Question
This work claims that the pope is one of the four sources of the “Kingdom of Darkness” in its final section. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this book which describes a commonwealth ruled by a sovereign with absolute power. It states that human life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
ANSWER: Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
[10h] In the section “Of Man,” the Leviathan states that “war of all against all” is inevitable unless one of these constructs is made. Another work titled for this concept notes how “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.”
ANSWER: social contract [accept The Social Contract or On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right]
[10e] Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan during this country’s civil war. In Two Treatises on Government, John Locke, another thinker from this country, contributed to social contract theory.
ANSWER: England [accept United Kingdom or UK or Great Britain or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick A | Hunter B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Hastings A | moving finger B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Trinity B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mather C | Great Valley | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| North Babylon A | Eastchester | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Stuyvesant A | North Babylon B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Stuyvesant B | Mather B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Trinity A | moving finger A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| moving finger C | Downingtown STEM | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 67% | 44% |