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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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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateNYU100010E
Chicago BIowa State100010E
Columbia AIndiana10101030EMH
FloridaBritish Columbia1010020EM
Georgia StateOttawa1010020EM
Georgia TechToronto C100010E
Illinois AToronto A100010E
Illinois BWinona State1010020EM
Johns HopkinsMinnesota100010E
LSEWaterloo B100010E
MITToronto B1010020EM
North Carolina AUC Berkeley A100010E
North Carolina BRIT100010E
Ohio StateMichigan1010020EM
RutgersWUSTL A100010E
StanfordChicago A1010020EM
TexasHarvard100010E
UCFMaryland100010E
VanderbiltColumbia B1001020EH
VirginiaCornell B100010E
Virginia TechCornell A100010E
WUSTL BUC Berkeley B1010020EM
Waterloo ANorthwestern1010020EM
YalePenn State100010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2414.58100%38%8%