Question
This native of Mulhouse (“muh-LOOZE”) had his innocence defended by fellow Alsatian (“al-SAY-shun”) Auguste Scheurer-Kestner, who told the French Senate that “the truth always wins in the end.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this French Jew who was accused of treasonously handing secrets to the Germans in an 1894 affair, after which Émile Zola defended him in the letter J'Accuse…! (“zhah-KOOZ”).
ANSWER: Alfred Dreyfus [accept Dreyfus Affair]
[10h] The Alsatian Jewish Javal (“zha-VAL”) family created the company Houbigant (“oo-bee-GAHN”) to sell this product. Pierre Wertheimer (“VAIR-tye-mur”) financed a company that primarily sells this product, which was seized by a Nazi spy who took part in Operation Model Hat.
ANSWER: perfume [or eau de parfum; accept fragrances; accept cologne; accept Houbigant Parfum; accept Parfums Chanel; accept Chanel No. 5; prompt on Chanel or Coco Chanel or Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel; prompt on or fashion]
[10m] Another descendant of an Alsatian Jew was the historian Marc Bloch (“block”), who founded this French school of history that studied the longue durée (“long du-RAY”) and included author Fernand Braudel.
ANSWER: Annales (“ah-NAL”) school [or École des Annales]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 29% | 100% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 78% | 22% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 0% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 8.00 | 60% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 15.00 | 90% | 50% | 10% |
Data
| Emory B | Alabama A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech F | Clemson A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Auburn A | Emory A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia Tech F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia Tech F | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Emory A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Emory A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Georgia Tech E | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech D | Georgia Tech E | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Tusculum A | Auburn C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Clemson A | Alabama A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech B | Auburn A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Auburn C | Auburn B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia A | Emory B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia Tech F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech C | Georgia Tech F | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Emory A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Emory A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Georgia Tech E | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech D | Georgia Tech E | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech E | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |