Packet 8: Bonus 1
Thomas Skidmore’s Black Into White traces the uneasy relationship between scientific racists like Raimundo Nina Rodrigues and the theory of branqueamento (“brahn-kay-ah-MEN-too”), or “whitening,” that followed this law. For 10 points each:
[10e] What 1888 law ended slavery in Brazil?
ANSWER: Golden Law [or Lei Áurea]
[10h] Whitening was a precursor to this nationalist theory, which deems Brazil a society without discrimination. This two-word ideal for the Brazilian polity is usually traced to Gilberto Freyre’s book Casa-Grande e Senzala.
ANSWER: racial democracy [or democracia racial]
[10m] In tracing the mestiço (“mess-TEE-soo”) origins of Brazil, Freyre blithely praised these “few thousand daring males” who explored the interior for gold. These frontiersmen, often mixed-race mamelucos, led slave raids in the 16th century.
ANSWER: bandeirantes [prompt on flag-carriers]
<Editors, World History> | Q. Playoffs 8 (Editors 8)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 16.25 | 96% | 50% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Columbia A | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia B | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cornell | North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgetown | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech A | Bruin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern A | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern B | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swarthmore | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| UC Berkeley B | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| WashU | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Waterloo | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 16.25 | 96% | 50% | 17% |