Question
In the last dialogue of D’Alembert’s Dream, a woman who runs one of these institutions asks Théophile Bordeu (“tay-oh-FEEL boar-DUH”) whether bestiality should be legal. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these institutions hosted by women like Julie de Lespinasse (“zhoo-LEE de lay-pee-NAHS”). Jürgen Habermas argued that these gatherings focused on intellectual conversation developed France’s public sphere.
ANSWER: salons [or literary salons or salons litteraires] (D’Alembert’s Dream is by Denis Diderot.)
[10m] After Napoleon exiled this author from Paris, she hosted a salon at Coppet that Stendhal described as “the general headquarters of European thought.” This author parodied Benjamin Constant and the Prince of Talleyrand in the anti-Catholic philosophical novel Delphine.
ANSWER: Madame Germaine de Staël [or Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein; or Anne-Louise Germaine Necker; prompt on Necker]
[10h] de Staël had previously attended this woman’s salon at the Hôtel de Monnaie (“oh-TELL de moh-NAY”) alongside authors like Olympe de Gouges and Pierre Beaumarchais. Under her maiden name, this philosopher translated Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments and appended eight Letters on Sympathy.
ANSWER: Sophie de Condorcet [or Sophie de Grouchy (“groo-SHEE”); or Madame de Condorcet]
<JC, Philosophy (Early Modern)>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 Indiscernible Broke Girls | Knox et al | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Goldman & Jackson | Fable of the Miis | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Three Cantabrigians | Water Buffalo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yesodei HaTorah 2:7 | The Chard Problem of Consciousness | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |