| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This author of the autobiography Eighty Years and More outlined an argument for equal treatment under the law in the speech “The Solitude of Self.” This person was the primary author of the Declaration of Sentiments adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention. For ten points, name this women's rights activist and frequent collaborator of Susan B. Anthony. | Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| The Battle of Embabeh is an alternate name for a battle named for these structures which took place during the War of the Second Coalition. Myths surrounding that battle near these structures include one in which French soldiers shot the nose off the Sphinx. For ten points, what structures were central to a decisive battle in which the Mamluks lost to Napoleon's army near Giza? | Pyramids (accept Battle of the Pyramids) |
| This country’s first president, Léon M'ba [[em-BAH]], was briefly usurped in a coup led by Jean-Hilaire Aubame [[oh-BAWM]]. Ali Bongo Ondimba negotiated a peace accord in this country in order to quell an armed rebellion in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. Located on the equator, this is, for ten points, what Central African country, whose capital city was home to a former slave resettlement site at Libreville? | Gabon (accept Gabonese Republic; or Republique Gabonaise; accept Ngabu) |
| A novel metric for calculating compression rates of applications used on this show was created by Vinith Misra and Tsachy Weissman. Several consultants from a company called MaidSafe provided input on this show, as their work creating a decentralized web inspired the show’s fictional company, Pied Piper. For ten points, name this Mike Judge- created 2014 to 2019 show about the tech business in Northern California. | Silicon Valley |
| Noble women under this dynasty wore a “split” hairstyle known as the liangbatou. All men under this dynasty were forced to adopt a single-tail haircut called the biànzi, which is commonly translated as the “queue” [[“cue”]]. This dynasty’s fashions originated with the Jurchen people, who took the name Manchu before displacing the Ming to form this dynasty. For ten points, name this final imperial dynasty of China. | Qing [[CHING]] Dynasty (accept Manchu Dynasty before mentioned) |
| One dynasty of this country claimed descent, via the Queen of Sheba, from Israel's King Solomon. This country’s present border was formed after a series of conflicts led by Emperor Menelik the Second, though thanks to a 1993 independence referundum, it lost control of Eritrea. Historically led by Haile Selassie, for ten points, what is this East African nation? | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (or Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik; or Abyssinia; prompt on "Italian East Africa") |
| This man originally claimed that the Families First Coronavirus Response Act was an "ideological wishlist" prior to Donald Trump's endorsement. A remark made by this man regarding Elizabeth Warren inspired the quote "Nevertheless, she persisted." John Thune serves as whip under, for ten points, what Kentucky senator who has served as Senate Republican leader since 2007? | Mitch McConnell (or Addison Mitchell McConnell III) |
| This man's earliest crime involved the theft of a car in Mooresville, and he later underwent reconstruction of his face to conceal his identity. A block of wood fashioned as a weapon was once used by this man in a prison escape. Killed while trying to flee the Biograph Theater, this is, for ten points, what criminal who was named Public Enemy #1, a notorious outlaw of the Great Depression? | John Dillinger (John Herbert Dillinger) |
| The first use of this term was by environmental historian Alfred W. Crosby. 95% of one population died from disease during this phenomenon, which also was characterized by the European introduction of crops such as tomatoes and maize. For ten points, name this process of cultural mixing with a name inspired by an explorer who made a 1492 voyage. | Columbian Exchange (or Columbian Interchange; accept just Columbian after “exchange”) |
| The village of Esquivel near Seville is the approximate location of this man's defeat of an army that included Mago at the Battle of Ilipa. This man was victorious in a 202 BCE battle in Tunisia in which he defeated a force that used war elephants. For ten points, identify this Roman general who crushed Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, who took his cognomen from the home continent of his Carthaginian enemies. | Scipio Africanus (or Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus; prompt on "Scipio") |
| The earliest mention of this figure is in the song “I Turn About and Wheel About.” A “New” version of this figure titles a Michelle Alexander book about "mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness," and a song titled "Jump" [this figure] was popularized by T.D. Rice performing in Blackface. For ten points, name this minstrel character who named a set of segregationist policies in the American South. | Jim Crow (accept The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness) |
