| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This composer’s first piece was a Polonaise in G Minor written at the age of seven. This composer spent summers in Szafarnia [[shah-FAHR-nyah]], a village in the Kuyavian- Pomeranian voivodeship [[voy-VOHD-ship]], today home to a namesake "Centre" containing a museum dedicated to this man. Writing primarily for piano, including many études and 24 preludes, for ten points, who was this Polish Romantic composer? | Frédéric Chopin [[shoh-PAHN]] |
| This company's first product was a line of interpreters for the BASIC programming language, though it was best known in the mid-1980s for its eponymous Disk Operating System, or DOS. In the 2010s, this company made a number of major acquisitions, purchasing companies like LinkedIn and Skype. For ten points, name this multinational tech company founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates. | Microsoft Corporation (accept Microsoft Disk Operating System; or Microsoft DOS; prompt on "MS-DOS") |
| For a time, these people were bitterly divided between Old Settlers, the National Party, and the Treaty Party. Tensions within this people resulted in the assassinations of figures such as John Ridge and Elias Boudinot [[BOO-dih-not]]. For ten points, name this people who were impacted by the Treaty of New Echota [[eh-CHOH-tah]] and the Trail of Tears. | Cherokee (or Anigiduwagi; or Tsalagi) |
| Cornel West called this movement a “democratic awakening” after national media attention was paid to activists in Zuccotti [[zoo-KAH-tee]] Park. This grassroots political movement focused on wealth inequality and utilized the slogan “We are the 99%.” For ten points, name this American social movement and protest that was partially named for a major financial hub of New York. | Occupy Wall Street (accept Occupy movement; prompt on "OWS") |
| These people made up the most-decorated U.S. military unit in World War Two, the 442nd Infantry Regiment. A subset of these people were sent to the Tule [[TOO-lee]] Lake facility. One of these people resisted President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, resulting in the case Korematsu v. U.S. Mass internment was suffered by, for ten points, what Americans descended from people from an East Asian island nation? | Japanese-Americans (or Nikkeiamerikajin) |
| During World War Two, Raoul Wallenberg issued Swedish passports in this country to thousands of Jews. Rudolf Kastner negotiated to keep nearly 2,000 Jews from this country from Auschwitz, and this country's regent Miklós Horthy [[MEE-klohsh HOR-tee]] initially refused to abet the Holocaust. For ten points, name this country where many Jews lived in a ghetto in Budapest. | Hungary (or Magyarország) |
| This leader began his career in Stavropol, in which he oversaw the construction of a major canal. This leader succeeded Konstantin Chernenko [[chehr-NYEN-koh]], and he was challenged by an American president to remove a European border. For ten points, name this Soviet leader whose glasnost and perestroika policies helped bring down the Berlin Wall. | Mikhail Gorbachev (or Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev) |
| In the 1920s, this city was home to 400 petroleum companies, which gave it the nickname “Oil Capital of the World.” One event in this city began after the arrest of shoeshiner Dick Rowland and targeted the Greenwood district, which was known as Black Wall Street. For ten points, identify this Oklahoma city, the site of a major racial massacre in 1921. | Tulsa (accept Tulsa Race Massacre; or Tulsa Pogrom, or Tulsa Race Riot) |
| Despite not actually participating in the Boxer Rebellion, this country was granted a 120-acre concession in the Chinese city of Tianjin. This country’s "Builder King" established a brutal private colony known as the Congo Free State. For ten points, name this Low Country that seceded from the Netherlands and was once led by Leopold II. | Kingdom of Belgium (or Royaume de Belgique; or Koninkrijk Belgie; or Koenigreich Belgien) |
| This man's Six Arrows policy included the establishment of the Directorate of Religious Affairs, and this man was the one of the figures behind the Amasya Circular, which launched a revolution resulting in his presidency. This man, who fought at Gallipolli, enacted the policy of Turkification. For ten points, name this first president of independent Turkey. | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (accept either name; accept Mustafa Kemal Pasha; accept Ghazi Mustafa Kemal) |
