| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This leader put down one independence protest in the 1991 Santa Cruz Massacre. This man, who was advised by a group of U.S.-educated economists called the Berkely Mafia, resigned in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis. This leader led a regime called the Orde Baru or New Order. For ten points, name this second president of Indonesia and successor of Sukarno. | Suharto (or Soeharto) |
| The American orator Robert Ingersoll was nicknamed the "Great [holder of this point of view].” Thomas Huxley coined the name for this point of view, which originated as a type of evidentialism based around a professed "hopeless" ignorance. A denial of the conclusions of either atheism or theism, for ten points, what is this point of view of those who are uncertain about the existence of God? | Agnosticism (accept The Great Agnostic) |
| Michael B. O'Higgins developed a strategy relying on the "Dogs of [this entity]," which takes its full name from a co-founder of the New York Times. On October 13, 1989, this entity lost seven percent of its value in one day due to the collapse of the junk bond market. Founded in 1896 under its current name, this entity uses price-weighting, which distinguishes it from other indices, which rely on market capitalization. For ten points, name this index that tracks thirty American companies. | Dow Jones Industrial Average (accept DJIA; accept Dogs of the Dow) |
| This man's namesake foundation established a commission regarding the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine. 300 employees of the Oil-for-Food Programme were evacuated after this man's suspension of the effort. This onetime UN and Arab League Envoy to Syria was succeeded in his highest post by Ban Ki-Moon in 2006. For ten points, name this former secretary-general of the United Nations from Ghana. | Kofi Annan (or Kofi Atta Annan; accept Kofi Annan Foundation) |
| This company sold its Manhattan headquarters building to MetLife in 1981. This company called its planes “clippers” and opened the Worldport terminal at JFK Airport. This airline was the launch customer for both the Boeing 707 and 747. The first company to fly across both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, for ten points, what is this defunct airline, targeted by the 1988 Lockerbie bombing? | Pan American World Airways |
| This man disappeared during an expedition with Leif Dietrichson and four Frenchmen. This man set up camp on the Bay of Whales after departing with the Fram, and this man organized a set of depots along the Ross Ice Shelf. Robert Falcon Scott came in second in a December 1911 race against, for ten points, what Norwegian explorer, the first person to reach the South Pole? | Roald Amundsen (or Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen) |
| During this event, Jacques de Flesselles was assassinated for refusing to help its central participants. Peasants attacked the aristocracy in the Great Fear preceding this event, which was in part caused by the dismissal of Jacques Necker. The Marquis de Sade was moved to an insane asylum prior to this event, which only freed seven prisoners. For ten points, name this 1789 seizure of a Parisian prison, which sparked the French Revolution. | Storming of the Bastille (accept clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| This city’s Indian population was once clustered in Pageview before a 1960s eviction campaign relocated them to Lenasia. A suburb of this city was the site of a raid on members of the African National Congress, leading to the Rivonia Trial. This city now contains a former Black-only slum, in which the Soweto Uprising protested against Apartheid. For ten points, name this largest city in South Africa. | Johannesburg (prompt on “Soweto” before mentioned) |
| A photograph of this event features Father Edward Daly waving a blood-stained handkerchief. The Widgery Tribunal was conducted after this event and largely cleared its perpetrators of wrongdoing, but the later Saville Inquiry determined the killings were unjustified. The role of the British Army in this event increased support for the Provisional IRA. For ten points, name this 1972 event, involving the killing of fourteen Catholic protesters in Derry, named for the day of the week on which it took place. | Bloody Sunday (accept Bogside Massacre before "day of the week" is mentioned, prompt after; prompt on "The Troubles"; prompt on partial answers) |
| The killings on Bloody Sunday were carried out by this British Army regiment, which arrived ahead of the main invasion force in Operation Dragoon in World War Two. | Parachute Regiment (or Paras; prompt on "Airborne") |
| To keep these places heated, Sergius Orata supposedly built Hypocausts, according to contemporary engineer Vitruvius. In these infrastructure projects, the frigidarium, or the "cold room," was often contrasted with the hotter calidarium. Caracalla and Diocletian both name a series of, for ten points, what structures, meant primarily for public health and fed by aqueducts? | Roman Baths (accept Thermae; accept Baths of Caracalla; accept Baths of Diocletian) |
| Which training facilities of Greek origin often flanked Roman Baths, both being connected to changing rooms known as Apodyterium? | Gymnasium (accept Gymnásion) |
| Due to 2020 protests in this country, following a controversial parliamentary election, the ruling SDPK under Sooronbay Jeenbekov was deposed. This country, which has been governed by the Mekenchil Party of Sadyr Japarov, was once governed by Kurmanbek Bakiyev before its 2010 Revolution, sparked in part by Anti-Uzbek sentiment. This country deposed Askar Akayev in the 2005 Tulip Revolution. For ten points, name this Central Asian country, in which protests regularly occur in Bishkek. | Kyrgyzstan (or Kyrgyz Republic; or Kyrgyzskaya Respublika) |
| Kyrgyzstan has fought border clashes against this Persian-speaking country, where a 1990s civil war ended with Emomali Rahmon taking control in Dushanbe. | Republic of Tajikistan (or Jumhurii Tojikiston) |
| The author of this work objected to it being cast with female actors, declaring, “Women don’t have prostates.” This work has often been described as an allegory of the time in which this play’s author and future wife slept in haystacks. This absurdist work premiered in Paris in 1953, and its 1956 U.S. debut starred Cowardly Lion actor Bert Lahr as Estragon. For ten points, name this tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett, featuring two characters performing a namesake action. | Waiting for Godot |
| In 2013, a new production of Waiting for Godot premiered on Broadway starring Patrick Stewart as Vladimir opposite this man playing Estragon. This actor won a Tony Award in 1980 for Amadeus and was Oscar-nominated for Gods and Monsters and The Fellowship of the Ring. | Ian McKellen (or Ian Murray McKellen) |
| Death gods called the Keres were sometimes identified as the dark or black aspect of these figures. According to Plato’s Republic, these figures were the daughters of Ananke, on whose lap they sit while turning the spindle of Necessity. The names of these figures are typically given as Lachesis, Atropos, and Clotho. For ten points, name this group of Greek goddesses, who measure out a string to determine every mortal’s lifespan. | Moirai (or Fates; accept Parcae before "Greek" is mentioned) |
| The Moirai may have originated from this Egyptian goddess, the personification of truth, whose feathers were used to weigh the souls of the dead. | Ma’at |
| Ammianus Marcellinus wrote the earliest account of the Fortriu kingdom of these people. Though not the Romans, one leader of these people was named Constantine the First, who was succeeded by Áed [["ADE"]] of the White Flowers. Before becoming king of Alba, Kenneth MacAlpin led these people, who lived above the Forth–Clyde during the Pre-Viking Age and spoke a type of Insular Celtic language. For ten points, name these British people. | Picts (or Pictish) |
| In his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, this monk described the Picts as Scythian settlers who took Scoti wives. | Venerable Bede (or Saint Bede; or Bede the Venerable) |
| In 1906, this man was the Democratic nominee for governor of New York but lost to Republican Charles Evan Hughes. This man once remarked, “A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot.” For over thirty years of his life, this man lived with actress Marion Davies, with whom he had an illegitimate daughter, named Patricia Lake. For ten points, identify this American publishing magnate and owner of the New York Journal. | William Randolph Hearst, Sr. |
| William Randolph Hearst was the primary rival of this man, the publisher of the New York World and founder of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. | Joseph Pulitzer (accept in either order) |
| Humberto Castelo Branco was elected president of this country in 1964, later coming into conflict with Guanabara governor Carlos Lacerda. Branco was succeeded by Artur da Costa e Silva, who dissolved this country's Congress through the Fifth Institutional Act. This country's military dictatorship ended with the 1985 election of Tancredo Neves. For ten points, name this country, in which Lula da Silva won a third term in 2022. | Federative Republic of Brazil (accept República Federativa do Brasil; accept Fifth Brazilian Republic) |
| Lula da Silva was named honorary president of this left-wing political party, which has dominated Brazilian politics for much of the 21st century and is abbreviated as "PT." | Workers' Party (or Partido dos Trabalhadores) |
| State in which the secessionist National Party is headquartered in Sacramento. | California |
| Secret society, against which a third party campaigned from 1828 to 1840. | Freemasons (accept Anti-Masonic Party) |
| Animal associated with the Progressive Party, which nominated Teddy Roosevelt for president in 1912. | Moose (accept Bull-Moose Party) |
| Thirteenth U.S. president, who was nominated by the Know Nothings in 1856. | Millard Fillmore |
| Oldest currently active third party, which saw a rise in votes after the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. | Prohibition Party (or PRO) |
| Conservative broadcaster who was nominated for president by the Reform Party in 2000. | Pat Buchanan (or Patrick Joseph Buchanan) |
| Most noted victim of crucifixion in the province of Judaea. | Jesus Christ (accept either underlined portion) |
| Island on which Londinium was located in a Roman province. | Great Britain (accept Britannia) |
| Province conquered by Julius Caesar, which was mostly comprised of modern France. | Gaul (or Gallia) |
| Modern country on which most of the western coast of Lusitania was found in Hispania. | Portugal (or Portuguese Republic; or Republica Portugesa) |
| Emperor whose victory in Dacia was commemorated with a triumphal column. | Trajan (or Caesar Nerva Traianus; accept Trajan's Column) |
| Mountain range in which the province of Moesia was located. | Balkans (or Balkan Mountains) |