| Along with literacy tests, these policies were used to suppress Black voter turnout in the Jim Crow South. These policies were fully outlawed in the 1966 case Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections. | Poll Taxes (prompt on “Tax (es)”) |
| This country's First Republic fought the Little War against Hungary. Admirers of that regime in this country have become supporters of Marian Kotleba, the first neo-Nazi to govern a region in modern Europe. Robert Fico once led this country, which gained a bridgehead on the Danube from Hungary after World War Two. Splitting from one country in the “Velvet Divorce,” for ten points, what is this Central European country that was once joined with Czechia? | Slovakia (accept Slovak Republic; or Slovenská Republika; prompt on "Czechoslovakia") |
| Kotleba has focused much of his ire on this minority group. This group, present in many Eastern European countries, was targeted by the Nazis in the porajmos. | Romani (accept Sinti; accept Gypsy, but explain that Romani is the preferred term; do not accept "Romanian") |
| This filmmaker directed two movies of the same name with different plots - one in 1934 starring Peter Lorre [[LOR-uh]], and the other in 1956 starring Jimmy Stewart. One of this director’s movies is based on a novel by Robert Bloch based on the murderer Ed Gein [[GEEN]], and he was famous for have a cameo appearance in many of his films. Known for saying “Good Evening” at the start of his self-named television show, for ten points, name this British film director who was known for his silhouette and for directing the film Psycho. | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Which future Princess of Monaco starred alongside Jimmy Stewart in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock directed film Rear Window? | Grace Kelly (or Grace Patricia Kelly; accept Princess Grace) |
| This person won a congressional race after David McIntosh opted to run for governor in 2000. This man was elected Republican Conference chairman in 2009 and sworn in as the 50th governor of Indiana in 2013. As opposed to his direct superior, this man attended Joe Biden’s inauguration with his successor, Kamala Harris. For ten points, name this Republican vice president during the Trump administration. | Mike Pence (or Michael Richard Pence) |
| As the president of the senate, Mike Pence made the first ever tie-breaking vote to confirm a cabinet member. That Secretary of Education was what billionaire Republican daughter of Edgar Prince? | Betsy DeVos (or Elisabeth Dee DeVos; or Elisabeth Dee Prince) |
| A garden in this city contains the Neoclassical Temple of Friendship and the Temple of Antiquities, both near the New Palace. This city contains the Sanssouci [[sahn-soo-SEE]] palace, and this city's Cecilienhof [seh-SEEL-yen-hofe] Palace hosted a notable 1945 conference of leaders. For ten points, name this city outside of Berlin where Western leaders met to discuss the fate of postwar Germany. | Potsdam (accept Potsdam Conference) |
| Potsdam is the capital of this present-day state within the Federal Republic of Germany. The Margrave of this state inherited the Duchy of Prussia in 1618. | Brandenburg (accept Brandeburg-Prussia; or Brandenburg-Preußen [[PROY- sen]]) |
| This country's communist Parcham faction was led by Babrak Karmal after Operation Storm-333. This country, whose "Democratic Republic" was established in the Saur Revolution of 1978, disestablished communism under Muhammad Najibullah, or Dr. Najib. Rabbani himself was overthrown by an “Islamic Emirate” that ruled this country from 1996 to 2001 and then again from 2021 to the present. For ten points, name this country ruled by the Taliban. | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (accept Jamhuri-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan) |
| In March, 2001, the Taliban destroyed two massive, sixth century statues of what religious figure who preached a way to achieve enlightenment in ancient Nepal and India? | Buddha (accept Bamiyan Buddhas; accept Siddhartha Gautama; or Shakyamuni; or Tathāgata; accept Salsal and Shamama) |
| A cult supposedly founded by this man involved the sparagmos ritual of tearing a man apart. The world was born from an egg wrapped in a snake according to a set of hymns attributed to this man. This man’s wife was lost to him for eternity after he turned around to look at her in one location. For ten points, name this mythical Greek musician who failed to save Eurydice [[yoo-RIH-dih-see]] from the underworld. | Orpheus |
| Orpheus is credited with establishing a namesake mystery religion dedicated to this god of revelry, whom he claimed was a reincarnation of the murdered Zagreus. | Dionysus |
