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| Roughly $1.7 million was raised for the restoration of this work through a targeted 1983 American Express campaign. Richard Morris Hunt designed a component of this work, which was situated on a landmass where Frederick Law Olmsted oversaw cleanup efforts. Isaac (+) Bedloe was the former namesake of the island containing this work, whose (*) pedestal contains a plaque inscribed with the poem "The New Colossus." For ten points, name this New York landmark which carries a torch. | Statue of Liberty (accept Liberty Enlightening the World; prompt on "Lady Liberty") |
| This man retired to a farm that is now administered by the National Park Service and overlooks the Gettysburg Battlefield. This former president of Columbia University named a retreat in Frederick County, Maryland after his (+) grandson, David. This man won two elections and gave a farewell address warning of the dangers of the (*) "military-industrial complex." For ten points, name this Supreme Allied Commander and president of the United States, nicknamed "Ike." | Dwight D (avid) "Ike" Eisenhower |
| A member of this group claimed that the sovereign is "he who decides on the exception" in The Concept of the Political. Carl Schmitt supported this organization, and Elisabeth Förster [[FUR-stuh]] promoted the philosophical writings of her brother, (+) Fredrich Nietzsche [[NEE-chuh]], to this group. Along with Stalinism, the rule of this far-right party was analyzed by Hannah Arendt (*) in The Origins of Totalitarianism. For ten points, name this fascist political party which led Germany during the Third Reich. | Nazi Party (or Nazis; accept National Socialist German Workers' Party; accept Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, accept NDSP; accept Nazi Germany; accept Third Reich before mentioned) |
| This non-food product's Nabulsi form comes from the West Bank, while barilla [[bah-REE-yah]] plants may have been used in its Castile form. Lillie Langtry advertised a translucent form of this product first sold by Andrew Pears in London, while Thomas Barratt (+) helped sell a variety of this product using the John Everett Millais [[mee-LAY]] painting A Child's World. William Gossage and the Lever [[LEE- ver]] Brothers helped popularize this product, which B. J. Johnson also sold under the (*) "Palmolive" brand. For ten points, name this cleaning product depicted in the painting Bubbles. | Soap (accept Nabulsi soap; accept Castile soap; accept Pears soap; accept Gossage soap; accept Lever soap; accept Palmolive soap) |
| This city is home to both the first hospital and the first medical school in the United States. This city is home to Elfreth’s Alley, which claims to be the oldest residential street in the U.S. The Betsy Ross (+) House is located in this city, whose art museum features a statue of a fictional boxer. This city is home to Independence (*) Hall where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed. For ten points, name this most populous city of Pennsylvania. | Philadelphia |
| This country contains the oldest stone house in Europe, the Knap of Howar. This country is home to Europe’s most complete neolithic village, which consists of ten flagstone houses. The site of Skara Brae [[BRAY]] is located in this country’s Orkney (+) Islands. In the Middle Ages, monarchs in this country resided at the Holyrood Palace on the Canongate. This country was known as Alba (*) when the Picts were united. For ten points, name this constituent country of the United Kingdom with historical sites in cities such as Glasgow and Edinburgh. | Scotland (prompt on “UK,” “Great Britain,” “Britain,” or “United Kingdom”; do not accept or prompt on “England”) |
| This present-day country was the location of buccaneer havens on Tortuga Island in the 17th century. In July 2021, this country's president, Jovenel Moïse [[MWEESE]] was killed leading to accusations that acting president Ariel Henry (+) planned the assassination. From 1957 to 1986, this country was ruled by a father- and-son (*) set of dictators, nicknamed "Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc." For ten points, name this country, located on the western third of Hispaniola, where Toussaint Louverture [[too- SAHN loh-vehr-TOOR]] led enslaved persons to revolt against their French colonial masters. | Republic of Haiti (or Repiblik d Ayiti; or Republique d'Haiti) Bonuses |
| Using one of these objects, a white teenager assaulted Black civil rights lawyer Ted Landsmark, shown in a Stanley Forman photograph titled for its “Soiling.” The court case Texas v. Johnson held that destroying these objects (+) was protected free speech under the protections of the First Amendment. According to legend, this object was designed by an upholsterer born Elizabeth Griscom. (*) Betsy Ross is said to have designed, for ten points, what national symbol sometimes known as "Old Glory?" | United States Flag (or American Flag; accept Stars and Stripes; accept Star Spangled Banner; accept Old Glory or The Soiling of Old Glory before mentioned) |
| Yaroslav the Wise was a prince of Novgorod who also served as the grand prince over this medieval state. This state that existed from the 10th to the 13th centuries held its capital at Novgorod, as well as a modern Eastern European capital. | Kyivan Rus' (or Kievan Rus'; prompt on partial answers) |
| About fifteen percent of this country's current population immigrated from Portugal, many amid the Estado Novo regime. The last male member of the house that names this country was the leader of the Crusade of Nicopolis, Sigismund. (+) This country's forces defeated a German attack over the Sauer, Our [[OOH-uh]], and Moselle Rivers. The only remaining sovereign grand (*) duchy in the world, for ten points, what is this country which entered into a political union with Belgium and the Netherlands? | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (or Grand Duche de Luxembourg) |
| The US version of this organization, inspired by a movement started in the UK by Robert Baden-Powell, was founded in 1910 by W.D. Boyce to "teach...patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values." | Boy Scouts of America (accept BSA; prompt on "Scouts") |
| This country was the site of the "Match of the Century," pitting Boris Spassky against Bobby Fischer in 1972. This country's Lögrétta [[LURG-ryeh-tah]] legislature lost power after the passage of the Old Covenant. This country, which suffered after a 1783 volcanic (+) eruption, clashed with Britain over fishing rights in the Cod Wars. The author of the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson, served as this country's Lawspeaker. (*) Erik the Red sailed to Greenland from, for ten points, what island nation governed from Reykjavik? | Republic of Iceland (or Lydveldid Ísland) |
| Known for his "scorched-earth" tactics against the Confederacy, this Ohio-born U.S. general is known for his "March to the Sea" through Georgia. | William T (ecumseh) Sherman (accept Sherman's March to the Sea) |