| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This city names a decree that stripped Jews and Romanis of citizenship rights in the lead up to the Holocaust. From 1933 to 1938, this city hosted an annual national rally celebrating the rise of the Nazi party. A trial in this city sentenced Rudolf Hess to a life sentence in Spandau Prison and sentenced Hermann Goering to death. For ten points, name this German city where Nazi leaders were tried under a military tribunal. | Nuremberg |
| This organization was led by Gus Hall for over 40 years after he was imprisoned for violating the Smith Act. This organization's support of the August Coup prompted Angela Davis's departure, and this organization funded legal defense for the Scottsboro Boys. Forced to operate underground due to the Palmer Raids and the First Red Scare, this is, for ten points, what organization advocating for Marxism-Leninism in America? | Communist Party of the United States of America (or CPUSA) |
| This religion was revived in the 1950s by amateur archaeologist Gerald Gardner. This religion is governed by a namesake “rede” put forward by Lady Gwen Thompson stating, “an it harm none, do what ye will.” This religion draws on Celtic faith for aspects of its worship, which include the Horned God and Mother Goddess. For ten points, name this neo-pagan religion whose followers are called “Witches.” | Wicca (prompt on “Neo-Paganism” or “Paganism;” prompt on answers mentioning “Witches” or “Witchcraft”) |
| Fredric Wertham helped spark a censorship campaign for works in this medium in the book Seduction of the Innocent. It's not film, but in 1954, the industry behind this medium adopted a censorship code that forbade the use of the words “horror” or “terror” in the title. Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby rose to prominence for their work in, for ten points, what medium that originated characters such as the Crimson Avenger and Spider-Man? | Comics (or Comic Books; accept Graphic Novels) |
| A cave named for this figure lies beneath Tintagel Castle, and the Brocéliande Forest is cited as this figure’s final resting place. This figure, who in one tale was slain by the Lady of the Lake after he fell in love with her, was said to be key to the creation of Stonehenge in the Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth. This figure created the Round Table and foretold the drawing of the sword from the stone. For ten points, name this wizard of Arthurian legend. | Merlin (accept Merlin's Cave) |
| One of these facilities called Motiva came into operation after an economic boom near Spindletop field. One of these facilities on Singapore's Pulau Bukom island is operated by Royal Dutch Shell, while other examples are operated by ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco. For ten points, name these facilities where fossil fuels are transformed into products such as gasoline. | Oil Refineries (accept Petroleum Refineries; prompt on partial answers) |
| The city of Slavutych was created after this event. This event occurred during a test of the RBMK- type’s feedwater pumps, leading to a “Positive SCRAM” effect which led to a coolant leak. One structure’s positive void coefficient during this event led to thermal runaway at Reactor Number Four. Ended by namesake “liquidators”, for ten points, what was this 1986 disaster which led to the creation of an exclusion zone which includes Pripyat? | Chernobyl nuclear disaster (accept Chernobyl Meltdown and equivalents) |
| Hunter McGuire amputated this man's left arm after he was shot at his final engagement. This man’s fought as a second lieutenant in the Mexican-American War, where he besieged the city of Veracruz alongside George Meade and Robert E. Lee. This general fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, where he mounted a namesake brigade. For ten points, name this Confederate general who was killed by friendly fire at Chancellorsville. | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson) |
| This city was once called Marthasville and was nicknamed “Terminus,” as it was the endpoint of a major railway. This city was rebuilt in 1868 and designated as its state’s capital. A three-day race riot in 1906 in this city saw one hundred casualties, though this city later earned the moniker “cradle of the Civil Rights Movement.” For ten points, what Georgia city was the starting point of Sherman’s March to the Sea? | Atlanta |
| This beverage was created in Atlanta by pharmacist John Pemberton, a concoction which he called a “brain tonic and intellectual beverage.” | Coca-Cola |
| A ship named [This body of water’s] Ace sank after colliding with the Cypriot container ship Corvus J in the North Sea in 2012. The Graf Zeppelin sank during weapons testing in this body of water, and after traveling a kilometer and a half into this sea, the Vasa capsized due to the weight of its cannons. Saint Petersburg was founded in 1703 on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of, for ten points, what Northern European sea? | Baltic Sea (accept MV Baltic Ace) |
| On the southern shores of the Gulf of Finland is this national capital, historically known as Reval. | Tallinn |
| This country, whose Assembly of Constitutional Experts included Abolhassan Banisadr, was influenced by the Combatant Clergy Association since the 1980s. Mohammed Khatami was a reformist leader of this country, which has been led by the same Supreme Leader since 1989. For ten points, name this country where Ali Khamenei [[hah-MEH-nee]] succeeded the leader of a 1978 Islamic Revolution. | Islamic Republic of Iran (accept Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân, Persia, IRI) |
| The first Supreme Leader of Iran was this cleric from Qom, who said that he felt "nothing" upon returning from exile in 1979. | Ayatollah Khomeini (accept Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini) |
