Packet 8: Bonus 13
In an adaptation of a medieval superstition, young men apprenticing in this profession were supposedly pranked into making mistakes by the demon Titivillus. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this profession that employed apprentices referred to as “devils.” Johann Fust, a goldsmith who employed people in this profession, was briefly imprisoned for witchcraft after selling his wares to King Louis XI.
ANSWER: printer [accept type setter or typist; accept other answers involving a printing press worker]
[10e] Titivillus was blamed for the printing error of “thou shall commit adultery” in editions of a Bible that used an English translation commissioned in 1611 by this ruler, who also published the treatise Daemonologie.
ANSWER: James I of England [or James VI of Scotland; prompt on James]
[10h] A stigmatized black “printer’s devil” in Venice worked for this printer, who produced Greek versions of the Bible. This printer invented italic type for his small books called libelli portatiles.
ANSWER: Aldus Manutius [or Aldo Manuzio]
<EC, European History> | NAFTA-Packet-8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✕ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✕ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✕ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |