Packet 10: Bonus 9
Pliny the Elder claimed that being touched by this ruler’s right big toe would cure inflammation of the spleen. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ruler who apocryphally said “another such victory… and we are undone” after winning the Battle of Asculum, giving rise to a term for an overly costly victory.
ANSWER: Pyrrhus of Epirus [accept Pyrrhic victory]
[10e] In 274 BCE, Pyrrhus seized the throne of this ancient Greek kingdom earlier ruled by Phillip II and Alexander the Great.
ANSWER: Kingdom of Macedon [or Macedonian Empire]
[10h] In 278 BCE Pyrrhus lifted a siege of this city in which an earlier inventor had supposedly created a claw to lift ships out of the water.
ANSWER: Syracuse (The unnamed inventor is Archimedes.)
<Other History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 18.82 | 88% | 53% | 47% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | Rockford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| DeWitt A | Troy A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Detroit Country Day B | Taylor | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Hillsdale Academy C | White Cloud B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy D | Grand Ledge | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Holt | Traverse City Central B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| New Boston Huron | Hillsdale Academy B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| New Buffalo B | New Buffalo A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Okemos B | U of D Jesuit | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rockford B | Coldwater | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Utica Academy | Okemos A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Williamston | Traverse City Central A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 14 | 16.43 | 86% | 43% | 36% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |