Packet 1: Bonus 8

A defensive line named for this field marshal passed through the site of the first battle of Germany’s 1918 Spring Offensive. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this field marshal who commanded the German army with Erich Ludendorff during the Spring Offensive. This man appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.
ANSWER: Paul von Hindenburg [or Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg; accept Hindenburg Line]
[10m] Early in the Spring Offensive, the German army used this type of barrage in which artillery fire moves forward to cover advancing infantry.
ANSWER: creeping barrage [or rolling barrage or Feuerwalze]
[10h] The opening battle of the Spring Offensive, which involved the war’s heaviest German barrage, took place near this city. Later in 1918, the Hindenburg Line was broken in a battle at a canal named for this city, which itself was preceded by the biggest British barrage of the war.
ANSWER: Saint-Quentin (“san-kon-TAN”) [accept Battle of Saint-Quentin or Battle of the Saint-Quentin Canal]
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
2414.1788%50%4%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BrownCornell100010E
CambridgeMinnesota100010E
Chicago AUC Berkeley B0000
GeorgetownNorthwestern B1010020EM
Georgia Tech AStanford B0000
Georgia Tech BVirginia100010E
Georgia Tech CBritish Columbia100010E
HarvardStanford A1010020EM
Illinois BUCF100010E
IndianaVirginia Tech1010020EM
Johns HopkinsNYU B100010E
MITUCLA100010E
Maryland BNorth Carolina1010020EM
NYU AMaryland A100010E
Northwestern AColumbia A1010020EM
Ohio StateBruin100010E
Penn StateColumbia B0000
PittsburghIllinois A1010020EM
RutgersMichigan1010020EM
SwarthmoreChicago B1010020EM
TexasToronto B10101030EMH
Toronto AUC Berkeley A1010020EM
VanderbiltWashU1010020EM
WaterlooPurdue1010020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2414.1788%50%4%