Packet 4: Bonus 16
A man sticks his head through a gap in the firmament in an engraving used to represent this geographical falsehood that was published by Camille Flammarion. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this falsehood, which educated people of the Middle Ages did not actually believe. This falsehood is disproven by our ability to see ships disappearing over the horizon.
ANSWER: flat Earth [accept descriptive equivalents like the Earth being a plane]
[10m] A Washington Irving biography of this person popularized the belief that medieval people thought the Earth was flat. This believer in a pear-shaped Earth names the system that brought horses and sugar to the Americas.
ANSWER: Christopher Columbus [or Cristoforo Colombo or Cristobál Colón; accept Columbian exchange]
[10h] Samuel Rowbotham’s “zetetic” demonstration of the flatness of the Earth was debunked by this naturalist in the Bedford Level experiment. The discoveries of this “father of biogeography” prompted Darwin to publish On the Origin of Species.
ANSWER: Alfred Russel Wallace
<Mixed/Other History — Joel Miles> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 4
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 19.17 | 96% | 75% | 21% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USN A | Portland High | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USN B | Harpeth Hall | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| USN C | Franklin Road Academy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 17.50 | 94% | 69% | 13% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |