Bonus

An essay collected in the book String Theory claims that viewing this activity reveals that the highest form of human beauty is “kinetic.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this activity that a 2006 essay compares to a “religious experience” when spectating one of its professionals. In a novel, Michael Pemulis and John “No Relation” Wayne attend a prep school centered on this activity.
ANSWER: tennis [accept Enfield Tennis Academy; prompt on athletics or sports]
[10e] This author of “Roger Federer As Religious Experience” wrote about the Enfield Tennis Academy in the lengthy novel Infinite Jest.
ANSWER: David Foster Wallace
[10h] An essay from Wallace’s collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again couples “Tennis” and “Tornadoes” with a branch of this field. Wallace’s book Everything and More examines the history of a concept in this field.
ANSWER: mathematics [or math; accept trigonometry; accept calculus or derivatives; accept infinity; accept set theory or number theory; accept mathematical logic]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
11120.00100%73%27%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AMissouri10101030MEH
Cornell BVassar A1010020ME
Georgetown ANorthwestern A010010E
Georgia Tech CTennessee A0101020EH
Iowa StateWinona State1010020ME
MIT ABrown A10101030MEH
Ohio State BCase Western A1010020ME
Texas AASU1010020ME
UC Berkeley AUCLA010010E
UCSDClaremont A1010020ME
WashU AIllinois A1010020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
California2025-02-01215.00100%50%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%
Midwest2025-02-01225.00100%100%50%
North2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%
Northeast2025-02-01130.00100%100%100%
Overflow2025-02-01110.00100%0%0%
South Central2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01120.00100%0%100%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%