Packet 9: Bonus 5
To create page numbers and indexes, this order developed a numerical system that could represent any number from 1 to 9,999 with a single glyph. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this order that developed out of a reform movement led by Robert of Molesme (“moh-LAME”) in the 12th century. This order developed new hydraulic technologies to utilize the farmlands it acquired around abbeys like Clairvaux.
ANSWER: Cistercians [or the Order of Cistercians or Ordo Cisterciensis; accept the Bernardines or the White Monks]
[10e] The Cistercian monk Bernard of Clairvaux also fostered this military order, which developed a form of banking to protect pilgrims. The Church forcibly disbanded this order in 1312.
ANSWER: Knights Templar [or the Templars or Templar Order; accept Order of Solomon’s Temple; accept Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon]
[10h] The Cistercian order was founded with an oath of poverty at this abbey. The General Chapter assembly of the Cistercians met in this abbey, which developed a cheese-making business that still operates today.
ANSWER: Cîteaux (“see-toe”) Abbey [or Abbaye de Cîteaux]
<EC, European History> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 14.76 | 86% | 60% | 2% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas I founded the Abbasids | The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UBC A | UBC B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
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 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 6.00 | 40% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 83% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |