Question
Martha Nussbaum styled a speech praising the virtues of both of these foods on Hecuba’s Lament from The Trojan Women. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two foods that are contrasted in an annual mock-academic debate hosted at the University of Chicago. One of these foods is often topped with applesauce while the other is often filled with lekvar.
ANSWER: latkes AND hamantash [accept Latke–Hamantash debate; accept hamantashen, homentash, homentashn, Haman’s pockets, Haman’s ears, or oznei Haman in place of “hamantash”; prompt on potato pancakes in place of “latkes”]
[10e] During his speech at the Latke–Hamantash debate, Michael Silverstein noted that it wasn’t a coincidence that the English translation of the letters on these four-sided Hanukkah tops spell out “Tums.”
ANSWER: dreidel [or dreidle]
[10m] Allan Bloom’s contribution to the debate joked that the Latke–Hamantash conflict was orchestrated by this New Jersey-based company, the world’s largest matzo producer. It dominates the kosher wine market along with Kedem.
ANSWER: Manischewitz [or The Manischewitz Company]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago A | Ohio State A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago C | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia A | Harvard A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Duke A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Iowa State A | Claremont A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Florida B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| MIT A | Minnesota A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Maryland A | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| McGill A | South Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan A | Houston A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU A | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn State A | Virginia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue A | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Cornell A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Texas A | Indiana A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto A | Cornell B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UC Berkeley A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Vanderbilt A | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| WUSTL B | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Florida A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale B | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |