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| One expedition led by this man extended as far as Quivira [[kwee-VEE-rah]], in modern-day Kansas, and this man came across Zuni Pueblos such as Hawikuh in modern-day New Mexico. In 1540, this man's expedition set out from Mexico in search of Cibola [[see- BOH-luh]] and crossed the Arkansas River. For ten points, name this conquistador who was the first European to see both the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. | Francisco de Coronado (or Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján) |
| Sarah Bernhardt’s career was intertwined with an artist from this movement, Alphonse Mucha [[MOO-kah]]. The Hotel Tassel in Brussels became synonymous with this art style, whose practitioners included Henry van de Velde. Henry Patrick Clarke was inspired by this movement’s most noted illustrator, Aubrey Beardsley. Tiffany Lamps are considered symbolic of, for ten points, what turn-of-the-century international art movement that utilized whiplash lines? | Art Nouveau |
| Northeastern Native Americans did not trust pledges that were not backed by this medium. New Netherlands regulated the sale of bread because of the economic clout this medium gave Native Americans. This medium served as a mnemonic to record important diplomatic dealings and traditionally, this medium came in two colors: white and purple. For ten points, name these shell beads often strung into belts. | Wampum |
| Chromius and Alcenor [[all-SEH-nohr]], from this city-state, mistakenly ran home to declare victory after the Battle of the Champions, which pitted 300 of its citizens against 300 Spartans. Two leaders named Pheidon [[FEH-dawn]] ruled this city-state, which shares its name with the only figure who immediately recognizes the returning ruler of Ithaca in the Odyssey. Homer used the term for residents of this city to refer to all Greeks who attacked Troy. For ten points, name this ancient Greek city on the Peloponnese peninsula. | Argos (accept Argives) |
| What became known as this scientist’s “Second Idea” involved alternating layers of uranium-235 and lithium deuteride [[LITH-ee-um DOO-teh-ride]], while his “Third Idea” paralleled the independent Tellar-Ulam design. This man won a Nobel Prize in 1975 but was not allowed to go to Oslo to accept it. After protesting the invasion of Afghanistan in 1980, this physicist was forced into internal exile in the city of Gorky. For ten points, name this Soviet nuclear scientist and disarmament activist. | Andrei Sakharov [[SAH-kah-roff]] (or Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov) |
| This sculpture was taken out of its case and placed atop a nude bronze-figure sculpture in an installation by Little Warsaw. This sculpture's subject, who wears a broken Uraeus [[yoo-RAY-ehs]], is missing a quartz iris in its left eye. Ludwig Borchardt discovered this sculpture, whose limestone subject wears a colorful bead necklace. This sculpture was found buried in the workshop of Thutmose. For ten points, name this Egyptian sculpture of the wife of Akhenaten. | Bust of Nefertiti (prompt on partial answer) |
| River pirates from this state named ushkuyniks sacked cities like Zhukotin and Kazan, while earlier conducting raids along the Ob. With assistance from Alexander Nevsky, this state defeated the Livonian Order at Lake Peipus during the Battle of the Ice. The one-time overlord of the Pskov Republic was, for ten points, what Medieval Russian republic and member of the Hanseatic League? | Novgorod Republic (accept Nizhniy Novgorod) |
| One of this man's operas ends with the heroine singing the aria "Non più mesta.” This composer of La Cenerentola [[cheh-neh-RENT-o-la]] also wrote a work featuring the old doctor Bartolo and his ward Rosina, one where a Swiss hero shoots an arrow through an apple on his son's head. For ten points, name this Italian composer best known for overtures to operas like William Tell and The Barber of Seville. | Gioacchino Rossini |
| The victor of this battle symbolically placed his foot on the neck of the loser, but subsequently treated him like royalty during an eight-day stay in his camp. After John Doukas betrayed one monarch captured at this battle, his son was crowned Michael the Seventh. A victory for Alp Arslan over Romanos the Fourth, for ten points, what was this battle in which the Seljuk Turks decisively defeated the Byzantine Empire? | Battle of Manzikert |
| This theorist was forced to resign from Johns Hopkins after inappropriate relations with Rosalie Rayner, and he popularized the coffee break while working in advertising. This psychologist conditioned an infant to be afraid of all fuzzy animals by making loud noises. For ten points, name this researcher who used the “Little Albert” experiment to promote behaviorism as a major theory. | John Watson |
| The flesh of bodies found in hospitals inspired the grotesque depictions in this painting. At the apex of a pyramid-like arrangement in this painting, several figures wave handkerchiefs toward the distance. A voyage to Senegal, aiming to enforce part of the Peace of Paris, served as the basis of this painting. For ten points, name this French Romantic painting depicting the aftermath of a shipwreck by Théodore Géricault [[zheh-ree-KOH]]. | The Raft of the Medusa (or Le Radeau de la Meduse; accept Scene de Naufrage or Shipwreck Scene before mentioned) |
| The Raft of the Medusa controversially appeared at the 1819 iteration of this event, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts [[boh-ZAHR]]. | Paris Salon (or Salon de Paris) |
| This man briefly worked as a ranch hand for Henry Hooker before shooting Windy Cahill during an argument in Bonita. This man may have shot and killed John Henry Tunstall, sparking the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. Lew Wallace placed a bounty on this man’s head, which was eventually earned by Sheriff Pat Garrett. For ten points, name this outlaw who supposedly killed 21 people before dying at age 21. | Billy the Kid (or Henry McCarty; or William H. Bonney; or William H. Antrim) |
| This other outlaw, who worked with the Younger brothers, worked as a Confederate bushwhacker and was later killed by a recruit named Robert Ford. | Jesse James |
| This man, who served as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1960 to 1963, was the youngest major general in the U.S. Army when he achieved that rank in 1956. This South Carolinian was named Time’s “Man of the Year” in 1965, and in a 1964 conversation with President Lyndon Johnson, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara deemed this individual “the best we have, without question.” For ten points, name this American general, the first commander of U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. | William Westmoreland (or William Childs "Westy" Westmoreland) |
| According to now declassified documents, Westmoreland considered using nuclear weapons during this battle, a bloody, seventy-seven day siege on a U.S. Marine garrison that distracted American leaders from recognizing and halting the Tet Offensive. | Battle of Khe Sanh |
| During this period, Thomas Otway wrote one of the first she-tragedy plays about the "Spanish Conspiracy" titled Venice Preserv'd. A double entendre dialogue "china scene" occurs in a play from this period analyzing social and gender dynamics of the time titled The Country Wife. The Royal Society was founded during this period, which launched authors like Aphra Behn and John Dryden. For ten points, name this historical period in which Charles the Second returned to England. | English Restoration (accept Charles II returning to the English throne before mentioned) |
| This man began his famous diary, which discusses the Great Fire of London, during the English Restoration. | Samuel Pepys [[PEEPS]] |
| This man's 1974 appointment was not supported by Gustavo Leigh, but Leigh later opposed this man's 1998 arrest and replacement by Fernando Matthei. This leader spent the last two years of his life under house arrest, dying with charges of human rights violations still pending. This man's economic liberalization policies were inspired by Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys. Responsible for the U.S.-supported Operation Condor, for ten points, who was this general who stepped down in 1990 as president of Chile? | Augusto Pinochet [[PEE-noh-sheh]] (or Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte; accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| Augusto Pinochet came to power following the suicide of this man in La Moneda Palace while he was under attack by Pinochet’s coup. | Salvador Allende [[ah-YEN-deh]] (or Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens; accept phonetic pronunciations) |
| This explorer was tasked with searching for the "golden kingdom" of Lavo but traveled in the wrong direction. This explorer names a peninsula southwest of the Forestier Peninsula, which once housed the Pydairrerme [["pie"-DAY-rerm]] people. This man landed at Murderer's Bay in 1642 on his flagship Heemskerck [[HEEMS-kehrk]], after which he was attacked by the Maori. For ten points, name this Dutch explorer who discovered Van Diemen's Land, the first European to reach New Zealand. | Abel Tasman (or Abel Janszoon Tasman) |
| In 1633, Tasman took the southern Brouwer Route from the Netherlands to Batavia, on the site of what is now this capital city. | Jakarta |
| Eric J. Boswell resigned from one post after an event in this city that was supposedly prompted by the creation of a film titled Innocence of Muslims. Sean Smith and J. Christopher Stevens were among those killed in this city, which is found in Cyrenaica [[SY-rih-NAY-ih- kuh]] along the Gulf of Sidra. While Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, Ansar al-Sharia carried out a series of 2012 attacks on American buildings in, for ten points, what Libyan city? | Benghazi [[ben-GAH-zee]] |
| In the aftermath of the Benghazi attacks, this U.S. ambassador to the United Nations came under fire. Serving as National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017, who was this first Black woman to represent the U.S. at the UN? | Susan Rice (or Susan Elizabeth Rice) |
| This man captured the fort of Arcot [[AHR-koht]] without a fight after the garrison heard of the conditions his men endured. That engagement occurred during the larger Carnatic Wars, and this man forced the sitting emperor Alamgir [[ah-LAHM-"gear"]] the Second to sign the Treaty of Allahabad. The last independent Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud- Daulah [[DOW-lah]], relinquished control of his domain to this man and the British East India Company. The victor at Plassey was, for ten points, which British general and governor of Bengal? | Robert Clive |
| Clive's conquests cemented Britain’s colonial control of India, which eventually developed into what government, the Hindi term for “empire.” | British Raj |
| Crime prominent off the coast following its 2000s civil war. | Piracy (accept Pirates) |
| European colonizing nation which used Somalia as a springboard to invade Ethiopia twice. | Kingdom of Italy (or Regno d'Italia) |
| Horn of Africa nation that was combined with Ethiopia and Somalia into an “East Africa” protectorate. | Eritrea |
| Anti-colonial movement which shares its name with a "Whirling" Sufi sect. | Dervish Movement (accept Whirling Dervish) |
| Moroccan scholar and world traveler who visited Mogadishu in 1332 while on hajj. | Ibn Battuta (or Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah) |
| Mujahedeen movement responsible for the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack. | al-Shabaab (or Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen; or HSM) |
| General who U.S. troops tried to capture, leading to the Battle of Mogadishu. | Mohamed Farrah Aidid [["eye"-DEED]] (or Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid) |
| Longtime president responsible for the Isaaq Genocide of the 1980s. | Siad Barre [[SEE-ahd BAH-reh]] (or Mohamed Siad Barre) |
| Country north of England in which Edward the First campaigned, earning him the nickname "Hammer of [these people]." | Scotland (accept Hammer of the Scots; accept Scottish) |
| Sea between England and Scandinavia which Cnut the Great crossed to form an empire. | North Sea (accept North Sea Empire) |
| "Lion-hearted" king who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade. | Richard the First |
| Shakespearean king who was killed at Bosworth Field. | Richard the Third |
| First Tudor king who established the notorious court of the Star Chamber. | Henry the Seventh (prompt on "Henry Tudor") |
| King from the Bolingbroke family who deposed Richard the Second. | Henry the Fourth ("Henry Bolingbroke") |
| May 1471 battle that sealed the throne for Edward the Fourth of the House of York. | Battle of Tewkesbury |
| Marcher Lord who led a rebellion against Edward the Second in the Despenser War. | Roger Mortimer (accept 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore; accept 1st Earl of March) |
| Liberal leader who won three elections in 2015, 2019, and 2021. | Justin Trudeau (or [Justin Pierre James Trudeau; prompt on "Trudeau"; do not accept or prompt on “Pierre Trudeau”) |
| Father of that man, who dealt with the October Crisis. | Pierre Trudeau (or Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau; prompt on "Trudeau") |
| Most populous province of Canada, in which Stephen Harper was born. | Ontario |
| Province whose sovereignty question was opposed by Jean Chrétien [[kreh-TYEN]]. | Quebec |
| Only female prime minister, defeated in the 1993 election. | Kim Campbell (or Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell) |
| Morbid nickname of troops who refused to fight in World War Two, defying the order of William Lyon Mackenzie King. | Zombies |
| Man who negotiated the 1987 Meech Lake Accord and the Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement. | Brian Mulroney (or Martin Brian Mulroney) |
| Man who dealt with the Coyne Affair of the early 1960s and passed the Canadian Bill of Rights. | John Diefenbaker (or John George Diefenbaker) |
| This figure is attested in an 1165 letter to Byzantine Emperor Manuel the First that references the Romance of Alexander. After returning from the Fifth Crusade, the Bishop of Acre publicly declared that this figure’s grandson had mobilized his troops to fight the Muslims, possibly inaccurately referencing (+) Genghis Khan. Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem depicted this figure as Emperor of Ethiopia, though he was often placed either in Central Asia or India. Inspired by the Acts of Thomas, (*) for ten points, name this legendary Christian monarch Europeans believed ruled a kingdom in the Far East. | Prestor John (or Presbyter Ioannes) |
| One of these communities in Puerto Rico includes a high school named for independence leader Pedro Abizu Campos and is today a populous San Juan suburb. The first residences of these developments sold for (+) $7900 in 1947. Originally built in New York and Pennsylvania, these communities utilized manicured lawns and white picket fences. (*) For ten points, name these mass-manufactured suburban communities for returning veterans of World War Two. | Levittown |
| In this year, Jaan [[YAHN]] Teemant established the first independent Estonian political party, the National Progress Party. During this year, the Endecja [[ehn-DEHT- syah]] militia put down worker riots in (+) Łódź [[WOHDJ]] during this year in "The June Days." Father Gapon led a group protesting at the Winter Palace, with Imperial soldiers firing upon them during this year's "Bloody (*) Sunday." For ten points, name this year of unrest in the Russian Empire of the early 20th century. | 1905 Russian Revolution |
| A council of twelve leaders within this kingdom had a name translating to “the top of the top.” Following a defeat for this kingdom, a child of its princess Aqualtune [[ah-kwahl-TOO-nee]] went on to lead Palmares, a (+) quilombo [[kee-LOHM-boh]] in Brazil. The battle of Mbwila [[muh-BWEE-lah]] was a defeat for this kingdom that was led by holders of the title Mwene [[muh-WEH-neh]]. Henrique was a son of a leader of this kingdom who was decapitated by Portuguese forces. That leader was (*) Afonso the First. For ten points, name this kingdom of central Africa containing part of what is now Angola and a namesake “Democratic Republic.” | Kingdom of Kongo (accept Kongo dya Ntotila; accept Wene wa Kongo; accept Reino do Congo) |
| Tinkertoys was founded in this city where, in 1893, street lights were introduced to its Emerson Street. 2021 legislation in this city authorized $25,000 payments to (+) African-American households subjected to discriminatory housing practices. In 1851, a university was founded in this city which contains a law school named after J.B. Pritzker. That university, nicknamed (*) “The Purple” was established after the Illinois General Assembly granted a charter. For ten points, name this city in Chicagoland containing Northwestern University. | Evanston, Illinois |
| In 1855, this man referred to Abraham Lincoln as a “long-armed creature,” while serving as his co-counsel in the case of McCormick v. Manny, and in 1859, this man was a member of the first legal team to successfully plead temporary (+) insanity to gain an acquittal, in this case for Congressman Daniel Sickles. This man organized the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin and was later illegally (*) fired by Andrew Johnson, leading to Johnson’s impeachment. For ten points, name this Secretary of War during the Civil War. | Edwin M (cmasters) Stanton |
| This emperor cited his having run a farm to justify why he was enacting agricultural reforms, which he ran after his father's forced retirement under Julian. This emperor launched anti-magic persecutions in Constantinople after putting down the revolt of (+) Procopius in that city. According to Ammianus, two versions of this emperor's death were told, one of which saw him take a stray arrow in the chest while being defeated by the Gothic king (*) Fritigern. For ten points, who was this brother of Valentinian who perished at the Battle of Adrianople? | Valens |
| A Jewish work that shares its name with this other work notes how “the barking foe” of one group is slaughtered and asks for the “house of prayer be restored.” This work’s singer notes how he (+) “[draws] this fleeting breath” and realizes that his “eyes shall close in death.” Sharing its name with a hymn sung on Hanukkah, this Augustus Toplady-written work features a singer who seeks to “hide himself” in the titular (*) “cleft” object. For ten points, name this Christian hymn that inspired the name of a Def Leppard song and a jukebox musical. | Rock of Ages |
| When leaving this island, William S. Clark said, “Boys, be ambitious!” First mentions of this island in recorded history were believed to have originated in the Nihon Shoki. The first Winter (+) Olympics held outside Europe and North America were held on this island in 1972. The original name of this island was Ezo, but it was renamed by the Meiji (*) government in the 1860s. Colonized since the late nineteenth century, for ten points, what is this northernmost main island of Japan? | Hokkaidō (or Hokkaidō Circuit Prefecture; accept Ezo before mentioned) |
| Mansa Musa the First of the Mali Empire devalued the price of gold while on a journey to what city? | Mecca (or Makkah al-Mukarramah) |