| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This man cast the tie-breaking vote to decline to recharter the First Bank of the United States. This man led opposition to the admission of Vermont, even pressuring Congress to invade it. This Founding Father's nephew, DeWitt, was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. For ten points, name this second vice president of Thomas Jefferson and long-serving governor of New York. | George Clinton (prompt on “Clinton”) |
| While in Pergamon, this man reduced gladiator fatalities from sixty to five while serving under the High Priest of Asia. This man’s description of a smallpox outbreak at Aquileia [[ah-KWEE-lee-ah]] led it to be known as the plague of [this man]." This man, inspired by Aristotle and Hippocrates, promoted a theory that divides bodily fluids into blood, phlegm [[FLEM]], and black and yellow bile. For ten points, name this Greco-Roman physician who popularized the theory of the four humors. | Galen [[GAY-lehn]] (accept Plague of Galen) |
| The Battle of Ellendun brought an end to this kingdom’s period of supremacy over England’s early medieval Heptarchy. After Ceolwulf [[KOHL-"wolf"]] the Second, this kingdom’s rulers submitted to the lordship of Wessex. This realm’s king, Offa, ordered the construction of a massive dyke along the Welsh border whose remains are still visible. For ten points, name this central English kingdom, whose name derives from a word for “boundary.” | Mercia |
| After her inheritance was seized, this woman gave the Sermon of Fadak condemning her husband’s rivals. Some sources claim that this woman was killed by being slammed in a door by men sent by Abu Bakr [[BAH-keer]] to capture her husband. This woman was the namesake of an Ismaili Shi’a caliphate that ruled Egypt from the 900s to the 1100s. For ten points, name this wife of Ali and daughter of Muhammad. | Fatimah bint Muhammad (or Fatimah Zahra) |
| This man took a conservative turn after the assassination of prime minister Pellegrino Rossi, leading to his condemnation of modernism in the 1864 Syllabus of Errors. Six years later, after losing most of his territory, this man called himself the “prisoner of the Vatican.” Most of the Papal States were incorporated into unified Italy during the reign of, for ten points, what longest-tenured Pope? | Pope Pius the Ninth (or Giovannia Maria Mastai Ferretti; prompt on “Pius” accept Pio Nono) |
| This battle occurred a day after a naval battle was fought at Beachy Head. Meinhardt Schomberg [[MINE-hard SHOHM-burg]] led a charge at this battle, at which his father was killed. Richard Talbot fought for the losing side at this battle, which was lost by a Franco- Jacobite alliance. Occurring around a river near Dublin, for ten points, what was this battle fought in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution? | Battle of the Boyne (or Cath na Bóinne) |
| This organization largely disintegrated after a dispute between former Natural Law candidate John Hagelin and a conservative faction led by Pat Buchanan, who possibly received thousands of unintentional votes on this party’s line in the 2000 Florida election. Just two years earlier, ex-wrestler Jesse Ventura became governor of Minnesota while running with, for ten points, what third party founded by Ross Perot in 1995 | Reform Party of the United States of America |
| After losing a competition, this god remained on the Acropolis in the form of King Erechtheus. In retaliation for not being chosen to be the patron god of Athens, this god caused a catastrophe on the nearby Attic Plain. Odysseus once blinded this god’s son, Polyphemus, resulting in this god punishing him by delaying his voyage back to Ithaca by ten years. For ten points, name this Greek god of the horses, storms, and sea. | Poseidon |
| Emperor Joseph the Second responded to the success of this opera by insisting that encores could not be given to arias such as "Sull'aria...che soave [[CHEH SWAV]] zeffiretto." This opera premiered at the Burgtheater in 1786 with its political content downplayed in favor of an emphasis on Count Almaviva's attempted seduction of Susanna. For ten points, identify this Mozart opera about the wedding of a character who first appeared in The Barber of Seville. | The Marriage of Figaro (or Le Nozze di Figaro) |
| A scholar who was born in this city created a map named for his patron, the Tabula Rogeriana. Al-Idrisi hailed from this city where the Marinid Walls can be found, including a portion known as the Puerte de Fez. John the First’s son Henry the Navigator was wounded during a conquest of this city, which became a staging ground for further Portuguese incursions into Africa. For ten points, name this autonomous city near Morocco. | Ceuta (or Sabtah) |
| The first of these policies were analyzed by a group of advisors called the Brain Trust. The construction of the Lincoln Tunnel and LaGuardia Airport were developed by the Works Project Administration, which was established by this policy. The beginning of this policy initiated the FDIC, which stemmed from the Banking Act of 1933. For ten points, name this policy of programs by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. | New Deal (accept New New Deal) |
| In 1935, the New Deal established this program by the signing of a namesake law. A 1965 amendment to this law created Medicare and Medicaid. | Social Security Administration (accept Social Security Act of 1935; or Social Security Act of 1965) |
| This man served as the de facto ruler under Emperor Xian [[SHEE-AHN]] and was opposed by an alliance of Sun Quan [[CHWAHN]] and the Shu ruler Liu Bei [[LYOO-BAY]]. This man’s forces were decisively defeated atthe naval Battle of Red Cliffs. For ten points, name this Chinese warlord depicted as a villain in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. | Cao Cao [[KOW-KOW or TSOW TSOW]] (or Mengde [[MUNG-DUH]]; accept attempts at phonetic pronunciation) |
| A poet as well as a statesman and warrior, Cao Cao contributed commentary to this noted military treatise. | The Art of War |
| This event's leaders opposed the government of Marcelo Caetano [[kye-TAH-noh]], forming the Armed Forces Movement to oppose him. This event is celebrated on the 25th of April, and its initial signal was a 1974 Eurovision song named "And After the Farewell." This event almost-bloodlessly deposed Antonio Salazar's Estado Novo regime. For ten points, name this 1974 event that restored Portuguese democracy. | Carnation Revolution (or Revolução dos Cravos; accept 25 de Abril) |
| Spanish democracy would be restored soon after Portugal's liberation with the death of this long-ruling Iberian Caudillo [[cow-DEE-yoh]]. | Francisco Franco (or Francisco Franco Bahamonde) |
| This man’s rule included in the complete eradication of the ikkō-ikki [[EEH-koh EEH- kee]] sect of Buddhists. This man pioneered the use of arquebusiers [[ar-kuh-boo-SYEH]] at the Battle of Nagashino, at which he defeated the Takeda clan. During the Honnō-ji [[hoh- NOH-gee]] incident, this man committed suicide after being betrayed by Akechi Mitsuhide [[ah-KEH-chee meet-soo-HEE-deh]]. For ten points, name this first "Great Unifier" of Japan. | Oda Nobunaga (accept in either order; prompt on “Oda”) |
| Following the death of Oda Nobunaga, this leader allied with his son, Nobukatsu, to wage war against Toyotomi Hideyoshi. | Tokugawa Ieyasu (accept in either order; accept Matsudaira Takechiyo; prompt on "Tokugawa") |
| This group, led by Walter Waters, urged Congress to pass the Patman Bill. The largest camp of this group was located on Anacostia Flats. These demonstrators were suppressed by a military force under the command of Generals Eisenhower, Patton, and MacArthur. For ten points, name this group of veterans who, in 1932, demanded compensation for their service in World War One. | Bonus Army (accept Bonus Expeditionary Forces; or B.E.F.) |
| This group, led by an Ohio businessman named Jacob, was the first popular protest march on Washington, D.C. in U.S. history and sought to alleviate unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893. | Coxey’s Army (accept Army of the Commonwealth in Christ) |
| In an interview with Tariq [[TAH-rihk]] Ali, the writer of this song claimed he “made a mistake” by writing it. Greil Marcus claimed that “sterility and repression” characterized the lyrics of this song, in which the singer claims “We’d all love to see the plan.” The lines “brother you have to wait” and “you can count me out” generated controversy for this song, which was released as the B-side of “Hey Jude." For ten points, name this Beatles song written amidst the wave of protests in 1968. | "Revolution" (accept "Revolution 1") |
| This Beatles' member and writer of “Revolution” was gunned down by Mark David Chapman in the winter of 1980. | John Lennon (or John Winston Ono Lennon) |
| A musician with this surname was the lead performer on the religiously themed albums Ptah, the El Daoud and Universal Consciousness. Harpist and piano player Alice had this surname, as did a man who hired Jimmy Garrison as the bassist in his "classic quartet." A man with this surname released the 1960 album Giant Steps. For ten points, name this family of jazz musicians including A Love Supreme saxophonist, John. | Coltrane (accept John William Coltrane; accept Alice Coltrane) |
| John Coltrane began playing in this jazz pianist's quartet in 1957. This writer of "Round Midnight" refused to play on Coltrane's Prestige label, meaning their recordings didn’t get released until 2005. | Thelonious Monk (or Thelonious Sphere Monk; accept Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall) |
| This writer's native Pennsylvania honored her with a namesake bridge in Pittsburgh. This woman's first best-seller, The Sea Around Us, combined poetry and marine biology and was serialized in The New Yorker. After leaving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this environmentalist focused on the dangers of pesticides, including DDT. For ten points, name this conservationist who helped launch the environmental movement with her book Silent Spring. | Rachel Carson (or Rachel Louise Carson) |
| Another Pennsylvania native honored with a bridge in Pittsburgh is this Pulitzer- prize-winning author of John Adams, 1776, and Truman. | David McCullough (or David Gaub McCullough) |
| U.S. coin on which he is portrayed. | Penny (or One cent) |
| Document he issued in 1863 which said, “All persons held as slaves shall be free.” | Emancipation Proclamation (or Proclamation 95) |
| City in which he was shot. | Washington D.C. (accept either underlined portion; accept District of Columbia) |
| Vice president under Lincoln from 1861 to 1865, who was replaced on the ticket by Andrew Johnson. | Hannibal Hamlin |
| Third son of Lincoln’s whose 1862 death from typhoid inspired George Saunders’ novel Lincoln in the Bardo. | Willie Lincoln (or William Wallace Lincoln) |
| Play Lincoln was watching when he was shot. | Our American Cousin |
| New York college at which he gave a speech arguing the Founding Fathers wouldn’t want slavery expanded westward. | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (accept Cooper Union speech or address; accept Cooper Institute in place of Cooper Union) |
| Temporary name of the Republican Party in the election of 1864, used to attract wartime Democrats. | National Union Party |
| Greek city-state which led the Battle of Salamis [[SAL-ah-miss]] against the Persians. | Athens |
| Modern country in which Julius Caesar fought the Battle of Alesia against the Gauls. | France (accept French Republic; accept République française) |
| Battle after which a man ran 26 miles to report the Greek victory. | Battle of Marathon |
| Father of Alexander the Great who won the Battle of Chaeronea [[keh-roh-NEE-ah]]. | Philip the Second of Macedon |
| Battle at which Varus was ambushed by Germanic soldiers, later bemoaned by Augustus. | Battle of Teutoburg Forest (prompt on "Varian Disaster") |
| Final battle of Darius the Third, who was defeated by Alexander the Great in 331 BC. | Battle of Gaugamela (accept Battle of Arbela) |
| Battle at which Thebes decisively defeated Sparta, leading to a brief Theban hegemony in Greece. | Battle of Leuctra |
| Decisive naval battle of the Peloponnesian War, sealing Sparta’s victory. | Battle of Aegospotami |
| City in Southern China that Britain controlled for over a century until 1997. | Hong Kong |
| Rebellion against foreign influence named for martial arts practitioners. | Boxer Rebellion (or Yihequan Movement; accept equivalent terms for "Rebellion" such as "Insurrection" or "Uprising") |
| Dynasty that ruled China for most of the period. | Qing [[CHING]] Dynasty |
| Treaties with China, Japan, and Western powers which were notably one-sided. | Unequal Treaties |
| Empress Dowager who effectively controlled the government for nearly fifty years. | Cixi (or T’zu-hsi) |
| Foreign coalition that put down rebels in 1900, named for the number of powers which participated. | Eight-Nation Alliance (prompt on partial answers) |
| River that enters Korea Bay at which the Japanese Navy won a lopsided victory against the Chinese. | Yalu River (or Amrok River) |
| Peninsula that, according to the Pavlov Agreement, was occupied by Russian troops from 1898 to 1905, when it was conquered by the Japanese. | Liaodong Peninsula (prompt on “Port Arthur” or “Lushunkou”) |
| This man published a periodical titled Social Justice, which printed antisemitic texts such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This man coined the phrase "Roosevelt or (+) Ruin," and in 1934, he testified before congress saying, "God is directing President Roosevelt." In the late 1930s, this founder of the National Shrine of the Little Flower became a vocal supporter of (*) Nazi Germany. For ten points, name this Catholic priest who pioneered the use of radio to reach a national audience. | Charles Edward Coughlin (or Father Coughlin; prompt on "The Radio Priest") |
