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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. | FranciscodeCoronado (orFranciscoVázquezdeCoronadoyLuján) |
| The Battle of Champions pitted members of this city-state with that of Sparta. 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 IthacaintheOdyssey.Homer used the term for residents of this city to refer to all Greeks who attacked Troy. For ten points,namethisancientGreekcityonthePeloponnesepeninsula. | Argos (acceptArgives) |
| 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 utilizedwhiplashlines? | ArtNouveau |
| 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 wasfoundburiedintheworkshopof Thutmose.Fortenpoints,namethisEgyptiansculptureofthewifeofAkhenaten. | BustofNefertiti (promptonpartialanswer) |
| River pirates from this state named ushkuyniks [[oosh-KOY-niks]]sacked cities like Zhukotin and Kazan, while earlier conducting raids along the Ob. With assistance from Alexander Nevsky, this state defeated the LivonianOrderatLakePeipusduringtheBattleof the Ice. The one-time overlord of the Pskov Republic was, for ten points, what Medieval RussianrepublicandmemberoftheHanseaticLeague? | NovgorodRepublic (acceptNizhniyNovgorod) |
| This composer of La Cenerentola[[cheh-neh-RENT-o-la]]wroteaworkfeaturingthe old doctor Bartolo andhiswardRosina,onewhereaSwissheroshootsanarrowthroughan apple onhisson'shead.Fortenpoints,namethisItaliancomposerbestknownforovertures tooperaslikeWilliamTellandTheBarberofSeville. | GioacchinoRossini |
| 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 battleinwhichtheSeljukTurksdecisivelydefeatedtheByzantineEmpire? | BattleofManzikert |
| This theorist was forced to resign from Johns Hopkins after inappropriate relations with Rosalie Rayner, and he popularized the coffeebreakwhileworkinginadvertising.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 behaviorismasamajortheory. | JohnWatson SecondQuarter |
| At the apex of a pyramid-like arrangement in this painting, several figures wave handkerchiefs toward the distance. A voyage to Senegal, aimingtoenforcepartofthePeace of Paris, served as the basis of this painting. For ten points, name this French Romantic paintingdepictingtheaftermathofashipwreckbyThéodoreGéricault[[zheh-ree-KOH]]. | TheRaftoftheMedusa (orLeRadeaudelaMeduse;acceptScenedeNaufrage orShipwreckScenebeforementioned) |
| The Raft of the Medusa controversially appeared at the 1819iterationofthisevent, theofficialartexhibitionoftheAcadémiedesBeaux-Arts[[boh-ZAHR]]. | ParisSalon (orSalondeParis) |
| This man mayhaveshotandkilledJohnHenryTunstall,sparkingtheLincolnCounty War in New Mexico. Lew Wallace placed a bounty onthisman’shead,whichwaseventually earned by Sheriff Pat Garrett. For ten points, name this outlaw who supposedly killed 21 peoplebeforedyingatage21. | BillytheKid (orHenryMcCarty;orWilliamH.Bonney;orWilliamH.Antrim) |
| This otheroutlaw,whoworkedwiththeYoungerbrothers,workedasaConfederate bushwhackerandwaslaterkilledbyarecruitnamedRobertFord. | JesseJames |
| This man 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 DefenseRobertMcNamara deemed this individual “the best we have, without question.” For ten points, name this Americangeneral,thefirstcommanderofU.S.forcesintheVietnamWar. | WilliamWestmoreland (orWilliamChilds"Westy"Westmoreland) |
| According to now declassified documents, Westmoreland consideredusingnuclear weapons during this battle, a bloody, seventy-seven day siegeonaU.S.Marinegarrisonthat distractedAmericanleadersfromrecognizingandhaltingtheTetOffensive. | BattleofKheSanh |
| A doubleentendredialogue"chinascene"occursinaplayfromthisperiodanalyzing 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 tenpoints,namethishistoricalperiodinwhichCharlestheSecondreturnedtoEngland. | EnglishRestoration (acceptCharlesIIreturningtotheEnglishthronebefore mentioned) |
| This man began his famous diary, which discusses theGreatFireofLondon,during theEnglishRestoration. | SamuelPepys[[PEEPS]] |
| Thisleaderspentthelasttwoyearsofhislifeunderhousearrest,dyingwithcharges 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 presidentofChile? | AugustoPinochet[[PEE-noh-sheh]] (orAugustoJoséRamónPinochetUgarte; acceptphoneticpronunciations) |
| Augusto Pinochet came to power following the suicide of this man in La Moneda PalacewhilehewasunderattackbyPinochet’scoup. | SalvadorAllende[[ah-YEN-deh]] (orSalvadorGuillermoAllendeGossens;accept phoneticpronunciations) |
| 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 tenpoints,namethisDutchexplorerwhodiscoveredVanDiemen'sLand,thefirst EuropeantoreachNewZealand. | AbelTasman (orAbelJanszoonTasman) |
| In1633,TasmantookthesouthernBrouwerRoutefromtheNetherlandstoBatavia, onthesiteofwhatisnowthiscapitalcity. | Jakarta |
| Eric J. Boswell resigned fromonepostafteraneventinthiscitythatwassupposedly prompted by thecreationofafilmtitledInnocenceofMuslims.SeanSmithandJ.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 seriesof2012attacksonAmericanbuildingsin,fortenpoints, whatLibyancity? | Benghazi[[ben-GAH-zee]] |
| In the aftermathoftheBenghaziattacks,thisU.S.ambassadortotheUnitedNations came under fire. Serving as National SecurityAdvisorfrom2013to2017,whowasthisfirst BlackwomantorepresenttheU.S.attheUN? | SusanRice (orSusanElizabethRice) |
| This man captured the fort of Arcot [[AHR-koht]] without a fight after the garrison heard of the conditions his men endured. This man forced the sitting emperor Alamgir [[ah-LAHM-"gear"]] the SecondtosigntheTreatyofAllahabad.ThelastindependentNawab 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 generalandgovernorofBengal? | RobertClive |
| Clive's conquests cemented Britain’s colonial control of India, which eventually developedintowhatgovernment,theHinditermfor“empire.” | BritishRaj ThirdQuarter Thecategoriesare: 1.Somalia 2.MedievalEnglishMonarchs 3.CanadianPrimeMinisters Somalia ConcerningthenationofSomalia,namethe... |
| Crimeprominentoffthecoastfollowingits2000scivilwar. | Piracy (acceptPirates) |
| EuropeancolonizingnationwhichusedSomaliaasaspringboardtoinvadeEthiopia twice. | KingdomofItaly (orRegnod'Italia) |
| HornofAfricanationthatwascombinedwithEthiopiaandSomaliaintoan“East Africa”protectorate. | Eritrea |
| Anti-colonialmovementwhichsharesitsnamewitha"Whirling"Sufisect. | DervishMovement (acceptWhirlingDervish) |
| MoroccanscholarandworldtravelerwhovisitedMogadishuin1332whileonhajj. | IbnBattuta (orAbuAbdullahMuhammadibnBattutah) |
| Mujahedeenmovementresponsibleforthe2013Westgateshoppingmallattack. | al-Shabaab (orHarakatal-Shabaabal-Mujahideen;orHSM) MedievalEnglishMonarchs RegardingmonarchsofEnglandinthemedievalera,namethe... |
| CountrynorthofEnglandinwhichEdwardtheFirstcampaigned,earninghimthe nickname"Hammerof[thesepeople]." | Scotland (acceptHammeroftheScots;acceptScottish) |
| SeabetweenEnglandandScandinaviawhichCnuttheGreatcrossedtoforman empire. | NorthSea (acceptNorthSeaEmpire) |
| "Lion-hearted"kingwhofoughtSaladinintheThirdCrusade. | RichardtheFirst |
| ShakespeareankingwhowaskilledatBosworthField. | RichardtheThird |
| FirstTudorkingwhoestablishedthenotoriouscourtoftheStarChamber. | HenrytheSeventh (prompton"HenryTudor") |
| KingfromtheBolingbrokefamilywhodeposedRichardtheSecond. | HenrytheFourth ("HenryBolingbroke") CanadianPrimeMinisters RegardingCanadianprimeministers,namethe... |
| Liberalleaderwhowonthreeelectionsin2015,2019,and2021. | JustinTrudeau (or[JustinPierreJamesTrudeau;prompton"Trudeau";donot acceptorprompton“PierreTrudeau”) |
| Fatherofthatman,whodealtwiththeOctoberCrisis. | PierreTrudeau (orJosephPhilippePierreYvesElliottTrudeau;prompton "Trudeau") |
| MostpopulousprovinceofCanada,inwhichStephenHarperwasborn. | Ontario |
| ProvincewhosesovereigntyquestionwasopposedbyJeanChrétien[[kreh-TYEN]]. | Quebec |
| Onlyfemaleprimeminister,defeatedinthe1993election. | KimCampbell (orAvrilPhaedraDouglas"Kim"Campbell) |
| MorbidnicknameoftroopswhorefusedtofightinWorldWarTwo,defyingthe orderofWilliamLyonMackenzieKing. | Zombies FourthQuarter |
| 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 legendaryChristianmonarchEuropeansbelievedruledakingdomintheFarEast. | PrestorJohn (orPresbyterIoannes) |
| One of these communities in Puerto Rico includes a high school named for independence leader PedroAbizuCampos.Thefirstresidencesofthesedevelopments 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 thesemass-manufacturedsuburbancommunitiesforreturningveteransofWorldWar Two. | Levittown |
| During this year, the Endecja [[ehn-DEHT-syah]] militia putdownworkerriots 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 RussianEmpire oftheearly20thcentury. | 1905RussianRevolution |
| 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 defeatforthiskingdomthat was led by holders of the title Mwene [[muh-WEH-neh]]. Henrique was a son of a leader ofthiskingdomwhowasdecapitatedbyPortugueseforces.Thatleaderwas(*) Afonso the First. For tenpoints,namethiskingdomofcentralAfricacontainingpartofwhat isnowAngolaandanamesake“DemocraticRepublic.” | KingdomofKongo (acceptKongodyaNtotila;acceptWenewaKongo;accept ReinodoCongo) |
| 2021 legislation inthiscityauthorized$25,000paymentstoAfrican-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 NorthwesternUniversity. | Evanston,Illinois |
| This man was amemberofthefirstlegalteamtosuccessfullypleadtemporary insanity togainanacquittal,inthiscaseforCongressmanDanielSickles.(+)Thisman organized the manhunt forAbrahamLincoln’sassassinandwaslaterillegally(*)fired by Andrew Johnson, leading to Johnson’s impeachment. For ten points,namethisSecretary ofWarduringtheCivilWar. | EdwinM (cmasters)Stanton |
| This emperor launched anti-magic persecutions in Constantinople after putting down the revolt of Procopius in that city. According to (+) Ammianus, two versionsofthisemperor'sdeathweretold,oneofwhichsawhimtakeastrayarrowin the chest while being defeated by the Gothic king (*) Fritigern. For ten points,whowas thisbrotherofValentinianwhoperishedattheBattleofAdrianople? | Valens |
| Thiswork’ssingernoteshowhe“[draws]thisfleetingbreath”andrealizesthat 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 nameofaDefLeppardsongandajukeboxmusical. | RockofAges ExtraQuestion |
| 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,butitwas renamed by the Meiji (*) government in the 1860s. Colonized since the late nineteenth century,fortenpoints,whatisthisnorthernmostmainislandofJapan? | Hokkaidō (orHokkaidōCircuitPrefecture;acceptEzobeforementioned) |
| Mansa Musa the First of the Mali Empire devalued the price of gold while on a journeytowhatcity? | Mecca (orMakkahal-Mukarramah) |