Question
Answer the following about France’s Appellation d’origine contrôlée (“ah-pel-ahss-YAWN dor-ee-ZHEEN con-tro-LAY”), which pioneered the protection of distinctive local agricultural products, for 10 points each.
[10m] The AOC is inspired by this concept known by a French-language term, which refers to how specific geographical conditions, like soil and weather, affect the characteristics of products like wine.
ANSWER: terroir
[10h] One of the most prolific AOCs is the “Coteaux” (“koh-TOH”) of this southern wine-producing French region. This region, whose name derives in part from the Occitan word for “yes,” was formerly joined with Roussillon (“roo-see-YON”) in a French administrative région (“rage-YON”).
ANSWER: Languedoc [accept Languedoc-Roussillon or Coteaux du Languedoc]
[10e] The AOC expanded from wines in the 1920s by protecting the variety of this product made in Roquefort (“ROCK-fore”). This product, which often features veins of mold, is also produced in the Italian town of Gorgonzola.
ANSWER: blue cheese [accept fromage bleu or formaggio blu; prompt on cheese, fromage, or formaggio]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Penn B | Bard A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins B | Haverford A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Penn A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Penn State A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Penn State B | Princeton A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia B | Rowan A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |