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| George the Bearded formed an elite unit of these specific soldiers known as the "Black Band.” The Reisläufer [[RICE-loy-fer]], a Swiss predecessor to this specific unit, executed Charles the Bold. These units were often accompanied by "double-pay men" known as Doppelsöldner, who wielded an arquebus [[ARK-weh-buss]] and two-handed swords. For ten points, name these German mercenarypikemenoftheearlymodernperiod whofoughtintheThirtyYearsWar. | Landsknecht[[LAHNS-nekt]] (prompton"Pikeman"beforementioned) |
| This government employed the Rokuhara Tandai secret police after the retired emperor Go-Toba attempted a coup. This government, which was dominated by the Hojo clan, was established following the defeat of the Taira clan in the Genpei War. This government was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo and eventually collapsed in the Kenmu Restoration. For ten points, name this government that followed the Heian period, thefirstJapaneseShogunate. | KamakuraShogunate |
| This non-Bohemian military figure adopted the "wagon fort" technique of the Hussites while supporting the son-in-law of King Sigismund asamercenary.PopeEugenius tasked this man with providing much of the manpower for the Crusade of Varna,whichled to Murad the Second giving Serbia autonomy. The regent of the young King Ladislaus the Fifth was, for tenpoints,whichinfluentialMagyarcommander,thesoleregentofHungaryin themid15thcentury? | JohnHunyadi (acceptJanosHunyadi) |
| This man adapted Vergil’stextdirectlyintohisfive-actgrandoperaLesTroyens.This man, a composer and conductor, won the Prix de Rome in 1830 after studying at the Paris Conservatoire. This composerwrotethe1844TreatiseonInstrumentation,whichinfluenced later composers Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. For ten points, name this composer whowrotetheprogrammaticorchestrapiecesSymphonyFantastiqueandHaroldinItaly. | HectorBerlioz (orLouis-HectorBerlioz) |
| ThealbumVoiceofFirewasreleasedbythisman,whowasinfluencedbytheideasof Benjamin Roden. This man succeeded Lois Roden as a leader of one movement, which was based out of the Mount Carmel Center. Allegations of polygamy and childabuseledtheATF and FBI to besiege thisman’scompoundfor51days.DyingduringthatsiegeinWaco,Texas, fortenpoints,whowasthisleaderoftheBranchDavidians? | DavidKoresh (orVernonWayneHowell) |
| In 1781, this man, a delegate to the Second ContinentalCongress,foundedtheBank of North America, the first chartered bank in the U.S. This man served as one of the first senators from Pennsylvania, serving from 1789 until his retirement in 1795. Serving from 1781 to 1784 as Superintendent of Finance, for ten points, who is this American Founding Father,commonlyknownasthe“FinancieroftheRevolution.” | RobertMorris (orRobertMorris,Jr.–promptonMorrisalone) |
| This man is the subject of three cantatas by the British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. In another depiction, this son of Mudjekeewis and Wenonah is hailed as the inventor of writing. In his most famous depiction, this lover of Minnehaha lives on the shores of Lake Superior, which is referredtoasGitcheGumee.Fortenpoints,namethisreal lifeNativeAmericanleaderwhowasdepictedinanepicpoembyHenryLongfellow. | Hiawatha |
| The lack of a match between two components of this figure was established by surgeon David Waterson. KennethOakleyengagedinfluorineabsorptiondatingtoestablish the falsity of claims regarding this figure, who may have been forged by the Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Described as a missing link between humans and apes, for ten points, whatisthisallegedlyfossilizedhumanthatwasdebunkedasafraudin1953? | PiltdownMan |
| The earliest known depictions of this man show himsittingwithcrossedlegsabove a lion in statues from Mathura. While living in Vaishali, this man squatted beneath an Ashoka tree and obtainedKevala,orcompleteenlightenment.AlongwithParshvanatha,this man is believed to be the only historicalpersononalistof24“FordMakers.”Fortenpoints, namethisfinalTirthankara,thehistoricalfounderofJainism. | Mahavira (acceptVardhaman) |
| The protagonist of this work refuses to pay heed to Chilo's advice to surround the home of one love interest. The title of this work refers to a quote fromanencounteronthe Appian Way between SaintPeterandJesus.AfictionalizedsonoftheconsulMarcusVinicius falls in love with the Christian woman Lygia in this novel,subtitled"ANarrativeoftheTime of Nero". Written in Polish, for ten points, what is this historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz? | QuoVadis:ANarrativeoftheTimeofNero (prompton“Whereareyougoing?”) SecondQuarter |
| This body’s Bank for Investment and Development is often known as “The Fund.” Nana Akufo-Addo presides over this organization, whose leaders have included Siaka Stevens and members of the Gnassingbe [[nah-SING-beh]] family. Two members of this organization adopted a currency it introduced after opting out of the CFA franc.TheTreaty of Lagos established this body, focusing on a region containing cities like Niamey [[nee-AH-meh]] and Accra. For ten points, namethisorganizationwhichiscenteredinWest Africa. | ECOWAS (EconomicCommunityofWestAfricanStates;acceptCEDEAO) |
| Blaise Compaoré [[kam-pah-OR-eh]], who briefly served as ECOWAS chairperson, was the longtime president of what country, whose communist president Thomas Sankara heoverthrew? | BurkinaFaso |
| In Euripides' The Bacchae [[BACK-ki]], this parent of Manto warns Pentheus not to oppose the worship of Dionysus. The origin story ofthecaduceus[[ka-DOO-shus]]islinked to this child of Chariclo, who was punished by Hera forbeatingtwomatingsnakesbybeing turned into a woman. For ten points, name this man who was blinded for viewing Athena bathingnaked,asoothsayerfromThebes. | Tiresias (orTeiresías) |
| In one work, Tiresias is asked by this character to shed light on the deathofLaius, butdispleaseshimbyclaimingthismanwasresponsibleforhisownfather'smurder. | Oedipus |
| During this decade, the Murchison Letter hurt the Democrats during a campaign soiled by the Blocks of Five scandals. Duringanelectioninthisdecade,NealDowrefusedto withdraw from his presidential run, which may have resulted in a nomination for Winfield Scott Hancock. The winner of an election in this decade only survived six months in office before his assassination by Charles Guiteau [[GEE-toh]]. For ten points, name this decade whosepresidentsincludedJamesGarfieldandBenjaminHarrison. | 1880s (prompton"80s") |
| In the election of 1884, Grover Cleveland defeated this Republican, nicknamed the "continentalliarfromthestateofMaine." | JamesGillespieBlaine |
| Mygdonwasaleaderofthisregion,thecapitalofwhichwasnamedforafarmerwho fulfilled an oracle's prophecy that the next man to enter one of its cities would ruleit.That ruler of this region owned a cart whichbecamethesourceoftheGordianKnot.Onerulerof this region hosted a satyr named Silenus before being granted the power of the golden touch.Fortenpoints,namethiswest-centralAnatoliankingdomonceruledbyMidas. | Phrygia (prompton"Anatolia,""AsiaMinor,"or"Turkey") |
| The story of the mythical King Midas was relatedintheMetamorphoses,writtenby thisRomanpoet. | Ovid (orPubliusOvidiusNaso) |
| Along with John Campbell and Robert Hunter, this man formed the Confederate delegation at the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865. After the Compromise of 1850, this representative helped draft the Georgia Platform to strengthen pro-Union sentiment in his home state. Nonetheless, this man declared that slavery was a "great truth" and supported secession based on white supremacy. That declaration was made in, for ten points, what ConfederateVicePresident'sCornerstoneSpeech? | AlexanderHamiltonStephens |
| Despite being a Whig, Stephens called for the impeachment of this Whig President whowaselectedin1848andservedintheMexican-AmericanWar. | ZacharyTaylor |
| This man’s daughter, Heather Bresch, was accused of artificially inflating Epi-Pen prices while serving as president ofMylan.In2019,whileservingastherankingmemberof the Senate’s Energy Committee, this man tweeted that he “was the only member of the Senate…who has consistently voted against efforts to use the so-called nuclear option to change the rules of the Senate.” Elected via special election to replace SenatorRobertByrd, fortenpoints,whoisthisDemocraticWestVirginiasenator? | JoeManchin (orJosephManchinIII) |
| This man, who is currently the richest man in West Virginia, switched his party affiliationafterbeingelectedtothegovernorshipasamemberoftheDemocraticParty. | JimJustice (orJamesConley[Justice]II) |
| During this conflict, Ferdinand Claiborne ordered the destruction of one side's property along the Tombigbee River. The Battle of Holy Ground was an indecisive battle during this conflict, in which thenamesakegroupwasledbyWilliamWeatherford.TheFort Mims Massacre occurred during this conflict, brought to an end by the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.Fortenpoints,namethiswarinvolvingagroupsometimesknownastheMuscogee. | CreekWar (orRedStickWar;orCreekCivilWar;acceptwaragainstthe Muscogeebeforementioned;acceptMuscogeeCreekorMuscogeeCreekConfederacyin placeofCreek) |
| The American army at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend was led by thisMajorGeneral oftheWestTennesseeMilitia. | AndrewJackson |
| The logo of the largest faction of this group featured three black arrows in a red circle. Maurice Thorez [[tor-REH]] is credited with developing what would become this group's name. This group's refusal to help the Spanish Republicansangeredmanywithinit, and this group's immediate predecessor was the Cartel of the Left. For ten points, give this term for the broad coalition of left-wing parties that came topowerin1936andwasledby FrenchsocialistLeonBlum. | PopularFront (orFrontpopulaire) |
| The 1936 French legislative elections would be thelastdemocraticelectionsunder this French government that was formed after the Franco-Prussian War and was ended by theGermanoccupation. | FrenchThirdRepublic (TroisièmeRépublique) ThirdQuarter Thecategoriesare: 1.SaratogaCampaign 2.Barbarians 3.ThePinkTideinLatinAmerica SaratogaCampaign ConcerningtheBattlesofSaratoga,namethe... |
| Stateinwhichthemajorityofthecampaignoccurred. | NewYork |
| CountryinwhichU.S.allyTadeuszKosciuszko[[tah-DEH-oosskohss-CHOO-skoh]] wasborn. | CommonwealthofPoland (acceptPolish-LithuanianCommonwealth;accept KingdomofPolandandtheGrandDuchyofLithuania) |
| MercenariesforBritain,mainlyfromacertainCentralGermanregion. | Hessians |
| LosingBritishgeneralwhosesurrenderendedthecampaign. | JohnBurgoyne |
| BattlenearaVermonttown,consideredtheturningpointofthecampaign. | BattleofBennington |
| PioneerandcolonelwhosesharpshooterskilledSimonFraserduringtheBattleof BemisHeights. | DanielMorgan |
| Generalinthecampaign,knownforhisBunkerHillorder,"Don'tfireuntilyousee thewhitesoftheireyes." | IsraelPutnam |
| Articleofclothingdepictedinabattlefieldmonumentthatdoesnotmentionits primaryhonoree. | Boot (ofBenedictArnold) Barbarians RegardingthetribesandpeoplesregardedbytheRomansandothersas"Barbarians,"name the... |
| Much-fearedfifthcenturyruleroftheHunswhoinvadedItaly. | AttilatheHun |
| ReligiontowhichtheFrankswereconverted,followingtheirking,Clovis. | Christianity (orChristians;orCatholicism;acceptRomanCatholics) |
| SaintwhodiedwhiletheVandalsbesiegedthecityofHippo. | AugustineofHippo |
| LastWesternRomanEmperordeposedin476ADbytheOstrogoths. | RomulusAugustulus (acceptRomulusAugustus–donotacceptorprompton partialanswer) |
| PeninsulaonwhichtheSuebiestablishedakingdominthefifthcentury. | IberianPeninsula |
| GermanicpeoplewhoinvadedItalyinthe6thcentury,permanentlyendingRoman ruleovermostofthepeninsula. | Lombards (acceptLangobards) |
| AlliancewhichconqueredPannoniabeforelaunchingtheSiegeofConstantinoplein 626. | Avars (orObri;orAbaroi;orVarchonitai;orPseudo-Avars;orApar;orAvar Khaganate) |
| GermanicpeopleswholedaconfederationagainstMarcusAureliusinaseriesof namesakewars. | Marcomanni (acceptMarcomannicWars;prompton"GermanandSarmatian Wars";donotacceptorprompton"Sarmatian") ThePinkTideinLatinAmerica Concerningthe"Turntotheleft"inLatinAmerica,namethe... |
| Cartelofnationsmeanttomaintainthepriceofoil,co-foundedbyVenezuela. | OPEC[[OH-pek]] (acceptOrganizationofthePetroleumExportingCountries) |
| CountryinwhichsocialistpresidentHugoChávezwassucceededbyNicolásMaduro. | BolivarianRepublicofVenezuela (orRepublicaBolivarianadeVenezuela) |
| NationwhichexperiencedatemporaryrelocationofitscapitaltoGuayaquil [[gwy-ah-KEEL]]followinganti-Morenoriots. | RepublicofEcuador (orRepublicadelEcuador) |
| FirstindigenousheadofstateinLatinAmericawhoexperiencedtemporaryexile fromBolivia. | EvoMorales (orJuanEvoMoralesAyma) |
| Recentlyre-electedBrazilianpresidentwhowasimprisonedforhisinvolvementin OperationCarWash. | LuizInácioLuladaSilva (accepteitherunderlinedportion) |
| LastnameofPeronist[[peh-ROH-nist]]presidentsofArgentinawhoheld back-to-backtenures. | Kirchner (acceptChristinaElisabetFernandezdeKirchner;acceptNestorCarlos Kirchner) |
| FormerCatholicbishopwhoendedtheColoradoParty'sdominanceinParaguay. | FernandoLugo (orFernandoArmindoLugoMéndez) |
| FemaleChileanpresidentwhoearlierservedastheheadofUNASUR. | MichelleBachelet[[bah-cheh-LEH]] (orVerónicaMichelleBacheletJeria;accept phoneticpronunciations) FourthQuarter |
| One king of this realm was accidentally burned alive after being wrapped in brandy-soaked bandages. That king, Charles the Bad, used this kingdom as a base to oppose Peter the Cruel and repeatedly make andbreakallianceswithEdward(+)the Black Prince. The south of this kingdom was conquered by Ferdinand of Aragon in 1512. A later king of this kingdom quipped that"ParisisWell(*)WorthaMass"before becoming Catholic and assuming the throne of France. For ten points, what was this small, majority-BasquekingdominthePyreneesmountains? | Navarre |
| Daniel Vose House took three days to edit a set of documents introduced into one body by this man. The book Liberty's Martyr focuses on this man, whose death was allegedly said tohavebeenequivalenttothelossof500menbyThomas(+)Gage. William Dawes and a silversmith were dispatched on one mission by this physician. John Trumbull painted a work focusing on this man's death after an attack on a redoubt at (*) Breed's Hill. For ten points, name this Massachusetts Founding Father who waskilledduringtheBattleofBunkerHill. | JosephWarren |
| A corp of these units named the “Aswaran” would carry a heraldic banner known as the “Drafsh,” depicting mythical creatures like the Bashkuch. This military unit was vital in breaking the line of the Vandals led by Gelimer at Ad Decimum and Tricamerum, leading to (+) Belisarius keeping this unit in his corps during the later Italian campaign. This type ofhorsemanderivesitsnamefromtheGreekwordfor“to be enclosed” or simply “armor,” and theytypicallywieldedacavalrylanceknownasa (*) kontos. For ten points, name these heavy cavalry units used bytheSassanids,Parthians, andtheByzantineEmpire. | Cataphracts (acceptKataphraktoi) |
| The name of this group is thought to have originated with Peter Geren, who claimed that one group "choked" in a certain fashion. A leader of the Boll Weevils named Charlie Stenholm (+) was among the founding members of this group, which currently is comprised of nineteen members, such as Arizona's Tom O'Halleran and Hawaii's Ed Case. Unlike those within the Congressional Progressive (*) Caucus, members of this caucus often lean further to the rightthanmostmembersofamajorparty. Fortenpoints,namethiscaucusofconservativeDemocrats. | BlueDogDemocrats (acceptBlueDogs;acceptBlueDogCoalition;prompton descriptiveanswers) |
| In the face of negative publicity surrounding The Observer, this man moved away from St. Louis, Missouri. After this man was murdered, John Quincy Adams declared it prompted “a shock as of an earthquake throughout (+) this country,” and this man’s death inspired John Browntosay,“fromthistime,Iconsecrate(*)mylifeto the destructionofslavery.”Fortenpoints,namethisabolitionistfatallyshotinAlton,Illinois, byapro-slaverymob. | ElijahParishLovejoy |
| After one engagement, this man allegedly saidthat“forafewgrainsof[millet] I almost lost the entire kingdom.” This man waged war against Maldeo Rathore of Marwar and was killed while besieging Kalinjar. The first known (+) rupee currency was instituted by thisman,whoextendedonesystemwestwardfromChittagong.This commander under Babur rose to power while Humayun was away from court. This “teacher of kings” greatly expanded the Grand Trunk Road and ruled the Indian subcontinent from 1540 to 1545. (*) For ten points, namethisfounderoftheSurEmpire whowasidolizedbytheMughalEmperors. | SherShahSuri (acceptFaridKhan;promptonpartialanswers) |
| The Gilchrest Road crossing accident may have inspired the content of one figure in this segment, whose lyrics were written by Dave Frishberg. This 1976 segment was created in anticipationofthebicentennialandlaterinspiredanSNLskit in which a character who plays Barack (+) Obama pushes the central figure down a flight of stairs repeatedly, unlike an executive order. Discussions of veto power occur in this segment, whose central figure notes how he is "sitting here on(*)CapitolHill". For ten points, name this Schoolhouse Rock! segment about a piece of legislation'sattempts tobecomealaw. | "I'mJustaBill" |
| The Palacio de Gobierno [[goh-BYEHR-noh]] contains apaintingofthismanin which he appears to wave a torch. The overthrow of José de (+) Iturrigaray contributed to the decisionofthisone-timeprofessorattheColegio[[koh-LEH-hyoh]] de San NicolásObispotocallforsupportersofFerdinandtheSeventhtorevoltagainst a group of Spaniards. That speech was delivered by this maninthecityof(*)Dolores. For ten points, name this Catholic priest who was a central leader of the Mexican independencemovement. | MiguelHidalgo (orDonMiguelGregorioAntonioIgnacioHidalgoyCostillay GallagaMandarteVillaseñor) ExtraQuestion |
| Upon receipt of an honorary doctorate from Leipzig University, this man served astheyoungestprofessoratSwitzerland’sUniversityofBasel.Aftersufferinga third stroke, this bachelor was buried by his sister, who compiled this man’s unpublished notes in The Will (+) to Power. This philologist’s Gay Science was where he first considered theideaofeternalrecurrenceandfeaturedthestatement“God(*) is dead.” For ten points, name this philosopher who introduced the concept of the ÜbermenschinThusSpokeZarathustra. | FriedrichWilhelmNietzsche |
| What Korean city, later the site of Seoul’s primary international airport, was the locationofasuccessfulKoreanWarseaborneinvasion? | Incheon |