| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Journalist Herbert Morrison popularized the phrase “Oh, the humanity” while giving a firsthand account of this event which took place in Manchester Township, New Jersey. This event began when the central craft attempted to dock at a mooring mast only to burst into flames, killing 97 passengers. For ten points, identify this 1937 disaster which brought an end to nearly all airship travel. | LZ 129 Hindenburg Disaster |
| Working with Alexis Carrel, this person invented a perfusion pump that would open the way to open-heart surgery, and during the interwar period, this person was prominent in the America First movement. In 1932, this person’s family fell victim to what was called the “crime of the century.” For ten points, name this aviator known for flying the Spirit of St. Louis. | Charles Lindbergh (or Charles Augustus Lindbergh) |
| This writer satirized the Crimean War in The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa. This author's dystopian novel Paris in the Twentieth Century was published almost a century after his 1905 death. For ten points, name this French science fiction author who wrote the novels Around the World in Eighty Days and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. | Jules Verne (or Jules Gabriel Verne) |
| The first act of one film from this nation depicts the Teutonic Knights invading the historical duchy of Pskov [[SHKOHV]]. That formalist film, Alexander Nevsky, was directed by the same man who told the tale of a historical mutiny during a war with Japan. For ten points, name this nation whose films includes a Sergei Eisenstein-directed Battleship Potemkin. | USSR (or the Soviet Union; or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; accept CCCP; prompt on "Russia") |
| This scientist drew from the work of Paul Epstein when discussing the Stark effect in relation to his own perturbation theory. This scientist introduced their namesake equation in a paper that related quantization as a problem of eigenvalues. For ten points, name this Austrian physicist whose thought experiment involves a theoretical cat in a box. | Erwin Schrödinger [[SHRUH-ding-uh]] (or Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger; accept Schrödinger's Cat; accept Schrödinger equation; accept attempts at phonetic pronunciation) |
| Despite participating in this group, an enslaved man named York was not granted pay or freedom. While a part of this group, Toussaint Charbonneau’s wife gave birth to a boy nicknamed "Little Pomp." Assisted by the Shoshone guide and translator Sacagawea, for ten points, what is this expedition, sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase? | Lewis and Clark Expedition (or Corps of Discovery Expedition) |
| This country divided up Samoa with the United States in the Tripartite Convention, and this country's colonial ambitions were described as its "place in the sun." In the early 20th century, this country committed the Herero and Namaqua genocides in present-day Namibia. For ten points, name this European colonial power which lost its overseas colonies such as Cameroon after losing World War One. | Germany (or German Empire; or Deutsches Kaiserreich; do not accept or prompt on "Federal Republic of Germany") |
| This battle was precipitated by British forces fortifying Dorchester Heights and preparing to march on Charlestown. One commander at this battle apocryphally told his soldiers to save ammunition by not shooting until they could "see the whites of their eyes.” For ten points, name this American Revolution battle, a costly British victory which actually took place on Breed’s Hill. | Battle of Bunker Hill (accept Battle of Breed's Hill before mentioned) |
| The Massacre at Huế [[HWEH]] occurred during this campaign. This campaign was intentionally planned to take place on a holiday, as soldiers from the ARVN would be on leave. A holiday celebrating the lunar new year names, for ten points, what major offensive of the Vietnam War? | Tet Offensive (accept Tet Nguyen Dan) |
| U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was supported by adherents to this political theory that claimed communism could be spread from one country to another in a type of chain reaction named for pieces from a certain tile game. | Domino Theory (accept Dominoes) |
| This author’s final book, Rambles in Germany and Italy tells of two European adventures she took with her son. The inspiration for this author’s first novel came from a trip to Lake Geneva, during which she was asked to write a ghost story to pass the time during a period of rainy days. For ten points, name this British author who wrote Frankenstein. | Mary Shelley (or Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; or Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) |
| One of the books read by Frankenstein's monster is this 1667 ten-book epic poem which tells of an angelic war and the temptation of Adam and Eve. | Paradise Lost |
| The future holders of this position are identified with the help of a consultant known as the Nechung [[NEH-CHUNG]] Oracle. Gendun Drup was the first holder of this position, whose authority is greater than its panchen counterpart. Tenzin Gyatso is the current holder of, for ten points, what position, the spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism? | Dalai Lama (prompt on partial answers) |
| Tenzin Gyatso relocated the residence of the Dalai Lama to Dharmsala from this city. The Potala Palace is located in this city, which has been the administrative capital of Tibet since the 1600s. | Lhasa |
| This country deposed Abulfaz Elchibey [[el-HEE-bay]] in a 1993 coup. This country, which twice elected Heydar Aliyev as president, took control of Shusha following a 2020 war over Artsakh. For ten points, name this country, cut off from its exclave of Nakhchevan, which has fought against Armenia from Baku. | Republic of Azerbaijan (or Azarbaycan Respublikası) |
| Capture of the Baku oil fields was a major goal of this wider operation during World War Two, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. | Operation Barbarossa (or Unternehman Barbarossa) |
| One device of this type, known as the Halifax Gibbet, existed in West Yorkshire before Oliver Cromwell repealed its use. Tobias Schmidt and Antoine Louis invented this device, which was later named for a member of the National Assembly who proposed its use in place of other devices. For ten points, name this method of capital punishment used during the French Revolution. | Guillotine (accept Louisette; accept Joseph-Ignace Guillotin; accept descriptive answers regarding instruments of beheading before "Tobias Schmidt" is mentioned, prompt after) |
| The guillotine was prominently used during this period of the French Revolution. The Committee of Public Safety condemned many people to death by guillotine during this period. | Reign of Terror (prompt on descriptive answers such as "Late 1700s," "1790s," or "1793-94") |
| This author’s last lover, Dora Diamant, kept 35 of his letters and 20 of his notebooks, which were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1933. Letters to Felice is a book of letters written by this author to his fiancée, Felice Bauer. This author’s novel The Trial was published in 1925, nearly a year after his death. For ten points, identify this author of The Metamorphosis who inspired an adjective describing surreal and bureaucratic nightmares. | Franz Kafka (accept Kafkaesque) |
| Max Brod, the executor of Kafka's will, blatantly ignored the author's request for Brod to perform this action. Kafka instructed this action to be carried out with fire. | Destroying His Works (accept Burning His Works; accept reasonable equivalents for Destroy and Works) |
| This person signed the Double Tenth Agreement with Patrick J. Hurley, and this person led the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Early revolutionary activities by this man, who was supported by the Red Guard, included protests against Zhang [[ZHUNG]] the Venomous, the governor of Hunan. The Cultural Revolution was launched by, for ten points, what Marxist leader of China who published the "Little Red Book"? | Mao Zedong (accept Chairman Mao; accept Mao Tse-Tung; prompt on “Zedong” or “Tse-tung”) |
| One of Mao's initiatives was this second of his five-year plans. This initiative to reduce China's dependence on agrarian economics resulted in a famine that killed tens of millions. | Great Leap Forward (prompt on partial answers; prompt on "Second Five Year Plan") |
| An author from this religious group took the pseudonym Martin Marprelate to write a series of tracts attacking one denomination. William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, staunchly opposed this religious group, whose ministers included Increase and Cotton Mather. For ten points, name this religious group which broke from the Anglican Church and made up most of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | Puritans (prompt on "Separatists") |
| This woman was ostracized by John Winthrop during the Antinomian Controversy. She was encouraged by Roger Williams to settle an island which later became part of Rhode Island. | Anne Hutchinson (or Anne Marbury) |
| State in which Kathy Hochul replaced the disgraced Andrew Cuomo. | New York |
| Former Mr. Olympia who replaced Gray Davis in California's 2003 recall election. | Arnold Schwarzenegger (or Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger) |
| Former governor of Florida who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2016. | Jeb Bush (or John Ellis Bush; prompt on "Bush") |
| Former governor of Texas who was made Secretary of Energy after calling for the department to be abolished. | Rick Perry (or James Richard Perry) |
| Former Illinois governor and grandson of a vice president who twice lost presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower. | Adlai Stevenson II [[the Second]] (or Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; prompt on "Stevenson") |
| State once led by Douglas Wilder, the first post-Reconstruction African-American governor. | Commonwealth of Virginia |
| Founder of the French Empire who died on Saint Helena. | Napoleon Bonaparte (accept either underlined portion; accept Napoleon I) |
| Husband of Marie Antoinette who was beheaded by revolutionaries. | Louis XVI [[the Sixteenth]] (accept Citizen Louis Capet) |
| Holiday on which Charlemagne was crowned emperor in 800. | Christmas Day (prompt on "December 25") |
| Holy king who died in the Eighth Crusade after fighting in the Seventh. | Louis IX [[the Ninth]] (accept Saint Louis or Louis the Saint; prompt on "Louis") |
| Huguenot who decided that "Paris is well worth a mass" and converted to Catholicism. | Henry IV [[the Fourth]] (accept Good King Henry; or Henry the Great; prompt on "Henry") |
| "Mad King" whose armies lost the Battle of Agincourt. | Charles VI [[the Sixth]] (or Charles the Beloved; prompt on "Charles the Mad") |
| Kingdom they conquered after Cleopatra's suicide. | Egypt (accept Ptolemaic Kingdom) |
| Three wars they fought with Carthage. | Punic War (s) |
| Region including much of modern France with a name from the Frankish for "Land of the Foreigners." | Gaul |
| Region named for a son of Jacob in which the Temple of Solomon was destroyed by Rome in 70 AD. | Judaea (or Yehuda; prompt on "Judah") |
| Island on which Boudica led the Iceni [["eye"-SEE-nee]] in rebellion. | Great Britain (accept Britannia) |
| Island home of the Nuraghes [[noo-RAH-geh]], governed alongside neighboring Corsica. | Sardinia |
| After being freed, the slave and spy James Armistead renamed himself after this man. This man’s forces linked up with Washington’s to pin down Cornwallis (+) during the Battle of Yorktown. This man was injured during the Battle of Brandywine, after which he was promoted to General of the (*) Revolutionary Army. For ten points, name this French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolution. | Marquis de Lafayette (or Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier; accept James Armistead Lafayette) |
| These people perpetrated the Weenen [[VEY-nen]] Massacre and suffered great losses at the Battle of Blood River. (+) Cetshwayo [[ketch-"WHY"-oh]] was a king of these people, who claimed victory at the Battle of Isandlwana [[ee-sahn-JLWAH-nah]]. (*) For ten points, identify these people of Southern Africa, whose empire thrived under the rule of their founder, Shaka. | Zulu Empire (or Zulu Kingdom; accept Kingdom of Zululand; anti-prompt on "KwaZulu") |
| The Mountain Meadows Massacre took place after James Buchanan sent an army against these people in 1857. This group’s Succession Crisis (+) of 1844 was solved by its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, (*) which replaced a founder who claimed the Garden of Eden was located in America. For ten points, name this religion, founded by Joseph Smith. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (accept Mormons; accept Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints; accept LDS Church; accept Church of the Latter Day Saints) |
| This poet's experiences inspired a work about a Biblically named woman who dies her third death before rising "out of the ash" with her "red hair." (+) This poet used the pseudonym Victoria Lucas to publish a novel about a fashion intern who undergoes electroconvulsive (*) therapy. For ten points, identify this woman, whose novel The Bell Jar was published after her 1963 suicide. | Sylvia Plath (or Sylvia Plath Hughes) |
| The last movement of this 1917 musical composition features the accompaniment of an offstage female chorus separated by a screen. An interest in horoscopes (+) inspired this composition, whose movements have nicknames including the "Bringer of Old Age" and "Bringer of (*) War." For ten points, identify this suite by Gustav Holst which includes movements named for Saturn and Mars. | The Planets, Opus 32 |
| This city's Saint Michael Fortress was renamed Fort Aardenburgh after being captured by the Dutch in 1641, and its largest university is named after its country's first president, Agostinho Neto. (+) A decades-long civil war and an oil boom led to the rapid expansion of slums on the outskirts of this city called musseques [[moo-SEHK]]. (*) For ten points, what is this city at the center of the Angolan Civil War? | Luanda |
| This ruler’s minister Prince Kaunitz abandoned an alliance with Britain for one with France in the Diplomatic Revolution. The claim of this ruler to Silesia was abandoned in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, (+) and this ruler's ascension was guaranteed by the Pragmatic (*) Sanction. For ten points, name this ruler who fought to protect her throne in the War of the Austrian Succession. | Maria Theresa of Austria (or Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina; prompt on partial answers) |
| The book Division and Reunion was written by this man, who withdrew from the University of Virginia School of Law before eventually passing the bar in Georgia. The Adamson Act (+) mandated an eight-hour day during this man's presidency. Previously serving as governor of New Jersey and the president of Princeton (*) University, for ten points, who is this U.S. president who served during World War One? | Woodrow Wilson (or Thomas Woodrow Wilson) |
| This country's independence movement failed under Francisco de Miranda, though it was later achieved at the Battle of Carabobo. In 2004, a political party called the (+) Popular Will formed in this country, which experienced an oil boom near Lake Maracaibo. (*) A "Bolivarian Revolution" began in 1999 in, for ten points, what country whose leaders have included Nicolás Maduro and Hugo Chávez? | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (or República Bolivariana de Venezuela) |
| The devshirme [[DEV-sherm]] system increased the size of this military force whose soldiers were Christian slaves to the Ottoman sultan. | Janissaries (or Janissary Corps; or Yeniceri) |