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Packet B: Bonus 13

The Haerye (“HEH-r’yeh”) commentary helps explain how to use this system, whose creation is commemorated by a national holiday on October 9. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this system said to be easy enough to understand that even a stupid man could learn how to use it in ten days.
ANSWER: Hangul [or Hangeul; or Chosongeul; accept Korean alphabet or Korean script; prompt on Korean; prompt on alphabet or script]
[10e] Hangul was created to replace the use of Chinese characters in Korea by Sejong the Great, a leader of this Korean dynasty that fell in 1910 after a Japanese invasion.
ANSWER: Joseon dynasty [or Choson dynasty; or Great Joseon State]
[10h] During the 16th century, the use of Hangul was banned by the “tyrant king” Yeonsangun (“YUN-sahn-goon”), who initiated the sahwa, or literati purges, against this group. This neo-Confucian faction opposed the Hungu faction under King Sejo.
ANSWER: Sarim [or Saarim; accept “forest of scholars” faction]
<AK, World History> | Packet-B_Harvard-A_UNC-B_Virginia-Tech_Waterloo-A_Yale

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4914.0892%47%2%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Northwestern BGeorgetown B100010M
Notre Dame ANotre Dame B1010020ME
Notre Dame CIowa010010E
PurdueGeorgetown A010010E
Stanford BNorthwestern A010010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%
Florida2025-02-01✓313.33100%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓68.3367%17%0%
North2025-02-01✓316.67100%67%0%
Overflow2025-02-01✓512.0080%40%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01✓215.00100%50%0%
South Central2025-02-01✓220.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01✓412.50100%0%25%
UK2025-02-01✓1018.00100%80%0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓815.00100%50%0%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓36.6767%0%0%