| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| People prosecuted under this law included the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions argued this bill and a similar act were unconstitutional. Malicious (+) statements about the federal government were prohibited by, (*) for the points, what law passed by the Adams administration and paired with two "Alien" acts? | Sedition Act (accept Alien and Sedition Act[s]) |
| Abdel Hakim Amer withheld a dispatch from this leader and sent troops to Sinai without his authorization to start the Six Day’s War. This man sparked (+) an international crisis by attempting to nationalize the Suez Canal. (*) For the points, name this Pan-Arabist who served for fourteen years as the second president of Egypt | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| This author covered the Nazi takeover of Germany in his Pulitzer prize-winning novel, Dragon’s Teeth. This man produced a novel about workers in Chicago’s Union (+) Stock Yards that was described by Jack London as the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin of (*) wage slavery.” For the points, name this American Socialist, muckraker, and author of The Jungle. | Upton Sinclair (or Upton Beall Sinclair Jr.) |
| This general oversaw an amphibious landing at Veracruz and a subsequent march to Mexico City. This officer proposed splitting the Confederacy in two (+) by taking the Mississippi River and enacting a naval blockade in what was dubbed the (*) Anaconda Plan. For the points, name this Union general nicknamed “Old Fuss and Feathers.” | Winfield Scott |
| Officials from this company bribed the federal government in the Crédit Mobilier scandal. This company built its original line from Council Bluffs in Iowa to the (*) "Golden Spike" in modern-day Utah. For the points, name this railroad company that built the eastern half of the original Transcontinental Railroad. | Union Pacific Railroad Company (prompt on partial answers) |
| This person was the namesake of a caliphate founded in the early tenth century by Al-Mahdi Billah. Some Shia Muslims regard this person as one of the (+) Fourteen Infallibles, alongside a certain prophet and the Twelve Imams. (*) For the points, name this woman, the daughter of Muhammad and wife of the fourth caliph, Ali. | Fatimah bint Muhammad (or Fatimah al-Zahra; accept al-Zahra) |
| The Miskito people live in this Central American country. In this country, a group of rebels named for their intention of waging a “counter-revolution” (+) fought against a party once led by Daniel Ortega. (*) For the points, name this country whose FSLN members were better known as the Sandinistas. | Republic of Nicaragua |
| A vermilion cross against a white background adorned the shield of this man, who requested to die after being overcome by the presence of Joseph of Arimathea. This man (+) was born after his mother, Elaine, tricked his father into thinking she was his mistress, Guinevere. (*) Described as a pure man, for the points, who is this knight and son of Lancelot? | Sir Galahad |
| This figure spent 35 years in charge of a certain National Council that promoted the goal of “Arab Unity.” This figure's involvement with the (+) Oslo Accords resulted in a shared Nobel Peace Prize with Shimon Peres and (*) Yitzhak Rabin. For the points, name this man who led the Palestinian Liberation Organization from 1969-2004. | Yasser Arafat |
| Oscar H. Banker became known as "the man who made" this politician after one company adopted the automatic transmission. The Chevrolet Corvair was criticized (+) in a work by this man titled Unsafe at Any Speed. Receiving nearly three percent of the (*) vote during the 2000 election, this is, for the points, what former presidential candidate for the Green Party? | Ralph Nader |
| This man declared "Let every elderly person, woman, and child lie by the roadside in safety" in the Law of the Splintered (*) Paddle. This ruler’s victory at the Battle of Kawela led to him securing the island of (+) Molokai. For the points, name this “Great” king of Hawai'i. | Kamehameha the First (accept Kamehameha the Great; prompt on "Kamehameha") |
| This city is home to the oldest and only still extant Wonder of the Ancient World. Khafre’s (+) face is depicted on this city’s Great (*) Sphinx, which overlooks the massive tomb of Khufu. For the points, name this Egyptian city that is home to a set of three Great Pyramids. | Giza |
| This man supported the policy of nullification through his state’s namesake Exposition and Protest. This man served as (+) vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. (*) For the point, identify this South Carolina politician who formed a powerful trio in the Senate with Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. | John Caldwell Calhoun |
| This politician established what’s often called the “modern welfare state” on the encouragement of the Beveridge Report. In his best-known office, (+) this politician succeeded, and was succeeded by, Winston Churchill. (*) For the points, name this British Prime Minister from the Labour Party who served toward the end of World War Two. | Clement Attlee |
| This man’s most important book recounts the history of an empire from the arrival of Aeneas to the death of Drusus (+) the Elder. This man was the subject of a set of Discourses written by (*) Macchiavelli. (*) For the points, name this Roman historian who wrote From the Founding of the City. | Titus Livy (or Titus Livius) |
| One text in this field, known as the Rosary of the Philosophers, depicted aqua regia as a green lion eating the sun. This (+) field was concerned with the synthesis of its Great Work, the philosopher’s stone. (*) For the points, name this proto-scientific discipline that attempted to turn lead into gold. | Alchemy (accept al-kīmiyā; or khumeia) |
| This battle, codenamed Operation Chromite, was dubbed “Operation Common Knowledge” in Japanese media. This surprise attack (+) was orchestrated by Douglas MacArthur and successfully breached the Pusan Perimeter. (*) For the points, name this amphibious assault on a namesake Korean city on the Han River, near Seoul. | Battle of Incheon |
| In this year Dewitt Clinton was re-elected governor of New York and pushed for the development of the Erie Canal, which opened five years later. In this year Maine (+) became a state, one year before Missouri was admitted. (*) For the points, identify this year in which James Monroe was elected, extending the Era of Good Feelings. | 1820 (accept Election of 1820) |
| A man who legendarily stared at a wall for nine years while developing this specific religious tradition is said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep. The Gateless (+) Gate contains many examples of statements used in this tradition called koans. (*) For the points, name this tradition of meditation-based Buddhism. | Zen Buddhism (or Chan; prompt on “Buddhism”) |
| This nation’s independence resulted in a different country becoming the world’s most populous landlocked country. Prior to (+) the independence of South Sudan, this was the most recent African country to gain independence. (*) For the points, name this country that split off from Ethiopia. | State of Eritrea (accept Hagere Ertra) |
| This object was made with an unusually short handle because the individuals who crafted it, Eitri and Brokkr, were distracted by (+) Loki. During Ragnarok, this weapon will be used to kill the World Serpent. A common pendant in (*) Norse folk religion, for the points, what is this hammer of Thor? | Mjolnir (accept Thor’s Hammer before “Hammer;” prompt on “Hammer” before mentioned) |
| President Franklin Pierce, a friend of this author, first discovered that he had died. The Blithedale Romance, (+) a novel by this man, was inspired by his experiences with Brook Farm, a utopian commune near Boston. (*) For the points, name this American author of The Scarlett Letter. | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Many natives of this island have recently emigrated across the South Atlantic to the Falkland Islands. Named for the mother of Constantine the Great, (+) this island became the residence of a man who had once been exiled on Elba. (*) For the points, name this island where Napoleon died in exhale after the Battle of Waterloo. | Saint Helena |
| During this country’s war for independence, the Army of the Andes won the Battle of Chacabuco. A majority of the (+) Mapuche people live in this country, whose southern tip was explored by the captain of the (*) Pelican. For the points, name this country where Francis Drake led an attack on Valparaiso near its capital of Santiago. | Republic of Chile (accept República de Chile) |
| This vessel performed Operation Sunshine, making it the first to ever cross the North Pole. Dennis Wilkinson commanded (+) this vessel, which broke numerous submersible records in its first year. (*) For the points, name this paradigm-shifting naval vessel, the first nuclear-powered submarine. | USS Nautilus |
| The last of American example of this class of vessel is located at the San Jacinto Monument. Three of these objects operated by Austria-Hungary were largely rendered ineffective by the Otranto Barrage in the (+) Adriatic Sea. First introduced by the Royal Navy in 1906, these objects were designed with the “All Big Guns” strategy. (*) For the points, name these massive World War One era battleships. | Dreadnoughts (accept HMS Dreadnought, prompt on “battleships”; prompt on “warships”) |
| During this broad conflict, a wounded George Findlater played bagpipes during the capture of Dargai Heights. Early in this conflict, Wazir Akbar Khan destroyed a force led by William Elphinstone, (+) who had defeated his father, Dost Mohammad Khan, near the Khyber Pass. (*) For the points, name this Victorian-era proxy war between the Russian and British empires in modern Afghanistan and Central Asia. | Great Game (accept Tirah Expedition/Campaign before “Wazir”; accept Anglo-Afghan War before “proxy”; prompt on descriptions of a conflict between Britain and Russia in Central Asia or Afghanistan) |
| In this battle, the newly created Steppe Front acted as a reserve under the command of Ivan Konev. Operation Kutuzov was the response to Operation Citadel, (+) a German offensive which opened this battle. A loss for Erich von Manstein to Soviet forces, (*) for the points, what summer 1943 battle is widely considered the largest tank battle in history? | Battle of Kursk (prompt on Battle of "Prokhorovka") |
| The beginning of this artistic period dates to the rise to power of the Diadochi [[dee-ah-DOH- kee]]. During this period, vibrant, energetic art rose up, including statues such as the Boxer at Rest and Dying Gaul. During this artistic period, a dialect called (+) Koine [[KOY-nay]] spread through much of the Mediterranean world. (*) For the points, name this period during which figures such as Euclid expanded scientific knowledge in Greece after the death of Alexander the Great. | Hellenistic period (accept synonyms for "period" such as age, era, time; prompt on “Ancient” or “Greek” – do not accept or prompt on “Classical”) |
| This city's 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests saw a white hotel owner allegedly let an alligator into a pool being used by Black Civil Rights activists. Oil executive Henry (+) Flagler developed the historic Hotel Alcazar and Hotel Ponce de Leon in this seat of St. Johns County, which was founded by the Spanish in 1565. (*) For the points, name this oldest continually-inhabited European settlement in the United States. | St. Augustine |
| This country is home to the Olduvai Gorge where anthropologists Mary and Louis Leakey discovered dozens of hominid fossils. The "Four Year War" between the Kahama and Kasakela in this country disrupted research conducted at the (+) Gombe Stream by Jane Goodall. (*) Julius Nyerere formerly led, for the points, what East African country that was formed by a merger between Zanzibar and Tanganyika? | United Republic of Tanzania (or Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) |
| Forces from this region won the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302. A city in this region has held a Cat Festival known as Kattenstoet near the tower of the Cloth Hall, which houses a statue that honors a count of this region, Albert I. As part of the (+) Eighty Years War, this region experienced “The Spanish Fury” in 1576, the biggest massacre in the history of the (*) Low Countries. For the points, name this region in which the Battle of Ypres was fought in Northwestern Belgium. | Flanders (prompt on "Belgium" until mentioned; accept Vlaanderen) |