Question
According to the book The Bookshop of the World, during this period, 10 times more books were produced per capita than in France or Spain. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this period, also the subject of Simon Schama’s The Embarrassment of Riches. This period’s end is traditionally dated to the “Disaster Year” of 1672.
ANSWER: Dutch Golden Age [or Gouden Eeuw; or Netherlands Golden Age; or Dutch Miracle; prompt on Golden Age]
[10m] These structures reduced the cost of transporting books during the Dutch Golden Age. One of these projects in the US was dubbed “Clinton’s Folly.”
ANSWER: canals [or artificial waterways] (The second clue refers to the Erie Canal.)
[10e] The prominent Dutch House of Elzevir published a noted New Testament in this language, whose Koine (“koy-NAY”) variety was used to produce the Septuagint (“sep-TOO-uh-jint”) and was spoken during the Hellenistic period.
ANSWER: Classical Greek [accept Koine Greek]
<Michael Bentley, History - European - 1500-1900> ~20764~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 21.67 | 97% | 89% | 31% |