Packet 7: Bonus 5
The first printed book to be condemned by the Catholic church was this thinker’s pluralistic 900 Theses. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this thinker who quoted Abdala the Saracen in one work to describe the wonder of its title figure. This thinker described a progression of the Seraphim, Cherubim, and Throne in an oration on how the title figure can become angelic.
ANSWER: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola [prompt on Mirandola]
[10e] Pico della Mirandola, the author of the Oration on the Dignity of Man, was a thinker from this country who was patronized by Lorenzo de Medici while in Florence.
ANSWER: Italy [or Italian Republic; or Italia]
[10m] Pico della Mirandola argued that his Florentine academy contemporary Marsilio Ficino’s astrology undermined this concept. Viewing it as emerging from a “rational appetite,” St. Thomas Aquinas argued that this concept emerges from the intellects’ pursuit of the ultimate good.
ANSWER: free will [or liberum arbitrium; prompt on freedom; prompt on will]
<Philosophy, Aveek Sarkar> | VAULT II Packet 07
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 11.36 | 100% | 7% | 7% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Rift in the Sky | Big Brown Ballers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Always Set the Kurve | Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Midnight Bus to Vista | Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Prat Pack | With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| whatever | Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 0% | 17% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |