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| This man emerged from successive Charleston and Baltimore conventions as the Democratic nominee following the defection of supporters of John Bell and John Breckinridge. This man, who was nicknamed “the little giant,” defeated a political rival for a Senate seat in 1858 but later lost to the same man in a presidential election. For the point, name this man who engaged in a series of debates with Abraham Lincoln. | Stephen Douglas |
| This was the home country of UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar [[kway- ARR]] as well as the author of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Mario Vargas Llosa [[YO-sa]]. Vargas Llosa also finished second in this country’s 1990 presidential election to Alberto Fujimori [[FOO-jee-MOH-ree]]. For the point, name this South American country where Hiram Bingham rediscovered Machu Picchu, and where recent political violence has plagued its capital of Lima. | Peru |
| Because of this amendment, George W. Bush's selection of Dick Cheney as his running mate was controversial. This amendment forced Hillary Clinton to not name Bill Clinton as her running mate, as he is not eligible for the presidency. The last election prior to this amendment was the Election of 1800. For the point, name this Constitutional amendment which restructured the method of electing the president and vice president. | 12th Amendment (or Amendment 12) |
| Jon Sassamon’s death caused a public trial that led to the start of this conflict. The last theatre of this conflict was fought in Acadia, and it ended with the Treaty of Casco Bay. The aftermath of this conflict led to a sixty percent decrease in the population of Southern New England tribes. For the point, name this conflict which gets its name from Chief Metacom’s [[MEH-tah-kawms]] regal nickname. | King Philip’s War (accept Metacom’s or Metacomet’s War before mentioned) |
| This man was considered to be the founder of the Dionysian mysteries. After being killed by the Maenads [[MY-nads]], this man's head continued to sing. This man used his lyre to protect the Argonauts by drowning out the Sirens and failed to rescue his wife, because he looked back to see her while leaving Hades. For the point, name this poet and musician from Greek myth, the husband of Eurydice [[yoo-RIH-diss-ee]]. | Orpheus |
| A novel written in “rotten English” which is set during this conflict is titled Sozaboy. Enugu was the capital of one side in this conflict, which fought against a force under Yakubu Gowon. Muhammadu Buhari fought in this conflict, during which several works by Chinua Achebe [[CHIN-oo-wah ah-CHEH-beh]] are set. For the point, name this conflict of the late 1960s fought in a country today governed from Abuja. | Nigerian-Biafran War (accept Nigerian Civil War; prompt on Nigeria War) |
| This region became the first territory governed by the United Nations after being decolonized by the Netherlands, an arrangement created by the New York Agreement. This region gained autonomy following the fall of Suharto, and Australia has been criticized for opposing this region's independence movement. 1,026 handpicked elders voted for annexation in the Act of Free Choice in, for the point, what Indonesian province that shares an island with PNG? | Western New Guinea (accept any answer that indicates the Indonesian section of New Guinea; accept West Papua or Papua Barat; accept Irian Jaya, Irian Barat or West Irian; prompt on "New Guinea") |
| This man’s doctoral thesis, “X-Ray Diffraction: Polypeptides and Proteins,” earned him a job with David Harker at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. There, this man and his future collaborator postulated spherical viruses had icosahedral [["eye"-kah-sah-HEE-drull]] symmetry. In Nature, this molecular biologist wrote that nucleotides carry genetic information. For a model based on Photo 51, this neuroscientist won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1962, with Maurice Wilkins and James Watson. For the point, name this co-writer of a paper on the structure of DNA. | Francis Crick |
| Yemeni priests make this instrument from the kudu rather than the traditional animal, and this instrument is used 100 times during and around the Mussaf prayer. In Exodus 19, the use of this instrument created clouds which covered the peak of Mount Sinai. After rounding the walls of Jericho seven times, Joshua blew this religious instrument, collapsing its defensive fortifications. For the point, name this instrument blown on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, made from a ram's horn. | Shofar (prompt on "Trumpet” or "Horn" or “Ram’s horn”) |
| In 1952, this woman’s request to be buried at the Hollywood Forever cemetery upon her death was declined due to racial segregation. When this woman was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the biggest film of 1939, she had to secure special permission to attend the ceremony, which was being held in a whites-only hotel. For the point, name this Gone with the Wind actress who was the first Black person to win an Academy Award. | Hattie McDaniel |
| It’s not Rome, but this city's salt marshes were a hub of esparto grass, which was used as an ingredient in the condiment garum. A massacre in this city was halted after Mago agreed to be a prisoner to the Romans, and that 209 BCE battle in this city finalized Scipio [[SKIH- pee-oh]] Africanus's conquest of Eastern Spain. The modern city of Cartagena [[kahr-tah- SHEH-nah]] lies on the grounds of, for the point, what southern Iberian city founded by Hasdrubal the Fair? | New Carthage (accept Carthago Nova; accept Qart Hadasht; do not accept "Carthage" alone; prompt on "Cartagena" before mentioned) |
| After the U.S. Civil War, this man joined the Republican party and served as the U.S. minister to the Ottoman Empire. President Andrew Johnson initially refused to offer amnesty to three men: President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and this man. This man disagreed with the order to charge Hancock's line at one battle, leading to thousands of casualties for General Pickett. For the point, name this "Old War Horse," a Confederate General who quarreled with Robert E. Lee just before the Battle of Gettysburg. | James Longstreet |
| Sofia Panina hosted the last remnants of this administration, known as the "Little Council," until she was jailed by the Revolutionary Tribunal. With Romanian support, this administration scored a victory at the Battle of Marasti in Galicia [[gah-LEET-syah]] during the July Offensive. This republic, which used the Red Guard to end the Kornilov Putsch, was dissolved in the October Revolution. Alexander Kerensky led, for the point, what administration that briefly replaced the Tsar before the rise of the Soviet Union? | Russian Provisional Government (or Provisional Government of Russia; accept Russian Republic; accept Kerensky government before mentioned; prompt on “Russia” but do not accept “Russian Empire” or “Soviet Union” or equivalents) |
| This leader worked with his relative, Charles Townshend, to dismiss Lord Carteret [[KAR-ter-et]]. This leader lost influence after the death of Queen Caroline and faced the Porteous Riots while commanding one side in the War of Jenkins' Ear. For the point, name this Whig who rose to power in the fallout of the South Sea Bubble and served George the First as the first prime minister of the UK. | Robert Walpole |
| One member of this family was accused of having "improper relations" with Jessie Testerman the day after her husband was killed. Another member of this family was assisted by his uncle, Jim Vance, in forming the "Logan Wildcats." One member of this family killed Albert Felts at the Battle of Matewan [["MATE"-wahn]] years after a dispute involving their leader, Devil Anse, led to attacks on a rival group led by a man named Randall. For the point, name this family which engaged in a decades-long feud with the McCoys. | Hatfields |
| A leader of a party in this country tried to revise his country’s Article 9 and resigned in 2020 after his ulcerative colitis returned. This G7 country’s politics have been dominated for decades by the Liberal Democratic Party. A political murder in this country in 2022 targeted its former prime minister, Shinzo Abe [[AH-beh]]. For the point, name this country whose Yakuza mafia has exerted pressure on its politicians, and which seeks to become less militarily reliant on the longstanding US military presence on Okinawa. | Japan |
| In an effort to pacify people like the Casqui, this figure masqueraded as a local deity known as the "immortal Son of the Sun." This veteran of Pizarro's invasion of the Inca expedition was attacked by a fleet of 100 war canoes of the Quigualtam [[kwee-GWAL-tahm]], forcing his men to flee to the Ozarks. For the point, name this Spaniard who was the first European to cross the Mississippi River. | Hernando de Soto |
| In one myth, Loki insults this god by saying, "You can’t be the right hand of justice among the people.” This deity sacrificed that hand to shackle Fenrir, the wolf ordained to devour Odin during Ragnarok, and this deity is destined to fall to Garmr, the dog guardian of Hel’s gate. For the point, who is this Norse war god who gives his name to Tuesday? | Týr [[TEER]] (accept phonetic pronunciations; do not accept or prompt on "Thor") |
| The 1850 version of these acts was stopped by Southern senators to prevent new free states from forming, while President Buchanan vetoed the 1860 version. The last of these acts charged $1.50 an acre for “unappropriated public lands” after six months’ residence or nothing at all after five years. For the point, what were these acts, finally passed in 1862 to give cheap Western land to settlers? | Homestead Acts (accept Homestead Act of 1862; accept Homestead Act of 1860; prompt on "Donation Land Claim Act of 1850") |
| In 1992, Monroe H. Freeman called for the death of this fictional character, but a monument to this character was built five years later in his creator's hometown of Monroeville. The creator of this literary character received an honorary membership to the Alabama State Bar, which called this character a “personification of the exemplary lawyer.” For the point, name this character who appeared in Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird. | Atticus Finch (prompt on "Finch") |
| This town's namesake "war" was a bloodless conflict between Mayor Larry Deger [[DEE-jer]] and Long Branch saloon owner Luke Short. This town's “Peace Commission" featured lawmen Charlie Basset and Bat Masterson. This town became infamous due to the popularization of the phrase, “Get out of [this town].” Appointing Wyatt Earp as assistant marshal in 1878, for the point, what is this town in Western Kansas, known for its cattle drives and lawlessness in the days of the Wild West? | Dodge City (accept “Get out of Dodge”) |
| According to legend, near this city, Moses brought forth water by striking a rock at the Wadi Musa. This city is home to the Temple of the Winged Lion, located along Colonnaded Street, as well as the Al-Khazneh temple, which served as the mausoleum of its King Aretas the Fourth. The capital of the Nabataean Empire, for the point, what is this ancient city in Jordan, which is cut into a sandstone cliffside? | Petra |
| This location is named for a brigadier general nicknamed the "Fighting Gamecock" who served in the U.S. senate as a successor to Charles Pinckney. Robert Anderson commanded a garrison at this location which was unable to receive supplies from a steamship that had been targeted by students at The Citadel in 1861. For the point, name this artificial island fort which was the site of the first, though bloodless, battle of the U.S. Civil War. | Fort Sumter |
| One politician with this last name lost their first election for public office in a race for the Gatundu South Constituency in 1997. That politician with this last name won two presidential elections leading the National Alliance and Jubilee Parties. Another politician with this surname who led the KANU Party was given the title "father of the nation" after being a leader in the Mau Mau uprising. For the point, give this last name shared by two father-and-son presidents of an East African country, Jomo, and Uhuru. | Kenyatta (accept Jomo Kenyatta; accept Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta) |
| This state was one party to a Supreme Court case where the court found that First Amendment protections applied to the burning of the American flag. A politician from this state became president after being sworn in at Love Field in this state, while another US president from this state had his presidential library built at its Southern Methodist University. For the point, name this southern US state, whose notable politicians have included Ted Cruz, Lyndon Johnson, and George W. Bush | Texas |
| It's not in Russia, but a plaza once known as "Red Square" in this capital was closed following the "Bloody January" protests against gas price hikes, forcing president Kassym- Jomart Tokayev to declare a state of emergency. A long-time leader with the last name Nazarbayev [[nah-zahr-BAH-yehv]] temporarily named this city. Rocked by unrest in 2022, for the point, what is this capital of Kazakhstan? | Astana (accept Nur-sultan) |
| The private military company Silvercorps USA assisted dissidents in this nation in their failed 2020 coup which aimed to seize Simón Bolívar International Airport. Popular Will Party leader Juan Guaidó [[gwah-ee-DOH]] continues to contest the 2018 presidential elections of this nation. In 2013, Nicolás Maduro was elected president of, for the point, what South American nation led by longtime president, Hugo Chavez? | Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (or República Bolivariana de Venezuela) |
| Adult Africans in this U.S. state were freed in adulthood in the earliest constitutional ban on slavery in North America. A revolutionary brigade in this state was founded at the Windsor Tavern, and the city of St. Albans in this state was the site of the northernmost military action of the Civil War. A group of troops from this state assisted Benedict Arnold in capturing a neighboring state’s Fort Ticonderoga. For the point, name this New England state, the home base of the Green Mountain Boys. | Vermont |
| This composer collaborated with William Merrigan Daly on several Broadway scores, first co-composing Our Nell in 1922. This composer wrote the popular songs Fascinating Rhythm and Swanee. This man, who frequently worked with his lyricist brother Ira, composed the jazz-inspired piece An American In Paris. For the point, name this influential American composer of Rhapsody in Blue. | George Gershwin |
