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| An infant king of this dynasty named John the Posthumous may have been poisoned by his aunt, or the regent Philip the Tall. This house, a derivative of the Frankish Robertian line, included a king known as the "Young" who temporarily married Eleanor of Aquitaine. This dynasty's first royal head was elected following the death of the Carolingian king Louis V [[the FIFTH]]. For the point, name this French dynasty followed by the Valois and first ruled by Hugh Capet. | Capetians Dynasty (accept just Capet before mentioned) |
| During this battle, the conscientious objector Desmond Doss rescued men from Hacksaw Ridge. One force in this battle had its strategic center at Kadena Air Base. This battle included the sinking of the battleship Yamato, and the code name "Operation Iceberg" referred to this battle which took place on the largest of the Ryukyu Islands. For the point, name this battle that was fought on a Japanese island currently home to many U.S. military bases. | Battle of Okinawa (accept Operation Iceberg before mentioned) |
| This island once known as Blackwell's Island contains the campus of Cornell Tech and a "Four Freedoms" park dedicated to its namesake. Hillary Clinton launched her 2016 campaign for president from this island, which is connected to Lenox Hill via the F Train. The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge runs over this island, which is connected to Manhattan by an aerial tramway. For the point, name this New York island named for the 32nd president of the United States. | Roosevelt Island |
| This nation reportedly sent $50 to the U.S. during the Great Depression after hearing of starvation in New York. The French Republic ceded territory to this one-time colony to resolve the Agadir Crisis. Paul Biya has led this nation for four decades, during which time he deployed troops to the Nigerian border and declared war on Boko Haram. The cities of Yaoundé and Doula are in, for the point, which Central African nation once ruled by Germany? | Cameroon (accept Kamerun) |
| Believing this woman was straying from Christian beliefs, Jupiter Hammon wrote this woman an ode composed of twenty-one rhyming quatrains, each accompanied by a related Bible verse. The first pages of this woman's first major work include attestations from men such as John Hancock, swearing that this African-American woman was the work's author. For the point, name this enslaved woman who wrote Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. | Phillis Wheatley Peters |
| During this dynasty, the “Six Martyred Ministers” were executed by King Sejo for plotting to assassinate him. The “Eastern Learning” movement arose against this dynasty and called for a rejection of Christian theology. During this dynasty's decline, Queen Min was assassinated by foreign agents. For the point, name this final and longest-lasting dynastic kingdom of Korea that succeeded the dynastic kingdom of Goryeo. | Joseon Dynasty (accept Choson Dynasty) |
| A force from this city attacked nearby Fort Caroline and killed dozens of Frenchmen for their Protestant faith. Fort Matanzas is near this city where the Castillo de San Marcos was constructed after this city was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. This coastal city got its name from the author of Confessions and City of God. For the point, name this Florida city, the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States. | St. Augustine (accept San Agustín) |
| According to legend, this figure was born after his mother looked at a falling star while leaning against a plum tree. A leading school of thought combined this figure's name with that of the Yellow Emperor. This figure is revered as the "Old Master" by the religion he founded. One book attributed to this figure describes the opposing forces of Yin and Yang. For the point, name this Chinese philosopher, the legendary founder of Taoism. | Laozi (accept Lao Tzu; accept Lao-Tze) |
| This empire came into conflict with the New Kingdom of Egypt after the death of Prince Zannanza. This empire suffered a major defeat by the Assyrian empire at the Battle of Nihriya, and this empire ended after invasions by the Kaskas, Phrygians, and Bryges. The city of Hattusa was the capital of, for the point, what empire in modern-day Turkey that lost to Ramses the Great in the Battle of Kadesh? | Hittite Empire (or Hittites) |
| This man was a member of five different political parties during his lifetime, and he attempted to run for President of the United States in every election from 1856 to 1872. This man was the sixth Chief Justice of the United States, and he presided over Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial. For the point, name this Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864, the first man to appear on the U.S. one dollar bill, preceding George Washington. | Salmon Chase (or Salmon Portland Chase) |
| During this monarch's reign, Admiral Sir George Byng repelled an invasion at the Firth of Forth. The English and Scottish were united during this monarch's reign. This monarch names the North American phase of the War of Spanish Succession, and this monarch was the daughter of William and Mary. For the point, name this last Stuart monarch whose childless death resulted in the rise of the Hanovers. | Queen Anne (accept Queen Anne's War) |
| This scientist worked at Peenemünde [[pay-neh-MYOON-deh]] as a young man and told the U.S. government that he had joined the SS because it was the only way he could continue his research. This man came to the U.S. as part of Operation Paperclip and spent twenty years in Huntsville, Alabama where he led the Redstone Arsenal. For the point, name this German director of the Marshall Space Flight Center who led the development of the Saturn V [[FIVE]] rocket. | Wernher von Braun (or Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun) |
| This 1868 work was written for Bertha Faber, a friend of the composer, in honor of the birth of her second son. Part of the accompanying text of this piece is based on a poem by Georg Scherer. In the composer’s native German, this composition, which was originally written with only one simple verse of lyrics, is called “Wiegenlied” [[VEE-gehn-leet]]. For the point, name this soothing song by composer Johannes Brahms. | Brahms’ Lullaby (prompt on "Lullaby" alone; accept “Wiegenlied” [[VEE-gehn- leet]] before mentioned; accept ”Cradle Song”) |
| The names of this office's occupants were used instead of calendrical numbers to designate specific years in most Roman writing. Gaius Marius disregarded precedent by winning election to this office seven times. This office was the highest routinely elected post to hold imperium. Followed only by the role of censor in the normal sequence of the cursus honorum, this is, for the point, what chief executive role in the Roman Republic? | Consul (accept Consulate; or Consulship) |
| The worst maritime disaster in history occurred in this body of water when the Wilhelm Gustloff sunk, killing around 9,000 people. The Cap Arcona sunk in this sea while full of concentration camp prisoners. The Battle of the Sound took place on this sea whose southern shore was home to the Teutonic Knights. The Swedish Empire once controlled much of, for the point, what Scandinavian sea that is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Øresund? | Baltic Sea |
| The Hellgate Treaty established boundaries for several tribes in and around this present-day U.S. state. Major battles between settlers and Native Americans in this state include the Battle of Bear Paw and the Marias Massacre. One battle in this state resulted in victory for the Sioux Indians over the U.S. 7th Cavalry. For the point, name this present-day state in which George Armstrong Custer was crushed at the Battle of Little Big Horn. | Montana |
| After failing to capture Masyaf, this ruler allied with Sinān and his Assassins. This ruler agreed not to fire upon a tower where a marriage was taking place in the Siege of Kerak. This ruler undermined the Fatimid Caliphate after succeeding his uncle, Shirkuh. This ruler had Raynald of Chatillon executed after winning the Battle of Hattin. For the point, name this founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and opponent of Richard the Lionheart in the Third Crusade. | Saladin (or Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub; or Salah ad-Din) |
| This royal participated in the Wimbledon Doubles tournament with Louis Greig, and he earlier served as a midshipman during the Battle of Jutland. This royal adopted the title "Head of the Commonwealth," and he names a "Cross" given to Malta for its resistance to the Axis. This monarch overcame a debilitating stammer after his brother abdicated the throne. For the point, name this King of the UK during World War Two, the father of Elizabeth II. | George VI [[the SIXTH]] (prompt on "George") |
| This man outfitted a luxury train that ran from his capital to the coastal town of Bar. The Mitrokhin Archive outed an attempt to kill this man by KGB agents who were armed with a powdered form of the Plague. The Vatican excommunicated this man for executing former Ustaše [[oo-stah-SHAY]] members. This man dogmatically split from Stalin after the USSR failed to back his acquisition of Trieste. For the point, name this Cold War dictator of Yugoslavia. | Josef Broz Tito (accept either) |
| Under this ruler, possession of musical instruments or the Book of Songs was punished with death by burial. A retainer named Jing Ke hid a dagger in a map to kill this future emperor at the behest of his employer, the Crown Prince of Yan. This ruler died from drinking an "Elixir of Immortality" laced with mercury. The first emperor of China was, for the point, what Qin [[CHIN]] ruler who was buried with the Terracotta Army? | Qin Shi Huangdi (accept King Zheng) |
| The Battle of Combahee River took place in this state, and that battle resulted in the death of John Laurens. Another man from this state publicly declared slavery a "positive good" and served as Vice President of the United States under Andrew Jackson. Another statesmen from this state ended the Nullification Crisis and earned the nickname "The Great Compromiser." For the point, identify this U.S. state home to John Calhoun and Henry Clay. | South Carolina (prompt on "Carolina;" do not accept or prompt on "North Carolina") |
