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| This work's first book recounts how the author and his fellow soldiers were hired by the Spartan advisor Clearchus, who is later put to death by Tissaphernes [[tee-sah-FEHR- ness]]. In this narrative, the sight of the Black Sea prompts men-at-arms to cry “Thalatta! Thalatta!” after a lengthy march home prompted by the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa [[koo-NAH-shah]]. The return journey of the "Ten Thousand" Greek mercenaries from Persia occurs in, for the point, what travelogue by Xenophon [[ZEN-oh-fohn]]? | Anabasis (accept The March Up Country; accept The March of the Ten Thousand) |
| Led by Critias and Theramenes [[theh-rah-MEE-nees]], these people killed five percent of their city's population during their eight-month reign. Harmodius and Aristogeiton [[ah-ris-toh-GEH-ee-tohn]] killed one of these rulers at the Panathenaic Festival. Artaphernes, the governor of Sardis, threatened to attack Athens if they did not accept the return of Hippias, who previously served as one of these rulers. For the point, name these autocratic, pro-Spartan oligarchs installed in Athens after the city's defeat in the Peloponnesian War. | Thirty Tyrants of Athens (prompt on partial answers; prompt on answers like "Generals of Athens" or "Leaders of Athens") |
| In his book De Vi Centrifuga, this scientist derived the standard formula for centripetal force. A 1673 book by this scientist laid the groundwork analysis of the pendulum, inspiring his invention of the pendulum clock. This man is the alphabetically latter in the name of a mission that, in 2012, made the closest flyby over the south pole of Enceladus [[en-keh-LAH-duss]] and descended onto the surface of Titan in 2005. For the point, name this Dutch scientist who, with Cassini, names a space probe. | Christiaan Huygens [[HAI-guhns]] (accept Cassini-Huygens; be lenient on pronunciation) |
| This show, which is mostly set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, was originally titled Let’s Go Steady. One of the characters in this show is named in reference to singer/songwriter Conway Twitty, and that character in this show is based on a young Elvis Presley heading off to war. Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera starred as Albert Peterson and Rose Alvarez in the 1960 original production of this Broadway musical. For the point, name this musical which features the song “Put on a Happy Face” and inspired a short-lived Broadway sequel titled Bring Back Birdie. | Bye Bye Birdie |
| This man wrote that his greatest accomplishment was making his two sons co- consuls for the same year. This man completed the first Latin translation of Aristotle's Prior Analytics and described the Pythagorean unity of mathematics and music in De Institutione Musica. This man notably wrote about the dual nature of Fortuna and was executed for alleged treason against the Ostrogoth king, Theodoric the Great. For the point, name this philosopher whose Consolation of Philosophy became a major foundation of Medieval Western philosophy. | Boethius [[boh-EE-thee-us]] (or Saint Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius) |
| This figure was worshiped at the Esagila temple and killed the sea goddess Tiamat with the divine weapon Imhullu. This figure was often depicted with his dragon, Mušḫuššu [[MOO-shoo-soo]], at his feet, and the Enūma Eliš [[eeh-NOO-muh EH-leesh]] describes this deity’s birth. Under the reign of Hammurabi, this deity became associated with the planet Jupiter. For the point, name this Mesopotamian deity, the chief patron of the city of Babylon. | Marduk (or Bel-Marduk) |
| During one example of this series, a participant claims that he has “gold bars you can’t escape from” and claims to be “the hottest on the map since the Atlas of Catalan.” "Nice Peter" Shukoff and "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist created this series, whose namesake YouTube channel has over 14 million subscribers. Multiple videos in this series feature Adolf Hitler, who most notably appears alongside Darth Vader. For the point, name this series of musical showdowns in which famous figures insult one another. | Epic Rap Battles of History (prompt on "ERB"; prompt on partial answers) |
| This royal passed the Edict of Tolerance, ending the practice of forcing Jews to wear gold stars and barring them from university, but did encourage adoption of German over Yiddish. This sibling of Marie Antoinette personally commissioned Mozart to produce The Abduction from the Seraglio, and this man's death prompted the penning of a Funeral March by a young Beethoven. For the point, name this Austrian "Enlightened Despot" and son of Maria Theresa, the Holy Roman Emperor for much of the late-18th century. | Joseph II [[the Second]] (prompt on "Joseph") |
| A 1980 treaty signed in this city created the regional economic and trade association known as ALADI [[ah-LAH-dee]]. Rafael Viñoly [[veen-YOH-lee]] designed a new airport terminal in this city's neighborhood of Carrasco, which also hosts the General Cesáreo Berisso Air Base. More than two million people use the Buquebus [[boo-KEH-booss]] ferry line that connects this city to Buenos Aires. In 1930, this city became the first to host the FIFA World Cup, which its country won. For the point, name this city on the Rio de la Plata, the capital of Uruguay. | Montevideo |
| This man's defense minister, Ariel Sharon, resigned after a grenade killed the Peace Now activist Emil Grunzweig. This man ordered Operation Opera, which involved the bombing of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq. This man signed a pair of agreements that led to the withdrawal of his country's Defense Force from the Sinai Peninsula in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. For the point, name this Israeli prime minister who negotiated the Camp David Accords with Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat. | Menachem Begin (or Menakhem Volfovich Begin) |
| The Beeldenstorm was among the causes of this conflict, as was the creation of a tribunal whose proclivity for the death sentence led it to be called the Council of Blood. The Count of Egmont was among the nobles executed by the Duke of Alba during this conflict, during which Huguenots assisted the forces of William the Silent. In 1621, the Twelve Years' Truce ended, and this conflict resumed until the Peace of Münster. For the point, name this conflict during which the Seventeen Provinces revolted against Spain. | Eighty Years' War (accept Dutch War of Independence; accept Dutch Revolt) |
| This woman's son, John, was bailed out of debtors' prison by his stepfather, who mortgaged his property in Montpelier to raise the money. This woman was the first American to send a telegraph message and worked with Benjamin Henry Latrobe to furnish the White House. This woman's 1848 daguerreotypes are the oldest surviving photos of a First Lady. For the point, name this woman who saved a copy of the Lansdowne portrait during the Burning of Washington. | Dolley Todd Madison (accept Dolley Payne; accept Dolley Todd) |
| The Malplaquet [[mahl-plah-KEH]] proclamation was made during this period to lessen resistance by Departments of the North during an Anglo-allied invasion. During this period, the Treaty of Cholet [[shoh-LEH]] temporarily halted a Royalist uprising in Vendée following the Battle of Rocheserviere [[rohsh-sehr-VYEHR]]. At the beginning of this period, Marshal Ney claimed he would bring a former emperor "back in an iron cage," but instead he and his army defected from the government of Louis XVIII [[the Eighteenth]]. For the point, name this period caused by Napoleon's return from Elba and ended by his loss at Waterloo. | Hundred Days (prompt on "Napoleonic period" or more general answers) |
| After this man was kidnapped by the NKVD in 1938 and imprisoned at Magadan, he created the Buran system at a secret research laboratory, winning him the Stalin Prize. A wooden Great Seal of the United States concealed this man's second listening device, "The Thing," in the office of the U.S. ambassador, where it remained during this man's tenure at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. For the point, name this Russian inventor and musician whose namesake instrument allows the user to make electronic noise by moving their hands between two antennae. | Leon Theremin (or Lev Sergeyevich Termen) |
| This dynasty built the royal palace of Yinxu [[YIN-SHOO]] using a combination of stone and rammed earth foundations. In 1976, a team led by Zheng Zhenxiang [[ZHENG- ZHEN-SHEE-AHNG]] discovered the Tomb of Fu Hao, providing scholars with many artifacts from this dynasty. Cheng Tang is considered to be the first ruler of this dynasty, legendarily founded after Xie [[SHEE-EH]] helped Yu the Great control the Great Flood. For the point, name this early Chinese dynasty, also known as the Yin, remembered for their bronze- working and use of oracle bones for divination. | Shang Dynasty (accept Yin Dynasty before mentioned) |
| In 2016, this man left the UMNO to form BERSATU [[behr-SAH-too]], though in 2020 he left BERSATU to found the Homeland Fighters' Party. This man advocated for affirmative action policies for the bumiputras in his 1970 book The Malay Dilemma. After Hussein Onn resigned due to health concerns, this man replaced him as prime minister, though this man later refused to hand off the role to Anwar Ibrahim. For the point, name this longest-serving prime minister of Malaysia who resigned in 2020 after causing a political crisis. | Mahathir bin Mohamad (prompt on "Mohamad") |
| A street in this city was named after Daniel O’Connell at the behest of its state’s first governor, John Hindmarsh. The cartographer Nicolas Baudin [[boh-DAHN]] explored the St. Vincent Gulf, west of this city, before going on to name the nearby Fleurieu [[FLUH-ree-oh]] Peninsula. This city's religious freedom and diversity led it to be known as the "City of Churches." For the point, name this former colonial capital, founded by Colonel William Light, which now serves as the capital of South Australia. | Adelaide (accept Greater Adelaide; accept Tarndanya; accept Adelaide Hills) |
| Tom Rees was this man’s first confirmed victim, and in 1915, this man met Oswald Boelcke, who guided him toward his most prominent career. This man commemorated each of his victories with an engraved cup until a blockade disrupted the supply of silver. This man was known by the aristocratic title "Freiherr" before his military career. For the point, name this "noble" German ace, officially credited with 80 air combat victories during World War One. | Manfred von Richthofen (or Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen; or Baron von Richtofen; accept Red Baron) |
| Impressed by Phoebe Moses’s skill, this person gave her a nickname by which she is still known. This person was called Slow and other names before his father bequeathed his own name to him in celebration of this man’s killing of a member of another tribe. Before a momentous victory, this man had a vision of his enemies falling like grasshoppers. Panic over the Ghost Dance movement led to this man being killed while resisting arrest. For the point, name this Lakota leader who allied with Crazy Horse to win the Battle of Little Bighorn. | Sitting Bull (or Tatanka Yotanka) |
| On a 1913 visit to Tokyo, this man placed a stele next to Yamada Yoshimasa's former home to commemorate his sacrifice against Qing [[CHING]] forces. This man wanted Homer Lea to serve as his army's Chief of Staff until he was informed that U.S. law prevented citizens from aiding revolutionary movements. The Three Principles of the People were outlined by this man, who ultimately relinquished power to Yuan Shikai at the end of the Xinhai [[SHIN-HAI]] Revolution. For the point, name this first provisional president of the Republic of China. | Sun Yat-sen (accept Sun Wen; accept Sun Deming; accept Sun Zhongshan; prompt on "Yat-sen") |
| This man's obesity was the subject of a cartoon by James Gillray entitled "A Voluptuary Under The Horrors of Digestion." This man commissioned John Nash to build a pavilion in Brighton and pressured Parliament to pass the Pains and Penalties Bill in an attempt to end his marriage to Caroline of Brunswick. Upon the death of his father in 1820, this man became the ruler of both Hanover and the United Kingdom. For the point, name this king who led Britain during the Regency Era and was succeeded by his younger brother, William IV [[the Fourth]]. | George IV [[the Fourth]] (prompt on "George") |
| This family, made up of roughly 15,000 members, is descended from a man who once led the Emirate of Diriyah. A group of brothers from this house, which includes many of its country's leaders among its members, is known as the Sudairi Seven. Wahhabism is promoted by this family with a net worth of roughly $1.4 trillion, much of which comes from Aramco's market capitalization. Overseeing the hajj, for the point, is what royal family of a country containing Jeddah, Medina, and Mecca? | House of Saud (or Al Su'ud; accept Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah after "Jeddah" is mentioned) |
| The first president of this location was Frederick Bowley, who later served as this location’s county clerk. Some of this area’s neighborhoods include Whitestone, Astoria, and Forest Hills. Both the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs were held in this borough’s Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, which is home to the US Open tennis tournament. Known as the “World’s Borough,” for the point, what is this largest by area of New York City’s five boroughs, home to LaGuardia Airport in its northern portion and JFK Airport in its southern portion? | Queens |
| This man was the victor in an election that included a debate surrounding the "War of Jennifer's Ear." This man's "Back to Basics" campaign fought against the scandals of David Mellor and Stephen Milligan. The headline "It's The Sun Wot Won It" appeared after this man defeated Neil Kinnock. This prime minister caused Black Wednesday by withdrawing the pound from the ERM. The Maastricht Treaty was ratified by, for the point, what Tory prime minister who succeeded Margaret Thatcher? | John Major |
| This figure falsely claimed to have escaped a Japanese POW camp and to have built a 9,000-strong guerrilla army called "The Freemen." This man forcibly relocated over 250 native Tagbanwa families to a former leper colony to build an African safari park on Calauit [[kah-LAW-weet]] Island. The People Power Revolution ousted this man, leading to the installation of Corazon Aquino as president. For the point, name this man who ruled the Philippines for over twenty years, nine of which occurred in a state of martial law. | Ferdinand Marcos (or Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr.) |
| The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine [[nwee-LEE-suhr-SEHN]] required this country to cede much of its territory after World War One. This country's Rila Monastery is the burial site of a king who was likely poisoned during World War Two and was named Boris III [[the Third]]. A dissident from this country was assassinated with an umbrella gun and was named Georgi Markov. The longest-serving leader in the Eastern Bloc, Todor Zhivkov, ruled, for the point, what Eastern European country governed from Sofia? | Republic of Bulgaria (or Republika Bulgaria; accept People's Republic of Bulgaria) |
| During this conflict, a Vulcan bomber from Ascension Island flew 8,000 miles to bomb a runway during the Black Buck raids. The HMS Brilliant was the first Royal Navy warship to fire the Sea Wolf missile during this conflict, shooting down three A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft. A month into this conflict, the HMS Conqueror fired two torpedoes at the ARA General Belgrano, sinking the cruiser and provoking outrage from much of Latin America. For the point, name this 1982 conflict which began when Argentina invaded a British overseas territory. | Falklands War (accept Guerra de las Malvinas) |
| A speech given in response to this event claims that "we will not run to him for advice or seek solace from [the central figure]." That speech claims that this event "is a terrible blow, not only for me but for millions and millions in this country." The orator of that speech about this event claims "there is darkness everywhere" and that "the light has gone out of our lives." That speech about this January 30, 1948 event refers to a man as "Our beloved leader" and as "Bapu." For the point, Jawaharlal Nehru gave a speech after what event which ended the life of an Indian independence fighter? | Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (prompt on partial answers; accept Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in place of Mahatma Gandhi; accept clear-knowledge equivalents in place of assassination like killing, but prompt on broad answers like "death") |
| One of these documents, called the Community Rule, was previously referred to as the Manual of Discipline and has helped classify others of these documents, such as the Damascus Document. The war against the Kittim was described in one of these texts called the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness. The Shrine of the Book contains most of these documents, which were discovered at the Qumran Caves by Bedouins. For the point, name this collection of nearly a thousand manuscripts of Jewish scriptures found near a salty body of water. | Dead Sea Scrolls (accept Qumran Caves Scrolls before mentioned; prompt on "Dead Sea") |
| This company's vice president assaulted an employee in the "Nutgate" scandal, an incident which critics said exemplified chaebol [[CHAY-BOHL]] corruption. The pop group SuperM produced a safety video for this airline. Congressman Larry McDonald was killed while flying with this airline, shot down by the USSR over Sakhalin. This airline, which is currently merging with Asiana, has hubs at Busan and Incheon. Incorporating a red and blue Taegeuk into its logo is, for the point, what airline headquartered in Seoul? | Korean Air Co., Ltd. (or KE; or KAL; or Korean Air Lines) |
| One of these artworks is claimed by Tanya Cooper to show Thomas Overbury and may have been owned by the third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley [[RYE-eth- slee]]. Another of these artworks is named for the Duke of Chandos [[SHAN-doss]] and is the only example of these things that could have been made with a live subject. One of these artworks faces a poem, titled "To the Reader" by Ben Jonson, in a book published by John Heminges [[HEM-ings]] and Henry Condell. The First Folio contains one of, for the point, what type of artworks which depict the Bard of Avon? | Portraits of William Shakespeare (accept descriptive answers indicating a depiction of Shakespeare) |
| The 1905 Mataafa Storm sunk multiple vessels operating on this body of water between Grand Marais and Whitefish Point. 78 crewmembers died when two French minesweepers sank on this body of water after striking the shoal north of Copper Harbor, Michigan. Another disaster on this body of water occurred near Sault Ste. [[SOO-SAINT]] Marie and was made famous by a Gordon Lightfoot song. For the point, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in this body of water, the largest of the Great Lakes. | Lake Superior |
| During a speech attempting to drum up support for an amendment to end this war, one man claimed, "This chamber reeks of blood." The aforementioned bill, co-named by Mark Hatfield, attempted to bring an end to this war, an action which was legislatively spelled out in the Case-Church Amendment. Oregon's Wayne Morse was among the two senators who opposed a resolution that increased U.S. involvement in this war after a false flag operation. For the point, name this war which escalated after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. | Vietnam War (or Second Indochina War) |
| According to Livy, this woman said, "I will not be led in a triumph" in Koine Greek after an invader seized her youngest children from her palace. After fleeing to Syria, this woman raised an army to face her brother at Pelusium, where Pompey was murdered. After her brother, Ptolemy XIII [[the Thirteenth]], was run out of Alexandria and allegedly drowned, this woman took the throne and the title of Philopator. For the point, name this woman whose son, Caesarion, was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. | Cleopatra VII [[the Seventh]] Philopator |
| On the Saturday before this event took place, comedian Cristela Alonzo hosted a program that featured a performance by the Resistance Revival Choir. This event had two themes, “America United” and “Our Determined Democracy: Forging a More Perfect Union.” Public access to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol was restricted from September 2020 to February 2021 in order to ensure a safe construction of this event’s platform. For the point, name this event which took place on January 20, 2021, during which the 46th president of the United States was sworn into office. | Inauguration of Joe Biden (accept Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. in place of Joe Biden; prompt on partial answers) |
| This object was known as the American answer to the Eiffel Tower when it debuted at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This object bears the name of an engineer from Pittsburgh who died at the age of 37 from typhoid fever. To experience the original version of this attraction, over one million people paid fifty cents to take a twenty- minute ride in what was referred to as a “bird cage.” At 820 feet, the Ain Dubai is currently the tallest version of, for the point, what circular amusement park ride? | Ferris Wheel (prompt on "George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.") |