| This man said "the U.S. had finally stopped swatting at flies and gone after the manure pile" to describe Operation Meetinghouse. This man oversaw Operation (+) Starvation, a mass mining mission in the Sea of Japan. The district of Ginza was heavily damaged in a 1945 attack carried out by this general. (*) For ten points, name this Air Force general who oversaw a series of firebombing attacks against the Japanese during World War Two. | Curtis LeMay (or Curtis Emerson LeMay) |
| In 1584, Pope Gregory the Thirteenth founded a college of this religious group in Rome. The Ehden Massacre was fought between two factions of this group at the mansion of the Frangieh family. The patriarch of this group has historically lived in (+) Bkirki [[buh-KEER-kee]] and uses the title "Patriarch of Antioch." Camille Chamoun [[shah-MOON]] and Bachir Gemayel were members of this group, who operate out of Our Lady of the Cedars Church. By convention, the head of state of one Middle (*) Eastern country must always be from this group. For ten points, name this Christian sect in Lebanon. | Maronites (accept Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch) |
| This nation’s “crippled government” was so-called due to the old injuries of President Josias Philip Hoffman. This country’s currency was the “bluebacks,” whose value collapsed in the mid-19th century. This state’s president Jacobus Nicolaas (+) Boshoff [[BOH-shoff]] declared martial law after Paul Kruger, president of Transvaal [[TRANS-vahl]], conducted a raid with Marthinus [[mar-THEE-nehs]] (*) Pretorius. For ten points, name this Boer Republic centered on Bloemfontein [[bloh-EHM-fohn-teen]] and named for the longest river of South Africa. | Orange Free State (prompt on "South Africa" or anything mentioning “Boers”) |
| This location is home to a Moorish Hall and a Knight’s Bath, the latter of which was inspired by a similar building in another city. Eduard Riedel [[REE-dehl]] was the architect of this building, which went three million marks over the initial estimated price. Built on the orders of a member of the (+) Wittelsbach Dynasty, this building served to honor composer Richard Wagner. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland was inspired by this building, commissioned by a supposedly “Mad (*) King” named Ludwig. For ten points, name this Bavarian castle. | Neuschwanstein [["new"-SHWANN-stine]] Castle (or Schloss Neuschwanstein; or Schloss Neischwanstoa) |
| This school of thought believed that the world operated according to principles such as “undiminished giving” and the “law of emanation,” which are described in the Elements of (+) Theology by Proclus. Major exponents of this philosophical school included Hypatia of Alexandria and the author of the Enneads, Plotinus. This school believed in the unity of souls with “The (*) One” based on readings of dialogues such as Phaedo. For ten points, identify this Hellenistic school of philosophy that built off the works of the author of The Republic. | Neoplatonism |
| In one work by this artist, a seated child in a white dress stares straight out at the viewer as she and her three sisters pose among tall Japanese vases. A work in a similar vein by this painter shows the daughters of Frederick Barnard lighting (+) paper lanterns in a garden. Those paintings by this artist are The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit [[BOYT]] and Carnation, Lilly, Lilly, Rose. A study of this artist’s model Virginie Gautreau [[goh-TROO]] and of the major painting in which she appears is Strapless by Deborah Davis. (*) For ten points, name this American painter of Portrait of Madame X. | John Singer Sargent |
| The founder of this NFL team worked with the Raiders' Al Davis to postpone AFC games the Sunday following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. That founder of this team was Ralph Wilson. Thurman Thomas and Jim (*) Kelly were among the subjects of a documentary titled for the Four Falls of this team. A longtime player for this team served a sentence for a Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping after having earlier been acquitted for the murder of Nicole (*) Brown Simpson. O.J. Simpson played most of his career at, for ten points, what team currently quarterbacked by Josh Allen. | Buffalo Bills (accept either underlined part) |
| Under this man’s advice, James Bowdoin used military force to crush Shays’ Rebellion. This man was inspired to found his most famous group by his friends in the Loyal (+) Nine. After his death, this man was eulogized as the Father of the American Revolution by his local newspaper, the Independent Chronicle. This man organized a group at the Old South Meeting House, which then marched to board the (*) Dartmouth. For ten points, name this leader of the Sons of Liberty and organizer of the Boston Tea Party. | Samuel Adams |
| What Jewish patriarch parted the Red Sea while leading the Hebrews out of Egypt, according to the Bible? | Moses (or Moshe) |