Bonus
Juan Linz argued that this institution could result in two separate bodies claiming to represent the people’s will. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this institution that titles Linz’s essay on their “Perils.” Arthur Schlesinger discussed the “Imperial” form of this institution to describe its holders’ excesses of power.
ANSWER: presidency [or presidentialism; or POTUS; accept descriptions like having a president]
[10e] Linz argues that presidentialism is weak when there exists a “dual” form of legitimacy with a democratic system known by this term. In England, this term refers to a body consisting of the Houses of Lords and Commons.
ANSWER: Parliament [or parliamentary]
[10h] This political scientist argued that the role of the presidency is “merely the power to persuade” in his book Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents.
ANSWER: Richard Neustadt [or Richard Elliott Neustadt]
<Brandeis A, Social Science>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | 16.21 | 97% | 62% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASU | Texas B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge A | Oxford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge C | Cambridge E | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Carnegie Mellon A | Ohio State A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Case Western A | Case Western B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago C | Missouri | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell B | Columbia C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech B | Bruin A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech C | Alabama A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Illinois A | Indiana A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Imperial A | Durham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Iowa | Notre Dame B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Iowa State | Winona State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins A | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Michigan State | Michigan A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | John Jay College | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern B | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Stanford B | Georgetown A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Texas A | TAMU | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UBC | UW B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Claremont B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| UC Berkeley B | UCSD | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UCLA | Claremont A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UW A | Alberta | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia A | Wake Forest | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Warwick A | Manchester | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU A | Illinois C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| William & Mary | Duke | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |