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| Prior to joining the military, this man worked for the Wabash Railroad as a boilermaker. During the Tunisia Campaign, the Second Corps was overseen by this man, who was the first chair of the NATO Military Committee. Once the leader of the 82nd Airborne, this man served under George Patton during Operation Torch before becoming the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. For ten points, identify this man, the most recent officer to earn the rank General of the Army. | Omar Bradley (or Omar Nelson Bradley) |
| This leader ended the Emirate of Diriyah during the Wahhabi War in Arabia. This man's rise to power was marked by his ambush of Mamluks whom he had invited to a celebration. Having previously conquered the Sudan, this man was forced by the intervention of Charles Napier to withdraw from Syria during the second war against his nominal Ottoman superiors. For ten points, name this ethnically Albanian Ottoman viceroy who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt. | Muhammad Ali Pasha (or Muhmamad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha; or Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan) |
| This author used the mask convention from Greek and Noh theatre in plays such as The Great God Brown and Lazarus Laughed. This author wrote plays that were among the first to attempt African-American Vernacular English, such as All God’s Chillun Got Wings. This playwright modernized the works of Aeschylus [[“ACE”-skih-luss]] in the dramatic cycle Mourning Becomes Electra. For ten points, name this American playwright of Irish descent who wrote The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey into Night. | Eugene O'Neill |
| This man executed Thomas Doughty, an act that Arthur Herman claimed created the principle in English law of a ship captain's legal authority. This man renamed his flagship after Christopher Hatton's coat of arms before capturing massive amounts of wine from Chile and gold from Peru on a sixteenth-century expedition that also visited what he called New Albion in modern-day California. For ten points, name this English captain of the Golden Hind who led the first English circumnavigation of the globe. | Sir Francis Drake |
| This song was first translated into Russian by Arkady Kots and into Chinese by Qu Qiubai [[CHOO chyoo-BYE]]. This song's second verse states that "Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune are supreme saviors" and that producers should save themselves. This song's chorus states, "This is the final struggle/Let us gather together" and shares its name with an 1889 Paris meeting of socialist and labor parties from over twenty countries. For ten points, name this global left-wing anthem written by Pierre De Geyter. | "The Internationale" (or "L'Internationale"; accept International) |
| The Larco Museum is home to a pottery depiction of a killer whale created by these people. Sobreveltos are flights that local tour companies offer over a set of figures made by these people. Among the predecessors to these people were the Paracas and the Chavin. Cahuachi [[kah-HWAH-chee]] served as a ceremonial center for these people, who created a set of geoglyphs in the soil of their namesake desert. For ten points, name this South American people known for creating a set of dirt lines depicting various creatures. | Nazca (accept Nasca; accept Naska; accept Nazca Lines) |
| Nezha fought these creatures after they demanded human sacrifice in exchange for rain. One of these creatures originally owned the Ruyi Jingu Bang, a magic staff that could change size. In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong steals that staff from a king of these creatures named Ao Guang [[“OW” GWANG]]. These creatures are depicted on the flags of the Wangchuck Dynasty of Bhutan, and the Qing Dynasty of China. For ten points, name these mythical creatures whose Cantonese name, luhng, references that they live in the sky. | Dragon |
| With a Frenchman, this king signed the Treaty of Le Goulet [[goo-LEH]], which recognized his authority over Brittany. Innocent the Third excommunicated this man for his opposition to Stephen Langton’s appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury. This man was the youngest child of a woman once married to Louis the Seventh of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and allied with his older brother in a rebellion against his father, Henry the Second. For ten points, name this brother of Richard the Lionheart who was forced to sign the Magna Carta. | King John of England (accept John Lackland; accept John the First) |
| This man purchased a seventy-square mile plot of land in Las Mariposas, though he discovered it was on Miwok hunting ground. Robert F. Stockton preceded this man as military governor of one state, and this man ran as the first presidential nominee of the Republican Party during the 1856 election. A biography subtitled "The West's Greatest Adventurer" profiles, for ten points, what founding figure and military governor of California? | John C. Frémont (or John Charles Frémont) |
| This god is associated with a rune depicted as an upward-pointing arrow. This deity’s name is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word for god, suggesting he may have preceded Odin as the head of the pantheon. While traveling with Thor to retrieve his father, Hymir’s, cauldron, this god meets his nine-hundred headed grandmother. This god lost his hand after offering to place it inside of Fenrir’s mouth while the creature was bound. For ten points, name this Norse god of war. | Tyr |
| A George Strock photograph was taken in this present-day country in 1943 and shows dead soldiers along Buna Beach, which was the site of the Battle of Milne Bay. The Kokoda Track Campaign over the Owen Stanley Mountains in what is now this country was an ultimately successful operation for Australian forces. Operation I-Go was a series of bombings against the Solomon Islands and this country. For ten points, name this country in which the Japanese assaulted Rabaul and Port Moresby. | Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
| The Japanese effort to take Port Moresby culminated in this May 1942 battle, the first naval battle in history in which neither fleet sighted nor fired upon one another, attacking entirely by aircraft. | Battle of the Coral Sea |
| After the death of Ceolwulf the Second of this realm, Æthelred the Second took power under the suzerainty of Alfred the Great. This kingdom was legendarily founded by Icel, though Creoda established Tamworth as its capital. This region, once ruled by the pagan Penda, defended itself from neighboring Wales by Offa's Dyke, and this region attempted to conquer East Anglia before the rise of the Danelaw. Bordered by Wessex to the south and Northumbria to the north, this is, for ten points, what Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in England's modern Midlands? | Kingdom of Mercia (accept Miercna rīche; prompt on “England” until mentioned) |
| Mercia was once part of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, which also included this kingdom located south of the River Stour. This kingdom names a county of England situated to the northeast of London. | Essex (accept East Saxon) |
| In the book Humankind, Rutger Bregman argued that this man faked his most famous results by giving instructions to the participants. This man's testimony in defense of Ivan Frederick inspired a book that posited a “slippery slope of evil,” and this man argued that abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison was not the result of a “few bad apples” in The Lucifer Effect. Christina Maslach halted the most notable study of, for ten points, what psychologist behind the Stanford Prison Experiment? | Philip Zimbardo (or Philip George Zimbardo) |
| This high school friend of Zimbardo was himself criticized for unethical research methods, which he described in the book Obedience to Authority. | Stanley Milgram |
| The absence of a particular good in this location led Jonathan Mark Kenoyer to suggest it should be renamed as a "Great Hall." An item found at this place consists of a clasp shaped as an "S" with seven individual strands. That necklace was found alongside a seal of a cross-legged figure described by the term Pashupati. Priest-King and Dancing Girl are among the artifacts found at this archaeological site in Pakistan. For ten points, name this largest settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization. | Mohenjo-daro |
| The Indus Valley Civilization was originally named for this site in the Punjab, the first of the civilization’s cities to be unearthed. | Harappa (or Harappan civilization) |
| Evidence that this event was premeditated was outlined in a "stratagem" from Camillo Capilupi to Pope Gregory the Thirteenth. This event shattered a period of peace after a treaty signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. After being stabbed, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny [[koh-lin-YEE]] was thrown from a window during this event in an attack carried out by Henri de Guise. The marriage of Margaret of Valois and Henry of Navarre preceded this 1572 event. For ten points, name this 1572 massacre of Huguenots in Paris on the eve of a saint's feast day. | Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre was instigated by Charles the Ninth and this Florentine wife of Henry the Second, who supposedly brought the fork to France. | Catherine de Medici (or Caterina de Medici) |
| This person narrowly won out in voting over the first registered female doctor in the U.S., Elizabeth Blackwell, for the position of Superintendent of Army Nurses. This person proposed the "Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane" after spending time in New Jersey institutions, but was vetoed by Franklin Pierce. For ten points, name this reformer of the late 19th century who contributing to the establishment of mental asylums in the U.S. | Dorothea Dix |
