| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A 2013 movement protesting taxation on the use of these objects was inspired by the Revolt of the Papier Timbré against Louis the Fourteenth. Red caps were often worn by protestors against those taxes in this industry, which were enforced at gantries. An operator of these objects named Éric Drouet [[droo-EH]] is among the most-followed members of the yellow vest movement. For ten points, name these large vehicles affected by the French fuel tax. | Trucks (accept Semi-trailers; or Tractor-trailers; or Camions; or 18- Wheelers; or Big Rigs; prompt on "Automobiles"; do not accept or prompt on "Cars") |
| This system was created by the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 but was struck down in Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co.. William Howard Taft supported this system in tandem with high tariffs, while Woodrow Wilson agreed to this system specifically to make up for lost excise revenue. This system was legalized by the Sixteenth Amendment. For ten points, name this contribution imposed on individuals and businesses based on their earnings. | Income Tax (prompt on partial answers) |
| This man survived an assassination attempt by the peasant Cionya Guseva, who was a follower of Iliodor. This man was given poisoned Madeira wine and cyanide-laced cakes before being told, "Better look at the crucifix and say a prayer," by Felix Yusupov. This man was asked to heal a royal afflicted by hemophilia, Alexei. For ten points, name this "Mad Monk" who was an advisor in the court of Tsar Nicholas the Second. | Grigori Rasputin (or Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin) |
| Some theories contend that a symbol associated with this deity inspired the modern Rx symbol. This deity fought with his uncle for succession in a serious of myths titled for their Contendings, and this god used a painted wooden craft to beat that uncle in a boat race. This god lost at least one eye in a conflict with his rival, Set. For ten points, name this falcon-headed Egyptian god of the sky and kingship. | Horus (accept Eye of Horus) |
| A location studied during this mission called Shorty was found to have orange soil. The names Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey were given to five mice who took part in and 75 lunar orbits aboard this mission, whose command pilot was Ronald Evans. During this December 1972 mission, Gene Cernan became the 24th person to step on the Moon. For ten points, name this most recent manned lunar mission. | Apollo 17 |
| From 1920 to 1934, this country was governed by a State Elder, that last of which was Konstantin Päts. Päts was imprisoned after this country's annexation by the Soviet Union, despite having its independence guaranteed in the Tartu Peace. This country was restored to independence under Arnold Rüütel [[RYOO-tell]], who was born on its island of Saaremaa. For ten points, name this Baltic nation governed from the former Hanseatic port of Tallinn. | Republic of Estonia (or Eesti Vabariik) |
| The controversy surrounding this election year resulted in the insult "Sore Loserman.” Pat Buchanan is believed to have received extra votes in some precincts during this election year due to the poor design of “butterfly ballots.” A 5-4 court decision regarding this election year stopped the manual recounting of ballots in Florida. For ten points, name this election in which the Democratic candidate Al Gore was narrowly defeated by Republican George W. Bush. | 2000 U.S. Presidential Election |
| This thinker drew on his teacher Frances Hutcheson to argue that humans possess a sixth "moral sense" in The Theory of Moral Sentiments. In another book, this thinker used the example of a pin factory to illustrate the division of labor. In that book, this thinker posited that the economy was directed by an "invisible hand." For ten points, name this Scottish philosopher and economist, the author of The Wealth of Nations. | Adam Smith |
| Arthur J. Finkelstein is thought to have authored this building's cornerstone inscription, which includes "a tribute to the enduring spirit" of one concept. This building is exactly 1,776 feet tall as a tribute to the Declaration of Independence. This building's height surpassed the Willis Tower, making it the tallest building in the U.S. For ten points, name this New York skyscraper located where two similarly named towers were destroyed on 9/11. | One World Trade Center (accept One WTC; accept Freedom Tower; prompt on “World Trade Center”) |
