| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Chittenden was the leader of this republic, which in 1777 became the first place in North America to abolish slavery. This republic, which was initially called "New Connecticut," minted the phrase "stella quarta decima" onto its coins, meaning the "fourteenth star." The New Hampshire Grants caused the formation of this republic, which counted among its generals the war hero Ethan Allen. For the point, name this republic-turned-U.S. state, home of the Green Mountain Boys. | Vermont |
| This empire was founded after the defeat of Sumanguru at the Battle of Kirina. This empire was expanded out of the Mandinka territory by Sundiata Keita, and a later monarch of this empire patronized Sankore University and devalued gold in Egypt during a hajj. For the point, name this West African empire that peaked under Mansa Musa. | Mali Empire |
| Thomas Jesup feigned a truce to capture two leaders from this tribe who had moved to the Great Cypress Swamp. The Miccosukee Tribe is an offshoot of this tribe, which was forcibly relocated after the Treaty of Payne’s Landing. For the point, name this tribe that was the subject of three namesake wars in Florida and was led by Osceola. | Seminole (accept Seminole Wars) |
| Lectures at the Workers and Peasants' Bloc were delivered by this artist, who was imprisoned during the regime of Miguel Primo de Rivera. A letter in which this man proclaimed his support of the Falange resulted in severed ties with Luis Buñuel. For the point, name this Surrealist who was likely influenced by contemporary Spanish politics when painting The Persistence of Memory. | Salvador Dalí |
| This city’s Strathclyde Police division was dubbed the “Serious Chimes Squad” in response to their failure to contain gang violence. Refrigerated trucks were used to sell drugs in this city during its so-called Ice Cream War. This British city rose to prominence for its shipbuilding along the River Clyde. For the point, name this city, the largest in Scotland. | Glasgow |
| This country's Muhoozi Kainerugaba [[KY-nehr-ooh-GAH-bah]] has been dubbed the "tweeting general," and he was fired by his father, Yoweri Museveni, after offering 100 cattle as a bride price for Giorgia Meloni. Benjamin Netanyahu's father was killed while rescuing hostages in this country's Entebbe Airport, which sits on the shores of Lake Victoria. For the point, name this East African country that was led by long- time dictator Idi Amin. | Republic of Uganda |
| This figure, who sponsored Herod the Great’s governorship in Judea, was outmaneuvered at the Battle of Pharsalus. This man was shortchanged by an ally who didn’t supply the troops promised in the Treaty of Tarentum before launching an invasion of Parthia. This man was defeated at Actium after forming a Second Triumvirate with Lepidus and Octavian. For the point, name this Roman who committed suicide with Cleopatra. | Marc Antony (accept Marcus Antonius, but prompt on only partial answers) |
| A mention of the Mawlamyine Pagoda can be found in a work by this author focusing on a soldier in colonial Burma. The Great Game provides the setting for a work by this author of "Mandalay" and "The Man Who Would Be King." Born in the British Raj, this is, for the point, what author of Kim and The Jungle Book? | Rudyard Kipling (or Joseph Rudyard Kipling) |
| Members of this tribe were interned at Bosque Redondo after being forced to take the Long Walk. The traditional homeland of this tribe is known as Dinétah. During World War Two and the Korean War, speakers of this tribe’s language were employed as code talkers in the Pacific Theater. For the point, name this Southwest Native American group, whose reservation takes up most of Northeast Arizona. | Navajo (accept Diné before “Dinetah,” but prompt after) |
| A belief regarding the position of the Twelve-Mile Circle relative to New Castle contributed to the ambiguities that led to this project, which arose after a charter granted to William Penn conflicted with one issued by Charles the First. Creating a cultural demarcation between the free and slave states, for the point, what is this project that defined the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania? | Mason–Dixon line (accept Mason and Dixon Line; accept Mason's and Dixon's Line) |
| A campaign for this region was framed as a restoration of the Visigothic Kingdom, which was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate. This region’s last Islamic state was ruled by the Nasrids from Granada before its defeat, which ended the Reconquista. While under Muslim rule, this peninsula was known as Al Andalus. For the point, name this peninsula where Muslim forces captured cities like Barcelona and Lisbon. | Iberian Peninsula (anti-prompt on “Spain” or “Portugal”) |
| In this decade, the Haymarket Affair in Chicago, prompted with the goal of creating an eight-hour work day, resulted in the deaths of six people. During this decade, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland. For the point, name this decade when the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law by U.S. President Chester Arthur. | 1880s (prompt on “’80s”) |
| While in New York, this man wrote the open letter “A Proclamation to the Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Army.” Alongside Ethan Allen, this man led the Green Mountain boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga. Simultaneously with Richard Montgomery’s expedition across Lake Champlain, this man led an army from Maine to siege Quebec City. For the point, name this Revolutionary War general who later failed in his plot to betray West Point to the British. | Benedict Arnold |
| In Classical times, the kings of this city traced their descent to the Heracleidae [[heh-rah-KLY-deh]] who deposed Orestes’ son Tisamenus. Herodotus credits Queen Gorgo with defending this city from Persian attack by uncovering a message concealed by wax. For the point, name this Greek city-state, whose people’s proverbially “laconic” speech is exemplified by the recorded reply, “Come and take them.” | Sparta |
| This project was first sketched out by Jesse Hawley while in debtor’s prison. This project was mostly superseded by the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Opponents of this project disparaged it as a "Folly" and "Big Ditch” of New York governor Dewitt Clinton. For the point, name this man-made waterway that connects the Hudson River to a namesake Great Lake. | Erie Canal |