| Which nurse serving under Dorothea Dix later became known as the "Angel of Battlefield"? | Clara Barton |
| This city's San Juan de Ulúa fortress was captured in the Pastry War. The oldest and largest port in its country, this city was co-founded by Alonso Hernandez Puertocarrero. This city was subjected to the first amphibious assault in U.S. military history before it was occupied by Matthew Perry and Winfield Scott. Established in 1519 by Hernán Cortés, for ten points, what is this city in a namesake Mexican state on the Gulf of Mexico? | Veracruz (or Heroica Veracruz) |
| The U.S. occupied Veracruz for seven months after this 1914 affair during which Mexico refused to return nine detained U.S. sailors. | Tampico Affair |
| This man was forced to flee to Hobart following a revolt by the New South Wales Corps in Australia in an event known as the Rum Rebellion. A five-month sojourn on the island of Tahiti may have motivated a revolt by seamen under this officer, whose goal was to deliver breadfruit trees to the Americas. The "Mutiny on the HMS Bounty" was suffered by, for ten points, which British captain? | William Bligh |
| The Rum Rebellion led to a temporary colonial government in Van Diemen's Land, which is now known by what name? | Tasmania |
| People who name the southernmost member of the Great Lakes. | Erie (or Eriechronon; or Erielhonan; or Eriez; accept Lake Erie) |
| Patuxet man who assisted the Plymouth colony in growing corn. | Squanto (or Tisquantum) |
| Six nation Confederacy of New York, including the Mohawk and Oneida [[oh-NYE- dah]]. | Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee; accept Iroquois League; accept Iroquois Confederacy) |
| Confederacy encountered by early settlers of Jamestown; the tribe of Pocahontas. | Powhatan (accept Virginia Algonquians) |
| English-named Wampanoag "King," and namesake of a war, also known as Metacomet. | King Philip (accept King Philip’s War) |
| 1630s war between the namesake tribe led by Sassacus and an alliance of New England colonies. | Pequot War |
| Brief 1774 conflict fought against the Shawnee and Mingo, and named for the Governor of Virginia. | Lord Dunmore’s War |
| Confederacy made of tribes like the Penobscot and the Mikmaq [[MIHK-mak]]. | Wabanaki Confederacy |
| Country that occupied the Sudetenland in 1938. | Nazi Germany (or Deutschland; accept Third Reich; or Drittes Reich; accept German Reich; or Deutches Reich; accept Greater German Reich) |
| Neighbor to the south that occupied parts of Slovakia during World War Two. | Kingdom of Hungary (accept Magyarország) |
| Fabric describing the peaceful nature of its 1989 revolution and later split. | Velvet (accept Velvet Revolution; or Velvet Divorce) |
| "Agreement" signed in Bavaria that authorized the previously mentioned occupation. | Munich Agreement (accept Munich Betrayal) |
| First post-communist president, a former playwright. | Václav Havel [[VAHT-slahv HAH-vul]] (accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Leader of the Prague Spring, deposed in a 1968 invasion. | Alexander Dubček [[DOOB-chek]] (accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Longtime president who served as its head of government in-exile during World War Two. | Edvard Beneš [[BEN-esh]] |
| Fascist "guard" that effective ruled war-era Slovakia as part of the People’s Party. | Hlinka Guard (accept Hlinka Party; prompt on "HG") |
| Largest Asian island, from which its first settlers are believed to have arrived. | Borneo (or Kalimantan) |
| Capital city whose Lake Anosy was created in the 19th century to provide power to factories. | Antananarivo (or Tana) |
| Ethnic group whose deportation to Madagascar was proposed by the Nazis. | Jewish people (or Jews; accept Żydzi) |
| Country that colonized Madagascar after the Hova Wars. | France (accept French Third Republic) |
| African Ethnolinguistic group who settled Madagascar in the 9th century. | Bantu |
| Last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar. | Ranavalona the Third |
| Ethnic group of Madagascar who ruled a namesake 19th century kingdom. | Merina (accept Merina Kingdom; accept Kingdom of Imerina) |
| Originally Marxist politician and longest-serving president in Madagascar’s history who was exiled in 2001 for stealing eight million dollars in public funds. | Didier Ratsiraka (or Didier Ignace Ratsiraka; prompt on “Deba” or “Big Man”) |
| This athlete became friends with Fidel Castro after receiving medical treatment in Cuba and in 1990 visited Lenin’s tomb. At a rally in support of Hugo Chavez, this athlete wore a shirt that read "Stop Bush," and he once competed in a charity match organized by Evo Morales. (+) In 2016, this athlete met with his countryman, Pope Francis, and he drew comparisons between the Falklands War and his infamous (*) "Hand of God" goal. For ten points, name this Argentine soccer player and champion of the 1986 World Cup. | Diego Maradona (Diego Armando Maradona |