| The losing candidate in this election year supposedly telegrammed Pope Pius the Ninth that he should “unpack.” That Catholic candidate suffered in this election year due to his support for repealing Prohibition. The victor of this election's promise to provide a chicken in every pot was proven ironic due to the outbreak of the Great Depression one year later. For ten points, name this election year in which Al Smith lost to Herbert Hoover. | 1928 United States presidential election |
| Before serving in the administration of Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover founded a “Commission for Relief in” [this country], which suffered widespread famine during World War One. | Belgium (accept Commission for Relief in Belgium; or Belgian Relief) |
| Sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg in 1912. | RMS Titanic |
| Was sunk by a German torpedo off the coast of Ireland in 1915, helping bring the U.S. into World War One. | RMS Lusitania |
| Transported a group of Pilgrims from England to Massachusetts in 1620. | Mayflower |
| Fought the Confederate ironclad Merrimack in the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads. | USS Monitor |
| Was the site of the official surrender of Japan to conclude World War Two. | USS Missouri (or BB-63) |
| Is nicknamed "Old Ironsides," the oldest ship in the world that is still afloat. | USS Constitution |
| Sank in Lake Superior in a November 1975 storm and is the subject of a Gordon Lightfoot song. | SS Edmund Fitzgerald (accept "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") |
| Sank in a hurricane while carrying gold from California, in part causing the Panic of 1857. | SS Central America (prompt on "Ship of Gold") |
| International organization formed by France and eleven other countries on its continent by the Maastricht Treaty. | European Union (or EU) |
| Source of over 70 percent of France's electricity, committed to after the oil embargoes of the 1970s. | Nuclear power (or Atomic) |
| President, first elected in 2017, who defeated Marine Le Pen in two elections. | Emmanuel Macron (or Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron) |
| Leader of the French Resistance and first president of the Fifth Republic. | Charles de Gaulle (or Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle) |
| Socialist president from 1981 to 1995. | François Mitterrand (or François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand) |
| North African country that fought France in a war for independence from 1954 to 1962. | People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (or Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah; accept French Algeria) |
| Series of ongoing protests named for an item of clothing, sparked by rising fuel prices and fuel taxes in 2018. | Yellow vests protests (or Yellow jackets protests; prompt on partial answers) |
| Five-year president and longtime prime minister who initiated the “snake in the tunnel” monetary cooperation system and encouraged Britain to enter the EEC. | Georges Pompidou |
| Country he led for over 25 years from 1949 to 1976. | People's Republic of China (or PRC; do not accept or prompt on "Republic of China") |
| Political and economic ideology, espoused by Karl Marx, which Mao built on. | Communism (accept word forms) |
| Unsuccessful rapid industrialization campaign from 1958 to 1962 which resulted in a Great Famine. | Great Leap Forward (or Second Five Year Plan; accept Dà yuè jìn) |
| Campaign to purge Western influences, during which Red Guards sent intellectuals to work in the countryside. | Cultural Revolution (or Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution; accept Wénhuà dàgémìng) |
| Popular term for small copies of Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong that were required reading in schools. | Little Red Book |
| Campaign to allow citizens to criticize Mao and other party leaders and policies, which was used later to target and kill over two million people. | Hundred Flowers Campaign (or Bǎihuā Qífàng) |
| General and designated successor of Mao from 1966 until his 1971 death in a plane crash in Mongolia, after which he was designated a traitor and counterrevolutionary. | Lin Biao |
| Program Mao approved in 1958 to develop both nuclear and space technology. | Two Bombs, One Satellite (prompt on partial answers; accept Liǎngdàn Yīxīng) |
| Carleton Nichols' refusal to do this action may have been inspired by a 1935 interview by J.F. Rutherford. Refusal to do this action sparked the Supreme Court case Minersville School District v. Gobitis, which occurred in a predominantly (+) Catholic city. In West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, the Supreme Court analyzed whether or not this action could be prevented by the (*) Free Speech Clause. For ten points, name this action in which schoolchildren declare loyalty to a flag. | Pledge of Allegiance (accept salute the U.S. Flag since both cases analyzed the legality of said action as well; prompt on partial answers; accept clear knowledge equivalents) |
