Packet 9: Bonus 4
Answer the following about early innovations in the cinematic use of split screen, for 10 points each.
[10e] A celebrated triangular split screen during a phone call appears in a 1913 short titled for this concept by Lois Weber. Alfred Hitchcock was nicknamed the “master of” this concept that he contrasted with surprise.
ANSWER: suspense
[10m] A man of this title profession dreams of a mother and daughter who appear in a circular split screen in a 1903 short by Edwin S. Porter. Bumbling men of this profession host a disastrous ball in a Czech film by Miloš Forman.
ANSWER: fireman [or firemen; or firefighter; accept fire department or fire brigade; accept Life of an American Fireman or The Firemen’s Ball]
[10h] This director invented the Polyvision system for a multi-colored, panoramic triptych scene that required three projectors. A 1927 historical epic by this director partly inspired a legendary never-made film by Stanley Kubrick.
ANSWER: Abel Gance [or Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon] (The epic is Napoleon.)
<TM, Other Visual Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 17.86 | 98% | 52% | 29% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybe Ever | WashU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | Lex | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| [Redacted] | St. Marx | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | W&L+Friend | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |