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| A 1783 Edmund Burke quotation about Charles Fox begins this work, which contains an introduction by Allan Nevins. An opponent of the Bland-Allison Act named Lucius Lamar was among those covered in this work, created with the help of Ted Sorensen. George Norris, Sam Houston, and Daniel Webster are among the senators whose biographies were included in this work, which may have won the Pulitzer Prize due to the influence of its author's father, Joseph. Written by a Catholic senator from Massachusetts, for the point, what is this book by John F. Kennedy? | Profiles in Courage |
| In this year, the Penguin Islands and Walvis Bay were transferred, and the Shell House massacre of supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party took place. In this year, the Winter Olympics, hosted at Lillehammer, were for the first time held in a different year than the Summer Olympics. This year, in which the most-populous country completely in the Southern Hemisphere rejoined the Commonwealth, was also the year of the dissolution of Bantustans and the loss of the National Party's F. W. de Klerk. For the point, name this year in which the ANC's Nelson Mandela won South Africa's first free elections. | |
| This scientist detailed a perpetual motion device, which he named the "self-flowing flask," that could be used as a solution to the hydrostatic paradox. This scientist defined elements as "perfectly unmingled bodies" in a book rejecting the definitions proposed by Aristotle and Paracelsus, titled The Sceptical Chymist. This scientist, who was a major proponent of alchemy, proposed that at constant temperature in a closed system, absolute pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional. For the point, name this 17th- century Anglo-Irish chemist. | Robert Boyle (accept Boyle's Law or Boyle-Mariotte Law) |
| This man's transportation of an obelisk of Thutmose III [[the Third]] to Constantinople was part of his namesake "Renaissance." Saint Ambrose reportedly blocked this man at the door of Milan Cathedral due to his role in the Massacre of Thessalonica. The Bora wind helped this man defeat Eugenius and his erstwhile general Arbogast in the Battle of the Frigidus. Succeeded by his sons, Arcadius and Honorius, as emperors in the East and West, for the point, who was this last emperor to rule an undivided Roman empire? | Theodosius I [[the First]] (or Theodosius the Great; prompt on "Theodosius") |
| Theodore Beza progressed the cause of Reformed Christianity from this city, where he and many others preached from St. Pierre Cathedral. Michael Servetus was burnt at the stake in this city for heresy after writing letters to a prominent theologian. The preface to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract praises the laws of this city, which later became a Swiss canton. For the point, name this stronghold city of European Protestantism where John Calvin established a new republic. | Geneva (accept Republic of Geneva) |
| This man supported the Cardwell Reforms, which abolished flogging in the British military during peacetime. During his premiership, this man passed an act that dissolved the Church of Ireland with the Irish Church Act of 1869. This prime minister of the United Kingdom from the Liberal Party was known as the “Grand Old Man." Serving four stints as prime minister, for the point, who was this prime minister who was opposed by Benjamin Disraeli’s conservatives? | William Gladstone (or William Ewart Gladstone) |
| This man and his first wife named their daughter Bermuda after having been stranded on that island by the wreck of the Sea Venture. Along with other survivors, this man eventually reached his original destination of Jamestown, where he found two more wives, including Jane Pierce. This man’s experiments with Orinoco tobacco made it a viable cash crop for the colony of Virginia. For the point, name this early English settler of North America, the husband of Pocahontas. | John Rolfe |
| The Sexagenarian Law targeted these specific people at the age of 60. Gilberto Freyre wrote a book that compared the "Casa-Grande" with the residences of these specific people called "Senzala." Hinterland settlements of populations who were previously these people were established as quilombos. The Law of the Free Womb weakened the institution that affected these people, who received freedoms via the Golden Law. For the point, name these people who were subject to oppressive conditions under Pedro I [[the First]]. | Brazilian Slaves (accept Enslaved peoples in Brazil; accept equivalents; prompt on partial answers) |
| The King's School was founded in this city alongside an abbey named for the man Pope Gregory the Great sent to convert Æthelbert's kingdom. A prominent saint associated with this city wrote Cur Deus Homo, but Gaunilo of Marmoutiers refuted his argument using a metaphor about a lost island. Henry II apocryphally provoked the murder of Thomas à Becket for resisting the Constitutions of Clarendon in this city. For the point, name this city whose namesake archbishop heads the Church of England. | Canterbury (accept Archbishop of Canterbury) |
| Discovery of the site of this battle in 1988 is generally attributed to Tony Clunn, a British Army Major. This battle's victor is commemorated in the Hermannsdenkmal monument, and the losing army of this battle regrouped at Ostercappeln after their commander committed suicide. In the aftermath of this battle, one emperor is said to have shouted, "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!" For the point, name this 9 CE victory for Arminius over the Roman Empire which effectively halted Roman expansion in Germania, east of the Rhine. | Battle of the Teutoburg Forest |
| One leader of this party described its "tradition that encompassed both Edmund Burke and John Stuart Mill," led the passage of the WorkChoices Act, and later published his autobiography Lazarus Rising. Peter Dutton became leader of this party in 2022 after its electoral defeat under Scott Morrison. Long-serving prime ministers from this party include John Howard and Robert Menzies. For the point, name this major right-wing party of Australian politics, which often forms coalitions with the National Party. | Liberal Party (prompt on "LP" or "LPA") |
| Pei Xingjian [[SHING-JEE-AHN]] led an effort to restore a prince of this empire before abandoning the plan and leaving said prince in the Anxi [[AHN-SHEE]] Protectorate. A group of conscripted infantry employed by this empire was known as the Paygan. The deposing of Artabanus IV [[the Fourth]] led to the founding of this empire, which was first led by Ardashir I. Four rulers of the name Khosrow ruled this empire, which succeeded the Parthians. Ctesiphon was the main capital of this empire that lasted from 224 to 651. For the point, what was this empire in modern-day Iran? | Sassanid Empire (accept Sasanian Empire; accept Neo-Persian Empire; accept Ērānšahr; prompt on "Empire of Iranians"; prompt on “Persian Empire” or “Persia”) |
| Though originally chosen as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 8, this man was replaced by Jim Lovell after suffering a herniated disk. After his space career, this man served as director of the National Air and Space Museum. Francis French claimed that this man "was the keystone of the mission" for which he is best-known, though he has a "name that doesn't come to mind." This man heard one of his colleagues say, "The Eagle has landed" while aboard Columbia, circling above the Sea of Tranquility in 1969. For the point, name this man who flew the Apollo 11 command module. | Michael Collins |
| A Roman dam on a lake named for this city allows for a connection between its downtown and the coastal town of La Marsa. The Blue Qur'an of Kairouan is found in a museum in this city that was damaged in a 2015 terrorist attack. This city, which contains the Bardo National Museum and the port of La Goulette, was the site of massive protests during the 2011 Jasmine Revolution. Located near the ancient ruins of Carthage, for the point, what is this Maghrebi city, the capital of Africa's northernmost country? | Tunis (accept Lake of Tunis) |
| British broadcaster Richard Skinner opened this event by proclaiming, “It’s twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it’s time for [this sixteen- hour musical occasion]." At John F. Kennedy Stadium, Led Zeppelin reunited at this concert to perform for the first time since John Bonham’s death. This event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure [[YOO-ree]] to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief, and performers at Wembley Stadium for this concert included Elton John and Queen. For the point, name this benefit event held in England and the U.S. on July 13, 1985. | Live Aid |
| Concerning this political event, historian David Gibbs stated that the US State Department hid its own involvement in destabalizing a CONACO-dominated government. Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld died en route to an effort to mediate an end to this conflict by meeting with separatist leader Moise Tshombe [[tuh- SHOHM-beh]]. Belgian mercenaries executed former head of state Patrice Lumumba in the early days of this "Crisis." Joseph Mobutu's coup d'état in Kinshasa ended, for the point, what Central African "Crisis" of the 1960s? | Congo Crisis (accept the Katanga Crisis; prompt on "Congolese Civil War") |
| This man purchased Osborne House two years after ousting Baroness Lehzen from his children's nursery. In 1847, the Earl of Powis lost an election against this man for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge. This man used a funding surplus from his wife's Crystal Palace to buy land in South Kensington that later hosted a concert hall named after this man. For the point, name this German-born nobleman who served as consort to Queen Victoria. | Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (or Prince Albert; accept Albert, Prince Consort) |
| Born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, this woman moved with her abusive husband to Malang in 1897, where she remained until their separation in 1902. This woman performed as a circus horse rider under the name Lady MacLeod and then as an exotic dancer. Walter Nicolai exposed this woman as a German spy after deeming her intelligence "Parisian gossip." For the point, name this woman who was executed by Georges Clemenceau's government as a scapegoat for France's military failures during World War One. | Mata Hari (or Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod) |
