| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In 1898, this city was "consolidated" by annexing various towns such as Castleton and Newtown in a plan supported by Andrew Haswell Green. Mayors of this city have included John Lindsay and Ed Koch, for whom a bridge over the East River is named. For ten points, identify this city in which Mayor Fiorello La Guardia challenged Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall machine. | New York City (or City of Greater New York; accept NYC) |
| This international organization attempted to stop piracy in the Gulf of Aden through Operation Ocean Shield. This organization’s Article Five has only once been invoked, following the 9/11 attacks. As a reaction to West Germany joining this organization, the Warsaw Pact was started. For ten points, name this mutual defense organization founded in 1948 to oppose the Soviet Union. | NATO (or North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or OTAN; or Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord) |
| The Dutch built Fort Zeelandia to control this island, but Koxinga [[kok-SING-ah]] expelled them while fighting for a Ming restoration. This island was one of the four "Asian Tigers, and potential unification with China, opposed by Tsai Ing-Wen's DPP, shapes this island's politics. For ten points, name this island country, the home of Taipei 101. | Taiwan (accept Republic of China; accept Formosa) |
| One half of the duo known as Buck and Bubbles performed this art form while the other provided piano accompaniment. Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse engage in this specific art form in a scene from the film Anchors Aweigh. Hoofers are performers of a version of this art form, which can also be performed as a "soft shoe." For ten points, identify this dance form in which performers create sounds using special shoes. | Tap Dance (accept Rhythm Tap; accept Jazz tap; accept Broadway tap; accept word forms) |
| The first confirmed fatality from this disease in the U.S. was a resident of Harris County, Texas, while a Massachusetts resident who had recently traveled to Canada was the first patient in the U.S. to test positive for this disease. A 2022 global outbreak was the first widespread transmission outside of Africa of, for ten points, what disease, named for the primates in which it was first detected? | Monkeypox |
| One story in this language concerns a woman who puts her murdered lover's head into a pot of basil. That story in this language was told by a youth fleeing the Black Death, and this language was used to write sonnets praising women like Beatrice and Laura. The Decameron by Boccaccio [[boh-KAH-chyoh]] and the Divine Comedy of Dante were originally written in, for ten points, what European language? | Italian (or Italiano; or Lingua italiana) |
| Anna Boch [[BOHK]] bought the only painting sold during this artist's lifetime, The Red Vineyard. That painting was executed near a French commune, from which a bedroom and a second set of sunflower still-lifes were depicted by this artist, who spent time in Arles [[AHRL]] with Paul Gauguin [[goh-GAHN]]. Known for a work depicting the sky from their asylum window, for ten points, who was this Dutch artist of The Starry Night? | Vincent Van Gogh (or Vincent Willem Van Gogh; accept pronunciation as [[van- GOH]] or [[van-GAHK]]) |
| This man’s paranoia led to him promulgating the Doctor’s Plot. This man’s policies caused a widespread famine in Ukraine known as the Holodomor [[hoh-LOH-doh-MOHR]]. This man’s reputation was weakened by the exposure of his abuse of power in the “Secret Speech” given by successor, Nikita Khrushchev [[KROO-shoff]]. For ten points, name this Georgian-born leader of the Soviet Union during World War Two. | Joseph Stalin (or Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin; or Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili) |
| Irish rebels in this country participated in the Castle Hill Rebellion, which was also known as the Second Battle of Vinegar Hill. Major George Johnston led the forces who deposed Colonial Governor William Bligh in this country as part of the Rum Rebellion. Home to bushranger outlaws including Ned Kelly, for ten points, what is this former British penal colony where prisoners were deposited at New South Wales? | Commonwealth of Australia |
| This president was targeted for assassination by Puerto Rican nationalists while staying at Blair House. This president repealed the Taft-Hartley Act and issued a namesake doctrine that made the fight against communism a national priority. The Chicago Tribune once wrongly ran a headline claiming that Thomas Dewey defeated this man. For ten points, name this president who ordered the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the successor to Franklin Roosevelt. | Harry S. Truman (accept Truman Doctrine) |
| This U.S. state was nicknamed the “Free State” when its Constitution of 1864 took effect. This state fought against a northern neighbor in Cresap’s War, which stemmed from the Penn-Calvert Boundary Dispute. This state is named for the wife of Charles I [[the First]] of England, an unpopular Catholic queen. For ten points, name this U.S. state where the nation's capital was once based at Annapolis. | Maryland (prompt on "Henrietta Maria") |
| Annapolis is home to this second-oldest U.S. service academy that houses the Tripoli Monument. This academy also contains the crypt of John Paul Jones on its grounds. | The United States Naval Academy (accept USNA; accept Navy) |
| A city in this province was the destination of thousands of people on freight trains during the Great Depression. A city in this province was founded on land purchased from the Mississauga, who were members of the Credit First Nation. William Lyon Mackenzie served as the first mayor of a city, originally called York, in this province. Parliament Hill is located in, for ten points, what Canadian province which takes its name from a Huron word meaning "great lake"? | Ontario |
| The 1813 Siege of Toronto resulted in the death of this explorer, who discovered a namesake peak in Colorado on the orders of James Wilkinson. | Zebulon Montgomery Pike (accept Pike's Peak) |
| One explorer from this country established a base camp near the Bay of Whales called Framheim. Another explorer from this country named a small vessel for the Incan god Viracocha and attempted to re-create a proposed nautical route from South America to Polynesia. The Kon-Tiki expedition was led by an explorer from, for ten points, what European country, the home of explorers Roald Amundsen and Thor Heyerdahl? | Kingdom of Norway (accept Kongeriket Norge) |
| Roald Amundsen was the first explorer to successfully travel along this sea route. This sought-after route connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Canadian Arctic archipelago. | Northwest Passage (or NWP; prompt on partial answers; do not accept or prompt on "Northeast Passage") |
| This state was home to Fort Astoria, the primary fur trading post for John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company. This state is home to the deepest lake in the United States, formed some 7700 years ago by the collapse of the volcanic Mount Mazama. For ten points, name this state that had a "whites only" clause in its constitution when it became the 33rd U.S. state in 1859. | Oregon |
| Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon this sportswear company was founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight in 1964. This company shares its name with the Greek goddess of victory. | Nike, Inc. |
| The oldest-known metal flag was excavated near this country's city of Shahdad, which is at the eastern end of the Lut [[LOOT]] Desert. This country's capital contains the Azadi Tower, which was built for 1971's 2500-year anniversary of the founding of a certain empire. Containing the ruins of the imperial city of Pasargadae [[puh-SAHR-guh-day]], for ten points, what is this modern country in which one can also find the ruins of Persepolis, once the capital of the First Persian Empire? | Islamic Republic of Iran (or Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran) |
| Iran is commonly considered to possess what form of government, in which all or most political power is held by religious authorities? | Theocracy (accept Theocratic Republic; accept Islamic State) |
| Abdul Karim taught Urdu and Hindi to this figure.. During this leader's reign, the "Civis Romanus Sum" speech was delivered by Lord Palmerston. The Duchess of Kent and John Conroy created the Kensington System to teach this leader, who was succeeded by Edward VII [[the Seventh]] and was the first British ruler to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. For ten points, identify this 19th-century queen who reigned for 63 years and was married to Prince Albert | Victoria (or Alexandrina Victoria) |
| Queen Victoria clashed with this prime minister who failed to pass bills to guarantee Irish Home Rule. This prime minister conducted the Midlothian campaign and was a frequent rival of Benjamin Disraeli. | William Ewart Gladstone |
| This character starred in two undistributed short films in 1928, The Gallopin’ Gaucho and Plane Crazy. This character, who was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, whistles a tune while opposing the cat Pete in one of the first cartoons with synchronized sound. For ten points, identify this character who starred in the short Steamboat Willie. | Mickey Mouse |
