| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The William was targeted in this event, but it got caught in a storm and ran aground at Cape Cod. Thomas Hutchinson partially refused to send the Dartmouth back to England prior to this event. This event involved members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as members of the Mohawk tribe. For ten points, identify this protest in which colonists threw crates of a certain leaf into a New England harbor. | Boston Tea Party |
| Albert Augustus Pope achieved success by manufacturing the "Columbia" model of these things. The penny-farthing was an early type of these devices, but was made obsolete by chain-driven gear trains. An event that began in 1903 and pioneered the yellow jersey featured, for ten points, what objects that are used in the Tour de France? | Bicycles (or Bikes; or Velocipedes; accept Columbia bicycle; accept Safety bicycle; accept Kangaroo dwarf bicycle; accept Rover safety bicycle) |
| Serpentine was an early form of this substance, which was largely displaced by cordite. The founder of DuPont and Antoine Lavoisier [[lah-vwah-see-YEH]] were members of a commission convened to produce this substance more cost-effectively. For ten points, identify this substance composed principally of sulfur, carbon, and potassium nitrate and historically used in muskets and artillery. | Gunpowder (accept Black Powder; accept Gunpowder Administration; prompt on "Potassium Nitrate" or "Saltpeter" or "Explosives") |
| The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was controversially given to this organization, and its executive branch is run by Ursula von der Leyen [["LIE"-un]]. This entity was established in 1992 by the Maastricht Treaty, and the outermost region of this organization is the territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. For ten points, name this continental association, founded in part by France, Germany, and Italy. | European Union (or EU) |
| The village of Great Neck on this island is depicted in The Great Gatsby as "West Egg.” Robert Moses was a proponent of constructing this island's parkways, a major contribution to suburban sprawl in Suffolk County. Home to tribes like the Massapequa and Lenape when Giovanni da Verrazzano arrived in 1524, for ten points, what is this most populous island in the U.S.? | Long Island (prompt on "The Island") |
| Prior to its discovery, this location was printed on maps as Terra Australis. France planted a flag on this landmass in 1840, making a territorial claim to Adélie Land. First documented as being landed upon by U.S. sealer John Davis in 1821, for ten points, what is this landmass and continent that contains the South Pole? | Antarctica (accept Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty) |
| This leader oversaw the Smiling Buddha nuclear weapon tests, and this leader’s order to launch Operation Blue Star and attack the Golden Temple at Amritsar precipitated her assassination by her Sikh body guards. For ten points, name this daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first female prime minister of India. | Indira Gandhi (or Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi; or Indira Priyadarshini Nehru) |
| This city was the intended capital of the pro-slavery secret society called the Knights of the Golden Circle. Many U.S. mob bosses attended a 1946 conference in this city which was organized by Lucky Luciano. This city’s harbor was the site of an 1898 explosion that sparked the Spanish-American War. For ten points, identify this Caribbean capital in whose harbor the USS Maine exploded. | Havana (accept Havana Conference; accept Havana Harbor) |
| This brother of Joan of England was captured near Vienna and ransomed by Leopold of Austria. This king ordered the massacre of 3,000 soldiers after the Battle of Acre [[AH- kruh]] while leading forces to retake the Holy Land. The Third Crusade was led by, for ten points, what English king and rival of Saladin, whose epithet refers to his valor? | Richard I [[the First]] (or Richard the Lionhearted; or Richard Cœur de Lion; prompt on "Richard") |
| Former Republican representative John B. Anderson ran for president under this designation in 1980. To-date, George Washington is the only president to be elected with this designation. Despite running for president as a Democrat, Bernie Sanders has held this designation longer than any other congressperson in history. For ten points, name this designation for politicians who do not belong to a national political party. | Independent (accept Independent Party, despite technical differences; do not accept “American Independent Party” or “Independence Party”) |
| The United Verde railway operated in this state and traveled to the modern ghost town of Jerome. Carl Hayden was the longest-serving senator from this state, and an 1881 conflict in this state led to injuries to Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday. For ten points, name this U.S. state where the Shootout at the O.K. Corral took place in the town of Tombstone. | Arizona |
| Arizona and New Mexico both gained land via this 1854 acquisition of territory, which was named for the ambassador to Mexico under Franklin Pierce. | Gadsden Purchase (prompt on "James Gadsden" or "Gadsden") |
| Nabonidus [[nab-OH-nid-us]] was blamed for this city's conquest, due to his supposed neglect of this city's deity, Bel-Marduk. "An eye for an eye" comes from a law code from this city, in which one of the Wonders of the Ancient World was built. For ten points, name this city which gave rise to the Code of Hammurabi and housed the Hanging Gardens. | Babylon (accept Hanging Gardens of Babylon) |
| The Second Dynasty of Babylon was an offshoot of the Amorite-ruled Babylonian dynasty, but was most culturally similar to what first Mesopotamian empire ruled by Sargon the Great? | Akkadian Empire (or Akkad; accept Old Akkadian) |
| This body of water was given its current name in 1858 by explorer John Hanning Speke. This body of water was discovered by Europeans on a voyage led by Richard Burton, and, along with Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi, is the largest of Africa’s Great Lakes. A namesake falls system sits on, for ten points, what lake located in Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, named for a British queen? | Lake Victoria |
| Lake Victoria is the world’s second-largest freshwater lake. The first is this American lake, named "Gichi-Gami" by the Ojibwe, which holds ten percent of the world’s surface fresh water. | Lake Superior |
| One example of these instruments, the "organistrum," was described by Odo of Cluny and is a predecessor of the hurdy-gurdy. In 1607, an instruction by Tobias Hume for the gamba player to "thump" his instrument was the first known use of "pizzicato" for these instruments. For ten points, identify this orchestral family which includes the cello and violin. | Strings (or Stringed Instruments; or String Family; accept String Quartet No. 1; accept String Quartet No. 2; prompt on specific string instruments) |
| String quartets were most notably developed under this Austrian composer who created more than 100 symphonies, including "The Clock," "Palindrome," and "Farewell." | Franz Joseph Haydn |
| This city's Fort Richardson became a joint base with Elmendorf Air Force Base in 2010. This city's Fire Island was a World War Two submarine observation post, and its Kincaid Park was once the site of Point Campbell Military Reservation. On March 27, 1964, 115 residents of this city died in the Good Friday Earthquake. Named for a location at which the HMS Resolution was moored in 1778, for ten points, what is this most-populous city of Alaska? | Anchorage |
| The frequently trafficked Anchorage International Airport is named for this U.S. senator. This longest-tenured Republican senator served from 1968 to 2009. | Ted Stevens (or Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr.; accept Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) |
| Participants of an event in this city were attacked in the April 27th editorial in the People's Daily. The Eight-Nation Alliance put down a rebellion in this city, which led to the expulsion of residents from its Legation Quarter. Jurchens constructed this city's Summer Palace, which was destroyed on the orders of Lord Elgin during the Second Opium War. Jeff Widener photographed a man in this city standing in front of a column of tanks. For ten points, identify this capital of China. | Beijing (accept Peking) |
| Jeff Widener's Tank Man photograph was taken at this site in Beijing during a 1989 student protest against the Chinese government. | Tiananmen Square (accept 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre) |
| This ruler's forces temporarily took control of Le Havre [[HAHV]] in an attempt to bolster the strength of the Huguenots. The failed Babington Plot was an attempt to kill this leader, who ordered the execution of the former Scottish monarch Mary Stuart. Sir Walter Raleigh was once a favorite of, for ten points, what long-reigning "Virgin Queen of England"? | Elizabeth I [[the First]] (accept Elizabeth the Virgin Queen before mentioned; prompt on partial answers) |
| This Spanish monarch threatened, but ultimately failed, to invade England during the reign of Elizabeth I [[the First]], losing much of his Spanish Armada due to poor weather. | Philip II [[the Second]] (or Philip the Prudent; accept Felipe in place of Philip; prompt on partial answers) |
| This man is depicted riding the horse Traveller as the middle figure in the largest bas- relief carving in the world located in DeKalb County, Georgia. The Battle of Chancellorsville is known as this man's "perfect battle," but he lost his second-in-command to friendly fire at the battle. For ten points, name this commander of the Confederate army who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. | Robert E (dward) Lee |
| The federal government assumed land belonging to Lee's family in order to establish this location. The NGO Wreaths Across America began after Morrill Worcester donated thousands of wreaths to this location. | Arlington National Cemetery (prompt on partial answers) |
| Grants the rights to freedom of speech, the press, religion, assembly, and petition. | 1st Amendment |
| States that one can not be deprived of "liberty, or property, without due process of law." | 5th Amendment |
| Granted women the right to vote. | 19th Amendment |
| Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude after the Civil War. | 13th Amendment |
| Repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition. | 21st Amendment |
| Allowed for Congress to levy an income tax. | 16th Amendment |
| Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. | 26th Amendment |
| Granted electoral votes to the District of Columbia in presidential elections. | 23rd Amendment |
| Type of object it struck, causing the ship to sink. | Iceberg |
| City in which it was built, now the capital of Northern Ireland. | Belfast |
| Three-letter abbreviation that comes before its official name. | RMS |
| Director of the 1997 film based on the disaster. | James Cameron (or James Francis Cameron) |
| British shipping company which operated the ship. | White Star Line |
| Passenger steamship that rescued 705 survivors from the Titanic. | RMS Carpathia |
| Sister ship of the Titanic that was sold for scrap in 1935. | RMS Olympic |
| Captain of the ship who perished during the sinking. | Edward Smith (or Edward John Smith) |
| Spanish explorer-soldiers whose name means "conqueror." | Conquistadors (or Conquistadores) |
| Massachusetts colony settled by the Pilgrims, known for its "Rock." | Plymouth Colony (accept Plymouth Rock) |
| Modern province for which Champlain borrowed an Algonquin name. | Quebec |
