Bonus
You are an executive at a luxury fashion brand that is struggling to expand. For 10 points each:
[10e] You might debut designs at this north Italian city’s Fashion Week, one of the “Big Four.” The opera house La Scala is in this capital city of Lombardy.
ANSWER: Milan [or Milano]
[10m] You could start one of these fashion lines, such as McQ for Alexander McQueen, that offer mass-market versions of high-end items. They share their name with a physical process whose namesake parabolic PDE is, in some cases, identical to the heat equation.
ANSWER: diffusion lines [or diffusion brands; or diffusion equation; accept bridge lines; prompt on secondary lines]
[10h] You might seek to get acquired by this French holding company, which was founded by a timber magnate. This rival of LVMH owns luxury brands such as Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and Balenciaga.
ANSWER: Kering [prompt on Pinault S.A. or Pinault-Printemps-Redoute or PPR by asking “what is its current name?”]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | NYU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Florida | British Columbia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia State | Ottawa | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech | Toronto C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | Winona State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| LSE | Waterloo B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina A | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina B | RIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Michigan | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Rutgers | WUSTL A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Maryland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Virginia | Cornell B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WUSTL B | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Waterloo A | Northwestern | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Yale | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 14.58 | 100% | 38% | 8% |