| This man was the first official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1928 to 1946. This man died in 1966, but he brought back his voice talents for The Mickey Mouse Club from 1955 to 1959. | Walt Disney (or Walter Elias Disney) |
| This structure is illuminated in gold whenever a polity abolishes the death penalty. This structure was once used as a fortified castle by members of the Frangipani [[frahn- zhee-PAH-nee]] family, and this structure was named for the massive size of a statue of Emperor Nero that once stood nearby. For ten points, identify this ancient structure in Rome which was built for events such as gladiatorial combat. | Colosseum (or Flavian Amphitheatre) |
| Construction of the Colosseum began in 72 AD under this emperor, the founder of the Flavian dynasty and last ruler to come to power in the Year of Four Emperors. | Vespasian (or Titus Flavius Vespasianus) |
| New York school Grant and Eisenhower attended before being commissioned. | United States Military Academy (or USMA; or West Point; or Army) |
| The only president to graduate from Texas State University. | Lyndon B (aines) Johnson (accept LBJ; prompt on “Johnson”) |
| "Alma Mater of the Nation" in Virginia, whose alumni include Jefferson and Monroe. | College of William & Mary (or The College of William and Mary in Virginia; or W&M) |
| New Haven school at which both Bushes were inducted into the Skull and Bones. | Yale University |
| California school at which Hoover was a member of the first graduating class in 1895. | Stanford University (accept Leland Stanford Junior University) |
| Ivy League school, once known as King's College, where Obama completed his bachelor’s degree. | Columbia University (or Columbia University in the City of New York) |
| Maine school named for a Massachusetts governor and attended by Pierce. | Bowdoin [[BOH-din]] College (accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Alma mater of Reagan, the first school in Illinois to educate women equally with men. | Eureka College |
| Country that left the EU in a move dubbed "Brexit." | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (accept Great Britain; accept England) |
| Man who defeated Marine Le Pen [[luh-PAHN]] for re-election as president of France in 2022. | Emmanuel Macron (or Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron) |
| Country that witnessed the rise of the Servant of the People party in 2019. | Ukraine (or Ukraïna) |
| Chancellor of Germany who retired in 2022 after sixteen years in the role. | Angela Merkel (or Angela Dorothea Merkel; or Angela Dorothea Kasner) |
| Former mayor of Istanbul who faced opposition from the PKK after becoming president in 2014. | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan [[EHR-doh-wahn]] |
| Fidesz leader who became prime minister of Hungary in 2010. | Viktor Orbán (or Viktor Mihály Orbán) |
| Current King of Spain who succeeded Juan Carlos I [[the First]] in 2014. | Felipe VI [[the Sixth]] (or Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia) |
| Unrecognized breakaway state in Moldova where Russia housed troops for decades. | Transnistria (or Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; accept PMR; accept Pridenestrovskaia; accept Pridnestrovie) |
| Series of fortifications in Northern China used by the Han to defend from the Xiongnu [[ZHEE-OHNG-NOO]]. | Great Wall |
| Mediterranean empire believed to have had some contact with the Han. | Roman Empire (accept Rome) |
| Product used in record-keeping supposedly invented by Cai Lun in the 2nd century. | Paper (accept Papermaking) |
| Military innovation of the Han, a ranged weapon which shot bolts and could be used by untrained peasants. | Crossbow |
| Number of kingdoms that followed the Han, naming a popular Romance. | Three (accept Romance of the Three Kingdoms) |
| Color of the scarves, or turbans, worn by rebels who toppled the Han. | Yellow (accept Yellow Turban Rebellion) |
| Short-lived Dynasty of Wang Mang, which interrupted the Han Dynasty. | Xin Dynasty |
| Capital of the Qin [[CHIN]] and Han dynasties, north of modern-day Xi’an. | Chang’an |
| While working at this university's Moore School of Electrical Engineering, John Mauchly [[MAWK-lee]] and J. Presper Eckert developed ENIAC [[EN-ee-ak]], the first all-purpose digital computer. The first university business school in the U.S. was opened at this institution and was attended by (+) Warren Buffett, and that business school was named after steel magnate Joseph Wharton. The Perelman (*) School of Medicine can be found at, for ten points, what Ivy League institution, founded under the guidance of Benjamin Franklin? | University of Penn sylvania (accept UPenn) |
| Tea and these animals named the primary trade route between Chengdu and Lhasa. Emperor Wu sent Li Guangli [[GWAHNG-LEE]] with an army to transport some of these animals from the Ferghana Valley. The nomadic Hu [[HOO]] people perhaps first used these animals in (+) warfare, and some Chinese terracotta statues depict these animals used by cataphracts. In wars with China, the (*) Mongols often employed, for ten points, what animals which, during the Shang dynasty, pulled war chariots? | Horses (accept Ancient Tea Horse Road) |
| One dissent in this case stated, "The Fourteenth Amendment's ratifiers did not think it gave Black and white people a right to marry each other." One justice in this case cited Washington v. Glucksberg to argue that one right was not "deeply rooted" (+) in the nation's history. Politico published a leaked draft opinion of this case by Samuel Alito, which prompted multiple states to pass trigger (*) laws. For ten points, name this 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Roe v. Wade. | Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (or Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al.) |
| In this country's capital, protestors occupying the Galle [[GAHL]] Face Green were attacked on Black Monday by People's Front partisans led by Johnston Fernando. In April 2022, all members of this country's cabinet except its prime minister resigned due to protests (+) against blackouts, fuel shortages, and economic mismanagement. Those protests in this country used the online slogan "Go Home Gota." (*) For ten points, name this South Asian country in which protesters ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa [[goh-tah-BAI-ah rah-tah-PAHK-sah]] in Colombo. | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (or Shri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajavadi Janarajaya; or Ilankai Jananayaka Choshalichak Kutiyarachu; do not accept or prompt on "Ceylon" as all clues are post-1972) |
| This person wrote a series of self-help books that include YOU: The Owner's Manual. This person told Henry Louis Gates, Jr. that his mother was a Kemalist, and this man closely defeated David McCormick in one primary in an effort to become the first (+) Muslim to serve in one chamber. A 2022 election to succeed Pat Toomey pitted this man against Lieutenant Governor (*) John Fetterman. For ten points, name this medical professional and TV personality, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania. | Mehmet Oz (or Dr. Oz; or Mehmet Cengiz Öz) |
| This city opened the Saint George Bridge to replace the Morandi Bridge that collapsed in a 2018 rainstorm, killing 43 people. This city built fortresses in its colonies of Sudak, Kerch, and Trabzon on the Black Sea in the Middle Ages. In the Battle of Meloria, this city defeated (+) Pisa, and it was a major maritime rival of the Venetian Republic. The capital of Liguria and the birthplace of Andrea Doria (*) and Christopher Columbus, for ten points, what is this Italian seaport? | Genoa (or Genova; accept Republic of Genoa or Genoese Republic; do not accept or prompt on "Geneva") |
| This leader defeated the Byzantine Empire in what is now Bulgaria at the Battle of the Utus. After meeting with Pope Leo I [[the First]] at Mantua, this man was either bribed or convinced to withdraw from Italy. This leader’s army was forced to withdraw from (+) Gaul after losing the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains to Roman forces under Flavius Aetius [[AY-tee-ooss]]. (*) For ten points, name this man, nicknamed the “Scourge of God,” the leader of the Huns. | Attila the Hun |
| This event, which targeted Wheeler Field, commenced with the codeword “Climb Mount Niitaka.” Dorie Miller became the first Black American to receive the Navy Cross after manning a machine gun during this event. One response to this event claimed that the aggressors (+) had only managed to “awaken a sleeping giant.” Described as a “day which will live (*) in infamy," the United States entered World War Two following, for ten points, what Japanese attack on a Hawaiian military base? | Attack on Pearl Harbor (accept Operation Al; accept Operation Z; accept Hawaii Operation before "Hawaiian" is mentioned; accept equivalents indicating Pearl Harbor) |
| Robert "King" Carter gained his fortune in England selling this good which was traded by Glasgow "Lords" with the American colonies. This crop's use was called "harmful to the brain" by James I [[the First]]. A man who cultivated this crop sailed to England with his (+) wife, whom he called "Rebecca," and introduced this crop to a colony after the Starving Time. The husband of (*) Pocahontas, John Rolfe, began this crop's cultivation in Jamestown. For ten points, name this cash crop used in cigarettes. | Tobacco (or Nicotiana tabacum) |
| This 27th U.S. president was the only man to be both president and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | William Howard Taft |