| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This person was chosen by Victoria Woodhull to be her running mate during the 1872 presidential election. This social reformer was the only Black person to attend the Seneca Falls Convention. The phrase "Truth is of no Color" appeared in the motto of The North Star, a publication run by this man. For ten points, name this influential former slave and abolitionist. | Frederick Douglass (accept Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) |
| As the chair of the Goals Committee in Parliament, this man's reports attacked Thomas Bainbridge after his friend Robert Castell died in Fleet Prison. This man, who led a failed siege of St. Augustine in the War of Jenkins' Ear, founded a colony whose namesake "experiment" initially banned the ownership of African slaves and served as an alternative to prison for English debtors. For ten points, name this reformer who founded the city of Savannah and the colony of Georgia. | James Oglethorpe (or James Edward Oglethorpe) |
| The Winter of Discontent under James Callaghan paved this prime minister’s way to power. Under this prime minister’s administration, tensions between government and coal miners erupted into the Battle of Orgreave. The song "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" charted to number two on the UK singles chart after the death this former prime minister in 2013. For ten points, name this prime minister whose staunchness earned her the nickname of the “Iron Lady.” | Margaret Thatcher (or Margaret Hilda Thatcher) |
| The person most responsible for the creation of these things once remarked that it “has led us up the last few steps to the mountain pass." One codename for the creation of these things was designated as the Development of Substitute Materials. Enola Gay and Bockscar dropped these devices, nicknamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For ten points, name these weapons developed by the Manhattan Project. | Nuclear Bombs (or Nuclear Weapons; accept Atomic Bombs; prompt on "Bombs" or "Weapons" or "Weapons of mass destruction") |
| During this event, Carl Wilkens saved over 400 people from the Gisimba Orphanage. One news outlet during this event was nicknamed "Radio Machete" after encouraging youth to retaliate against one nation's "Patriotic Army." The paramilitary Interahamwe [[in-the- rah-HAHM-weh]] started taking violent reprisals during this event following the capture of Kigali by a rival faction. For ten points, name this 1994 event in an East African nation where the Hutus massacred members of the Tutsi minority. | Rwandan Genocide (prompt on "Rwandan Civil War") |
| James Purnell, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions called for this man to resign after resigning himself. This man announced an inquiry into a conflict joined by his predecessor, Tony Blair, with the Chilcot Commission investigating the Iraq War. For ten points, name this most recent Labour Prime Minister of United Kingdom, leading from 2007 to 2010. | Gordon Brown (or James Gordon Brown) |
| This decade was referred to as the Années folles [[an-NAY foll]] in France. This decade saw a failed rebellion by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party known as the Beer Hall Putsch. During this decade, Benito Mussolini founded the National Fascist Party in Italy. Vladimir Lenin died in, for ten points, what decade which saw Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union? | 1920s (prompt on the "20s") |
| This man withdrew from the 1900 Democratic National Convention he was criticized for allegedly saying the job would be easy. This man served as president of the general board of the United States Navy until he died in 1917. This man’s flagship was the USS Olympia, which was used to command the Navy to victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. For ten points, name this five-star Admiral of the United States Navy, the only person to ever attain the rank. | George Dewey |
| In August 2022, this country's Supreme Court rejected an attempt by the leader of the Azimio party to challenge election results. The winner of that election in this country changed his allegiance to the United Democratic Alliance after heading the Jubilee party and serving as a Home Affairs Minister for President Daniel arap Moi. For ten points, name this African country where William Ruto won an election against Raila Odinga to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta. | Kenya |
| An employee at this place named Arthur Crick claimed he heard a voice that said, “There’s only you and I here.” Red uniformed wardens who guard this location are sometimes referred to as the Beefeaters. The Crown Jewels are held in this location, whose residents included Walter Raleigh and a set of princes held in it by Richard the Third. For ten points, name this historic castle in England that served as a prison. | Tower of London (or His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London) |
| After this man's death, a Freemason supposedly shouted, "Jacques de Molay, thou art revenged!" This ruler was put under house arrest after the flight to Varennes, and his government’s collapse was due to the policies of Jacques Necker. The Ancien [[ON-see-on]] Régime concluded with the death of this ruler, who dealt with the aftermath of the storming of the Bastille. For ten points, name this king of France who was beheaded during the French Revolution. | Louis the Sixteenth (or Louis-Auguste de France, duc de Berry; accept Citizen Capet) |
| Louis the Sixteenth failed to stop this event, in which participants met at a sporting venue and swore not to dissolve until a constitution could be established. | Tennis Court Oath |
| Conestoga wagons and trains appear in the background of a painting by John Gast that symbolizes this concept, American Progress. Another painting about this concept, Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way, shows pioneers settling the West. For ten points, name this concept, the cultural belief that the USA was destined to expand across North America. | Manifest Destiny |
| The Autry Museum housing American Progress is in what West Coast city, in which the Getty Museum was also built? | Los Angeles, California (or LA) |
| This man, after arriving late for a book signing for Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon, said, “I know you’re all saying I can go to the moon, but I can’t find Pasadena.” This man’s diagnosis of Ménière's disease prompted him to be replaced during Gemini 3. For ten points, name this first American in space. | Alan Shepard (or Alan Bartlett Shephard Jr.) |
| Shepard famously demonstrated the moon’s light gravity by performing this sport on the moon. | Golf |
| Operation Peter Pan was an attempt to send thousands of children from this country to the United States. This island was originally named Isla Juana [[EE-lah HWAH-nah]] for a Spanish prince. This country's government under Fulgencio Batista [[ful-HEN-see-oh bah- TEE-sta]] was overthrown by a set of brothers whose communist government still governs it today. For ten points, name this Caribbean island nation once led by Fidel Castro. | Republic of Cuba |
| The current leader of Cuba is Miguel Díaz-Canel, who succeeded this brother of Fidel Castro as Cuba's leader. | Raúl Castro (or Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz; prompt on "Castro") |
| After spending months imprisoned in this city before his trial, Ezra Pound wrote many of his Cantos. This Ghibelline city held a church council that elected Alexander the Fifth as pope and aimed to end the Western Schism. A physicist from this city wrote Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems and purportedly dropped balls from a building here. Galileo was born in, for ten points, what city in Tuscany known for its Leaning Tower? | Pisa (accept Council of Pisa; accept Leaning Tower of Pisa) |
| Pisa, like Florence, lies on this Italian river, across which the retreating German army destroyed many bridges in World War Two. | Arno |
| One person born in this state was the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion after knocking out Floyd Patterson. A singer born in this state recorded a live album at San Quentin State Prison. In 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower called the National Guard to enforce school desegregation in this state's capital city. Sonny Liston and Johnny Cash were from, for ten points, what state whose Central High School integrated the Little Rock Nine? | Arkansas |
| Arkansas native C. Vann Woodward wrote a book which Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the historical Bible of the civil rights movement." That book was titled The Strange Career of [this concept], a name given to laws enforcing racial segregation. | Jim Crow (accept Jim Crow Laws) |
| Cleitus the Black was killed in this city after claiming that Alexander the Great was minimizing the achievements of his father. This city is home to the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum, which contains the remains of the man who defeated Bayezid the First and Tokhtamysh. For ten points, name this ancient Uzbek city that once served as the capital of Timur’s empire. | Samarkand (accept Maracanda before mentioned) |
| The first paper mill in the Muslim world was established at Samarkand under the rule of this caliphate, who captured Chinese prisoners from the Tang Dynasty at the Battle of Talas. | Abbasid Caliphate (or Abbasids) |
| This man’s father, Benjamin, fought in the American Revolution before being elected governor of New Hampshire. Prior to his inauguration, this man and his wife, Jane, survived a train accident, despite losing their son. This man’s Secretary of State, William Marcy, resolved the Koszta [[KOSH-tuh]] Affair, and his diplomats issued the embarrassing Ostend Manifesto. For the point, name this northern Democrat and anti-abolitionist who served as the fourteenth U.S. President. | Franklin Pierce |
| Franklin Pierce attended Bowdoin College in this U.S. state, as did Civil War hero Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. | Maine |
| 2012 alt-rock song by Bastille titled for a town destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. | "Pompeii" |
| ABBA single, titled for the battle at which Napoleon was defeated. | "Waterloo" |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young protest song, titled for the state in which the Kent State Massacre took place. | "Ohio" |
| Lead singer of "The Crickets" who died in a plane crash, a story told in the song "American Pie." | Buddy Holly (or Charles Hardin Holley; accept Buddy Holley and the Crickets) |
| Conquistador who is the subject of a Neil Young song about the fall of the Aztec empire. | Hernán Cortés (accept "Cortez the Killer") |
| Alan Jackson song composed of questions about reactions to the September 11 attacks. | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |
| Lake Superior freighter which is the subject of a 1975 Gordon Lightfoot song. | Edmund Fitzgerald (accept "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; prompt on "Fitzgerald") |
| Song by Bob Dylan about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin Carter. | "Hurricane" |
| Dual monarchy from which it broke away after World War One. | Austria-Hungary (or Austro-Hungarian Empire; prompt on partial answers) |
| Czech city naming a "Spring" of liberalization in 1968. | Prague (accept Prague Spring) |
| German city that names an Agreement allowing part of the country to be annexed by Nazi Germany. | Munich (or Munich Agreement) |
| German-speaking region that was taken by Germany in 1938. | Sudetenland |
| Author who became the last president of the country in 1989. | Václav Havel [[HAH-vuhl]] (accept phonetic pronunciation) |
| Sport in which its athletes Martina Navratilova and Ivan Lendl competed. | Tennis |
| Longtime First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, from 1969 to 1987. | Gustáv Husák |
| President whose namesake decrees expelled ethnic Germans after World War Two. | Edvard Beneš [[BEN-esh]] (accept Beneš Decrees; accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Peninsula jutting into the Gulf of Mexico where the Maya flourished. | Yucatán Peninsula |
| Type of structure exemplified by El Castillo [[cass-TEE-yoh]] at Chichen Itza [[CHEE- chen EET-zah]]. | Step-pyramid (prompt on "temple") |
| "Long Count" tool for measuring time developed by their astronomers. | Long Count Calendars |
| Sport they played on a court with a stone ring. | Mesoamerican ballgame (or Pitz; or Ollamaliztli; or Pok Ta Pok) |
| Staple crop for which Hun Hunahpu [[huhn-huhn-ah-PUH]] was the chief deity. | Corn (or Maize) |
| Epic that tells their creation story and the journey of the Hero Twins. | Popol Vuh (or Popol Wuj) |
| Classical site in Northern Guatemala, site of the Temple of the Great Jaguar. | Tikal (or Yax Mutal) |
| Former city-state in Chiapas, known for its Temple of the Inscriptions and once led by Pacal [[pah-KAHL]] the Great. | Palenque [[pah-LEN-keh]] (or Bàakʼ; or Lakamha; accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| This Democrat admitted to voting for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, saying that he was politically “underinformed.” In 2009, this politician authored a successful bill in the Virginia (+) State Senate that banned smoking in all restaurants. In 2019, this politician was criticized for wearing (*) blackface in a photo published in his medical school yearbook. For ten points, name this former governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022. | Ralph Northam (or Ralph Shearer Northam) |
| In this nation, Geddes Granger led the Black Power Revolution. This nation’s prime minister, A. N. R. Robinson, was held hostage in “the Red House” (+) during a six- day coup conducted by the organization Jamaat al Muslimeen [[moos-SLEE-mehn]]. This nation has been negotiating with Venezuela to construct new joint (*) oil pipelines. Consisting of two islands, for ten points, name this former Spanish and British colony governed from Port of Spain. | Trinidad and Tobago (prompt on partial answers) |
| In this country, the four-story Predjama Castle was the residence of Austrian archduke Charles and is located near the Postojna (+) Cave. That castle in this country was home to a man who led attacks on Hapsburg towns in Carniola. The Lords of Walsee [[VAHL-zay]] inhabited the Maribor (*) Castle in Lower Styria in this country. For ten points, name this small Adriatic country once occupied by Italy during World War Two and today governed from Ljubljana [[LYOOB-lya-na]]. | Republic of Slovenia (or Republika Slovenija) |
| A father and son duo formed the Campbell Movement during this period. Dispensationalism was furthered during this period, (+) in which heavily participatory regions of New York state came to be known as the "burned-over district." Charles Grandison Finney participated in this event, in which circuit riders were used to promote (*) Methodism. For ten points, name this American religious revival of Protestantism during the early 1800s. | Second Great Awakening (prompt on "Great Awakening") |
| The Mandaeans are often referred to as Christians of this man and view him as the final true prophet. Josephus records (+) that following this man’s execution, Herod Antipas’ army suffered massive defeats as punishment. In Christianity, this man is identified with (*) Elijah as a forerunner of the messiah. For ten points, name this Jewish prophet described in the Gospels, who immersed Jesus in the Jordan River. | John the Baptist (prompt on “John”) |
| The organizer of this event, Perry Farrell, compared his efforts to "the way Barnum and Bailey perceived putting on a show." Kurt Cobain turned down a $10 million headlining (+) opportunity at this event and died the day after Nirvana dropped out. In 2010, radius clauses were examined amidst an antitrust investigation of this event during the mayorship of Richard M. (*) Daley. For ten points, name this annual music festival in held in Chicago's Grant Park. | Lollapalooza |
| After his daughter Francine’s death, this man allegedly constructed a wooden automaton to replace her. After hearing about Galileo’s house arrest, this man delayed the publication of his (+) Treatise on the Light. Other notable works of this philosopher’s include Discourse on Method and Meditations (*) on First Philosophy. For ten points, name this French philosopher who stated “I think therefore I am.” | René Descartes |
| For the directory at this man’s fiftieth Harvard class reunion, he listed his profession as “prisoner” and his eight life sentences as “awards.” Before this man’s arrest, he wrote Industrial Society and Its Future (+) and promised The New York Times he would “desist from terrorism” if they published his essay. Following The Washington Post’s publication of this man’s essay, this man’s brother reported his suspicions to the FBI. (*) For ten points, name this domestic terrorist, whose nationwide bombing campaign earned him the nickname, "Unabomber." | Theodore John "Ted" Kaszynski (accept Unabomber before mentioned) |
| A man who led a group of these people known as the "Cowboys" was Claudius Smith. The Ethiopian Regiment comprised many of these people who had been promised emancipation (+) from slavery by Lord Dunmore. One of Benjamin Franklin's sons, who served as New Jersey governor, was notably one of these people, who expressed discontent with tactics like tarring (*) and feathering. For ten points, name these colonists who maintained their allegiance to George the Third. | Loyalists (accept King’s Men; accept Tories; accept Royalists) |
| This composer's work was rediscovered in a 19th century "revival." Who was this creator of the Brandenburg Concertos and The Well-Tempered Clavier? | Johann Sebastian Bach |