Packet 5: Bonus 20
Answer the following about the French artist Jacques Carelman, who parodied Manufrance mail-order items in his whimsical Catalog of Unfindable Objects, for 10 points each.
[10h] The best-known of Carleman’s designs may be one of these objects “for masochists” that hurts the operator with every use. “User-centered design” was popularized by a book whose cover depicts that one of these objects.
ANSWER: coffeepot [or cafetière; accept the Coffeepot for Masochists; accept teapot or kettle; accept percolator; prompt on pot] (The book is Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things.)
[10e] In a sequel catalog, Carelman drew La Semeuse playing tennis on one of his unfindable examples of these objects. An upside-down plane appears on the Inverted Jenny, one of these objects sought by philatelists.
ANSWER: postage stamps [or timbres-poste; accept Catalogue de timbres-poste introuvables]
[10m] Carelman’s work reviving Ouxpo led to his appointment as regent of this field’s college, where he held a chair in “helicology,” the study of Ubu’s belly. Alfred Jarry founded this “science of imaginary solutions.”
ANSWER: ‘pataphysics [or ‘pataphysique; accept Collège de 'Pataphysique]
<HA, Other Academic> | NAFTA-Packet-5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 18.06 | 94% | 68% | 19% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lex | [Redacted] | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maybe Ever | WashU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | W&L+Friend | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | St. Marx | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |