| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This president asked Sammy Davis Jr. not to attend a pre-inaugural ball due to the entertainer's interracial marriage. Robert Frost's "The Gift Outright" was read at the inauguration ceremony of this president. This president described a torch being "passed to a new generation of Americans" in an address that told the audience "ask what you can do for your country." For ten points, name this president who, in 1963, was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. | John F (itzgerald) Kennedy (or JFK) |
| While working at Liberty Hall, this man urged local workers to resist Chinese and Syrian immigration. This man’s alliance with Ku Klux Klan leaders caused a rift between him and Philip Randolph. This man was convicted of mail fraud related to the financing of his shipping company, the Black Star Line, which he founded to facilitate Black migration to Liberia. For ten points, name this Jamaican born leader of the Back to Africa movement. | Marcus Garvey (or Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr.) |
| This man’s personal military unit and hit squad is known as the Tiger Squad. While serving as Defence Minister, this man ordered his country’s bombing campaigns in Yemen, and in 2018, this man ended his country’s longstanding ban on women drivers. U.S. intelligence agencies contend that this man ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. For ten points, name this crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia. | Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (accept MBS) |
| This monarch’s father, Henry the Second, granted him the lordship of Ireland at eleven years old. After a feud, this monarch was excommunicated by Pope Innocent the Third. With Philip the Second, this king signed the Treaty of Le Goulet, which caused England to surrender their Angevin lands to France. For ten points, name this King of England from the house of Anjou who, after the Barons’ Revolt, issued the Magna Carta in 1215. | King John (accept John Lackland; accept Jean sans Terre) |
| This country’s Chimor people built a large city whose name literally means “sun sun.” In addition to Chan Chan, this country is home to an adobe brick temple, called the Huaca del Sol, that was used by the Moche culture. This country’s massive geoglyphs are known as the Nazca Lines. For ten points, name this South American country home to the former Incan capital of Cuzco. | Republic of Peru (or República del Perú) |
| A university in this U.S. state hosted the nation’s first study abroad program in 1923. This state was home to Stephanie Kwolek, who invented Kevlar in 1965, and Wallace Hume Carothers, who invented nylon in 1935. This state’s representative to the Second Continental Congress, Caesar Rodney, cast the deciding vote for independence. For ten points, name this U.S. state that shares its name with a river notably crossed by George Washington. | Delaware (accept Washington Crossing the Delaware) |
| This author wrote how there is "no end to illusion" in an essay describing his grief following the death of his son. Along with his essay titled Experience, this author notes how "all mean egotism vanishes" as he becomes like a "transparent eyeball" in his essay Nature. This man wrote that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" in an 1841 essay. For ten points, name this Transcendentalist who wrote "Self-Reliance." | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| According to Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed, a product made by this company could fail into a “tuck under” mode due to a poorly designed swing-axle suspension. This company's CEO, Charles Wilson, was confirmed as Secretary of Defense after stating "what was good for the country was good for [this company]." This company formed from the 1908 merger of Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac. For ten points, name this largest American automaker. | General Motors (or GM; prompt on “Chevrolet” or “Chevy”) |
| Elizabethan advisor Francis Walsingham petitioned this empire's ruler to use its navy to distract the Spanish Armada during a 1580s war in exchange for precious metals. The Treaty of Karlowitz [[KAR-loh-vitz]] led this empire to cede areas of the Balkans to the Habsburgs. The devshirme [[dev-SHEER-meh]] system recruited Christian boys to fill this empire's elite Janissary [[JEH-nih-seh-ree]] units. For ten points, name this empire whose Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror ended the Byzantine Empire. | Ottoman Empire (or Ottomans; or Osmanli Turks; or Osmanli Türkleri; or Ottoman Turks; prompt on "Turkey" or "Turks") |
| This man created a mobile classroom designed to educate rural farmers that he named for his financier Morris Ketchum Jesup. This man was invited by Booker T. Washington to head the Agriculture Department at Tuskegee. For ten points, name this African-American researcher and inventor, who developed hundreds of applications for sweet potatoes and peanuts. | George Washington Carver |
| Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez argued that this war was engineered using false intelligence as part of a Soviet objective to slow nuclear weapons development. On the first day of this war, Operation Focus destroyed almost every jet in the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian air forces. This war resulted in the West Bank coming under Israeli control. For ten points, name this 1967 war named for its brief duration. | Six-Day War (accept 1967 Arab-Israeli War before "Israeli" is mentioned) |
| During the Six-Day War, Israel bombed this U.S. naval intelligence vessel under unclear circumstances. | USS Liberty (accept USS Liberty Incident) |
| This man named the site that held the Cane Ridge Revival and was elected three times to the Virginia General Assembly. This man was hired by Judge Richard Henderson to establish the Transylvania Company, for which this man bought the Cherokee claim on Kentucky. This man blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. For ten points, name this American frontiersman who legendarily wore a cap made of raccoon fur. | Daniel Boone |
| During the Civil War, the Cumberland Gap was occupied by this Confederate commander of the Army of Tennessee, who was routed in the Battles for Chattanooga. A fort in North Carolina was named for him but is now being renamed as Fort Liberty. | Braxton Bragg |
| George of Poděbrady [[PO-dee-bra-dee]] was deposed as king of one country for being a member of this religious movement. Moderate members of this sect tried to reconcile with the Catholic church in the Compacts of Basel. Commanders of these people like Jan Žižka [[ZHEEZH-kuh]] used wagon forts to defeat invading crusaders. This movement was split between Utraquist [[YOO-trah-kwist]] and Taborite [[tah-BOR-ite]] factions. For ten points, name this Proto-Protestant movement that emerged in 15th century Czechia. | Hussites or Kališníci |
| The Taborites followed the teachings of this earlier English church dissident, who authored a namesake Bible translation into Middle English. | John Wycliffe |
| A book in this language first introduced the idea behind the Laffer Curve and outlined a concept translated as tribalism. Books in this language were produced after soldiers learned printing techniques from Chinese captives at the Battle of Talas. Many historical records from the Songhai Empire are in this language, used for many medical and mathematical treatises from the House of Wisdom. For ten points, identify this language spoken by Ibn Khaldun and Muhammad. | Arabic (or al-arabiyyah) |
| Arabic texts, including the bismillah, have been used as decorative motifs for this art form, whose nashk and kufic traditions are common in Islamic art. | Calligraphy |
| This city was going to be the first city targeted by the Japanese in a December 1944 biological weapons attack known as Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night. The Spirit of St. Louis, flown by Charles Lindbergh, was built by Ryan Airlines in this city. This city has hosted two World’s Fairs, the 1915 Panama-California Exhibition and the 1935 California Pacific International Expedition. For ten points, name this California city home to a famous zoo. | San Diego |
| San Diego lost this franchise, its former professional football team, when they relocated in 2016. | San Diego (or Los Angeles) Chargers |
| This character was the basis for a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that briefly ran on ABC. In the original Japanese version, the main antagonists this character faced were named Fickle, Chaser, Ambusher, and Stupid, but in English, those characters became the ghosts named Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde. In 1982, a female counterpart to this character debuted. For ten points, name this video game character who resembles a pizza pie with one slice missing. | Pac-Man (do not accept or prompt on “Ms. Pac-Man”) |
| Toru Iwatani developed Pac-Man for this video game company, which produced classics like Galaga and Tekken. This company merged with Bandai in 2006. | Namco Ltd. (accept Bandai Namco Entertainment; accept Nakamura Seisakusho Co., Ltd.) |
| This city, known as the “Paris of the Prairies,” was settled in 1882 as a temperance colony. This city was founded by John Neilson Lake, and could originally only be reached by wagon from Moose Jaw. During the North-West Rebellion, rebel leaders like Charles Trottier and Chief Whitecap passed through this city on the road to Batoche. This city boomed following the arrival of Barr colonists. For the point, name this city which has become the largest by population of Saskatchewan. | Saskatoon |
| Chief Whitecap joined the North-West Rebellion, which was led by what Métis resistance leader, a founder of Manitoba? | Louis Riel |
| The so-called "Khaki Election" was engineered by a member of this family who often wore a ribboned monocle. Stanley Baldwin's foreign secretary had this surname, negotiating the Locarno Pact with Charles Dawes. After allowing the annexation of the Sudetenland at the Munich Conference, a politician with this surname proclaimed "peace for our time." For ten points, name this surname of British politicians including Winston Churchill's predecessor, Neville. | Chamberlain (accept Neville Chamberlain; or Austen Chamberlain) |
| Joseph Chamberlain was the Secretary of State for the Colonies during this conflict, ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging. | Second Boer War (prompt on "Boer War") |
| Coin on which Thomas Jefferson's image is found. | Nickel (or Five cents) |
| Escaped enslaved woman and abolitionist, slated to replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill by 2030. | Harriet Tubman (or Araminta Ross) |
| Coin on which JFK has appeared since the LBJ administration. | Kennedy Half dollar (accept Fifty cents) |
| Only native of the island of Nevis depicted on US currency. | Alexander Hamilton |
| Democratic president from New York depicted on the one-thousand-dollar bill. | Grover Cleveland (or Stephen Grover Cleveland) |
| Princeton University president depicted on the one hundred-thousand-dollar bill. | Woodrow Wilson (or Thomas Woodrow Wilson) |
| Currency which featured John Marshall's image until he was replaced by William McKinley. | 500 dollar bill |
| Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln who put his own face on the first US dollar bill. | Salmon P (ortland) Chase |
| Capital city naming a peace treaty in which they ceded land to the Central Powers. | Bucharest (accept Treaty of Bucharest) |
| 900-mile long mountain range crossing the country and named for a second century tribe. | Carpathian Mountains (or Carpathians; prompt on "Carpi" or "Carpiani") |
| Region which, with Wallachia [[vah-LAH-kee-ah]], is associated with Vlad the Impaler. | Transylvania |
| Western neighbor, led by Miklos [[MEE-klohsh]] Horthy, to which it lost territory in the Second Vienna Award. | Kingdom of Hungary (prompt on "Regency") |
| Trans-Danubian Roman province conquered by defeating tribes led by Decebalus [[deh-KEH-bah-luss]]. | Dacia [[DAY-shuh]] (accept Dacians; accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Secret police of Romania's communist era. | Securitate [[seh-koo-ree-TAH-teh]] (accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Paramilitary wing of the Legionnaire Movement which attempted to overthrow Ion Antonescu [[EE-on an-toh-NEH-skoo]]. | Iron Guard |
| Ruler whose 1467 invasion was stopped by Stephen the Great | Matthias Corvinus |
| American symbol often nicknamed the "star-spangled banner." | U.S. Flag (accept obvious equivalents) |
| Author and poet who wrote the lyrics. | Francis Scott Key |
| War during which it was written. | War of 1812 |
| Baltimore fort outside of which it was written. | Fort McHenry |
| President who signed a 1931 bill officially making it the national anthem. | Herbert Hoover (or Herbert Clark Hoover) |
| Singer of “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” who sang it memorably at the baseball All Star Game. | Meat Loaf |
| Gold medalist who raised his fist with John Carlos while the anthem was playing at the 1968 Olympics. | Tommie C. Smith |
| British song to which its lyrics were set. | “To Anacreon in Heaven” (or “The Anacreontic Song”) |
| One man of this first name chronicled the development of the Norden bombsight and the firebombing of Tokyo in his most recent book, The Bomber Mafia. (+) That man with this first name had earlier authored works like David and Goliath. Alex Haley wrote an “Autobiography” of a (*) Muslim Civil Rights with this first name. For ten points, give this first name of a popular journalist with surname Gladwell and an activist who renamed himself “X”. | Malcolm (accept Malcolm Gladwell; accept Malcolm X) |
| Though not in Sri Lanka, this city’s Uppatasanti Pagoda supposedly contains a tooth of the Buddha. Statues of Bayinnaug and Alaungpaya, were filmed during a 2006 Armed Forces Day parade in this city. (+) That event resulted in members of the National League for Democracy relocating to this city, which was given a status once held by (*) Yangon. For ten points, name this capital city of Myanmar. | Naypyidaw (or Nay Pyi Taw) |
| In a eulogy, Hunter S. Thompson described this man as “a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy.” After his tenure in one office, this man gave a series of interviews with British talk-show host David Frost. (+) After his unsuccessful run for president, this Republican wrote Six Crises, where he talked about his tenure as Dwight (*) Eisenhower’s vice president. For ten points, name this president who resigned during the Watergate scandal. | Richard Nixon (or Richard Milhous Nixon) |
| One ruler with this name held up a ceiling to save his family during a train crash, after which he appointed Sergei Witte [[VIH-tuh]] as railway minister. That ruler of this name reestablished the League of the (+) Three Emperors, echoing the formation of the Holy Alliance by an earlier ruler of this name. A different ruler set up zemstva [[ZAMST-vah]] before being assassinated by a group named People's (*) Will. For ten points, give this name shared by the Tsar who emancipated the serfs. | Alexander (or Aleksándr; accept Alexander the First; or Alexander the Second; or Alexander the Third; accept Aleksándr Osvobodytel) |
| Sar-i-Sang was known for its numerous mines of this good, which provided it for the Royal Treasury of Ur and the tomb of King Tut. The Statue of Ebih-Il (+) in Syria was found to have used inlays of this good in the eyes. This good was often used during the Middle Ages as a source for ultramarine. (*) Described by Pliny the Elder as "sprinkled with specks of gold,” for ten points, what is this metamorphic rock known for its intense blue color? | Lapis Lazuli |
| Some sources claimed that, in 1903, the resident of this place kept the gates locked and refused to allow in a visiting Theodore Roosevelt. Daisy Merriman was the niece and assistant of the resident of this place, who lived alone in it following the death of a magnate of a "Repeating (+) Arms Company" who had been that resident's husband. Reports of a bell tower being used to summon spirits and the playing of ghostly music are among the legends (*) associated with this residence. For ten points, name this allegedly haunted house in San Jose, California. | Winchester Mystery House (accept Llanada Villa) |
| Jean-François Lesueur and Giovanni Paisello composed the coronation mass for a member of this family. A member of this family was the original dedicatee of a (+) symphony that includes a C-minor funeral march. That symphony was rededicated "to the memory of a great man" after a man from this family became (*) emperor. Beethoven's Eroica Symphony was originally dedicated to a member of, for ten points, what family that included Napoleon? | Bonaparte (or Buonaparte; accept Napoleon or Joseph Bonaparte) |
| An attempt to pin this force against the De Lattre [[doo LAHT]] Line near the Red River Delta was initially successful. Operation Castor targeted this organization, which made breakthroughs against opposing commander Raoul Salan’s [[SAH-lun’s]] paratroopers. This organization took the (+) Beatrice, Gabrielle, and Anne-Marie posts in a key victory over Christian de Castries in 1954, forcing the signing of the Geneva Accords. Winning the Battle of Diện (*) Biên Phủ, for ten points, what was this anti-French independence movement that was folded into the Communist Party of Vietnam? | Việt Minh (or Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh; do not accept or prompt on “Viet Cong”) |
| Due to World War Two material shortages, Waddingtons produced versions of this game in the United Kingdom with spinners instead of dice. A predecessor to this game, created by Lizzie (*) Magie [[muh-GEE]] to promote Georgist ideas, was called The Landlord’s Game. Charles Darrow patented a version of this game with (*) properties named after locations in Atlantic City which was rejected by Milton Bradley. For ten points, name this board game in which players attempt to bankrupt their opponents. | Monopoly |
| Born in Venezuela, this man established the Third Republic and is regarded as a national hero in many South American countries, where he is known as "The Liberator." | Simón Bolívar |