| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After being refused entrance to Cambrai, this man bribed supporters of Ragnachar before leading a war against him. Book Two of a work by Gregory of Tours covers the beginning of a dynasty founded by this man, who ensured the exclusion of women from inheriting thrones by compiling the Salic Law. This man married a supposed descendant of Athanaric named Clotilde. The founder of the Merovingian Dynasty, for ten points, who was this leader, considered to be the earliest king to unite the Frankish tribes? | Clovis the First |
| This man created a portrait of the actor David Garrick as Richard the Third. In another painting, this man depicted the slogan "Give us our eleven days" to satirize the Calendar Act. A set of prints created by this man depicts a woman letting her baby fall over a railing, leading in part to the passage of the Gin Act. For ten points, name this English artist who was known for his social commentaries of eighteenth-century society in series such as Humours of an Election and Marriage A-la-Mode. | William Hogarth |
| The flagship San Salvador was used by this man, who is commemorated by a monument at Point Loma. In 1542, this man’s fleet reached the Russian River during a trip where he spotted Cabo de Piños, which was later named Point Reyes. The Chumash were encountered by this man on one expedition along the coast of a state containing the San Miguel and Channel Islands. For ten points, name this Spanish explorer who entered San Francisco Bay while traveling around California. | Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (or Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) |
| A Dutch school described by this non-English word and "Illustre" was founded in the aftermath of the beeldenstorm and has hosted faculty including Petrus Camper. The brothers August and Friedrich Schlegel founded a publication of this name that is considered a founding work of Romanticism. A building of this name constructed under Hadrian was meant to promote the scientific and literary advancements of Rome. For ten points, what is this name of various scholarly institutions, which pay homage to a Greek city-state? | Athenaeum (accept Atheneum; accept Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam) |
| This writer shared his political views in the book Mr. Alberi is Right. After his first newspaper was shut down by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, this man founded the satirical Lo Scaramuccia. One character created by this author debuted in the periodical Giornale per i bambini, and this man created the Fairy with Turquoise Hair as an allegory for the Virgin Mary. For ten points, name this Italian author known for the children's work The Adventures of Pinocchio. | Carlo Collodi (or Carlo Lorenzini) |
| This man compiled a collection of interviews with civil rights activists in Who Speaks for the Negro? This man, who founded The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks, is the only person to have won a Pulitzer Prize in both poetry and fiction. One novel by this man is narrated by Jack Burden and takes its title from a line in "Humpty Dumpty." For ten points, name this writer, who loosely based the rise and fall of the populist Willie Stark on the life of Huey Long in his novel All the King's Men. | Robert Penn Warren |
| This man once stated, "I don't want an educated population; I want oxen." One of this man’s most prominent critics was the liberation theologist Ernesto Cardenal. A seven-member team of commandos assassinated this man during his exile to Paraguay, which occurred after he was deposed by a party that ruled with the Junta for National Reconstruction. Overthrown by U.S.-backed insurgent Sandinistas, for ten points, who was this Nicaraguan dictator? | Anastasio Somoza Debayle (or Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle) |
| Prince Vorotynsky was sent to Domnino to inform this man of his victory in one election. The son of a woman known as "the great nun," this man was legendarily targeted by Polish troops who disappeared after being led into a forest by Ivan Susanin. Filaret was the father of this man, who was the subject of an opera titled A Life for the Tsar. This man's elevation to his highest post in 1613 brought an end to the Time of Troubles. For ten points, name this tsar, the first ruler of his country's last imperial house. | Michael of Russia (or Michael the First; or Michael Fyodorovich Romanov; accept Mikhail in place of Michael; prompt on partial answers) |
| Despite being educated in the West, this man’s role as a living Buddha was discussed in the biography The King Never Smiles. This man’s son owned a poodle named Fufu who was appointed Air Chief Marshal in his country’s military. This man’s refusal to endorse the Young Turks’ April Fools Day Coup resulted in its eventual failure, and this man’s extensive use of lèse-majesté laws extended to his dog Tongdaeng and continues to apply to him, despite his 2016 death. For ten points, name this longest-reigning king of Thailand. | Rama the Ninth (or Phumiphon Adunyadet; or Bhumibol Adulyadej; prompt on “Rama,” "Adunyadet," or "Adulyadej") |
| Rama the Ninth’s legacy is strained by his perceived condoning of a 1976 massacre at one of these places named Thammasat. Leftists occupied several of these places in Japan during a 1968 protest. | University (or College; accept answers such as Institutes of Higher Learning; accept Thammasat University; accept Japanese University protests) |
| This man represented the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company during the Carlill case, and this man's penchant for fancy wine contributed to his nickname, "Squiffy." Henry Campbell-Bannerman preceded this man in his highest post, which made this man the most recent leader of the opposition of a certain party. Criticized for his handling of the Gallipoli campaign, this man was succeeded by David Lloyd George as prime minister during World War One. For ten points, name this British Liberal Party prime minister. | H. H. Asquith (or Herbert Henry Asquith; or First Earl of Oxford and Asquith) |
| In 1892, H.H. Asquith was appointed as home secretary during the fourth ministry of this "Grand Old Man" of British politics. | William Ewart Gladstone |
| This ruler's father gave him and his sister, Fawzia, names that began with "F" to earn good luck. This brother-in-law of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was initially known as "the beloved king," though the Wafd Party feared his public support. This monarch lost popularity after refusing to black out the windows of his palace during an Italian invasion, and this man was opposed in Project FF and overthrown by the Free Officers. For ten points, name this Egyptian king who was overthrown by Nasser in 1952. | Farouk the First (or Fārūq al-Awwal) |
| Farouk was a descendent of this Albanian pasha, an Ottoman governor who twice declared war on the sultan and was sent to oust Napoleon. | Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha (prompt on partial answers) |
| Teams in this league include the Springfield Lasers and Chicago Smash, and Elton John’s song “Philadelphia Freedom” was originally written for another team in this league. “No-line” calico-patterned courts were introduced in the 1970s for this league that uses a five-part format, including matches played for one set each. Founded in 1973, for ten points, what is this league, whose All Stars have included Björn Borg and Billie Jean King? | World Team Tennis (accept WTT) |
| This American tennis player helped start the WTT and was refused entry to the 1974 French Open as a result. This man was the first Black player to be selected for the U.S. Davis Cup team. | Arthur Ashe (or Arthur Robert Ashe Jr.) |
| In early 1942, this man's soldiers carried out a massacre in Novi Sad as part of an anti-Partisan campaign. Germany launched Operation Margarethe against the will of this conservative, whose regime began with the anti-communist White Terror. This man gained prestige following the Vienna Awards and the partition of Czechoslovakia, and this admiral for a landlocked country was deposed by the Nazis and replaced with the Arrow Cross regime. For ten points, name this interwar leader of Hungary. | Miklós Horthy (or Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya; accept "Nicholas" in place of "Miklós") |
| Horthy's regime followed the collapse of a Soviet republic established by this man, a revolutionary and foreign minister under nominal president Sandor Garbai. | Béla Kun (or Béla Kohn) |
| During this disaster, a "Strong-Willed Pig" gained internet fame after surviving for almost a month beneath a pile of rubble. Over a quarter-million people were evacuated during this disaster due to fears that the Tangjiashan Lake Dam would burst. This disaster, which began in the city of Wenchuan, resulted in injuries to pandas at Wolong National Nature Reserve and damage to the city of Chengdu. For ten points, name this disaster that resulted in thousands of landslides and 87,000 deaths in southwestern China in 2008. | 2008 Sichuan Earthquake (accept Great Wenchuan Earthquake; accept Great Sichuan Earthquake; prompt on answers involving "China;" prompt on partial answers) |
| After the 2008 quake, this expert in geomechanics, who also happened to be the premier of China at the time, traveled to Sichuan to oversee rescue work. | Wen Jiabao (accept in either order; prompt on "Jiabao") |
| The first individual appointed to this position in the federal bureaucracy, William C. Redfield, authored a treatise entitled The New Industrial Day: A Book for Men Who Employ Men. After serving in three different cabinet positions in the Nixon administration, Elliott Richardson was appointed to this cabinet post by Gerald Ford. The only cabinet position held by Harry Hopkins and Wilbur Ross was, for ten points, what highest office attained by Herbert Hoover before his presidency? | Secretary of Commerce (accept Department of Commerce; prompt on partial answers; do NOT accept or prompt on "Secretary of Commerce and Labor”) |
| This woman, the sister of Illinois governor Jay Robert, or “J.B.,” served as the secretary of commerce in the Barack Obama administration. | Penny Pritzker (or Penny Sue Pritzker; prompt on "Pritzker") |
| A pair of law professors in this city helped collect a series of historical artifacts known as the Amerbach Cabinet. An athlete born in this city won a record eight men's singles titles at Wimbledon. Erasmus of Rotterdam died in this city, whose namesake university was once home to Leonhard Euler [[OY-ler]] and Karl Barth. Roger Federer was born in this city that came to be associated with a similar-sounding serpent with a deadly gaze. For ten points, identify this Swiss city. | Basel |
| Another student at the University of Basel was this Swiss mathematician and physicist, whose namesake principle states that points of higher fluid speed have less pressure than those of slower speed within a horizontal fluid flow. | Daniel Bernoulli (accept Bernoulli's Principle) |
| Partisan leader who liberated Yugoslavia in World War Two. | Josip Broz Tito (accept either underlined portion) |
| Large south Slavic ethnic group massacred by Croats during World War Two. | Serbs (or Serbians; or Srbi) |
| Northwestern Yugoslav republic that seceded after the Ten-Day War. | Republic of Slovenia (or Republika Slovenija) |
| Far-right Croatian fascist party, led by Ante Pavlic. | Ustashe (or Ustaše; prompt on “Croatian Revolutionary Movement”) |
| Croatian region demanded by Italy in the 1915 Treaty of London. | Dalmatia (or Dalmacija; or Dalmazia) |
| Yugoslav king assassinated in 1934 by Vlado Chernozemski. | Alexander the First (or Alexander the Unifier) |
| Abrahamic religion of which both the reformers and the Catholics were a part. | Christianity (or Christians) |
| German priest who nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of a church in 1517. | Martin Luther |
| Present-day nation in which John Calvin wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1500s Geneva. | Switzerland (or Swiss Confederation; accept Old Swiss Confederacy) |
| Founder of Presbyterianism and leader of the Scottish Reformation. | John Knox |
| Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain who exiled Martin Bucer to England in 1549. | Charles the Fifth |
| Scandinavian country in which reformer Johannes Bugenhagen crowned Christian the Third. | Denmark-Norway (accept either underlined portion) |
| Modern country in which the Maurya had their capital. | Republic of India (or Bharat Ganarajya) |
| "Great" Macedonian conqueror who ended his Eastern campaign after encountering the Nanda, whom the Maurya conquered. | Alexander the Great |
| Emperor known for his many rock edicts and for spreading Buddhism across Asia. | Ashoka the Great (or Asoka; or Chakraravartin Samrat Ashoka) |
| Founder of the empire, who overthrew the Nanda. | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Bloody 262 BC war on the eastern coast, which marks the end of Mauryan military expansion. | Kalinga War |
| Capital of the empire, adjacent to present-day Patna. | Pataliputra |
| This statement was the titled a 2012 book by Jonathan Schneer. A premise of the Herbert Samuel memorandum titled for the "Future" of one region was similar to this statement and aimed to drum up war support among one group. This (+) 1917 statement was part of a letter sent to Lord Rothschild by the namesake foreign secretary. Named for the (*) prime minister of the UK from 1902 to 1905, for ten points, what was this statement advocating a "national home for the Jewish people?" | Balfour Declaration (accept The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of Arab-Israeli Conflict; prompt on "Arthur Balfour," "Lord Balfour," or "First Earl of Balfour;" prompt on partial answers) |
| A rallying cry during this event begins with the words "The Azure Sky is already dead." The corruption of the "Ten Attendants," a group of powerful court eunuchs, led to the outbreak of this event under Emperor Ling. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (+) opens with this revolt, and the "Great Teacher" Zhang Jue [[ZHAHNG-JWEH]] led the largest uprising during this revolt. The Han (*) Dynasty was greatly weakened by, for ten points, what period of unrest led by the Daoist followers of the Way of Supreme Peace, named for their distinctive headwear? | Yellow Turban Rebellion (accept Yellow Scarves Rebellion; prompt on partial answers) |
| This speech’s orator claims that “with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph.” Claims of premeditation were made in this speech, which was written after Frank Knox reported the central event to its speaker. This speech focuses on an action that occurred (+) “suddenly and deliberately” and notes how several vessels were “reported torpedoed… between San Francisco and Honolulu.” Delivered one day after (*) December 7th, for ten points, identify this oration delivered by FDR after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. | the Day of Infamy speech (accept descriptive answers like Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech after the bombing of Pearl Harbor before mentioned) |
| This man was nicknamed “Myna” by protestors due to his family’s corruption nearly tanking his country’s economy. In 1970, this man became the youngest member of Parliament ever elected in his country, and in 2006, this man publicly announced a no-holds-barred policy for defeating the (+) Tamil Tigers. Serving as president from 2005 to 2015 and prime minister from 2019 (*) to 2022, for ten points, who is this Sri Lankan politician who oversaw the end of the Civil War and was ousted in a wave of 2022 protests? | Mahinda Rajapaksa (or Percy Mahinda Rajapaksa) |
| This kingdom was legendarily founded by the goddess Lady Po Nagar and her husband. After briefly ruling this kingdom, Gangaraja abdicated and took a pilgrimage to the Ganges, causing this kingdom to fall into civil war. Chinese scholars referred to one offshoot of this kingdom as (+) Linyi, which was also known as Lam Ap. The export of a special kind of rice from this kingdom is one of the primary reasons for the Song Dynasty’s population explosion. Based in what is now (*) southern Vietnam, for ten points, what is this long-lasting Hindu kingdom? | Champa |
| This city’s elites may have lived in a walled compound surrounded by a moat that was designed to indicate its location as the origin of mankind. Arthur Posnansky claimed that this city was 17,000 years old and was the origin of all New World civilizations. This city contained a (+) sunken court mound known as Kalasasaya, or Stopped Stones, and this city was home to a pair of gates carved from monoliths named the Gate of the Sun and (*) Gate of the Moon. For ten points, name this archaeological site near Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca. | Tiwanaku (or Tiahuanaco; or Tiahuanacu) |
| This man caused international backlash after implying that his government would not accept the Oder-Neisse line. This man’s negotiations with François Mitterrand resulted in the Maastricht Treaty, and after the revolutions of 1989, this man made it a priority to end the (+) “provisional capital” at Bonn. Along with Wolfgang Schäuble [[SHOY-bluh]], this man lost his influence in the Christian Democratic Union donations scandal, allowing the rise of his protégé (*) Angela Merkel. For ten points, name this politician who oversaw the reunification of East and West Germany. | Helmut Kohl (or Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) |
| This man journaled the earliest-known record of the Carrier language. Along with his confidant and cousin, Roderick, this man co-established Fort Chipewyan. A mountain range by the Peel and Liard Rivers is named for this man, who succeeded John A. (+) Macdonald in one post. This first European to cross the Rocky Mountains was the second prime minister of Canada (*) and names a body of water whose main stem flows from Great Slave Lake. For ten points, identify this namesake of Canada's longest river. | Alexander Mackenzie (accept Alasdair MacCoinnich; accept Mackenzie River) |
| The son of a Nestorian Christian mother, this religiously tolerant ruler’s Uighur [[WEE-guhr]] minister, Sangha, offended the Chinese by allowing Song tombs to be pillaged and made into Buddhist temples. This ruler’s main wife, Chabi, invented broad-brimmed sun hats and sleeveless uniforms for fighting in (+) Burma, Java, and other hot lands, having her court ladies spin thread from used bowstrings. After the kuriltai elected this ruler to succeed Mongke, his defeat of Arigboge let him fulfill his grandfather’s (*) prophecy to become khan. For ten points, name this first Mongol emperor of China. | Kublai Khan (or Setsen Khan; or Shizu of Yuan) |
| This Carthaginian general fought against Rome in the Second Punic War and crossed the Alps with elephants. | Hannibal Barca (prompt on "Barca") |