| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Young women achieved certain freedoms after the invention of the "safety" type 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, whose composition appears in the Taoist text Essentials of the Mysterious Way of the True Origin. Antoine Lavoisier [[lah-vwah- see-YEH]] was a member 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") |
| Since 2004, this location has been overseen by a secretariat responsible for implementing the treaty system that regulates it. 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) |
| The Nellie Massacre occurred under the administration of this leader, who oversaw the Smiling Buddha nuclear weapon tests. This leader’s order to launch Operation Blue Star and attack the Golden Temple at Amritsar precipitated her assassination by her Sikh bodyguards. 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. The seizure of the ship Black Warrior in this city led in part to the Ostend Manifesto, and 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 Harbor) |
| This king was captured near Vienna and ransomed by Leopold of Austria. This brother of Joan of England 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. 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”) |
| In this U.S. state, two brothers were killed by an assassin after clashing with the Clantons and McLaurys. 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, for ten points, what 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 culturally similar to what first empire of Mesopotamia which flourished under the rule of Sargon the Great? | Akkadian Empire (accept Old Akkadian) |
| 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 |
| This family of instruments is featured in Czech composer Leoš Janáček's [[leh-OHSH yah-NAH-cheks]] Intimate Letters, as well as the Bedřich Smetana piece "From my Life." 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, 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) |
| The Eight-Nation Alliance put down a rebellion in this city. Jurchens constructed this city's Summer Palace, which was destroyed on the orders of Lord Elgin during the Second Opium War. A photograph by by Jeff Widener of a man standing in front of a column of tanks was taken in, for ten points, what capital city 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 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 general’s "perfect battle," although he lost his second-in-command to friendly fire. 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. | First Amendment (or Amendment One) |
| States that one can not be deprived of "liberty, or property, without due process of law." | Fifth Amendment (or Amendment Five) |
| Granted women the right to vote. | Nineteenth Amendment (or Amendment Nineteen) |
| Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude after the Civil War. | Thirteenth Amendment (or Amendment Thirteen) |
| Repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, ending Prohibition. | Twenty-first Amendment (or Amendment Twenty-one) |
| Allowed for Congress to levy an income tax. | Sixteenth Amendment (or Amendment Sixteen) |
| 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 (or Royal Mail Ship) |
| 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 |
| 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 Canadian 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 |
| 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 owns The Washington Post and 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. 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. 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) |
| The magazine Mother Earth helped popularize this movement, whose 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, who attempted to reduce Catholic influence in his country with the (+) Kulturkampf [[KOOL-toor-kahmpf]] movement and the Falk Laws, 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) |
| 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 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 [[the Third]]) |
| 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) |