Packet 6: Tossup 13

A book partly titled for this state of mind considers the symbolism of the Madonna’s body in an essay on Giovanni Bellini. This mental state partly titles Judith Butler’s book on Hegel in 20th-century France, (15[1])which analyzes Alexandre Kojève’s view of it as the root of self-consciousness. (-5[1])A vector of this state crosses a signifying chain (15[1])in a namesake graph (15[1])in the Écrits. (15[1])Julia Kristeva outlined (-5[1])a semiotic approach to art in a book on (-5[1])this state “in Language.” The view of this state as a lack (-5[2])is opposed by a “factory” model of its production in (15[1])(*) Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus. This state fuels a scapegoat mechanism in René Girard’s mimetic (10[2])theory (10[1])of it. (10[2])Jacques (10[2]-5[1])Lacan’s (10[1])objet petit a (10[1])is the unattainable (10[1])object of this state. For 10 points, (10[1])what state of wanting (-5[1])is satisfied in Freud’s theory of wish fulfillment? ■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: desire [or word forms like desiring; or désir; accept wunsch or wishing before “wish” is read; accept desiring-production; accept Desire in Language; accept Subjects of Desire; reject “love” or “Eros”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jordan Brownstein(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseballThe tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.3415
John MarvinChicago !AExecute Order 6 746-5
Nathan ZhangHabitat 67Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett5515
Joel MilesQuebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'Muscle Mass Extinction Event5915
Eric ChenNot Old! (Old)Team 76215
Rahul KeyalUntitled Keyal TeamNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)65-5
Grant LiShipping Down from BallstonThe "C" Team74-5
Jamie BurchettDour StraitsDielectrical Materialism86-5
Liam MarklandThe Unbearable Heaviness of History PlayersAbbas I founded the Abbasids86-5
Albert NyangNo Country for Old QuizzersThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the Easy9615
Neil GurramConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.Team 811010
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford B11010
Michael BucknallCopán SeetheDavid Foster Gromit11110
Caroline MaoNoah Sheidlower Six Quizbowlers in Search of Owen Minmo11310
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordStanford ABerkeley B11310
Jakob MyersIndianaIn the Mood for Transportation Equipment11410
Justin WytmarNYU ANegged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and Gambinos114-5
Sriram SusarlaUBC BUBC A11410
Andrew HartBHSUInvective Against Swans11510
Mike Bentley1000000 DelinquentsNorthwestern11810
Ben LaFondVacuous TortoiseC R A B S12110
Daoud JacksonH Charlson's Washed Up ScrubsA Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever12810
John UyIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wifePolish Orthographers Posting Their Łs132-5
Akshar GoyalExecute Order 6 7Chicago !A14110
Hazel DePreist-SullivanNegged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and GambinosNYU A14110
Cade ReinbergerThe "C" TeamShipping Down from Ballston14110
Tosca ZhangNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)Untitled Keyal Team14110
Sam MooreDielectrical MaterialismDour Straits14110
Rasheeq AzadPolish Orthographers Posting Their ŁsIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wife1410
Justin QianAbbas I founded the AbbasidsThe Unbearable Heaviness of History Players14110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%25%0%98.75
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%50%127.50
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/2026475%25%50%114.33
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%33%33%114.00
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%20%40%123.60
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%0%40%132.00
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%0%33%130.67
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20254100%25%25%121.50
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%33%17%96.83
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%20%60%118.20
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/2025250%0%50%111.00