative process to mass-produce steel from quality Swedish ore. Ukraine and Romania relied on this process’s slow furnaces until the late 1900s.
ANSWER: Siemens–Martin process [or Martin–Siemens process; or Siemens–Martin furnaces; accept open hearth furnaces; prompt on Siemens process or Martin process or Martin steel]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Iowa State | Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |