Packet 7: Tossup 5

This author may have originated an unattested anecdote of a princess saying “let them eat cake” in his Confessions. (-5[3])This author contrasted the primitive (15[1])amour (15[1])de soi with the societally-instilled amour-propre. (15[1])Mary Wollstonecraft attacked (-5[1])this philosopher’s (15[1])claim (-5[1])that women should be (15[1])educated for (10[1])men’s pleasure (15[1])from his book Emile. (15[1])This (15[2])philosopher (15[2])promoted laws that represent (-5[1])the (*) “general will” in a book that expands on his earlier Discourse on Inequality. That treatise by this philosopher claims that “man is born free, (10[1])and everywhere (10[1])he (-5[1])is in chains.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this French political philosopher who wrote The Social Contract. (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[5]0[5])

ANSWER: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
<Philosophy — Sarah Benner> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 7
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
David PanDetroit Catholic Central CNew Buffalo B18-5
Liviu BergeanDetroit Country Day BHillsdale Academy A18-5
Reuben FronczakColdwaterTaylor18-5
James RaheHillsdale Academy ADetroit Country Day B2315
Chris HolderASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden)Fremd Larpers2415
Rohan Jain(not so) Evil EmpireQuaker Oats3015
Vivaan KohliPOAson toliver33-5
Aashika Gogineniwashed and braindead!!!ccny potato salad3515
Lucia GellertUSN BUSN A36-5
Luke HarkemaWilliamstonChelsea4015
Thalia VidalakisHarpeth HallFranklin Road Academy4210
Benjamin EdmundsUtica AcademyHillsdale Academy B4415
Christian CurtisDetroit Catholic Central ADeWitt A4815
Siddhu Nagarajanson toliverPOA4915
Jasmine HorwitzUSN AUSN B4915
Jade DaiBombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung TrioCopilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament5015
Carson TidwellMerrol Hyde APortland High5015
Michael WheelerGrand LedgeDetroit Catholic Central B54-5
Achindra ChouhanOkemos BTroy A7910
Arlo WilliamsonUSN CMerrol Hyde B8110
Aaron LiuOkemos AWhite Cloud A82-5
Evan BreeseRockford BTroy B8510
Jeffrey LaFramboiseU of D JesuitNew Buffalo A9810
Sam KemppainenDeWitt BTraverse City Central B98-5
Brady ShihDetroit Catholic Central BGrand Ledge9910
Andrew ZhengDetroit Country Day AHolt990
Alice WasingerHoltDetroit Country Day A990
Michael MasciovecchioNew Boston HuronHillsdale Academy C9910
Liam PoveyWhite Cloud AOkemos A9910
Bryce RodriguezTaylorColdwater990
Arthur Lijewski-LeeTraverse City Central AHillsdale Academy D9910
Dashiell PriceTraverse City Central BDeWitt B990
Gabrielle TerkeurstRockford AWhite Cloud B9910
Madelyn HaysleyOwensboroAthens Bible School990

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/20251675%25%38%76.00
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/20255100%100%20%37.60
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025580%40%20%55.50