| One poster depicting this group shows them being watched by Abraham Lincoln while killing German soldiers and reads "True Sons of Freedom." This group's insignia patch depicted a silver rattlesnake on a blue shield. A member of this group, Henry Johnson, was the first American to receive the (+) French War Cross. This group, which was led by William Hayward, was the subject of an official history by Emmett Scott, a close associate of (*) Booker T. Washington. For ten points, name this African American regiment that fought in World War One. | Harlem Hellfighters (or the 369th Infantry Regiment; or 15th New York National Guard Regiment; prompt on “Black Rattlers” or “Men of Bronze”) |
| In its second and third lines, this work references a man who signed a $100,000 baseball contract with the New York Yankees and Studebaker facing liquidation. Panmunjom, Red China, and Harry (+) Truman are among the references in this work, which was featured on the Storm Front album. This song claims that "since the world's been turning", (*) the central concept "was always burning". Created by a musician known as the "Piano Man", for ten points, what is this Billy Joel song about post-World War II American history? | "We Didn't Start the Fire" |
| Adrian Goldsworthy compared the death toll of this battle to the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The Silver Age poet Silius Italicus claimed that fatigue during this battle resulted in the death of Gnaeus Servilius (+) Geminus at the hands of Virathius, who himself was slain by Lucius Aemilius Paullus. This 216 BCE battle occurred near an Apulian village and saw one commander, Gaius Terentius Varro, narrowly escaped the winning commander’s (*) double envelopment. For ten points, name this battle in which Hannibal’s forces annihilated a Roman army. | Battle of Cannae (accept pronunciations like [[keh-NAY]] or [[kan-NEE]] |
| This man became a captain in the Corps of Engineers after being recruited by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais [[BOH-mar-SHAY]] to serve in the Continental Army. A document with a "dotted line" was central to an effort overseen by this man, who moved to the neighborhood of (+) Georgetown in 1791. The creation of a "grand avenue" was central to that plan overseen by this man, who outlined a location for the (*) "President's House". For ten points, name this Frenchman who designed the plan for Washington D.C. | Pierre Charles L'Enfant (or Pierre Charles "Peter" L'Enfant) |
| Roughly 12,000 supporters of an anti-communist party in this country engaged in the 1930 Peasant March. The Patriotic People's Movement was an outgrowth of the the Lapua Movement in this country, whose voluntary militia was known as the White (+) Guard. Risto Ryti rose to the presidency of this country amidst the Continuation War, and the Third Swedish Crusade targeted this country's pagan (*) Karelian population. For ten points, name this Nordic country that fought Russia in the Winter War. | Republic of Finland (or Republiken Finland; accept Suomi; or Suomen tasavalta) |
| This event was falsely rumored to have involved the developer of the video game "Death Stranding." Discontent with the Unification Church's role in the bankruptcy of the perpetrator's (+) mother was an alleged motive for this event, the target of which was delivering a speech in support of an LDP politician. Occurring near Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara Prefecture on July 8, 2022, this was, (*) for ten points, what event in which a former Japanese prime minister was killed? | Assassination of Shinzo Abe [[ah-BEH]] (accept name in either order; accept Shinzo Abe; prompt on partial answers; accept "shooting" and other reasonable equivalents in place of "assassination") |
| Sam Zemurray's Cuyamel Company was given land in this country during the presidency of Manuel Bonilla. During the 1930s, this country was governed by Tiburcio Carías and suffered from an epidemic of Panama disease that attacked the Gros michel cultivar. This former (+) banana republic, where a 2009 coup deposed Manuel Zelaya, elected Xiomara Castro as its first female President in 2021. (*) For ten points, name this Central American country that once fought neighboring El Salvador over a game of soccer. | Republic of Honduras (accept República de Honduras) |
| With her husband, this woman is suspected to have authored the eulogy poem “Little Eddie” after the death of her second son. This woman was defrauded by the medium William H. Mumler, who faked photographs of her with her husband (+) resting his hands on her shoulders. This woman became bedridden for three weeks after the death of her son Willie from typhoid fever. (*) For ten points, name this First Lady, who was by her husband's side when he was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre. | Mary Todd Lincoln (or Mary Lincoln; prompt on “Lincoln”) |
| In 1994, Michael Jordan played 127 games for the Birmingham Barons, the Double- A affiliate of this American League baseball team, whose Hall of Famers include Harold Baines and Frank Thomas. | Chicago White Sox (prompt on "Chicago") |