Packet F: Bonus 11
Answer the following about zany theories of plant communication from the 1970s, for 10 points each.
[10e] IBM chemist Marcel Vogel drew on this movement to theorize plant communication via energies and crystals. This broad two-word movement that arose in the West in the 1970s involves esoteric spiritual and healing practices.
ANSWER: New Age
[10m] New Age ideas informed an album for plants by Mort Garson titled Mother Earth’s Plantasia, which primarily uses this instrument. Wendy Carlos used this instrument to record the album Switched-On Bach.
ANSWER: Moog (“mohg”) synthesizer [prompt on synthesizers or synths]
[10h] The book The Secret Life of Plants drew on experiments by Cleve Backster that used these devices to theorize that plants have ESP. William Marston, who also created Wonder Woman, invented a prototype of these devices.
ANSWER: polygraphs [or lie detectors]
<TM, Other Academic> | Packet F - Chicago C, McGill C, WashU A, Chicago B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 16.35 | 58% | 61% | 45% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWRU A | Ohio State B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CWRU B | Ohio State C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michigan A | Michigan B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Michigan State | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State A | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 67% | 100% | 67% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 10 | 18.00 | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 33% | 100% | 33% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 60% | 40% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 11.11 | 33% | 44% | 33% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 75% | 63% | 38% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 67% | 50% | 17% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 50% | 50% | 100% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 11.43 | 29% | 57% | 29% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 20.00 | 63% | 63% | 75% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 0% | 25% | 50% |