| This ruler upheld a promise to not shed any blood by burying thousands of people alive at Sivas. This ruler, who released flaming camels in a victorious battle against the Tughlaq [[tug-LACK]] Dynasty, supposedly built pyramids of human skulls to celebrate his victories. After trying to steal sheep in his youth, this man was shot by two arrows, injuring his right leg. For ten points, name this Turco-Mongolic conqueror, who was nicknamed for his limp. | Timur (or Timur the Lame; accept Timūr Gurkānī; accept Tamerlane) |
| The Slippery Noodle Inn, this city’s oldest continuously operational bar, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1977, Elvis Presley performed his last concert at the Market Square Arena in this city. During a campaign stop in 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy first told a park full of Black voters in this city about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Founded as a planned city in 1821, for ten points, what is this capital of Indiana? | Indianapolis (prompt on "Indy") |
| Another planned city in Indiana is this city in the Chicago metropolitan area that was founded as a company town in 1906 by U.S. Steel. For decades it hosted the largest steel mill in the world. | Gary, Indiana |
| The poem "Elegy for Alto" was written by an author from this country who died fighting for the independence of a secessionist state in 1967. The short story "Civil Peace" was written about a conflict in this country that also inspired Half a Yellow Sun. Okonkwo appears in works from this country, including Things Fall Apart. For ten points, what African country was the birth place of Chinua Achebe? | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| The author of “Elegy for Alto,” Christopher Okigbo, sought the independence of this region of Nigeria, which was the center of the Nigerian Civil War. | Biafra |
| Following this war, England was granted the asiento, [[ah-see-EN-toh]] and was given control of Gibraltar and Nova Scotia. One of the treaties that helped bring this war to an end was the Treaty of Rastatt, and Queen Anne's War encompassed one theater of this conflict. This war was formally brought to a close by the Treaty of Utrecht. For ten points, name this 18th century war fought over the throne of a certain Iberian nation. | War of the Spanish Succession (prompt on "Queen Anne's War" until mentioned) |
| The War of the Spanish Succession was sparked by the death of Charles the Second, the last member of this European dynasty to rule in Spain. | Habsburg Dynasty (accept Hapsburg) |
| In 2022, a fully-staged female version of this event was launched, with the winner hailing from the Netherlands. The youngest person to win this event was Henri Cornet, who succeeded its first winner, Maurice Garin, after cheating allegations. In 2012, the UCI stripped seven titles from an American cyclist after he admitted to using performing-enhancing drugs. For ten points, name this annual cycling race whose competitors included Lance Armstrong. | Tour de France |
| The Tour de France ceremoniously ends on what National Day of France that celebrates the storming of a prison? | Bastille Day (accept Fête nationale française; accept July 14, accept le 14 juillet) |
| Though it is not Switzerland, this country elected seven co-presidents in 1990, three of whom were from its Party of Democratic Action. After winning that election, Fikret Abdić [[AB-ditch]] used his Agrokomerc company to carve out an "autonomous province" in this country's Una-Sana canton. Alija Izetbegović [[ah-LEE-yah ee-ZET-beh-goh-vitch]] led this country for most of the 1990s, and his government battled the Croatian Defense Council. For ten points, name this Muslim majority country that fought a nearly four-year war to break away from Yugoslavia. | Bosnia and Herzegovina (accept Bosna i Hercegovina) |
| This treaty, signed in the U.S., effectively ended the Bosnian war, dividing the country into Croat-Bosniak and autonomous Serb regions. | Dayton Agreement (or Dayton Accords) |
| This man's bodyguards were called the Celeres [[she-LEH-rehs]] and he reportedly disappeared in a whirlwind while reviewing troops. This man's wife, Hersilia, was deified as Hora, while this victor of the battle of Lacus Curtius was deified as Quirinus. This slayer of Acron co-ruled with Titus Tatius after arranging the Consualia festival. For ten points, name this brother of Remus, the first king of Rome. | Romulus |
| Romulus and Remus attempted to resolve a disagreement over where to build Rome by using Augury, the practice of interpreting omens from the behavior of what animals? | Birds (accept any specific bird; accept Sacred Chickens) |
| The reformist Donglin faction was crushed by a leader and powerful eunuch of this dynasty, Wei Zhongxian [[WAY JONG-SHYEN]]. Esen Taishi captured this dynasty's Emperor Yingzong during the Tumu Crisis. This dynasty's emperor, Yongle [[YONG-LUH]], oversaw the creation of texts from the Forbidden City, and a giraffe from Malindi was brought back to this dynasty by Zheng He [[JUNG HUH]]. For ten points, name this Chinese dynasty that preceded the Qing [[CHING]] and is famous for its porcelain. | Ming Dynasty |
| The Ming succeeded this Chinese dynasty established in 1279 by the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, which was visited by Marco Polo. | Yuan Dynasty |
| This president is considered Princeton University’s first graduate student. Paul Jennings, a man who was enslaved by this president, wrote what is now considered the first memoir on life in the White House. James Monroe was simultaneously the Secretary of State and Secretary of War in the administration of this president, who, at five foot four, was the shortest president. For ten points, name this fourth U.S. president. | James Madison Jr. |
| James Madison drafted what plan that proposed a bicameral legislature? Its alternative title is named after Edmund Randolph, who sponsored it at the Constitutional Convention. | Virginia Plan (or Large-State Plan; accept Randolph Plan before mentioned) |
| Was the site of Richard Daley's Chicago political machine. | Illinois |
| Has been represented by Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris in Congress. | California |
| Elected its first Black governor, Deval Patrick, to succeed Republican Mitt Romney. | Massachusetts |
| Was the only state to vote for Walter Mondale in 1984. | Minnesota |
| Lost several house seats to Republicans in 2022, including George Santos. | New York |
| Has sent Democrats like Daniel Inouye [[IN-oo-yay]] and Brian Schatz to the Senate. | Hawaii |
| Nearly elected Republican Jack Ciattarelli [[chit-uh-RELL-ee]] as governor in 2022 but instead re-elected Phil Murphy. | New Jersey |
| Elected its first Korean and Black representative, Marilyn Strickland, to Congress in 2020. | Washington |
| Man who ordered the invasion of Poland, initiating World War Two. | Adolf Hitler |
| "Iron Chancellor" who unified Germany after winning the Austro-Prussian War. | Otto von Bismarck (or Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; or Otto, Prince of Bismarck; Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen) |
| Longtime CDU leader who became the first female to serve as chancellor in 2005. | Angela Merkel (or Angela Dorothea Merkel; or Angela Dorothea Kasner) |
| Nazi propaganda minister who held the role for one day in 1945. | Joseph Goebbels [[YOH-sef GEHR-buls]] (or Paul Joseph Goebbels) |
| Founder of the CDU who became the first chancellor of West Germany in 1949. | Konrad Adenauer (or Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer) |
| Man who served for sixteen years, overseeing the reunification of 1989 to 1991. | Helmut Kohl (or Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) |
| Former mayor of West Berlin who developed the Ostpolitik [[OHST-poh-lih-tik]] policy. | Willy Brandt (or Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm) |
| Influential foreign minister of Weimar Germany who briefly served as Chancellor in 1923. | Gustav Stresemann [[SHTREH-suh-mahn]] (or Gustav Ernst Stresemann; accept phonetic pronunciation) |
| Continent on which their empire was located. | South America |
| “Lost City" above the Sacred Valley, northwest of Cusco. | Machu Picchu |
| Spanish conquistador who captured their capital in 1532. | Francisco Pizzaro (or Francisco Pizarro González; accept Marquess of the Atabillos) |
| Language they spoke, from which the words quinoa and llama derive | Quechua |
| Knotted strings that the Incas used for record-keeping and communication. | Quipu [[KEE-poo]] (accept Talking knots) |
| Ancient sun god, worshiped as the patron of the Inca state. | Inti |
| Battle at which Atahualpa [[ah-tah-HWAHL-pah]] was ambushed at the namesake Great Plaza. | Battle of Cajamarca [[kah-hah-MAR-kah]] (or Cajalmarca) |
| Ninth Sapa Inca who expanded the empire and renovated the House of the Sun. | Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec) |
| One politician from this state founded a political party that ran the Virginian John Floyd for president. Before becoming its governor, Robert Hayne stepped down as senator (+) of this state to make way for a man who had been vice president under Andrew Jackson. That opponent of the Tariff of Abominations and advocate of states' rights from this state was John C. (*) Calhoun. For ten points, name this state where the 1832 Tariff led to the Charleston Incident. | South Carolina |
| This artist names an informal "Tax" proposed by Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo on second homes worth over one million dollars. This artist encouraged her fans to vote (+) in the November 2018 elections, highlighting her opposition to Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn. That opinion led Donald Trump to say he liked this artist "25 percent less." (*) For ten points, name this pop artist of the albums 1989 and Midnights. | Taylor Swift (or Taylor Alison Swift; accept Taylor Swift Tax) |
| One power in this war used creole units known as Zuavos, who were often supported by their wives, the vivandeiras. An enslaved nurse named Ramona (+) Martinez was referred to as "the American Joan of Arc" during this war. A self- proclaimed emperor died at this war's Battle of Cerro Corá, resulting in a treaty that reduced Paraguay (*) to two-thirds of its original size. For ten points, name this 19th century war won by Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. | War of the Triple Alliance (accept Paraguayan War before "Paraguay" is mentioned) |
| This man was given "a box on the ear" after claiming to be related to a captain of the same surname named Bernard. Along with John Hawkins, this man helped one force win the Battle of (+) Gravelines [[grahv-LEEN]]. New Albion was an area of California claimed by this man, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope and passed through the Spice Islands during an effort aboard the (*) Golden Hind. For ten points, name this Englishman who circumnavigated the globe. | Sir Francis Drake |
| When he was sent to bring reinforcements to the Siege of Fort Stanwix, this American military officer and Johannes Justus Schuyler convinced British troops to retreat. After the Revolutionary (+) War ended, this man fought a bloodless duel in England with the Earl of Lauderdale. This former Continental Army major general published “To the Inhabitants (*) of America” in newspapers not long after the capture of John André. For ten points, name this officer in the Revolutionary War whose name is now synonymous with treason and betrayal. | Benedict Arnold |
| The originator of this philosophical tradition based his initial work on Nicholas St. John Green’s research on Alexander Bain. The essays “The Fixation of Belief” and “How to Make Our Ideas Clear” (+) are considered the basis of this tradition, whose early theorists include John Dewey and Charles Sanders Peirce [[“PURSE”]]. Coined by William James, (*) for ten points, name this American philosophical school that emphasized the “usefulness” of philosophical ideas. | American Pragmatism (accept Pragmatic School; accept Pragmaticism) |
| According to legend, this tribe's members wandered for 42 Green Corn Festivals before finding a hill named Nanih Waiya to settle around. Two moieties of this tribe include the Imoklashas (+) and Inhulalatas. The Jena Band and the Mississippi Band are among the divisions of this tribe, which, along with the Muscogee, Seminoles, Chickasaw, and (*) Cherokee, were listed as the Five Civilized Tribes. For ten points, name this tribe originally based in Mississippi. | Choctaw (or Chahta) |
| John Reith came up with the idea of the Christmas Speech during the reign of this monarch, who gave its first rendition. During this monarch's reign, dominions were given more sovereignty in the Statute of (+) Westminster. The initial ministry of the Labour Party was appointed by this monarch, who was succeeded by a king who abdicated the throne. In power during the tenure of David (*) Lloyd George, for ten points, who was this king who led England through the First World War? | George the Fifth of England (accept George Frederick Ernest Albert; accept partial answers) |
| As a young man, the father of this president lived in the household of future abolitionist John Brown. This president won re-election in a landslide against an opponent who died before the electoral votes were counted. (+) Despite being hailed in his own time as a "Second Washington," this president is remembered for his cabinet’s corruption, as seen in the (*) Whiskey Ring and Credit Mobilier scandals. For ten points, name this president, who became nationally famous for leading the Union Army to victory in the U.S. Civil War. | Ulysses S. Grant (or Hiram Ulysses Grant) |
| Also known as "The Lucky," this explorer and son of a man known as "The Red," is believed to have been the first European to land in North America. | Leif Erikson (prompt on "Leif the Lucky") |