| During a famous event at this location, Bernard-René de Launay was killed. This building was later demolished by a panel including Pierre-François Palloy, appointed by the Permanent Committee of the Hôtel de Ville. For the point, name this fortress, stormed by a crowd on July 14, 1789, beginning the French Revolution. | Bastille Saint-Antoine |
| The oldest corporation in North America is named for this explorer, who was mutinied by his crew while trying to find the Northwest Passage. This explorer led an expedition to Albany along a waterway that’s now named for him. For the point, name this English explorer and commander of the Half Moon who names a large bay in Northeast Canada and a river in New York. | Henry Hudson (accept Hudson’s Bay Company; accept Hudson Bay) |
| Due to its Temporary Provisions, this country only held one official legislature between 1947 and 1991. That "Non-Reelected Congress," was dominated by a party in this country which organized the White Terror. This country’s February 28 Massacre was not acknowledged by the ruling Nationalist Party until 1995. Originally founded by the Kuomintang, for the point, name this country that in 1949 established its capital at Taipei. | Taiwan (accept Chunghwa Minkuo or Republic of China, do not accept or prompt on "PRC") |
| Thousands of women traveled to this place to protest high bread prices during the October March. After its primary resident was forced to move to the capital, the National Convention moved all of the artwork from this place to the Louvre. This place is home to the Ambassador’s Staircase and the Hall of Mirrors. For the point, name this French palace where Louis the Fourteenth lived. | Palace of Versailles |
| This state is home to both the National Wrestling and USA Softball Halls of Fame. One university’s sports teams in this state are named for settlers who were quick to settle during a land rush, the Sooners. The largest university in this state has long competed against the University of Texas in the annual Red River Showdown. For the point, name this state, which an NBA team moved to and then took the name the Thunder. | Oklahoma (accept Oklahoma Sooners; accept University of Oklahoma; accept Oklahoma Thunder) |
| In this country's "golden belt," oil exploration expanded due to the efforts of Edward Laurence Doheny. Roughly one third of tax revenues in this country come from its state-owned oil company, PEMEX, founded by Lázaro Cárdenas. With early oil shipments leaving from Tampico, this is, for the point, what country where a 1932 oil discovery was made near Veracruz? | Mexico (or United Mexican States; or Estados Unidos Mexicanos) |
| This man was the first Hanover ruler who was a native English speaker, and a rumor about this man claimed he accidentally shook hands with a tree he thought was the King of Prussia. This longest-ruling king of Great Britain was the subject of 27 grievances chiefly drafted by Thomas Jefferson. For the point, name this king who ruled the UK during the American Revolution. | King George the Third (prompt on "George") |
| A conspiracy about a Bulgarian motive for attacking this man was called "disinformation as news" in the book Manufacturing Consent. The Grey Wolves claimed responsibility for the attempted assassination of this man by Mehmet Ali Agca [[AHD-jah]]. This man claimed that attempt on his life was predicted by Our Lady of Fatima. For the point, name this Polish pope who preceded Benedict the Sixteenth. | Pope John Paul the Second (or Karol Wojtyła; prompt on “John Paul”; do not accept “Paul” or “John” alone) |
| A 2011 earthquake in this country saw widespread liquefaction in and around Christchurch. Large flightless birds named moas went extinct in this country, though it has achieved conservation successes in saving its native kiwi birds. The Māori people inhabit, for the point, what South Pacific country, whose capital is named for the Duke of Wellington? | New Zealand |
| This president signed the No Child Left Behind Act and nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. This president was informed of one tragedy while reading The Pet Goat, and he narrowly won the presidency after beating Al Gore. For the point, name this president who served during the 9/11 attacks and the start of the War in Iraq. | George W. Bush (prompt on partial answers; do not accept "George H. W. Bush") |
| Extensive graffiti art can be found in a neighborhood of this city known as Wynwood. Following a revolution in the 1950s, immigrants from a nearby country flocked to this city, which was founded by Julia Tuttle, leading to a portion being named Little Havana. Close to Palm Beach, this city is found in Dade County. For the point, name this major city of South Florida. | City of Miami |
| This god’s power was challenged several times, including once by Typhon, who fought this Greek god for control over the universe. In Homer’s Iliad, another unsuccessful conspiracy to overthrow this Olympian was devised by Hera, Poseidon, and Athena. For the point, name this Greek king of the gods symbolized by an eagle and a thunderbolt. | Zeus (prompt on “Jupiter”) |
| The Self-Defense Force was established in 1954 in this country, where the Liberal Democratic Party operates. The 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake resulted in a sharp decline in this country’s Nikkei 225 index. For the point, name this country where prime minister Shinzo Abe [[AH-beh]] was recently assassinated in Nara Prefecture. | Japan (or Nippon-koku; or Nihon-koku) |
| Observations by Giovanni Schiaparelli [[skah-pah-REH-lee]] and Charles Burton popularized a theory that this celestial body possessed an elaborate system of canals. This celestial body was visited by the Viking probes and the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers. For the point, name this fourth planet from the Sun, the destination of many proposed manned missions. | Mars |
| Following a summit held in Reykjavik, this man and the leader of another country signed the INF Treaty. The Strategic Defense Initiative was developed under this fiscally conservative president who names a form of supply-side economics. For the point, name this Republican president through much of the 1980s. | Ronald Reagan (or Ronald Wilson Reagan; accept Reaganomics) |
| One ruler of this country formed an alliance with Philip of Swabia and led a campaign to subdue the Angevins. Philip Augustus was the first man to style himself king of this country, whose monarchy was overthrown after the Tennis Court Oath. For the point, name this country whose last king, Louis the Sixteenth, was executed during its Revolution. | France |