| The first synthetic examples of these things were created by Marc Antoine Gaudin in 1837 by fusing potash alum and adding chromium as pigment. These gems are sometimes misidentified as "spinels," including one example which was given to the Black Prince in 1367 and is one of the oldest of the Crown Jewels. Used by Ted Maiman in 1961 as the gain medium in the first optical laser, for ten points, what is this variety of corundum, known for its blood red color? | Ruby (accept Ruby Laser; accept Black Prince's Ruby) |
| One of the world’s leading producers of rubies has been this resource-rich country in Southeast Asia where political conflict with the Karen and Rohingya peoples has limited economic development. | Myanmar (accept Burma) |
| In 2010, president Barack Obama awarded this musician the third ever Gershwin Prize. Some of this musician’s collaborations include “Ebony and Ivory” with Stevie Wonder, and “FourFiveSeconds” with Rihanna and Kanye West. In 1973, along with his band Wings, this left-handed guitarist recorded the James Bond theme song “Live and Let Die.” For ten points, name this member of the Beatles who co-wrote most of their songs with John Lennon. | Paul McCartney (or Sir James Paul McCartney) |
| In 2010, Paul McCartney was honored alongside Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Bill T. Jones and Oprah Winfrey at what performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.? | The Kennedy Center (accept the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; accept the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts) |
| Michael E. Brown was called the man who "killed" this object, partly due to the discovery of Eris. This object was discovered at the Lowell Observatory, and was confirmed to be the most voluminous object in the Kuiper [[KY-per]] Belt by the New Horizons expedition. Charon [[“Sharon”]] is a moon of this object named for the Greek equivalent of Hades. For ten points, name this dwarf planet which lost its planet status in 2006. | Pluto |
| Beyond the Kuiper Belt, this area of the Solar System named for a Dutch astronomer possibly provides the ice for Halley's Comet, and is the outermost area of the Solar System. | Oort cloud |
| After elections in 1918, this body included 73 members of Sinn Féin, whose refusal to join it led to the Irish War of Independence. Rotten boroughs that had representation in this body were abolished by 1832's Great Reform Act, though until 1918 its elections continued to be a two-party contest between Liberal Whigs and Conservative Tories. For the point, name this government body divided into the House of Lords and House of Commons. | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Which British author, famous for a series of stories told at the Tabard Inn, also wrote a poem entitled “The Parliament of Fowls?” | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Abandoned refrigerators in this city were painted in messages such as "Great Plan, Aaron!" and "Heck of a job, Brownie!" as folk art. The McDonogh Three and Ruby Bridges led desegregation efforts in this city, with the latter living in its Ninth Ward, home to the lowest point below sea level in the eastern U.S. and bordering Lake Pontchartrain. For ten points, name this city, the site of a major victory for Andrew Jackson immediately following the War of 1812’s conclusion. | New Orleans (accept La Nouvelle-Orléans; accept NOLA, the Big Easy, or other nicknames; accept Battle of New Orleans) |
| New Orleans' Congo Square was a gathering place for enslaved Africans to practice this religion. Marie Laveau was known as the "queen" of this religion, which is also practiced in Haiti. | Voodoo (accept Louisiana Voodoo or New Orleans Voodoo; accept Vaudou) |
| Largest city was the site of a battle of the American Revolution just prior to the Battle of Kings Mountain? | Charlotte (accept Battle of Charlotte) |
| School integration strategy, involving certain vehicles, was approved in a 1971 case? | Busing (accept clear knowledge equivalents) |
| Durham-based university, named for a tobacco industrialist, did Rand Paul and J.B. Pritzker attend? | Duke University School of Law |
| Tailor and president was born there and was the only Southern senator to retain his seat during the Civil War? | Andrew Johnson (prompt on "Johnson") |
| City hosted the most well-known sit-ins of the Civil Rights movement? | Greensboro |
| County was named for the first English child born in the Americas? | Dare County (accept Virginia Dare) |
| Man who led Free France during the Nazi occupation. | Charles de Gaulle (or Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle) |
| French puppet nation led by Philippe Pétain. | Vichy France (or French State) |
| Representative at the Paris Peace Conference who demanded harsh German reparations. | Georges Clemenceau [[kleh-men-SOH]] (or Georges Benjamin Clemenceau) |
| Man who was elected president in 1848 and declared himself emperor in 1852. | Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (or Napoleon the Third; prompt on partial answers) |
| Man who negotiated in France's favor during the Congress of Vienna. | Prince of Talleyrand (or Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord; or 1st Prince of Benevento) |
| President who ordered the sinking of Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior. | François Mitterrand (or François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand) |
| City which has been the capital of India since 1931. | New Delhi |
| City whose Forbidden City complex once served as the seat of its emperors. | Beijing (accept Peking) |
| Country in which the Khmer Rouge were driven out of Phnom Pehn in 1979. | Kingdom of Cambodia (or Preahreacheanachakr Kampuchea) |
