| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This politician's government offered Muammar Gaddafi 14 million pounds to stop supporting the IRA. This politician’s government passed the Mines and Quarries Act in response to the Aberfan disaster. Decriminalizing homosexuality and angering Lyndon Johnson by not sending troops to Vietnam, for ten points, who was this Labour leader who served as prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976? | Harold Wilson (or James Harold Wilson; or Baron Wilson of Rievaulx) |
| This man’s appendicitis resulted in him missing his flight to the Bandung Conference, allowing him to dodge a bomb attack on the Kashmir Princess. The removal of monuments mourning the death of this man triggered the 1976 Tiananmen Incident. This man secretly met with Henry Kissinger before Richard Nixon’s visit to his country. For ten points, name this man, who served under Mao Zedong as the People’s Republic of China’s first premier. | Zhou Enlai (or Chou En-lai; prompt on "Enlai") |
| This man successfully converted a Bactrian king after miraculously healing a horse. This man’s faith was spread following the conversion of King Vishtaspa, and this man is believed to have authored most of the Gathas hymns in the Yajna liturgy. This man is credited with writing 17 hymns in the Avesta dedicated to Ahura Mazda. For ten points, name this ancient Persian prophet who founded a namesake dualistic religion. | Zoroaster (or Zarathustra; prompt on "Zoroastrianism") |
| This city is the largest on one river which gives its name to a genre popularized by The Searchers. A Salvation Army home in this city inspired the name of one song, by a songwriter who once was a member of the Quarrymen. A group known as the Cunard Yanks brought American culture to this city where "Merseybeat" became popular. The song "Strawberry Fields Forever" was set in, for ten points, what English city, where the Beatles formed? | Liverpool |
| Siaosi, or George, became the first king of this country in 1845 after earlier establishing a proto- Constitution for this country, the Vava'u Code. This country was governed as an absolute monarchy until Tupou the Fifth instituted reforms in 2010. Those reforms were supported by ʻAkilisi Pohiva, who had earlier been arrested following 2006 riots in Nuku'alofa. For ten points, name this only remaining sovereign, indigenous monarchy in Oceania. | Kingdom of Tonga (or Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga) |
| One conflict regarding this region ended with the adoption of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in Pretoria. One side in that conflict regarding this region was led by the UFEFCF coalition, spearheaded by the Oromo Liberation Front and the TPLF. Since March 2023, this place's Interim Regional Administration has been led by Getachew Reda, who was appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. For ten points, name this formerly secessionist region of northern Ethiopia. | Tigray Region (or Tigray National Regional State) |
| The slogan, "Ittehad, Etemad, Qurbani," was coined by this man. This man died in a plane crash, which occurred during an attempted takeoff from modern-day Taipei. This man succeeded Mohan Singh to lead a unit that was sometimes called the Azad Hind Fauj, which worked with the Japanese Army during the Second World War. For ten points, name this Indian nationalist leader, who was given the title "Netaji" by Germany. | Subhas Chandra Bose (accept Netaji Bose; accept Netaji before mentioned) |
| After his birth, this man’s feet were pinned together, and he was given away to a shepherd. This man fled Corinth in an attempt to subvert a prophecy, which he believed meant he would kill King Polybus. After getting into a fight at a crossroads, this man Killed King Laius of Thebes and eventually took his throne. For ten points, name this mythical king, who killed his father and married his mother. | Oedipus (accept Oedipus Rex) |
| In the Fourth Reform Act, this prime minister established universal suffrage along with limited votes for women. While serving as chancellor of the exchequer, this man earned the ire of the House of Lords for proposing the People's Budget. This leader oversaw the independence of Ireland, and, representing Caernarvon, was the only native Welsh-speaker to serve as prime minister. One of the "Big Four" at the Paris Peace Conference, for ten points, who was this British leader who oversaw the end of World War One? | David Lloyd George (or 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor; accept Earl of Dwyfor; prompt on partial answers) |
| Some supporters of the Fourth Reform Act proposed this electoral system for the House of Commons. Though it failed, a single transferable version of it was adopted for university constituencies, so that Conservatives no longer held all MPs for Oxbridge. | Proportional representation (prompt on "PR") |
| This empire was forced to create the position of "Amir-al-umara," relegating its rulers to a ceremonial position. Following the escape of Idris ibn Abd Allah from Farrakh, this empire was forced to accept the secession of Morocco. Following the murder of al-Mutawakkil, this dynasty was temporarily puppeted by Turkic warlords during the Anarchy at Samarra. The House of Wisdom at Baghdad was founded by, for ten points, what dynasty, which overthrew the Umayyads? | Abbasid Caliphate (or Abbasids) |
| This formerly Buddhist Persian family served as viziers for Harun al-Rashid before he purged them. This family was named for the father of Khalid, the first vizier of the first caliph. | Barmakids (or Barmecides; prompt on "Barmak") |
| In this state, the worst rail accident in 19th century U.S. history occurred when a bridge collapsed while carrying a train from the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, in an 1876 event known as the Ashtabula Horror. One area of this state was originally claimed by Connecticut in an area known as the Western Reserve. Creation of the EPA was prompted after multiple fires on the Cuyahoga River in, for ten points, what U.S. state? | Ohio |
| This Ohio village on the Pennsylvania border was the site of a February 2023 disaster in which a train carrying vinyl chloride derailed and exploded. This village was evacuated in the wake of the disaster, and its residents began a class action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern. | East Palestine [[pal-uh-STEEN]] (accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| This emperor piously declared that two brothers murdered in the Xuanwu [[shoo-AHN-woo]] Gate Incident became his celestial advisors. Before erecting Buddhist monasteries on all battlefields in 629, this emperor entered Chang’an [[CHAHNG-ahn]] in golden armor followed by two rebel kings and ten thousand cavalrymen, while fighting for the father whom he forced out and edited out of history. For ten points, name this son of Gaozu [[gow-ZOO]], the second Tang emperor. | Emperor Taizong of Tang (or Li Shimin; prompt on “Prince of Qin”) |
| Taizong pardoned a monk who said that the royal family was descended from Turks, not this philosopher, who is credited with writing Tao Te Ching, or The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue. | Laozi (or Laotzu; or Li Er; accept Lao Jun) |
| The Saadallah al-Jabiri Square is the site of a large sculpture that reads “I (heart) [this city]" near a memorial to the victims of three 2012 car bombings in this city. Temporarily occupied by the Army of Conquest after a 2016 battle, this city is home to the Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, which was controlled by the YPG after a four-year war. During the Arab Spring, a crowd of 1.5 million counter-protestors supposedly rallied in support of Bashar al-Assad in, for ten points, what city in northern Syria? | Aleppo (or Ḥalab) |
| Aleppo was given to Syria in this treaty, which failed to grant the Kurds their own state. | Treaty of Sèvres |
| A man with this surname served as U.S. ambassador to Russia under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Charlotte Dupuy filed a freedom suit against a man with this surname, who advocated for the Maysville Road. A politician with this surname promoted his American System and was made secretary of state by John Quincy Adams in a "corrupt bargain." For ten points, give this surname of politicians Cassius Marcellus and Kentucky statesman and "Great Compromiser" Henry. | Clay (accept Cassius Marcellus Clay; accept Henry Clay Sr.) |
| Cassius Clay, the brother of Brutus Clay, supported the independence movement of this country by founding a Charitable Aid Society to assist José Martí and The Necessary War. | Republic of Cuba |
| At Vaucouleurs [[voh-koo-LOOHR]], this military leader petitioned Robert de Baudricourt to escort them to Chinon. Pope Callixtus the Third led proceedings to formally dismiss heresy charges against this figure after their execution. Pierre Cauchon convicted this figure of heresy and sentenced them to be burnt to death. A patron saint of France whose efforts led to the end of the Siege of Orleans, for ten points, who was this peasant girl? | Joan of Arc (or Jeanne d'Arc) |
| Yolande, the duchess of Anjou and daughter of John the First of this Spanish kingdom was responsible for much of Joan's early patronage. | Aragon (accept Yolande of Aragon; accept John the First of Aragon) |
| Following this individual's rise to power, he adopted the Plan of Cuernavaca and replaced an 1824 constitution with the Siete Leyes. This man drafted the Casa Mata Plan Revolution with Guadalupe Victoria to overthrow Emperor Augustin. This leader, who committed the Goliad Massacre, buried his amputated leg with full military honors following the Pastry War. The loser of the Battle of Jacinto was, for ten points, what president of Mexico, who besieged the Alamo? | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Santa Anna was removed from power by Ignacio Comonfort and Benito Juárez via this 1854 "Plan," which eventually led to the drafting of the 1857 Mexican Constitution. | Plan of Ayutla |
| First of the two to be admitted to the Union, governed from Bismarck. | North Dakota |
| Mountain in the Black Hills which bears a depiction of four presidents. | Mount Rushmore (accept Mount Rushmore National Memorial; accept Six Grandfathers) |
| Neighboring province, next to Saskatchewan, the relationship with which is honored by the International Peace Garden. | Manitoba |
| 23rd U.S. president, who shuffled papers to choose which Dakota would be admitted first. | Benjamin Harrison (prompt on "Harrison") |
| Lakota war leader, who is depicted in an incomplete statue in the Black Hills. | Crazy Horse (or Tȟašúŋke Witkó; accept Crazy Horse Memorial) |
| Only major-party presidential nominee from a Dakota, who lost in a landslide to Richard Nixon. | George McGovern (or George Stanley McGovern) |
| Large nation in which the era occurred and was referred to internally as a "period of developed socialism." | Soviet Union (accept Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; or Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; or USSR; or CCCP; or SSSR; do not accept or prompt on "Russia") |
| Final leader of that country who coined the term as a pejorative. | Mikhail Gorbachev (or Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev) |
| Country, led from Kabul, which was invaded in 1979 to prop up the communist government of the era. | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (accept Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; accept Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) |
| General secretary from 1964 to 1982 who presided over much of the era. | Leonid Brezhnev (or Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev) |
| Terminus of the Trans-Siberian railway in which Gerald Ford signed an arms limitation treaty in 1974. | Vladivostok (or Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control) |
| 11-year old American peace activist who wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov and was invited to his country. | Samantha Smith (or Samantha Reed Smith) |
| Boy king, known for his tomb of treasures discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. | Tutankhamun (or Tutankhaten; accept King Tut) |
| Last queen of Egypt before the Roman conquest who legendarily committed suicide with an asp. | Cleopatra the Seventh Thea Philopator |
| Man called Ozymandias by the Greeks, the "Great Ancestor" of his successors. | Ramesses the Second (or Ramesses the Great; accept pronunciation as [[RAM-sees]]; prompt on "Ramesses") |
| Monotheist who was named Amenhotep the Fourth before changing his name to honor a sun god. | Akhenaten (or Echnaton) |
| 4th Dynasty ruler known for commissioning the Great Pyramid of Giza. | Khufu (or Cheops) |
| Female pharaoh who commissioned the Karnak Temple Complex. | Hatshepsut (or Hatasu) |
| This region’s Fratricidal War was fought between Frederick the Second and Duke William the Third. During the split of the House of Wettin, one portion of this region had its capital moved to Wittenberg. (+) Along with Bavaria, this region was ruled by Henry the Lion before he was ousted by Frederick Barbarossa. This region was split between Ernest and Henry the Third in the Treaty of Leipzig. Centered around Dresden, (*) for ten points, what was this electorate in the Holy Roman Empire? | Electorate of Saxony (accept Duchy of Saxony) |