| The Burlingame Treaty gave this country most favored nation status with one country. Bill Clinton controversially argued that including this country in the WTO would move it in the direction of a "free society." Henry Kissinger held secret meetings to organize a historic event in this country for Richard Nixon. For ten points, name this country that has been led since 2012 by Xi [[SHEE]] Jinping. | People's Republic of China (or PRC; or Zhongguo; or Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo) |
| The oldest Chinatown in this United States is located in this city, which experienced the Tong Wars and was nearly destroyed by a 1906 earthquake. | San Francisco (accept Frisco; accept San Fran) |
| This city served as the seat of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and an event in this city led to a response called Operation Wrath of God. Erich Ludendorff was acquitted for a 1923 event in this city begun by Adolf Hitler. An attack in this city was led by Luttif Afif, a member of Black September, who killed eleven people on the Israeli national team during this city's 1972 Olympics. For ten points, identify this German city, the historical capital of Bavaria. | Munich (accept Munchen) |
| Hitler attempted to seize power in this event in Munich. This event failed dramatically, leading Hitler's Nazis to be denounced as the "Freikorps bands of rowdies." | Beer Hall Putsch (prompt on partial answers; prompt on "Munich Putsch") |
| John Letcher held this position for the majority of the U.S. Civil War, and another individual who held this position was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2016. One individual with this title died during the burning of the Richmond Theatre in 1811, and Patrick Henry was the first person to serve in this position under a 1776 constitution. Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and Tim Kaine all served in, for ten points, what state-level elected office? | Governor of Virginia (accept word forms; prompt on partial answers) |
| Edmund Randolph was the first governor of Virginia under the U.S. Constitution in addition to being the first to hold this cabinet-level position. Other holders of this position include Caesar Rodney and future Supreme Court justice Roger Taney. | Attorney General (accept AG; do NOT accept "Solicitor General") |
| Via the Crémieux [[krehm-YUH]] Decree, members of this group in Algeria were granted French citizenship. A man from this ethnic group was imprisoned for espionage on Devil's Island but was defended by Émile Zola's J'Accuse [[ZHYAH-kyoos]]. For ten points, name this ethnic group of Léon Blum and Alfred Dreyfus, who have often faced antisemitism. | French Jews (or Jewish People) |
| The prison on Devil’s Island was found off the coast of which region, the only continental portion of the Americas not to be an independent country? | French Guiana |
| One leader of this empire was known as the “Green Sultan,” and Sarai Berke once served as the capital of this kingdom. Along with Lithuania, this kingdom lost to the forces of Edigu and Temur Qutlugh [[KUHT-luhg]] at the Battle of the Vorskla River. Tokhtamysh [[tohk-tah-MEESH]] is considered the last great khan of this empire, which led a failed campaign against Timur the Lame. For ten points, name this nomadic Mongol empire named for the shimmering color of their tents. | Golden Horde (accept Kipchak Khanate; accept Ulug Ulus; accept Ulus of Jochi; anti-prompt on “Blue Horde” or “White Horde”; prompt on “Great State”; prompt on “Mongols” or “Mongol Empire”) |
| A Grand Duchy based around this Russian city "threw off the Tatar Yoke" by facing off with the Golden Horde at the 1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River. | Moscow (or Muscovy) |
| William Henry Harrison used a campaign slogan indicating that he was a candidate of "[these structures] and hard cider." These structures were often built in the Adirondack style, and one of these structures served as a Kentucky home for Abraham Lincoln. For ten points, name these homes, which were constructed on the American frontier using timber. | Log Cabins (prompt on partial answers; accept obvious equivalents) |
| This man is the most recent president to have been born in a log cabin. During his short administration, this president investigated the Star Route Scandal before being shot dead by Charles Guiteau [[GEE-toh]] | James A. Garfield (or James Abram Garfield) |
| An American vessel named for this type of animal was captured during the War of 1812 in the Battle of Lake Borgne [["BORN"]]. On the St. John's River, American naturalist William Bartram reported that he expected to be "instantly devoured" by two of this animal who attacked him. President John Quincy Adams housed one of these animals in a White House bathtub after it was gifted to him by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1826. For ten points, give this animal that names the student newspaper of the University of Florida. | Alligator |
| Which Caribbean archipelago was named in the early 1500’s after a relative of the alligator which was commonly found there? | Cayman Islands |
| This U.S. state was where the Jones Diamond, the largest alluvial diamond found in North America, was discovered. International Workers of the World co-founder Mother Jones and Bill Blizzard led a coal miner's strike in this state that turned into the Battle of Blair Mountain. The Wheeling Convention outlined the secession of, for ten points, what Appalachian state that separated from an eastern neighbor in the midst of the Civil War? | West Virginia |
| During the Civil War, Wheeling, West Virginia served as the terminus to this oldest railroad in the U.S. that was initially created to serve merchants in Maryland. | B&O Railroad (accept Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) |
| European country that supported the Algonquian during the Beaver Wars from its seat in Paris. | Kingdom of France (do not accept "French Republic" or other names for France) |
| English colony, founded in Virginia in 1607, which fought the Anglo-Powhatan Wars. | Jamestown |
| Shawnee chief, who was defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe and opposed the U.S. during the War of 1812. | Tecumseh |
| Tribe led by Osceola that gave up their land in Florida after the Treaty of Payne's Landing. | Seminoles |
| Tribal group of the Black Hills that names a "Great" war during which the Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought. | Sioux (accept Lakota Sioux; accept Great Sioux War; anteprompt on "Lakota") |
| Southeastern tribe whose Red Stick branch lost at Horseshoe Bend during a war with Andrew Jackson's troops. | Muscogee Creek Confederacy (accept either underlined portion) |
| Oglala Lakota chief who names an 1866 conflict in Wyoming and Montana, ended by the Treaty of Fort Laramie. | Red Cloud (or Mahpiua Luta; accept Red Cloud's War) |
| U.S. state in which the Wintu, Modoc, and Chumash were targeted during 19th- century conflicts. | California |
| Multinational organization that welcomed its third Baltic state as a member in 2015. | European Union (accept EU) |
| Northernmost Baltic state, which elected President Kersti Kaljulaid [[KAHL-yoo- "lied"]] in 2016. | Republic of Estonia (or Eesti Vabariik) |
| Internet service used for phone calls whose software was written by people from that country. | Skype |
| Medieval league of cities that traded in the Baltic through associates like Riga. | Hanseatic League (or Hansa) |
| Team sport played by Lithuania which won bronze at the 1992 Summer Olympics while sponsored by the Grateful Dead | Basketball |
| Former Baltic governorate of the Russian Empire that was formed from a territory including Semigallia. | Courland (accept Territory of Courland and Semigallia) |
| Revolution of the Baltic States that was named for a spontaneous mass demonstration in 1988. | Singing Revolution |
| Order of Teutonic Knights who crusaded in the Baltic, named for a people who once lived on the shores of Latvia. | Livonian Order (accept Livonian Confederation) |
| Modern South Asian country on which the Mughal Empire was centered, which was also home to the Maurya. | Republic of India (or Bharat Ganarajya) |
| Religion of the rulers of the Mughal Empire | Islam (accept Muslim) |
| Highly-valued cut precious stone that includes the Mughal Koh-i-Noor. | Diamond |
| Long-standing capital of the Mughal Empire. | Delhi |
| Founder of the Mughal Empire. | Babur |
| Last great Mughal emperor, who successfully withstood the British East India Company. | Aurangzeb (or Muhi-ud-din Muhammad) |
| Empire founded by Shivaji after the fall of the Mughals, which fought several wars against Britain. | Maratha Empire (or Maratha Confederacy) |
| Site where the Mughal Empire defeated Ibrahim Lodi and Hemu of the Sur Empire in separate 16th century engagements. | Panipat (accept First or Second Battle of Panipat) |
| Captain David Porter used these islands as a base for attacking British whalers in the War of 1812, during which he learned of these islands' first-named resident, Patrick Watkins. One voyage to these islands was captained by Robert FitzRoy before sailing to distant Tahiti, (+) and these islands were annexed by a South American country, later becoming known as the Archipelago of (*) Ecuador. For ten points, name these islands, whose finches provided Charles Darwin with crucial insights into evolution. | Galápagos Islands (accept Archipelago of Ecuador;d before mentioned) |
| Pierre Omidyar's Luminate Group has provided legal representation against this company for a whistleblower named Frances Haugen. A set of namesake Files (+) of this company were compiled by the Wall Street Journal in the aftermath of a document leak in 2021 by Cambridge Analytica. Dustin Moskowitz (*) was among the founders of this company, which was banned in Russia in 2022 after easing rules on violent speech. For ten points, name this social networking company that was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. | Facebook Inc. (accept TheFacebook Inc; accept Meta Platforms, Inc.) |
| The Know-Nothings split over reinstatement of this legislation after the Supreme Court ruled its denial of property without due process was unconstitutional. This legislation became necessary after Alabama’s admission (+) to the Union made the number of slave and free states equal in the Senate, leading Henry Clay to make 36” 30’ [[Thirty-Six-Thirty]] (*) the northern boundary for new slave territory. For ten points, identify this 1820 piece of legislation that admitted Maine as a free state in exchange for slavery in its namesake state. | Missouri Compromise of 1820 (accept Compromise of 1820 before mentioned) |
| During a visit to this city, a prince's suggestion inspired the name of the Aga Khan Gold Cup. The Rose Garden Palace in this city served as the location of the founding of a party that goes by the initials AL. This city served as the capital of a country that was subject to (+) Operation Searchlight, and the Awami League was founded in this city, where 1,134 people died in the 2013 collapse of a garment (*) factory. Once part of East Pakistan, this is, for ten points, what city and current capital of Bangladesh? | Dhaka |
| Following one invasion by this ruler, Caratacus [[kah-RAH-tah-kus]] gave a speech so persuasive that this ruler decided to spare his life. That invasion by this ruler was the source of the name of his once-presumed successor, (+) Britannicus. This ruler is popularly considered to have been killed with poison mushrooms by his wife, Agrippina the Younger. Declared emperor after the assassination of (*) Caligula, this is, for ten points, what fourth Roman Emperor who was succeeded by his nephew and adopted step-son, Nero? | Claudius (or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; accept I, Claudius; or Claudius the God) |
| Following the deaths of two officers, one commander in this conflict said "I have lost both my arms, now I am nothing." Addressing tensions following the conclusion of this conflict was a goal of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty. The Siege of Cuautla [[koo- OWT-lah]] (+) occurred during this conflict, which was ended by the Treaty of Córdoba. Resulting in the ascent of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide (*) [[EE-toor-BEE-deh]], this is, for ten points, what conflict in a North American country that was partially led by Miguel Hidalgo? | Mexican War of Independence (accept in any form that includes Mexican or Mexico and Independence or Independent; prompt on partial answers) |
| One king from this dynasty issued a proclamation that was known as the Acts of Grace, which granted a conditional pardon to pirates. The first king from this dynasty was married to his cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Celle [[TSEH-luh]], (+) and that king from this dynasty faced an uprising that attempted to place a man nicknamed "the Old Pretender" (*) on the throne. For ten points, identify this dynasty that ruled over the United Kingdom from 1714 to 1901, starting with George I and ending with the 63-year reign of Queen Victoria. | House of Hanover |
| The predecessor to this structure was built before the departure of Philip II for the Third Crusade, and that predecessor to this structure was expanded by Louis the Ninth. Louis the Thirteenth initiated the construction of the Pavillion de l'Horloge [[duh-lohr-LOHZH]] at this structure, (+) whose oldest remaining part is the Lescot [[leh-SKOH]] Wing, which was added by Francis the First. Primarily known as a (*) museum since 1793, this is, for ten points, what French palace that houses hundreds of artworks, including the Mona Lisa? | Louvre Palace (accept Louvre Museum; accept phonetic attempts at pronunciation) |
| These people were barred from Mount Athos for 1,000 years until 2008 when demonstrators of this type broke that rule. One of these people named Trota of Salerno wrote a medical treatise that contains a "Book on the Conditions of [these people]." (+) Using a veil to avoid undue attention, Bettisia Gozzadini became the first of these people in the 13th century to give a lecture at a university. (*) Abbesses and nuns are positions exclusively held by people of, for ten points, what sex? | Women (accept Girls; or Females; or other clear knowledge equivalents) |
| The Igbo and Yoruba people are both native to what most-populous African country? | Federal Republic of Nigeria |