| Modern country of which the Heian is the last classical historical division. | Japan (or Nihon-koku; or Nippon-koku) |
| Title held by Kanmu, the 50th in his country and the first of the Heian with this title. | Emperor of Japan (accept Tennō) |
| Religion of which the Shingon school was founded by a monk named Kukai. | Buddhism (accept Shingon Buddhism; accept word forms) |
| City that served as the Heian capital. | Kyoto City |
| 11th century classic, written by court writer Lady Murasaki. | The Tale of Genji |
| Clan that dominated Heian Era politics and continued to dominate until the Meiji Restoration. | Fujiwara Clan |
| In order to depose this ruler, Maximilian von Holnstein bribed officials into giving negative reports on his mental health. Wagner’s Ring Cycle (+) was completed thanks to this king’s patronage, and a castle commissioned by this "Swan King" is the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty (*) Castles at Disney parks. For ten points, name this supposedly "Mad" king who ordered the construction of Neuschwanstein Castle. | Ludwig the Second of Bavaria (prompt on "Mad King Ludwig" or "Swan King") |
| The Pueblo god Awanyu is depicted as one of these creatures and symbolizes lightning and rivers. In the Popul Vuh, a wind god named Gukumatz took the form (+) of one of these creatures. Hernán Cortés legendarily was mistaken for one god in the form of one of these creatures upon arrival in the (*) Aztec empire. For ten points, name these mythical animals, prominent in Mesoamerican mythology and including Quetzalcoatl. | Feathered Serpent (accept Plumed in place of Feathered; accept Snake in place of Serpent; prompt on partial answers) |
| Sultan Babullah of Ternate [[tehr-NAH-teh]] formally accepted an envoy by this man and his shipbuilder, Diego, in an effort to turn them against the Portuguese, who had a strong presence in the Moluccas. Using a galleon known the Golden Hind, (+) this explorer completed a circumnavigation of the world with the patronage of Elizabeth the First. The Spanish Armada of Philip the (*) Second was defeated due, in part, to the intervention of, for ten points, what English privateer? | Francis Drake (accept El Draque [[DRAH-keh]]) |
| Neville Chamberlain's willingness to allow the Nazis to remilitarize the Rhineland led to this man's resignation as foreign secretary in 1938. This man and Guy Mollet [[GEE moh-LEH]] fell from grace (+) in their respective countries after attempting to seize the Suez Canal from Egypt. (*) For ten points, name this British prime minister, a Conservative who served for fifteen years as deputy to Winston Churchill. | Anthony Eden (or Robert Anthony Eden; or 1st Earl of Avon) |
| One form of this quantity lays the foundation for the concept of generalized dimensions in information science and is named after Alfréd Rényi. Rudolf Clausius is considered the originator of (+) this quantity in a work titled "On the Moving Force of Heat." Measured in joules per Kelvin and established in the second law of thermodynamics, (*) for ten points, what is this quantity, providing a measure of a system's disorder? | Entropy (accept Rényi Entropy) |
| In 2004, this country's Asar party won four seats in Parliament, though its leader, Dariga, merged that party with her father's Otan. This country has been led for decades by a party now called Amanat. (+) This country, which briefly renamed its capital after its first president from 2019 to 2022, is currently led by Kassym-Jomart (*) Tokayev. For ten points, name this country where Nursultan was once the name of Astana. | Republic of Kazakhstan (or Qazaqstan Respublikasy; or Respublika Kazakhstan) |
| In one appearance, this character says, "There is no shame in deterrence. Having a weapon is very different from actually using it." One of this character's traits was the result of a programming overflow glitch, which reduced this character's aggression level below zero (+) after adopting democracy, causing a bug leading to an aggression level of 255. Known contradictorily for both pacifism (*) and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, for ten points, who is this historical figure who leads India throughout the Civilization video game series? | Mahatma Gandhi (or Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) |
| This place's Curfew Tower is part of its Lower Ward and was first commissioned by Henry the Second. A bronze statue of Charles the Second sits beneath this place's Round Tower, which was originally built by William the Conqueror. Donald Insall Associates led the restoration (+) of this complex's State Apartments and Saint George's Hall following a 1992 fire. Located across the Thames River from Eton (*) College, for ten points, what is this historic part-time residence of the British monarch, located just outside of London? | Windsor Castle |
| Andrew Magrath was this state's last Confederate governor, afterwards being imprisoned in a neighboring state's Fort Pulaski. This state's first directly-elected governor was James Orr, who attempted to negotiate the transfer of federal property to this state. This state, whose era of (+) Reconstruction ended after Wade Hampton came to power, was one of three Southern states declared to have been won by Rutherford Hayes in the Compromise of 1877. The Federal government refused to give up (*) Fort Sumter in, for ten points, what U.S. state? | South Carolina |
| The founder of this company revealed their antisemitic views in The International Jew, having previously introduced vehicles including the Model T. | Ford Motor Company |