Question
Count Axel von Fersen the Younger is thought to have commissioned a member of this profession to create an object dubbed “the Grand Complication” for Marie Antoinette. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this profession of Julien Coudray, who embedded its products into the pommels of daggers. John Arnold worked closely with a pioneer of this profession, Abraham-Louis Breguet.
ANSWER: watchmakers [or horlogers; accept horologists; prompt on clockmakers]
[10e] France’s watchmaking industry experienced a sharp decline at the end of the 17th century due to the passage of the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revoked this Huguenot-protecting decree signed by Henry IV.
ANSWER: Edict of Nantes [or Édit de Nantes]
[10m] Prominent French watchmakers such as Jean-Antoine Lépine worked at the Manufacture Royale founded by this man in Ferney. This man campaigned to posthumously exonerate Jean Calas after his unjust execution.
ANSWER: Voltaire [or François-Marie Arouet]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
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