| This country and its southeast neighbor engaged in the Christmas War, which eventually led to boundary dispute resolutions concerning the Agacher [[ah-gah- SHEH]] Strip. Members of the Tellem were displaced in the Bandiagara Escarpment in this country by the (+) Dogon people. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad is active in the north of this country and is comprised largely of the (*) Tuareg. For ten points, name this West African country that shares its name with a medieval empire led by Mansa Musa. | Republic of Mali (accept République du Mali) |
| This city was the original setting of a 1931 burning of convents after a protest in the Calle [[kah-YEH]] de Alcalá, during which Manuel Azaña [[ah-ZAHN-yah]] supposedly said "all the convents of [this city's country] are not worth the life of a single (+) Republican." In 2004, Al-Qaeda bombed a train in this city, killing 191 people, before Jose Maria Aznar lost re-election because of his involvement in the Iraq War. (*) For ten points, name this European capital that was the seat of power of Juan Carlos the First and Francisco Franco. | Madrid |
| This musician wrote the lyrics for an Ecclesiastes-inspired song that describes "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late." This singer was inspired by a traditional Cossack folk song for his song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (+) This singer wrote "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" with Lee Hays. This musician added lyrics like "We'll walk hand in hand" for a song he popularized titled (*) "We Shall Overcome." For ten points, name this folk singer whose protest music stressed civil rights and disarmament causes. | Pete Seeger |
| A.J. Cronin’s novel The Citadel provided the impetus for the creation of this institution. This institution’s internal market and fundholding were developed and implemented by Ken Clarke. Payments within this institution are overseen by the Agenda for Change, and it was mostly spared during (+) Margaret Thatcher’s rollback of other social programs. This institution was proposed by Aneurin Bevan to achieve the (*) “cradle to the grave” support proposed in the Beveridge Report. For ten points, name this public medical care system of Great Britain. | National Health Service (or NHS) |
| Siduri prepares this substance and tells Gilgamesh to accept his mortality before giving him directions to Utnapishtim. Enkidu is told by the temple prostitute Shamhat that bread is for survival, but this substance is a marker of civilization. (+) An ancient Sumerian hymn to the goddess Ninsaki is the oldest known recipe for this substance. Some of this substance was dyed red with ocher to pacify the bloodlust of Sekhmet. (*) Subject of the Sumerian proverb, “Fill your belly. Day and night make merry,” for ten points, what is this alcoholic beverage brewed from cereal grain? | Beer (or ale; prompt on “alcohol”; reject “wine” or any other drinks) |
| The perpetrators of this event melted a bronze statue of Hercules created by Lysippos for Alexander the Great. Nicetas Choniates [[koh-NYAH-teez]] wrote about a column of nobles fleeing to Selymbria in Thrace after this event, during which the bronze horses now displayed on (+) St. Mark’s Basilica were looted. Baldwin of Flanders was crowned as monarch of the new “Latin Empire” after this event, which was instigated by Venice in 1203. (*) For ten points, identify this culmination of the Fourth Crusade in which the Byzantine capital was burned. | Sack of Constantinople (prompt on “Fourth Crusade” before “1203”) |
| Philip Wigle and John Mitchell were convicted of treason for their role in this uprising, which commenced with an assault on the house of tax collector John Neville. The federal response to this uprising represented the only time a (+) sitting U.S. president commanded an army in the field. This uprising was launched in response to an excise tax pushed through by Alexander Hamilton. Western (*) Pennsylvanians launched, for ten points, what uprising against a tax levied on production of a namesake liquor? | Whiskey Rebellion |
| An attack on the Moncada barracks occurred in this month, and the "Three Glorious Days" in this month installed a "citizen-king" whose chief minister was Guizot [[gwee-ZOH]]. An ultimatum, which was backed by the (+) "blank check" of Wilhelm the Second, was made by the government of Franz Joseph the First after an assassination by Gavrilo Princip in this month's namesake crisis. (*) For ten points, name this month, on the fourth day of which the Declaration of Independence was ratified. | July (accept July Crisis; accept July 4) |
| This cousin of two U.S. presidents and a Massachusetts governor was known for writing the Massachusetts Circular Letter, and a popular story says this man signaled the beginning of the Boston Tea Party. | Samuel Adams (prompt on "Adams") |