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| One leader of this country, Ignacio Comonfort, attempted to dispose of its constitution in the Plan of Tacubaya. Félix María Zuloaga led the Conservatives in the Reform War in this country, which later saw Plutarco Calles [[KAH-yes]] spark the Cristero War by attempting to disempower the Catholic Church. The indigenous Zapotec Benito Juarez once led, for the point, what Latin American country directly south of the United States? | Mexico (or United Mexican States; or |
| Several demobilized Bosniaks formed a unit with this distinctive gear in 1992. Paratroopers in the Overseas War were the first Portuguese soldiers to receive camo uniforms, as well as this piece of gear. A group with this signature fashion has “Silver wings upon their chest,” according to a namesake “Ballad” by Barry Sadler. Worn by British commandos during World War Two, for the point, name this signature headpiece that provides a nickname for the U.S. Special Forces. | Green Berets (accept “The Ballad of the Green Berets”) |
| Al-Kindi and Al-Khwarizmi were two scholars who worked at a facility in this city, which was founded 22 miles northwest of the Sassanian capital at Ctesiphon. A major node of the Translation Movement was in a facility in this city, which was sacked by Hulagu Khan in 1258, leading to its rivers supposedly flowing black with ink. Containing the House of Wisdom, this city was the former capital of a dynasty that overthrew the Umayyads. For the point, name this Iraqi city, the capital of the historical Abbasid Caliphate. | Baghdad |
| According to Justin Martyr, early Christianity directly opposed these practices, one of which worshipped Proserpina under the name Kore [[KOR-eh]]. The Cult of Mithras is considered one of these types of faith, which was also exemplified by a faith centered around Orpheus, itself an offshoot of an earlier belief system that explicitly used intoxicants to remove inhibitions from its followers. For the point, name these informal religious “schools” that were reserved for initiates, and came in “Dionysian” and “Eleusinian” varietis. | Mystery Cult (or Mysteries; accept Eleusinian Mysteries; Dionysian Mysteries; or Orphic Mysteries; prompt on general descriptions of pagan religions or polytheism; prompt on “Cult”) |
| A 1966 coup deposed this country’s president Maurice Yaméogo and replaced him with Sangoulé Lamizana, who himself was overthrown fourteen years later by Saye Zerbo. One president of this country initiated a 1987 coup against his former friend, promulgating a policy of “rectification” and ruling for 27 years before being ousted in 2014. Formerly ruled by Blaise Compaoré [[kam-POW-reh]], this country was briefly led by a bicycle-riding socialist nicknamed the “Che Guevara of Africa,” Thomas Sankara. For the point, name this country, once known as Upper Volta, that is governed from Ouagadougou [[WAH-geh-DOO- goo]]. | Burkina Faso (accept Upper Volta before mentioned) |
| On this date, people take a moment of silence at 10:00 AM as an air raid siren is sounded. A roughly three-kilometer walk that is regularly practiced on this day is known as the March of the Living and has one of its endpoints at Birkenau. Taking place on the 27th of Nisan, this day often involves reading the Mourner's Kaddish in memory of those who died in locations like Auschwitz. For the point, name this day that memorializes the death of millions of Jews during World War Two. | Yom HaShoah (accept Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah; accept Holocaust Remembrance Day; accept Holocaust Day; accept Holocaust and Ghetto Uprising Remembrance Day) |
| Two men with this last name took part in an expedition that produced the book East of the Sun and West of the Moon. One of those men, Kermit, traveled with his father and Candido Rondon along the “River of Doubt.” The elder member of this family lost most of his cattle during a severe winter at Elkhorn Ranch before volunteering to serve during the Spanish-American War, where he served under Leonard Wood in the Rough Riders. For the point, name this American political family whose leading member, Theodore, became the 26th President of the United States. | Roosevelt (accept Kermit Roosevelt Sr., or Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt) |
| One civil rights leader was assassinated in this U.S. state by Byron De La Beckwith, a Klansman and member of a local White Citizens Council. Bob Moses organized a drive to register as many Black people as possible in this state during the Freedom Summer. Emmet Till was tortured and murdered in this state before his body was dumped in the Tallahatchee River. For the point, name this southern U.S. state where Medgar Evers was assassinated in its capital of Jackson. | Mississippi |
| One of these objects designed by ERCO was a preferred choice in the PB4Y-1 Liberator. In an attempt to reduce drag, a variety of these objects that was particularly small was designed by the Sperry Corporation. In a poem partly titled for one of these objects, a man in one of these objects is "hunched in its belly.../Six miles from earth," and that poem was written by Randall Jarrell [[jah-RELL]]. For the point, name these round objects that were outfitted with machine guns on the bottom of bomber planes. | Ball Turrets (accept "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner;" prompt on "Turrets") |
| This group's greatest victory came when Cimon [[KYE-mon]] destroyed a Persian fleet on the Eurymedon [[yoo-RIH-meh-don]] River. Aristides [[ah-RISS-tih-deez]] decreed this group's annual tax of 460 talents and symbolization of alliance by dropping iron nuggets in the sea. Each of this group's members were entitled to a single vote until Naxos lost that right after attempting secession. A powerful member of this group showed its might by relocating its treasury to the Parthenon from an island in the Cyclades [[SIGH- klah-deez]]. For the point, name this Ancient Greek alliance that opposed the Peloponnesian League and was led by Athens. | Delian League |
| An 81-meter-tall monument dedicated to one man of this name is known as the Altar of the Fatherland in one language. The eldest son of Charles Albert and Maria Theresa had this name, which he shared with a grandson who oversaw an armistice with Allied forces and the deposition of a man known as "Il Duce [[DOO-chay]]." Prior to his accession, a son of Umberto the First who was given this name held the title of Prince of Naples. For the point, identify this name shared by multiple kings of a unified Italy. | Victor Emmanuel (accept Vittorio Emanuele; accept answers with regnal numbers "the Second" or "the Third;" prompt on partial answers) |
| One diplomat with this title negotiated the Convention of Peking following the Second Opium War, in which he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace. Another man with this title was appointed ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in 1799, in which role he claimed to receive a firman [[FUR-man]] authorizing the transfer of fifteen metopes [[MEH-tuh-peez]], half of a large frieze, and a caryatid [[KEHR-tah-tid]]. For the point, give this title of two British diplomats, the earlier of whom moved large parts of the Erechtheion [[eh-REK-thee-on]] and Parthenon to England as his namesake "Marbles." | Lord Elgin (or Earl of Elgin; or Earl of Kincardine; accept Elgin Marbles; prompt on a title of rank like “Lord” or “Earl”) |
| Giles Allen sued the owners of this building for quickly moving it off his property when he was on vacation. Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, members of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, partially owned this building, which was given the nickname “The Wooden O.” Part of this building was destroyed during a stage performance of Henry the Eighth, and the lower price of the yard of this venue attracted a group of lower-class spectators called groundlings. For the point, name this Southwark [[SUTH-erk]] theater that was sponsored by a repertory that performed the works of William Shakespeare. | Globe Theater (accept Shakespeare’s Globe) |
| After a 2013 event, Boris Vujčić [[VOY-chitch]] claimed that he hoped to make this change in policy as soon as possible. Zdravko Marić [[MAH-rich]] claimed this policy change would be accompanied by a fifteen percent buffer in exchange rates. A debt crisis delayed this policy change, which resulted in the kuna being phased out by the National Bank of the affected country. For the point, name this policy change in which a recent EU member adopted a new official currency in cities like Dubrovnik. | Republic of Croatia Adopting the Euro (accept Republika Hrvatska in answers; prompt on partial answers; accept answers indicating Croatia Joining the Eurozone; accept clear knowledge equivalents; do NOT accept or prompt on answers indicating "Croatia joining the European Union" or "EU") |
| One leader in this battle kept his promise to only give the opposing commander “seven feet of… soil.” Nearly 200 invading longboats were destroyed in this battle, which included a push back from “Orre’s Storm.” Eystein Orre was killed in this battle, whose winning commander was killed later that same year at the Battle of Hastings. For the point, name this battle in which Viking forces led by Harald Hardrada were defeated by the Anglo- Saxon King Harold Godwinson in 1066. | Battle of Stamford Bridge |
| Most of these people were supposed to be freed after five years, per the terms of the will of George Custis. Wesley Norris and George Parks were two of these people who were given 50 lashes and had their wounds filled with brine for attempting to escape. 189 of these people worked at an estate that is now Arlington National Cemetery. Lost Cause mythology often denies the existence of, for the point, what group of forced laborers who were violently driven to work by the commander of the Confederate army? | People enslaved by Robert E. Lee (accept Lee family in place of Robert E. Lee; accept clear knowledge equivalents that mention Slaves and Robert E. Lee) |
| In the 1950s, this brand released a Strato-Streak concept car in an attempt to create a Space Race-like phenomenon in the auto industry. Following a decline in sales after the stock market crash of 1929, this brand's parent company decided to maintain it because it offered cheaper alternatives to the Oakland brand. This brand was named after a Native American leader who, following the Seven Years War, led the Ottawa tribe against the British. Manufacturing vehicles in a namesake Michigan city, for the point, name this defunct GM car brand that once produced the Firebird and G6. | Pontiac (prompt on “General Motors;” prompt on “GM” before mentioned) |
| During the early days of this event, one military sent troops to Circle City in case of emergency. This event resulted in the increased use of an "All-American route" that began at Valdez. The Cremation of Sam McGee is set during this event, whose participants heavily trafficked the ports of Dyea [[DYE-ee]] and Skagway. An 1896 discovery at Bonanza Creek caused this event, which was centered around Dawson City. For the point, name this event in which prospectors flocked to the Yukon in search of a precious metal. | Klondike Gold Rush (prompt on partial answers) |
| A fear of assassins caused one ruler to refuse residence in this structure and commission Saint Michael's Castle, where he was killed by assassins. The last version of this structure was an expansion of a similar structure named for the victorious commander at the Siege of Vyborg. A march on this structure ended when protesters led by Georgy Gapon were fired upon in a massacre known as Bloody Sunday. For the point, identify this Saint Petersburg landmark that once served as the official residence of the emperor of Russia. | Winter Palace |
| Ali Soilih served as this country's third president, during which time his teenage militia known as the Moissy terrorized the local populace. This country experienced a coup by the mercenary Bob Denard before the Anjouan-born Ahmed Abdallah became dictator. Mohéli and Ngazidja are controlled by this country, which failed to secure control of Mayotte in a 1974 referendum. Azali Assoumani has held on-and-off dictatorial control of this country since 1999. For the point, name this often-unstable island country in the Mozambique Channel. | Union of the Comoros (accept Umoja wa Komori; or Union des Comores; or al- Ittiḥād al-Qumurī) |
| A 74-gun ship originally named for this man was later renamed the Marengo before being captured by the Royal Navy in 1806. This man's political thoughts were elucidated in a work divided into a set of ten "Promenades." This author of Reveries of a Solitary Walker was notably criticized by Voltaire after writing a book thought to be the earliest western work on the philosophy of education. This philosopher and author of Emile wrote about a system in which rights are sacrificed in exchange for government protections. For the point, name this author of The Social Contract. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| After commanding the Pennsylvania Line at such battles as Brandywine, this man helped end one army’s mutiny. For a time, this man commanded Fort Ticonderoga, and late in the Revolutionary War, this person fought against Native Americans in Georgia where he was later elected to Congress. After Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair’s defeats, George Washington enlisted this person to crush the Northwest Confederacy. For the point, name this victor of the Battle of Fallen Timbers, nicknamed for his angry behavior. | “Mad” Anthony Wayne |
| This man's work History Painting is thought to depict an incident in which Palamedes was ordered to be stoned. This man was an apprentice to history painter Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburg before going on to create a work that was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Active during his country's Golden Age, this man depicted a burgemeester's shooting company in 1642. For the point, identify this Dutch painter of The Night Watch. | Rembrandt (or Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn) |
| This man was in power during the trial of the writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky. A limousine containing Valentina Tereshkova was fired upon in an assassination attempt on this man, who declared that the Soviet Union could interfere in the politics of its allied nations as part of his namesake "doctrine." Along with Richard Nixon, this man signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which was part of SALT One. For the point, identify this man who served as Soviet leader from 1966 to 1982 during a period of détente. | Leonid Brezhnev (or Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev) |
| This American was the earliest author from outside of Great Britain to be honored at Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner. A character known as “the diver” burns the protagonist with firewood in a work by this writer, who described a maiden who is transformed into the Morning Star. This author’s friendship with an Ojibwe chief inspired an epic poem that focuses on a warrior who falls in love with a member of the Dakota named Minnehaha. For the point, name this American poet of The Song of Hiawatha. | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| A vigilante group called Los Pepes destroyed this man's mansion in Guatapé. This man once smuggled four hippos into his complex, where the animals formed a dangerous and invasive population near the Magdalena River. This man, nicknamed El Patron, was killed in 1993, leading to the rise of the Cali Cartel as leaders of the international cocaine trade. For the point, name this drug lord who earned an estimated $25 billion as leader of the Medellin [[meh-deh-YEEN]] cartel. | Pablo Escobar |
| In 1977, this island created a pair of flags with seagulls on them while exploring a path to become the 51st U.S. state. A unique language used on this island until the 1950s was particularly concentrated in towns, such as Chilmark, with large deaf populations. John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife and sister-in-law were killed in a plane crash off the coast of this island in 1999. Ron DeSantis sent Venezuelan immigrants to, for the point, what American island that belongs to Massachusetts? | Martha's Vineyard (accept Martha's Vineyard Sign Language; or MVSL) |
