Packet 6: Bonus 1
Along with 17 camels, 21 of these animals were led across the Brooklyn Bridge in 1884 to demonstrate its stability. For 10 points each:
[10e] P. T. Barnum’s circus exhibited an animal of what type named Jumbo that served as the inspiration for a Disney character?
ANSWER: elephants [accept African bush elephants]
[10m] Barnum’s rival Adam Forepaugh tried to outcompete him by displaying elephants like the “Light of Asia” and this elephant at his own circus. Thomas Edison probably wasn’t involved with this elephant’s electrocution in 1903.
ANSWER: Topsy
[10h] This New York socialite’s wild parties included a live elephant that guests could feed peanuts, as well as a tuxedoed monkey named “Prince Del Drago of Corsica.” This woman’s father-in-law settled the Alabama claims with the UK.
ANSWER: Mamie Fish [or Marion Graves Anthon Fish; or Marion Graves Anthon; or Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish] (Her father-in-law was Hamilton Fish.)
<Editors, American History> | O. Playoffs 6 (Editors 6)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 17.50 | 100% | 54% | 21% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Waterloo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia B | Bruin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | WashU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Illinois B | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Maryland A | Harvard | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Minnesota | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina | Northwestern B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern A | Virginia Tech | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Swarthmore | Cornell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Toronto A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UC Berkeley B | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCF | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Virginia | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 17.50 | 100% | 54% | 21% |