| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This city is home to the corner of State and Madison, which was once the busiest intersection in the world. This city was the origin of the Pullman Strike (+), given its central location on the national railroad system. (*) For the points, name this Midwestern city that endured an 1871 fire and hosted the World's Columbian Exposition. | Chicago (accept Great Chicago Fire; accept Chicago’s World’s Fair) |
| An act of Congress concerning this process is often named for Philip Hart and Emmanuel Celler. A large-scale occurrence of this process (+) prompted passage of the 1921 Emergency Quota Act, which restricted the influx of Southern and (*) Eastern Europeans. For the points, name this process by which individuals re-located to the United States. | Immigration to the United States of America (accept word forms) |
| This school was known as the Collegiate School when its charter passed in 1701. One of this university’s presidents, Noah Porter, (+) claimed its expansion would counter a mission set forth by its founding Congregationalist clergy. George H.W. and (*) George W. Bush graduated from, for the points, what Ivy League research university in Connecticut? | Yale University |
| One sequel by this author involves the main character exploring the mystery of a letter stolen from the French queen. C. Auguste Dupin (+) identifies an escaped orangutan as the murderer of two women in one story by, (*) for the points, what author who innovated the detective story with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue?" | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Lack of trade interest from the Nez Perce in this U.S. state caused the failure of a Hudson Bay Company settlement near Lewiston. Shoshone (+) words were used to name this state’s cities of Pocatello and (*) Nampa. For the points, name this U.S. state where gold prospectors expelled Native Americans from Boise. | Idaho |
| This company’s primary studio was occupied by Allied Forces, during which time it produced the film Victory Through Air Power. (+) Richard Berger was ousted by this company after the creation of Touchstone Pictures. (*) For the points, name this film studio that produced Steamboat Willie and other cartoons starring Mickey Mouse. | Walt Disney Studios |
| One of the first planetariums in the Western Hemisphere can be found in an Institute named for this man within Logan Circle. A science museum (+) dedicated to this man contains murals of his electricity experiment with a (*) kite. For the points, name this Founding Father and polymath, the first postmaster general. | Benjamin Franklin (accept The Franklin Institute; accept Benjamin Franklin Museum) |
| This war included the use of submarines such as the H. L. Hunley. During this war, David Farragut apocryphally said “damn the torpedoes, full speed (+) ahead.” The Anaconda Plan was proposed by Winfield Scott at the beginning of (*), for the points, what war that included the use of the CSS Shenandoah by the Confederate Navy? | American Civil War |
| A man being transported from a police department in this city was killed by the nightclub owner Jack Ruby. (+) The Warren Commission investigated an event in this city, during which a book depository was used as a sniper's nest by (*) Lee Harvey Oswald. For the points, name this Texas city where John F. Kennedy was assassinated. | Dallas |
| Four college students were killed while protesting this event in the Kent State Massacre. Demonstrators against this conflict protested (+) by burning their draft cards. The Johnson administration escalated, (*) for the points, what highly unpopular war fought in a southeast Asian country? | Vietnam War (accept the U.S. Invasion of Cambodia) |