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| This case was preceded by the Comité des Citoyens [[koh-mee-TEH deh see-toh- YEHN]] hiring a private detective named Chris C. Cains. John Marshall Harlan’s lone dissent in this case argued that the U.S. constitution "is colorblind" and "there is no caste here." This case arose from a mixed-race man intentionally boarding a "whites only" train car in New Orleans. For the point, name this Supreme Court case which established the doctrine of “separate but equal.” | Plessy v. Fergusson (accept either or both underlined portions) |
| An institution with this name was founded by Lewis Miller to instruct Sunday School teachers. A lake with this name may mean "bag tied in the middle" in the Erie language. Russell Conwell delivered the "Acres of Diamonds" speech as part of a movement with this name, which was a successor to the Lyceum [[lye-SEE-uhm]] movement. Lecturers and entertainers traveled a "circuit" with this name throughout rural America in the 1920s. For the point, give this name belonging to an adult education movement of the early twentieth century. | Chautauqua Movement |
| One work of this type, written by a founder of the Ricardian School, included a preface in which the author claimed to lack bias due to his ignorance of the subject's local languages. That work of this type, by the father of John Stuart Mill, was set during the colonial period of its central nation. One work of this type was subtitled "The History of the World's Largest Democracy" by Ramachandra Guha, who set it "After Gandhi." For the point, what are these works of nonfiction focused on a South Asian nation? | History of India (accept obvious equivalents) |
| This victor at the Battle of Okehazama against the Imagawa clan defeated Ikko-Ikki rebels and won the Battle of Nagashino [[nah-gah-SHEE-noh]]. This man's former aide, Akechi Mitsuhide [[meet-soo-HEE-deh]], ambushed him at the Honno-ji temple and forced him to commit seppuku. For the point, name this leading figure of the Sengoku period of Japan, known as its first Great Unifier. | Oda Nobunaga (prompt on "Nobunaga") |
| In this nation, the banning of recorded music at all state functions was passed by a longtime president to reclaim "True Culture." The Karakum Canal is in this former Socialist Republic, and was first built to encourage cotton production by irrigating its namesake desert through the waters of the Amu Darya. Merv was a major city on the Silk Road in what is today, for the point, what country, once ruled by Saparmurat Niyazov from Ashgabat [[ahsh-GAH-baht]]? | Turkmenistan (accept Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic; accept Turkmenia) |
| 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 |
| The perpetrator of this event claimed that the target's decision to read an article was a "wonderful opportunity that presented itself." This event was preceded by a raid which involved the artist David Siqueiros [[see-KEH-rohss]]. NKVD agent Ramon Mercader carried out this action with an ice axe, targeting a former member of the Bolshevik Politburo. For the point, name this event which ended the life of a Russian Marxist outside Mexico City. | Assassination of Leon Trotsky (accept equivalents, including mentions of his birthname Lev Bronstein) |
| This country's 2021 elections led to the victory of Naomi Mata'afa [[mah-tah-AH- fah]] and her FAST Party, which opposed this country's Land and Titles Bill. This country was led for 45 years by President-for-Life Malietoa Tanumafili the Second. This country's customary chiefs form the matai. For the point, name this Polynesian country which was separated from its "American" counterpart in 1900. | Independent State of Samoa (not accept or prompt on "American Samoa") |
| Stanley L. Falk attempted to calculate the casualties of this event, subtracting the number of prisoners who escaped to Corregidor [[koh-REH-gih-"door"]]. Following this event, General Matasashu Homma was tried for war crimes. Conducted after a namesake battle, for the point, what was this World War Two-era "march" of American and Filipino prisoners of war in the Philippines? | Bataan Death March (prompt on "Battle of Bataan") |
| While at NASA, this person worked as a capsule coordinator and helped design the Canadarm. After resigning from NASA, this physicist researched how nuclear warheads could be found from space. Aboard the Challenger space shuttle in 1983, this woman became the youngest American to travel to space. For the point, name this first American woman in space. | Sally Ride (or Sally Kristen Ride) |
| At the orders of a Monophysite [[moh-noh-FYE-site]] empress, this general deposed Pope Silverius. This man, who seized Rome from Totila in the 6th century, used his cataphracts to score victories at Tricamerum [[tree-KAH-meh-rum]] and Ad Decimum, collapsing the Vandal kingdom. For the point, name this Byzantine general under Justinian, the so-called "Last of the Romans." | Flavius Belisarius |
| This university was founded thanks to the influence of Governor Ben Tillman, and is named for a former U.S. Superintendent of Agriculture who married the daughter of John C. Calhoun, turning the family’s land into this school’s main campus. In recent years, this university won two college football national championships under the leadership of Dabo Swinney [[dah-BOH SWEE-nee]]. For the point, name this second-largest university in South Carolina, whose mascot is the Tigers. | Clemson University |
| In this modern-day nation, Muhammad Ahmad was declared the Mahdi and led a revolt that was crushed by Herbert Kitchener at the Battle of Omdurman. A 1916 expedition led by Reginald Wingate pacified the western reaches of this nation to preemptively annex the Ottoman-sympathizing Sultanate of Darfur. The United Kingdom conquered Egypt and, for the point, what modern-day country governed from Khartoum? | Sudan (accept Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; do not accept “South Sudan”) |
| The case Cobb v. Cobb dealt with a woman who divorced from her husband before marrying this man. Attempts to develop the Deseret [[deh-SEH-reht]] alphabet were made by this man, who led a group of followers from Nauvoo [[NAH-voo]] to Salt Lake City. For the point, name this leader of the Mormon pioneers and namesake of a prominent university in Provo, Utah. | Brigham Young |
| This present-day country's area was once dominated by the Jewish Himyarite Kingdom. This country's north and south unified under the presidency of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who governed until the Arab Spring of 2012. In the wake of that revolution, this country has seen fighting by a Saudi-led coalition against Houthi forces. For the point, name this country that has been racked by civil war since 2014, affecting its capital Sana'a. | Republic of Yemen |
| One of the oldest examples of this kind of artwork, named for collector Georges Rampin [[JORJ rahm-PAHN]], was recovered from the Acropolis in 1886. A cannonball and a baton of leadership are among the objects included in the piece that revived this genre in the Renaissance, depicting Erasmo da Narni. An ancient Roman statue of Marcus Aurelius and Donatello's Gattamelata [[gah-tah-meh-LAH-tah]] are examples of, for the point, what genre of sculpture, depicting a military figure on horseback? | Equestrian sculpture (accept clear knowledge equivalents before “horseback”) |
| The riddara subgenre of these writings consists of translations of Latin texts and the French chanson de geste [[shan-SAHN duh ZHEHST]] genre. Major examples of these writings include texts named for Egil and Njal [[NYALL]]. One of these texts depicts the discovery of modern-day Labrador. For the point, name these tales of historical and legendary heroes which originated in medieval Iceland. | Sagas |
| This event, which was financed by John P. Roberts and Joel Rosenman, led Bethel residents to boycott Max Yasgur's dairy farm. John Fogerty's band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, was the first to sign on to this event, which featured a rendition of the “Star- Spangled Banner” by Jimi Hendrix. Taking place in August 1969, for the point, what was this music festival billed as "3 Days of Peace and Music"? | Woodstock Music and Art Fair (accept equivalents mentioning Woodstock) |
| One of this country's leaders lost several elections to Abdou Diouf [[dee-OOF]] before becoming president in 2000. Mamadou Dia attempted a coup against this country’s founding president, a poet who founded the Democratic Bloc. A bridge over the Gambia River was inaugurated by this country’s leader, Macky Sall. First led by President Léopold Senghor, for the point, what is this French-speaking country governed from Dakar? | Republic of Senegal |
| The highest-ranking members of this culture group were local governors known as ealdormen [[AHL-der-men]] and the immediate family of the king, the aethelings [[ATH-uh- lings]]. These people were briefly united under Aethelstan after the growth of Wessex subsumed its kingdoms, such as Mercia. For the point, identify this Germanic culture whose rule ended with the Norman conquest of England. | Anglo-Saxons (prompt on partial answers; prompt on "Germanic" but not "German"; prompt on "English" before “England”) |
| This god was syncretized with Iah [[EE-ah]] as an aspect of the moon and has also been syncretized with Ptah and Seker [[SEH-ker]]. In a certain country's mythology, this ruler of the Duat [[DOO-aht]] had his body cut up and scattered in the Nile by his treacherous brother, Set, before his wife, Isis, restored him back to life. For the point, name this green-skinned Egyptian god of the afterlife and dead Pharaohs. | Osiris |
| This European kingdom gained control of Warsaw in 1795 through the Third Partition of Poland. This country annexed the principaly of Hohenzollern [[hoh-HEHN-zoh- lern]], named for its ruling family, in 1850. This former country defeated Austria in the Seven Weeks' War of 1866 before establishing the German Empire. For the point, name this kingdom once ruled by Frederick the Great. | Kingdom of Prussia (or Königreich Preussen [[PROY-sen]]; accept written Preußen, pronounced identically) |
| Jim Thorpe’s daughter was among the “Indians of All Tribes" that organized a 1969 event at this site which resulted in the persecution of the American Indian Movement. Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers attempted an intricate escape plan from this island, which was the site of a penitentiary that notably hosted "Machine Gun" Kelly and Al Capone. For the point, name this San Francisco Bay island that hosted a federal prison. | Alcatraz Island |
| This man, born in Galicia, organized an uprising in Morocco with his Army of Africa. This man, who met Adolf Hitler at Hendaye [[ohn-"DIE"-yuh]] in 1940, was sympathetic to the Axis, though his Falangist [[fah-LAHN-jist]] regime never joined the alliance. This caudillo [[kow-DEE-yoh]] died in 1975, leaving Spain's leadership to King Juan Carlos. For the point, name this twentieth-century Spanish dictator. | Francisco Franco |
| This president’s administration negotiated with Antonio José Cañas [[KAHN-yahs]] to build a canal through Nicaragua. This president battled the senate over support of Simón [[see-MOHN]] Bolívar. This man’s administration focused on enforcing the Monroe Treaty, though he earlier secured the annexation of Florida by signing a treaty with Luis de Onís. For the point name this influential Secretary of State who served as the sixth President of the United States. | John Quincy Adams (prompt on “Adams”; do not accept or prompt on “John Adams”) |
| This man responded to a question regarding regret for his actions by stating, “Was Christ not crucified?” This man’s alleged “confessions” were recorded by attorney Thomas Ruffin Gray and turned into a novel by William Styron. After the sky appeared blue-green, this man launched an attack on the small town of Jerusalem and killed dozens of white plantation owners. For the point, name this leader of a failed slave uprising in Southampton, Virginia in 1831. | Nat Turner |
| One dictator of this country, Alfredo Stroessner [[STROHS-nur]], enslaved and massacred its local Aché [[ah-CHEH]] people as part of Operation Condor. The invasion of Mato Grosso by Francisco Solano López resulted in the deaths of over ninety percent of this country's male population. A coalition of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay won the War of the Triple Alliance against, for the point, what South American country, governed from Asunción? | Republic of Paraguay |
| This man was the most recent president who was neither affiliated with the Democratic or Republican parties. Four years after failing to secure one nomination, this man ran as a Know-Nothing candidate in 1856. Rising to the presidency after the death of a Mexican-American war hero, for the point, who was this Whig successor to Zachary Taylor? | Millard Fillmore |
| One person from this family was selected as the newest face of Tourism Australia in 2018. Another member of this family won a People's Choice Award for The Hunger Games in 2012. Yet another individual from this family played Captain James T. Kirk’s father in a 2009 film and lost an eye in 2017's Thor: Ragnarok. For the point, what is this Australian acting family, including brothers Luke, Liam, and Chris? | Hemsworth (accept Luke Hemsworth; accept Liam Hemsworth; accept Chris (topher) Hemsworth) |
| This man received a grant from Freiherr von Verschuer [[vehr-SHOO-uh]] to establish a pathology laboratory attached to Crematorium Two. This man stayed at the farm of the Stammers family while living in exile in Brazil. This scientist's experiments involved studies into heterchromia iridum and identical twins. Working at Auschwitz, for the point, who was this Nazi SS doctor nicknamed the "Angel of Death"? | Josef Mengele (prompt on "Angel of Death") |
| A statue near the Saratoga battlefield honors this officer's boot. At the Battle of Valcour Bay, this officer blocked a British invasion from Canada. Conspiring with this officer resulted in Major John André's execution as a spy. Along with Ethan Allen, this officer led the forces that captured Fort Ticonderoga. For the point, name this traitorous officer who plotted to surrender West Point to the British. | Benedict Arnold |
| A suburb of this city hosted the wealthy Jim Crow-era African-American enclave Arundel [[ah-RUN-dul]] on the Bay. Four thousand people live in Bancroft Hall in this city at an institution that replaced Fort Severn. For the point, an English queen is honored in the name of what city, home to the U.S. Naval Academy and the Maryland state capitol? | Annapolis |
| Cincinnatus was repeatedly summoned away from overseeing this kind of location to become dictator. Virgil’s Georgics are about these places, where the vilicus oversaw other slaves. For the point, identify these rural places in the Roman Republic, described in Cicero’s De agricultura. | Farms (or latifundia; prompt on “villa”; accept clear knowledge equivalents) |
| Ole Rømer [[OH-leh ROY-mah]] determined the existence of this quantity. This quantity's value was determined to be independent on an inertial frame by Albert Einstein, fifty years after James Clerk Maxwell discussed this quantity in his paper, “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field.” For the point, name this universal physical constant, the upper limit of speed for any physical matter. | Speed of light (prompt on partial answers; prompt on "c") |
| The court case US v. Wilson arose after this politician pardoned a man sentenced to death for robbing the U.S. Mail. This victor at Horseshoe Bend was opposed by Nicholas Biddle, who headed the Second Bank of the United States. Nicknamed "Old Hickory," for the point, who was this victor of the Battle of New Orleans and seventh president of the United States? | Andrew Jackson |
| The non-profit New Harvest promotes research into methods for producing this substance. After a $300,000 investment by Sergey Brin, Mark Post created the first example of a synthetic form of this substance by growing stem cells. One company that produces alternatives to this substance uses soy-derived heme [[HEEM]] to provide the expected taste and red color. Beyond and Impossible Foods develop plant-based substitutes of, for the point, what animal-based foodstuff? | Meat (or Cultured meat; accept Fake meat; accept Meat substitutes; accept Synthetic meat; accept Lab-grown meat; accept clear-knowledge equivalents, including specific kinds of meat) |