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| This place was established by Ulysses Grant after he signed the Act of Dedication following years of lobbying by Ferdinand Hayden. David Mech’s observations of animals at this place led him to reject his own theory of alpha and beta males. In 1995, wolves were reintroduced to the Lamar Valley of, for ten points, what first national park in the U.S., locatedprimarilyinWyoming? | YellowstoneNationalPark |
| A duke of this polity thwarted a Swedish invasion during the Great Sleigh Drive. A forerunner to Kaliningrad served as the capital of this polity, which was once led by "the Great Elector," or Frederick William.MembersoftheHouseofHohenzollernruledthisstate, which was unified with other nearby states by Otto vonBismarck.Fortenpoints,namethis forerunnertotheGermanEmpire. | Prussia (orPrūsa;prompton“Germany”or“GermanEmpire”beforementioned) |
| In 2003, this party incorporated the "Three Represents" into its constitution, while in 1978 it abandoned the "Two Whatevers" policy. This political party was exiled into the Shaan-Gan-Ning region during WorldWarTwo.Thispartyabolisheditsten-yeartermlimits in 2018, while its first Paramount Leader has been described as "70% good, 30%bad."For ten points, name this party that defeated the KMT and established Red China under Mao Zedong. | CommunistPartyofChina (orCPC;orCCP;orZhōngguóGòngchǎndǎng) |
| While working at Bletchley Park, this man chained his coffee mug to theradiatorto stop thieves from taking it. When this man's body was discovered, a half-eaten apple was found nearby, possibly reenacting his favorite fairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. This leader of the Hut 8 team had anamesakedevicethathereferredtoasthe"a-machine." Fortenpoints,namethisEnglishmathematicianwhocrackedtheEnigmacode. | AlanTuring (orAlanMathisonTuring;acceptTuringMachine) |
| This material was used to make the crown which Napoleon took while proclaiming himself King of Italy. This material servedasanicknameforamanwhodefeatedtheFrench at the Battle of Salamanca in the Peninsular War. In a famous speech, Otto von Bismarck claimed that this substance and blood would solve the great problems of the day. For ten points,namethismaterialthatiscombinedwithcarbontomakesteel. | Iron (acceptIronDuke;acceptBloodandIron) |
| During this man’s reign, Jewish revolts in Cyprus, Egypt, and Crete broke out, starting the Kitos War. This victor at the Battle of Sarmizegetusa [[SAR-meez-eh-geh-TOO-sah]] ordered a triumphal column in Rome commemorating the defeat of the Dacians[[DAY-shens]].Fortenpoints,namethisemperorwhoruledduringthe apexofRome’sterritorialexpansion. | Trajan (acceptTrajan'sColumn) |
| AccordingtoGreekmyth,thisbodyofwater’sdeitywasthefirstindividualtorushto Zeus’ aid during the warwiththeTitans.MortalsoulsbegantheirafterlifebypayingCharon [[KAY-ron]]totransportthemacrossthisbodyofwater.Fortenpoints,namethisriverofthe underworldbelievedtobethesourceofAchilles’invulnerability. | RiverStyx |
| Along with Charles Pinckney and John Marshall, this man was one of the American diplomats involved in the XYZ Affair. A cartoon satirizing a process named after this man shows Essex County shaped as a dragon. For ten points, name thisMassachusettsgovernor wholendshisnametothepracticeofdrawingcongressionaldistrictsforpartisangain. | ElbridgeGerry (acceptGerrymandering) SecondQuarter |
| This company’s electronics division developed the DSV Alvin, a deep-ocean vehicle that was used for exploringtheTitanic.TheSupremeCourtruledagainstthiscompanyafter they suedaneconomicsprofessorforcreatingagamecalled“Anti-Monopoly.”Fortenpoints, namethiscompanythatownsBettyCrocker,Pillsbury,andavarietyofbreakfastcereals. | GeneralMills,Inc. |
| In May 2021, itwasannouncedthatGeneralMillsacquiredthiscompany’spettreat business for $1.2 billion dollars. This company owns such brands as Jimmy Dean and HillshireFarm. | TysonFoods,Inc. |
| One of the “four great gods” in the mythology of this region is Kū, who has many different names corresponding to earthly phenomena. The Earth Mother goddess, Papa, is central to themythofthisregion,alongwithLaka,thedeityofadanceassociatedwiththese islands.Fortenpoints,nametheseislands,whosemythicalfiguresincludeMaui. | Hawaii (orHawaiianIslands) |
| This deity of Hawaiian myth was born from the spirit Haumea. This goddess of volcanoescreatedtheHawaiianIslands. | Pele |
| Alongside the North-Western Territory, this territory’s land was handedovertoone government in the Deed of Surrender. Population growth on EllesmereIslandandinIqaluit prompted this territory’s formal declaration in 1999. For ten points, name this newest territoryofCanada,hometomanyInuitpeople. | Nunavut |
| Nunavut is the smallest Canadian territory by population. This province, with just over 150,000 people, is the smallest province. Under French rule, it was called the Ile Saint-Jean. | PrinceEdwardIsland (acceptPEI) |
| This actor's death on January 6, 2022 was confirmed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bahamas. In the film In the Heat of the Night, a character played by thisactor said, "They call me Mister Tibbs,” andthisactorwonanOscarin1964forhisroleinLiliesof the Field. For ten points, name this first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. | SidneyPoitier[[PWAH-tyay]] |
| From 1997 to 2007, Sidney Poitier was theBahamianambassadortowhatcountry, towhichhetraveledin1967tovisitthedirectorofthefilmRashomon. | Japan |
| On an island in what would become part of this country, the Afro-Shirazi Party launched a coup and assassinated Arabs in Stone Town. An invasion of Uganda by a president of thiscountryoustedIdiAmin.Fortenpoints,namethisAfricancountryonceled byJuliusNyerere[[nyah-RAY-ray]]afterthemergingofTanganyikaandZanzibar. | UnitedRepublicofTanzania |
| Tanzania moved its capital to Dodoma from which city in 1996,whichisstillbyfar itslargestintermsofpopulation? | DaresSalaam |
| In 2006, the Wall Street Journal reported that this department ignored most of the HIPAA violations they received. This department was established as the Federal Security Agency, and included the Education before the 1979 creation of a namesake department. EmployingtheSurgeonGeneral,thisis,fortenpoints,whatfederaldepartmentthatprotects thewell-beingofU.S.citizens? | DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices (acceptHHS;donotpromptor accept"DepartmentofHealth,Education,andWelfare") |
| The Department of Human Services are headquartered in a building named after this man, a former senator from Minnesota who served as vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson. | HubertHumphrey (orHubertHoratioHumphreyJr.) |
| This city is home to King George Square, which was visited by Queen Elizabeth the Second in 1954 and Pope John Paul theSecondin1986.TheWorldExpo88washeldinthis city, with the mascot being an Australian platypus named Expo Oz. The 2032 Summer Olympic Games were chosen to be held in, for tenpoints,whatAustraliancity,thecapitalof Queensland? | Brisbane |
| Brisbane is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, who, from 1821 to 1825, was the governorofwhatothereastcoaststateofAustralia? | NewSouthWales (acceptNSW) |
| While testifying on the origins of the Great War, this man stated that his army had been “stabbed in the back” by disloyal citizens and corrupt politicians. This victor at Tannenberg acceded to his advisors’ demands to appoint Adolf Hitler asChancellor.Forten points,namethisWorldWarOnegeneralandlastpresidentofWeimarGermany. | PaulvonHindenburg (orPaulLudwigHansAntonvonBeneckendorffundvon Hindenburg) |
| Hindenburg commanded the German Army alongside this quartermaster-general whojoinedHitlerintheBeerHallPutsch. | ErichFriedrichWilhelmLudendorff ThirdQuarter Thecategoriesare: 1.HistoricAlabama 2.AgeofExploration 3.TheHaitianRevolution HistoricAlabama RegardingthehistoryofAlabama,which... |
| CapitalcitywasalsothefirstcapitaloftheConfederateStatesofAmerica? | Montgomery |
| CitywasthesiteoftheSixteenthStreetBaptistChurchbombing,whichkilledfour girls? | Birmingham |
| DeafandblindactivistwashonoredwithastatueinNationalStatuaryHall? | HelenKeller (orHelenAdamsKeller) |
| Governordeclared,“Segregationnow,segregationtomorrow,segregationforever”? | GeorgeWallace (orGeorgeCorleyWallace,Jr.) |
| AlabamanativeservedasGeorgeW.Bush’ssecretaryofstate? | CondoleezzaRice |
| AtlantaBravesplayerfromAlabamabrokeBabeRuth’shomerunrecord? | Hank"Hammer"Aaron (orHenryLouisAaron;acceptHammerin’HankAaron) AgeofExploration RegardingworldexplorersfromtheAgeofExploration,namethe... |
| ManwholandedonSanSalvadorIslandin1492,beginningSpanishcolonization effortsintheAmericas. | ChristopherColumbus |
| MankilledinthePhilippinesin1521whileleadinganattempttocircumnavigatethe world. | FerdinandMagellan |
| FirstEuropeantoseethePacificOceanaftercrossingtheIsthmusofPanama. | VascoNúñezdeBalboa |
| PortugueseexplorerwhowasthefirstEuropeantoreachIndiabysea. | VascodaGama |
| Spaniardwhoexploredpresent-dayFloridawhilesearchingforthe"Fountainof Youth." | JuanPoncedeLeón |
| French-Bretonexplorer,thefirstEuropeantomaptheGulfofSaintLawrence. | JacquesCartier[[kahr-TYEH]] (acceptphoneticpronunciations) TheHaitianRevolution RegardingtheHaitianRevolutionattheturnofthe19thcentury,namethe... |
| CountrythatcontrolledHaitipriortotherevolution. | France |
| Decadeinwhichtherevolutionbegan,thesameasthedeathofLouisXVI[[the Sixteenth]]. | 1790s |
| SyncreticreligionofDuttyBoukmanandotherearlyrevolutionaries. | Voodoo (orVoudun) |
| Prominentleaderoftherevolutionwhonamedhimself"Governor-GeneralforLife." | ToussaintL'Ouverture[[loo-vehr-TUHR]] (orFrançois-DominiqueToussaint Louverture;orToussaintBréda) |
| FirstemperorofindependentHaiti. | Jean-JacquesDessalines (orJacquesI[[theFirst]]) |
| FrenchcolonyinWesternHispaniolatowhichGeneralCharlesLeclercledan expedition. | Saint-Domingue[[sehn-doh-MAHNG]] FourthQuarter |
| E.B. Hershberg and Louis Fieser worked insecretatHarvardUniversityonthe development of this weapon, which was used during an attack on Outpost Harry (+) and by B-29s after thermite bombs were exhausted. Dow Chemical was widely boycottedforitsmanufactureofthisweaponduringthe(*)VietnamWar.Fortenpoints, namethisincendiaryweaponoftenusedinbombsandflamethrowers. | Napalm |
| Napoleonic France took temporary control of this city, and Johann Maria Farina was living in this city when he invented a substance (+) named for this city. This largely Catholic city was governed for nearly two decades by Konrad Adenauer. (*)Fortenpoints,namethiscitywhereacertainfragranceformenoriginated. | Cologne (orKöln) |
| This man’s association with Richard Nixon nearly led to his defeat by William Roy in a 1974 election. This man’s second wife, Elizabeth (+) Hanford served as a senator in North Carolina before being ousted by Kay Hagan in 2008. Representing Kansas (*) for over thirty years, this is, for ten points, what Republican Senate Leaderand candidateforpresidentin1996? | BobDole (orRobertJosephDole) |
| This country was home to the Aksumite Empire, whose eponymous capital claims to house the Ark of the (+) Covenant. This country was once ruled by the Solomonic Dynasty, which claimed descent from theQueenof(*)Sheba.Fortenpoints, namethisEastAfricancountryformerlyruledbyHaileSelassiefromAddisAbaba. | FederalDemocraticRepublicofEthiopia |
| The ariʻi rahi [[ah-REE-ee RAH-hee]] was a title held by chiefs of this island, one of whose rulers accepted the arrival of the Pandora. Breadfruit (+) from this island was collected by William Bligh and members of the Bounty, whose mutineers returned here before relocating to (*) Pitcairn Island. For ten points, name this largest islandofFrenchPolynesia. | Tahiti (acceptOtaheite) |
| This person was elected totheHouseofRepresentativesafterCynthiaLummis retired in 2016. This person, who was appointed Vice Chair of the HouseJanuary(+) 6th Committee, was removed as House Republican Conference chair in 2021 for criticizing Donald (*) Trump. For ten points, name this former representative from Wyoming,thedaughterofGeorgeW.Bush’svicepresident. | LizCheney (orElizabethLynneCheney) |
| During World War Two, this island was briefly renamed to Ōmiya-jimabefore it was retaken. Thisisland,foundtothesouthofRota,(+)wasoccupiedbyJapanfrom 1941 to 1944 before it was recaptured by U.S. Marines along with Tinian (*) and Saipan. For ten points, name this Pacific island which now hosts an expanded U.S. military presenceaftertheclosureofbasesinthePhilippines. | Guam (orGuåhan) |
| The namesake of this agreement was a former Andrew Jackson aide who served as president of the South Carolina Railroad. Also known as the Treaty of Mesilla, (+) this 1853 agreement involved the transfer of land below the Gila River and included parts of New Mexico and (*) Arizona. For ten points, name this large Americanlandpurchaseinwhatisnowthecountry'ssouthwest. | GadsdenPurchase (acceptVentadeLaMesillaorTheSaleofLaMesillaor TreatyofMesillauntil"Mesilla"ismentioned) ExtraQuestion |
| After this man enrolled at the Inner Temple, he returned to his homecountry upon the 1891 death of his mother. In South Africa, (+) this man volunteered in the Second Boer War to form the Natal Indian Ambulance (*) Corps. For ten points, name this nationalist whose methods of non-violent resistance led to India’s independence from theBritishEmpire. | MahatmaGandhi (orMohandasKaramchandGandhi) |
| Seeking to impress actress Jodie Foster, this man attempted to assassinate Ronald Reaganin1981,criticallywoundingPressSecretaryJamesBrady. | JohnHinckleyJr. (orJohnWarnockHinckley,Jr.) |