| The end of this politician’s life was consumed by a controversy surrounding a trader named George Galphin. This politician may have coined the phrase “First Lady” when memorializing Dolly Madison. This president’s promotion of California’s statehood set up the Compromise of 1850, though he died before it could be signed. The first president who never held a prior political office, this is, for the point what Whig president and hero of the Mexican-American War? | Zachary Taylor |
| Before being sent off to counter this event, one group was told "Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited!" One engagement in this event resulted in the dismantling of a large number of Dagu Forts. Italy and Germany were among the coalition members of an Eight- Nation Alliance that invaded the central country of this event, whose participants were sometimes known as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists. For the point, name this uprising led by an anti-colonial group in China that practiced martial arts. | Boxer Rebellion (accept Boxer Uprising; accept Yihetuan Movement; accept Boxer Insurrection; accept Boxer after "Uprising" is read) |
| In this country, eight people aboard the Easy Rider drowned when the vessel capsized in the Foveaux Strait. The Think Big economic strategy was overseen by this country’s National Party, which Jenny Shipley and Brian Muldoon represented as prime minister. A 2010 earthquake damaged the infrastructure of this nation’s Canterbury Region west of the Cook Strait. The 1975 Waitangi Tribunal investigated abuses in, for the point, what country that persecuted the Maori? | New Zealand (accept Aoteroa) |
| A renewed variant of this act was the subject of the case Strader v. Graham. The pamphlet "Public Good" served as a precursor to this act, which was partially prompted by the continued presence of the British Army in the central region four years after the Treaty of Paris. Settlement in the Ohio Valley was another cause of this act, which created the earliest organized incorporated territory of the United States beyond an Appalachian boundary. For the point, identify this 1787 American act to create territory beyond the Ohio River. | Northwest Ordinance (accept Ordinance of 1787; accept An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio) |
| A pilgrimage site in this city is where a man allegedly experienced the Miracle of the Host that is commemorated in the Silent Walk. This city was a member of the Society of Suriname, and it annexed Holysloot as part of Ransdorp in 1921. This city's maritime commerce expanded in 1952 after a namesake canal connected this city to the Rhine River. The oldest modern stock exchange in the world is located in, for the point, what largest city and capital of The Netherlands? | Amsterdam |
| This man had the St. John’s Episcopal Church lit up at night in remembrance of his wife Nell, for whom he created a stained-glass window in her memory. After rising to one post, this man once said, “This is a higher honor than I have ever dreamt of attaining.” This native Vermonter was originally allied with Roscoe Conkling before advocating civil service reform and anti-cronyism measures after taking office following the actions of Charles Guiteau [[GEE-toh]]. For the point, name this president who succeeded James Garfield. | Chester Alan Arthur |
| The central entities in this ongoing campaign were referred to as "public enemy number one" by Richard Nixon. As part of this campaign, D.C. mayor Marion Barry was given a six-month prison sentence after the release of videotape footage. As part of this campaign, one president signed an "Abuse Prevention and Control Act" in 1970. Resulting in the rise of rehabilitation centers, this is, for the point, what campaign against the use of illicit substances, for which Nancy Reagan said, "Just Say No?" | War on Drugs (accept Global Anti-drug Campaign or equivalents) |
| The devil and his son converse in a song about this war titled "Stay Down Here Where You Belong." The lyrics "Give your leaders each a gun and let them fight it out themselves" were included in a Radiohead tribute to a man who fought in this war named Harry Patch. Metallica spelled out "Kill me" in Morse code for the music video to a song about this war called "One." Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden wore a coat and helmet while performing a song about this war called "Paschendale." For the point, name this war that inspired Elton John's song "All Quiet On the Western Front." | World War One (accept the Great War; accept WW One) |
| This man seized land after the death of Andrei the Elder and annexed the Principality of Yaroslavl. Italian architects were hired by this man to help build a cathedral dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. After his first wife, Maria of Tver, supposedly died of poisoning, this man married a member of the Palaeologus family. “The gathering of the Russian lands” began under this ruler who, at the Ugra River, defeated the Mongol armies of the Golden Horde. For the point, name this “Grand Prince of All of Rus,” the grandfather of a “terrible” tsar. | Ivan the Great (accept Ivan the Third of Russia; or Ivan the Third Vasilyevich; prompt on “Ivan”) |