| During the crucifixion, Jesus instructed this man to care for his mother, Mary. According to church father tradition, this man was the only disciple to have died of natural causes. With his brother James, this son of Zebedee was called from his fishing to follow Jesus, and became commonly identified in his Gospel as the "disciple whom Jesus loved." For the point, identify this disciple, the namesake of a Gospel that follows Matthew, Mark, and Luke. | John the Apostle (accept Saint John the Beloved; do not accept or prompt on "John the Baptist") |
| This event was discovered after a leak by Mehdi Hashemi, who wrote for the Lebanese magazine, Ash-Shiraa, prompting a U.S. Marine to destroy or hide official documents from the National Security Council. The Tower Commission investigated this event in which several dozen officials were indicted, including Caspar Weinberger. For the point, name this scandal of the Reagan administration concerning the sale of arms to support rebels in Nicaragua. | Iran-Contra Affair (or McFarlane Affair) |
| This man built La Catedral prison, where he falsely agreed to a serve a five-year prison sentence to avoid extradition. This owner of Hacienda Nápoles ordered the bombing of Avianca Flight 203, as well as the bombing of the DAS Building. Hugo Martinez led the First Search Bloc to capture this man, who was nicknamed "the King of Cocaine." For the point, name this Colombian drug lord and billionaire who founded the Medellin [[med-ay- YEEN]] Cartel. | Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria |
| A brigadier general of this ethnicity constructed the "iron chains" around West Point. Another general of this ethnicity died in a charge at the Siege of Savannah. One man of this ethnicity was called the "Father of the American Cavalry" for his service during the Revolutionary War. For the point, name this ethnicity of Tadeusz Kościuszko [[kuh-SHOOS- ko]] and Casimir Pulaski, the latter of whom was born in Warsaw. | Polish-Americans (accept [a]Poles[/a}) |
| During the Churning of the Ocean of Milk, this god took a female form named Mohini. In one form, this god served as the charioteer of Arjuna, offering him advice on fighting in a war depicted in the Bhagavad Gita. This god's incarnations were opposed by successive incarnations of Ravana. This husband of Lakshmi took the avatars Rama and Krishna. For the point, name this blue-skinned preserver god of Hinduism. | Vishnu (accept Narayana; accept Hari; prompt on "Krishna" before mentioned; prompt on "Rama" before mentioned) |
| This battle was codenamed Operation Watch on the Rhine by the German military. The city of Bastogne was a key objective in this battle, during which one commander responded with the word “Nuts” when asked to surrender. One of the objectives of this battle was to capture the port of Antwerp, and this battle took place in the Ardennes Forest. For the point, name this battle, the final major German offensive of World War Two. | Battle of the Bulge (accept Battle of the Ardennes or Ardennes Counteroffensive before "Ardennes" is mentioned) |
| In a play about this hero, his wife predicts he will be killed by rotting wood while he sleeps under his ship. When this mythical hero attempts to marry the Corinthian King Creon's daughter Creusa, his wife kills their two sons. This man accomplishes his most famous task in Colchis with the help of the sorceress Medea. For the point, name this Greek hero who led the Argonauts on the quest for the Golden Fleece. | Jason (accept Iason) |
| This emperor’s reign contains the last records of the vanished 9th Legion Hispania. This emperor turned a group of grain collectors called the frumentarii into a spy network. This emperor made a brief alliance of Greek city-states called the Panhellenion and renamed Judea after crushing the Bar Kokhba revolt. This emperor withdrew from the territories of his predecessor, Trajan. For the point, name this Roman emperor who built a wall in Britannia. | Hadrian |
| Canadian activist Viola Desmond led a protest of segregationist policies in these places in Nova Scotia. Gangster John Dillinger was shot outside of one of these locations in Chicago. The earliest one of these locations was called the Nickelodeon and opened in Pittsburgh. For the point, identify this type of location where works such as Gone with the Wind and Ben-Hur premiered in Technicolor. | Movie Theaters (accept Cinemas; accept Nickelodeons before mentioned; accept equivalent answers) |
| Using dark blue woad [[WODE]], the Picts created examples of this art form to commemorate acts of valor. Tā moko is a form of this art sacred to the Māori, which gains its color from the soot of burned white pine mixed with kauri gum. Pope Adrian I banned this art form since he decreed that the body was made in the image of God. For the point, name this art of body modification often using needles and ink. | Tattoos (accept word forms) |
| While battling Huk rebels in this nation, the U.S. military attempted to create panic by spreading false reports about a vampiric figure named asuwang. This nation was annexed in the "Benevolent Assimilation," and William Howard Taft served as the first governor-general of this modern-day nation. The Battle of Leyte Gulf took place off the shores of, for the point, what nation where the Battle of Manila Bay also occurred? | Republic of the Philippines |