| City in which the Malacañang Palace was once inhabited by Ferdinand Marcos. | City of Manila |
| Former capital in which Aung San Suu Kyi [[AWNG-SAHN-SOO-CHEE]] demanded democracy at the Shwedagon Pagoda in 1988. | Yangon (accept Rangoon) |
| City in which the Faisal Mosque was funded by a Saudi king in a nation founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. | Islamabad |
| During this presidential election year, John G. Crommelin was among the vice-presidential candidates. The National States’ Rights Party ran an Arkansas Governor during this election. Of the (+) four members of the major party tickets in this election, all but Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. became president. This was the first presidential election in which Alaska participated, and it saw the defeat of a man who would later be the subject of the “Smoking Gun” tape. (*) For ten points, name this election year in which Richard Nixon lost to John F. Kennedy. | United States presidential election of 1960 |
| A type of pine named for this explorer was named during his second journey, which included the first human crossing south of the Antarctic Circle. This man called Hawai'i the (+) "Sandwich Islands" as the first European to reach them. This man's landing on Botany Bay with the HMS Endeavor marked the start of British colonization of (*) Australia. For ten points, name this explorer who names the highest peak, as well as a major strait, of New Zealand. | James Cook (accept Mount Cook; accept Captain James Cook; accept Cook Strait) |
| Following an advance through Derbend, Hulagu was ambushed by Nogai’s forces at a battle named for one of these features, pushing Hulagu back to Azerbaijan. At another battle named for one of these places, Tokhtamysh was defeated by the Golden Horde. The Battle of (+) Terek was fought along one of these features, an Eastern European example of which is the Vorskla. The field of Kulikovo was the site of a battle near one of these features known as the (*) Don. For ten points, name these bodies of water along which battles are sometimes fought. | rivers (accept Terek River; accept Vorskla River; accept Don River) |
| A series of “new villages” were created in this country as part of a large-scale resettlement plan overseen by Harold Briggs. A book by Christopher Hale refers to a massacre in this present-day country as (+) “Britain’s My Lai.” Perak was one of the earliest states affected in a conflict in this country that included the Batang Kali Massacre. Destroyers were used to attack positions in Johor during a guerilla conflict known as this country’s namesake (*) Emergency. For ten points, name this Southeast Asian country that came into existence when British Malaya combined with Sarawak and North Borneo. | Malaysia (prompt on “British Malaya” before mentioned) |
| A subplot of this play was performed as a “droll” attached to acrobatics shows during a ban on theatre. This play centers on the wedding of the mythical founder of Athens and the queen of the Amazons. The two largest moons of (+) Uranus are named for characters in this play, and the 1985 Voyager 2 space probe discovered another moon that was named for this play, (*) Puck. For ten points, name this Shakespeare comedy that features the fairies Titania and Oberon. | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Official French distances are measured from this building’s front entrance, and its treasures include the Emmanuel Bell and the Crown of Thorns. Ceremonially begun by Pope Alexander the Third, this building was later turned into the Temple of (+) Reason, and demolition was considered before the 1845 addition of a spire depicting the architect, Viollet-le-Duc [[vee-oh-LEH-luh-DOOK]], as Saint Thomas. Symbolizing Christ triumphant, a (*) Rose Window sits in this building’s famous West facade. For ten points, name this Gothic cathedral in Paris. | Notre-Dame de Paris (accept Cathedral of Notre-Dame; or Notre-Dame Cathedral) |
| Thomas Carlyle derided a possession belonging to this man as “fraudulent moonshine.” A force opposing this man fled to Stirling after being defeated the Battle of Dunbar. David Leslie of Scotland fought against this man, who defeated a force bolstered by Marmaduke Langdale and (+) Prince Rupert of the Rhine at a battle where he was assisted by Henry Ireton. This man’s body was posthumously dug up and hung, after which he was ceremonially beheaded. The battle of (*) Naseby was won by this man, who set up the Barebone’s Parliament. For ten points, name this Lord Protector of England. | Oliver Cromwell |
| After the passage of this piece of legislation, John Hughes was recommended to fill a distributor position. This act, which affected the licenses of attorneys in particular, resulted in the convening of representatives of nine (+) colonies at a namesake Congress. The terms of this act mandated that the revenue variety of the title entities were to be placed on (*) paper products. For ten points, name this 1765 taxation act that contributed to the American Revolution. | Stamp Act (accept Duties in American Colonies Act 1765) |
| This U.S. state's "Shadow Wolves" are a drug tracking unit staffed by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation. This state is where Ernesto Miranda (+) was arrested, and one sheriff from this state is known for conducting an investigation of Barack Obama's birth certificate. Joe Arpaio was sheriff in this state, where the Hoover Dam Police shares jurisdiction with neighboring (*) Nevada. For ten points, name this U.S. state, home to the Phoenix Police Department. | Arizona |
| In 1953, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first people to summit this mountain. | Mount Everest (or Sagarmatha) |