| This man's brother, Hariraja, established a dynastic branch at Ranthambore. Chand Bardai claimed to have accompanied this man to Ghazna to slay one rival. Zia ud-Din Tulaki held a fort (+) to attempt to delay the Rajput Army of this man from attacking the retreating forces of Muhammad of Ghor after this man's victory at an 1191 battle. Fighting a pair of battles at Tarain, (*) for ten points, who was this Indian king? | Prithviraj Chauhan (or Prithviraja the Third; or Rai Pithora; prompt on "Prithviraj") |
| In 1992, a set of ten explosions that affected this city's sewer systems resulted in more than 200 deaths. In 1791, this city's bishop founded its Hospicio Cabañas. In 1987, the first iteration of a major book (+) fair was held in this city, which hosted the 1991 Ibero-American Summit. The International Mariachi Festival is held annually in this city, from which the state of Jalisco (*) is governed. For ten points, name this second-largest Mexican city. | Guadalajara |
| In 1979, the Soviet government began a reconstruction of this location, which was jointly dedicated by Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schröder on the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg. (+) After Peter the Great admired the namesake panels of this location at the Berlin City Palace, it was transported as a gift to the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo. (*) For ten points, name this chamber, decorated in panels of a namesake gemstone, which was dismantled after World War Two and has never been found. | Amber Room |
| During this case, witness Natalie Singer testified that investigator Mark Fuhrman used racial slurs and therefore was not a credible source. A cadre of lawyers, nicknamed "The Dream Team," (+) included Robert Shapiro and Robert Kardashian and formed the defense for the accused party in this trial. The line "if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" was used by Johnnie Cochran during, (*) for ten points, what highly publicized trial of the 1990s? | O. J. Simpson Trial (accept either underlined portion; accept Orenthal James Simpson) |
| A leader of this country was controversially found to receive a $900 weekly allowance from TV3. Another prime minister of this country oversaw the “Jennycide” and was this country's first female prime minister. Bill English and Jenny Shipley (+) were among the leaders of this country, in which a set of economic policies, inspired by those of Ronald Reagan were known as Rogernomics. A set of 2019 mosque shootings (*) were carried out in, for ten points, what country’s city of Christchurch? | New Zealand (accept Aoteroa) |
| The refusal of this man to give up the presidency to Vojislav Koštunica [[VOY-ih-slahf KOHSH- too-NEET-sah]] led to his deposition and arrest during the Bulldozer Revolution. This man claimed that the general Ratko Mladić [[MLAH-ditch]] openly disobeyed his orders to (+) prevent the events of the Srebrenica [[sreh-breh-NEET-sah]] Massacre. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (*) found, for ten points, what Serbian president guilty of genocide during the Bosnian War? | Slobodan Milošević [[mee-LOH-sheh-vitch]] |
| One legendary structure in this city was built for Queen Amytis, who yearned for her forested homeland of Media. The Pergamon Museum in Berlin holds a reconstructed portion of the (+) gates of this city, whose "Neo" empire fell in 539 BCE, after being conquered by Cyrus the Great. Known for its kings Hammurabi (*) and Nebuchadnezzar the Second, the latter of whom supposedly commissioned the Hanging Gardens, for ten points, what was this ancient city? | Babylon (accept Babylonia; accept Babylonian Empire; accept Neo-Babylonian Empire; accept Hanging Gardens of Babylon) |
| This invention, which was mass-produced in Song factories, was said by Marco Polo to have been accepted by all under the rule of the Great Khan. The imperial mint’s (+) overproduction of this invention for wars and royal upkeep caused inflation high enough to bring back a barter economy (*) to most of China by 1368. For ten points, name this fiat currency which replaced coins. | Paper Money (accept Jiaochao; accept Paper Currency and clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| The Shoushi [[SHOH-SHEE]] Calendar of 1281 had calculations for year and month lengths, nearly identical to this most commonly used calendar, mandated by a pope 301 years later to correct for leap years. | Gregorian Calendar |