Packet 8: Bonus 17

In 1791, the first periodical in colonial Spanish South America focused on women’s education was established in this city. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this present-day capital city where around a fifth of the white female population asked for alms due to being “impoverished elites.” Francisco Pizarro founded this “City of Kings.”
ANSWER: Lima [prompt on Ciudad de Los Reyes]
[10m] A member of this family, Ambrosio, authorized a new textile factory in 1799 to aid poor women in Lima. Spain defeated a member of this family at Rancagua in another country’s war of independence.
ANSWER: O’Higgins [accept Ambrosio O’Higgins or Bernardo O’Higgins]
[10h] The Amantes del país (“pa-EESE”) society sponsored the factory and established the first scientific magazine in colonial Peru, titled for “Peruvian” and this word. A long-lived Chilean right-wing newspaper named for this word was established in 1827.
ANSWER: Mercurio [or Mercury; accept Mercurio Peruano or Peruvian Mercury or El Mercurio or The Mercury]
<Editors, European History> | Q. Playoffs 8 (Editors 8)

HeardPPBE %M %H %
1914.74100%42%5%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaIllinois A100010E
BruinGeorgia Tech A1010020EM
CambridgePittsburgh1010020EM
Chicago AStanford A1010020EM
Columbia ANYU A100010E
GeorgetownChicago B1010020EM
Georgia Tech BOhio State100010E
HarvardToronto A100010E
IndianaNorthwestern A1001020EH
Johns HopkinsRutgers100010E
MITGeorgia Tech C100010E
MichiganColumbia B100010E
MinnesotaTexas100010E
Penn StateStanford B100010E
PurdueNorthwestern B1010020EM
UC Berkeley AMaryland A1010020EM
UC Berkeley BVirginia Tech1010020EM
UCLAVanderbilt1010020EM
WashUToronto B100010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓1914.74100%42%5%