| This city's fortress was briefly occupied by Prussian soldiers before their loss to Revolutionary France at nearby Valmy. This city was the site of the Treaty dividing the realms of Charlemagne's grandsons. Philippe Petain rose to fame for defending a fortress in this city during an attack that aimed to "Bleed the French White." For the point, name this French city on the Meuse that suffered a lengthy and brutal German siege during World War One. | Verdun |
| This man welcomed future generations to the “light of everlasting truth” in a speech on the 200th anniversary of the Plymouth Colony. This man argued that private contracts could not be impaired by state laws when he successfully defended his alma mater in Dartmouth v. Woodward. This supporter of the Compromise of 1850 negotiated an end to the Aroostook War with Baron Ashburton and debated tariffs with Robert Hayne. For the point, name this Whig member of the Great Triumvirate, a senator and orator from Massachusetts. | Daniel Webster |
| A “Circle” named for this city included the logical positivists Moritz Schlick and Rudolf Carnap, who were inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein, a native of this city. A “Secession” named for this European capital was led by its artist Gustav Klimt, whose “naked truth” movement symbolically denounced the ruling Habsburgs. For the point, name this former seat of the Dual Monarchy, the capital of Austria. | Vienna |
| This tactic was considered one of the “shattered jewel” methods of dying honorably. A version of this tactic was employed during the Siege of Port Arthur, though it was utilized fully against marines on Makin Island and against Henderson airfield on Guadalcanal. An over 90 percent casualty rate was reported when this tactic was employed at Massacre Bay. For the point, name this World War Two-era Japanese infantry tactic of launching desperate human wave attacks against enemy forces. | Banzai charge (accept descriptive answers like human wave attacks before “human wave”, do NOT accept or prompt on “kamikaze”) |
| This man starred as real-life con-artist Frank Abagnale in the 2002 comedy Catch Me If You Can. This man is set to play Ernest Burkhart in The Killers of the Flower Moon, about an FBI investigation of murders in the Osage nation. Other real-life figures this actor has portrayed include trapper Hugh Glass in The Revenant and businessman Howard Hughes in The Aviator. For the point, name this Oscar-winning actor who played financial fraudster Jordan Belfort in 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street. | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| When this ruler died in present-day York, England, he was in the process of invading Caledonia. After this man killed his immediate predecessor, Didius Julianus, this emperor fought his rival claimants, Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus, at the Battles of Issus and Lugdunum, respectively. For the point, name this emperor of Rome who seized power as the final ruler in the Year of the Five Emperors. | Lucius Septimius Severus Additional Questions - Use as tiebreakers to determine who enters Bee Finals, tiebreakers to determine medal positions, or additional backup questions during the tournament |
| The invention of UNIVAC in 1951 specifically facilitated these government actions, although Herman Hollerith’s 1890 invention of punch cards eliminated the eight-year wait for results from this action. “Indians not taxed” were originally excluded from these actions, which looked only at all “free persons” and three-fifths of “all other persons” in 1790. For the point, what is this count of the U.S. population taken every ten years? | United States Census |
| One scandal concerning this political party was the “Cash for Questions” affair, in which bribes by Mohammed Al Fayed were exposed by The Guardian. One prime minister from this party issued the Downing Street Declaration in 1993. That man, who defeated Paddy Ashdown and Neil Kinnock in his first general election, was named leader after an unpopular poll tax, the Community Charge, led to the resignation of this party’s leader Margaret Thatcher. For the point, name this right-wing British party formerly led by David Cameron. | Conservative (and Unionist) Party [accept “Tories” or “Tory Party”] |
| A Marshal of France known as the Duke of Schomberg was killed at a battle on this island, after which the Declaration of Finglas offered a pardon to Jacobite soldiers. The Battle of the Boyne was fought on this island, which the Treaty of Limerick confirmed Williamite control of. For the point, name this island which the British controlled from Dublin Castle. | Ireland |
| In 1681, Charles the Second of England granted a land charter to the founder of this colony to repay a debt owed to that man's father. When Europeans began to settle, the Lenape [[len-AH-peh]] and the Susquehannock already inhabited the region of this colony. For the point, what British colony was founded by a namesake Quaker and was centered around Philadelphia? | Pennsylvania (prompt on "William Penn") |