| Portuguese nobleman, the first European to discover Brazil. | Pedro Álvares Cabral (or Pedro Álvares de Gouveia) |
| Country that built Fort Christina in what is now Delaware. | Sweden (or Kingdom of Sweden; or Konungariket Sverige) |
| Alaskan city-borough, known as New Archangel while under Russian rule. | Sitka |
| Caribbean island, first divided between France and the Netherlands in 1648. | Saint Martin (or Sint Maarten) |
| Scheme by which Scotland hoped to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama. | Darien Scheme |
| Pablo Strömann started a campaign in the Netherlands to pelt this man's yacht with eggs. A media outlet owned by this man spoke unfavorably of the Saudi regime, leading to a 2019 phone hacking scandal, possibly perpetrated by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (+) This man orchestrated a deal with the electric vehicle company Rivian to supply one of his companies with 100,000 delivery (*) vans by the end of the 2020s. For ten points, identify this American entrepreneur who founded Amazon. | Jeff Bezos (or Jeffrey Preston Bezos) |
| During Operation Steinbock, this monarch nearly died after a bomb narrowly missed their residence in South Mimms. Winston Churchill once described this monarch as “the only real man among the governments-in-exile.” (+) While exiled in London, this monarch communicated through Radio Orange and became a symbol of their country’s resistance against (*) German occupation. FTP, what queen fled to England in May 1940 and ruled the Netherlands during both World Wars? | Queen Wilhelmina (or Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria) |
| This country's Muslim rulers were conquered in 1091 by the Norman leader Roger Bosso. This country’s Semitic language is derived from the imported Arabic language of the Emirate of Sicily. An Ottoman siege of this country was repelled by a band of (+) crusader knights led by Jean Parisot [[pah-ree-SOH]] de Valette. After being expelled from Rhodes, the Knights Hospitaller (*) took up residence in, for ten points, what Mediterranean island country governed from Valetta? | Republic of Malta (or Repubblika ta' Malta; accept Melita) |
| The origins of this media network began with the purchase of the Lou Reda Productions documentary library and the acquisition of the Hearst Entertainment documentaries archive. During its infancy, this network was often referred to as the “Hitler (+) Network” for its many programs devoted to World War Two. A controversial 2017 special called (*) Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence aired on, for ten points, what TV network which also airs Pawn Stars and The Food That Built America? | History (accept The History Channel) |
| This movement was popularized in the United States by the magazine Mother Earth. This movement’s ideas were combined with collectivist farming by Sergey Nechayev [[neh-KY-eff]] and Mikhail Bakunin [[bah-KOO-nin]]. The ideas of one follower of this movement, (+) Emma Goldman, inspired Leon Czolgosz [[CHOHL- gohsh]] to assassinate (*) William McKinley. For ten points, name this political philosophy and movement that advocates for the dissolution of government. | Anarchism (accept word forms; accept Collectivist Anarchism) |
| This leader signed the Reinsurance Treaty and formed the League of the Three Emperors. This leader promoted an early form of state socialism under the label “Practical Christianity.” This leader attempted to reduce Catholic influence in his country with the (+) Kulturkampf [[KOOL-toor-kahmpf]] movement and the Falk Laws. This leader advocated for unification of his country in the (*) “Blood and Iron” speech. For ten points, name this Prussian statesman, the first chancellor of Germany who also names the capital of North Dakota. | Otto von Bismarck (or Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; or Otto, Prince of Bismarck; or Otto, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen; accept Duke of Lauenburg) |
| It's not Poitiers [[pwah-TYEH]], but an abbey that now stands at the location of this battle is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours [[TOOR]]. At this battle, the Bishop Odo and Count Robert of Mortain conducted a feigned retreat of the Breton Cavalry. A landing at (+) Pevensey preceded this battle, which was later rendered in the Bayeux Tapestry, an artwork that depicts the death of Harold Godwinson. (*) The Norman conquest of England followed, for ten points, what 1066 victory by William the Conqueror? | Battle of Hastings |
| This man was accused of firing workers in the Travel Office to make room for his cronies, as revealed by Robert Ray. This politician's investments in the Whitewater Development Corporation were investigated by Kenneth Starr, who also filed a namesake (+) report that led to this politician's impeachment. Madeleine Albright served in the cabinet of this president, (*) who ran for office with Al Gore. For ten points, identify this Democratic president who lied about an affair with Monica Lewinsky. | Bill Clinton (or William Jefferson Clinton; or William Jefferson Blythe III) |
| In an event called the Spanish Match, this king was almost married to the Infanta Maria Anna. This king failed to capture the Five Members of the House of Commons, who included John Hampden and John Pym. This man, whose forces were commanded by Prince Rupert (+) of the Rhine, was executed after being defeated by the New Model Army (*) of Oliver Cromwell. For ten points, name this second Stuart king, overthrown and beheaded during the English Civil War. | Charles I [[the First]] (prompt on "Charles") |
| This country's Taungoo and Konbaung dynasties ruled over cities like Mandalay. This country's Muslim Rohingya people have faced persecution and genocide. | Union of Burma (or Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw; accept Myanmar) |