Packet 8: Bonus 1
A movement centered on refugees of this nationality was spurred by the story of Garafilia Mohalbi and a sculpture by Hiram Powers. For 10 points each:
[10e] A city in Michigan near Ann Arbor was named for an officer of what nationality who fought against the Ottoman Empire in an 1820s war of independence?
ANSWER: Greek [or Hellenes; or Hellenic; accept The Greek Slave] (The city is Ypsilanti.)
[10m] The symbolism of Garafilia Mohalbi as the “Greek Slave” was popularized by an engraver with this surname. A man with this surname set up the American School for the Deaf.
ANSWER: Gallaudet (“gal-uh-DET”) [accept Edward Gallaudet; accept Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet]
[10h] This physician brought many child refugees from the Greek War of Independence, such as Christophorus Castanis, to the United States. This man taught Laura Bridgman at a school he founded, the Perkins Institution for the Blind.
ANSWER: Samuel Gridley Howe
<Columbia A, American History> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 15.50 | 90% | 60% | 5% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Bruin | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago A | WashU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech A | Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Indiana | Waterloo | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland B | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | Purdue | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| NYU B | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northwestern A | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Pittsburgh | MIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers | North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | Georgetown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Vanderbilt | Northwestern B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 20 | 15.50 | 90% | 60% | 5% |