| As part of a party of this name in New Zealand, Mike Moore was part of the Fish and Chip Brigade, an informal group that also included Roger Douglas, who lent his name to the deregulatory policy known as Rogernomics. In 2010, Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd as the leader of another country's party of the same name in Australia. The British party with this name is currently headed by Keir Starmer. For the point, give the name shared by each of these parties, all of which are proponents of democratic socialism. | Labour Party (accept New Zealand Labour Party before "Gillard" is mentioned) |
| In one dream, this hero was represented as an eagle that attacked and killed a flock of geese. This hero was held captive for seven years by the nymph Calypso. After blinding a cyclops, this hero states that his name is "nobody." With his son, Telemachus, this hero killed the suitors of his wife Penelope. For the point, name this Greek hero, who names a Homeric epic describing his journey back to Ithaca after the Trojan War. | Odysseus |
| In this city, founded by settlers from Phocaea [[foh-KAY-ah]], the Garden of Vestiges contains ruins from an ancient port. This city, once part of Gallia Narbonensis, supported the Optimate [[ohp-tee-MAH-teh]] commander Ahenobarbus but was taken by Julius Caesar in 49 BCE. The Crown of Aragon sacked this city in 1423, but its prosperity returned thanks to the building projects of René d'Anjou. For the point, name this ancient Greek colony whose modern name lends itself to the French National Anthem. | Marseille (accept Massalia or Massilia; prompt on "Le Marseillaise") |
| This Justice wrote an opinion that the installation of affixed cable equipment around a New York apartment building constituted a taking. The majority opinion in the aforementioned Loretto case was written by this Justice, for whom Constance Baker Motley served as a clerk. This man represented the plaintiffs in the case McGhee v. Sipes, consolidated for oral arguments with Shelley v. Kraemer, dealing with racially restrictive covenants. Succeeded in his highest post by Clarence Thomas, for the point, who was this first African- American Supreme Court Justice? | Thurgood Marshall |
| Concerning this sport, Ernest Hemingway wrote a treatise called Death in the Afternoon. The second stage of this sport's Portuguese variant features forcados wearing long-knitted hats and damask uniforms. The actress Bette Ford was the first American woman to compete in this sport at the Plaza México. Catalonia outlawed this sport in 2010, though critics have argued they did so due to identity politics rather than animal rights concerns. For the point, name this sport whose roles are reversed in an annual event in Pamplona. | Bullfighting (accept descriptive answers) |
| This location was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, and this location was severely damaged by the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake. The tallest building in this city is the Majestic Centre, and the oldest building is the Nairn Street Cottage. The Miramar Peninsula, on the southeastern side of this city, is believed to have been formed by a beached taniwha. In the Māori language, this city has three names, and it is also the southernmost capital city in the world. For the point, name the capital city of New Zealand. | Wellington |
| The Amber Room was gifted to this man, the subject of a portrait by Godfrey Kneller. This man is featured in an 1881 painting overseeing the public execution of the Streltsy after a failed rebellion intended to replace this man with his older half-sister, Sophia. This exceptionally tall man traveled to Western Europe with a "Grand Embassy" of diplomats and founded his country's first university shortly before his death. For the point, name this Tsar, known for attempting the modernization of Russia. | Peter the Great (accept Peter I [[the First]] of Russia; accept Peter Alekséyevich; prompt on “Peter” or “Pyotr”; accept “Pyotr” instead of “Peter” in all answers) |
| Under colonial rule, Tahitians were permitted to sing, dance, and play sports only on this holiday. In 2016, a terrorist killed 86 people celebrating this holiday on a promenade on the Mediterranean coast. Thousands of people gathered on the Day of the Wheelbarrow to finish the construction needed for this holiday's first celebration in 1790, known at the time as the Fête de la Fédération. For the point, name this holiday observed on the 14th of July to commemorate the storming of a Parisian fortress. | Bastille Day (accept Le 14 juillet or The 14th of July before mentioned; accept Fête nationale française or French National Celebration) |
| This country's War of Brothers was fought between a militant group and the Amal Movement, whose founder, Musa Al-Sadr, disappeared while visiting Gaddafi. As part of the Eisenhower Doctrine, the U.S. provided assistance to this country's president, Camille Chamoun. The Sabra and Shatila massacres were carried out during a civil war in this country ended by the Ta'if Agreement. The Cedar Revolution occurred in, for the point, what country whose Hezbollah party controls parts of Beirut? | Lebanon (accept Lebanese Republic; or Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah; prompt on "Lebanese Civil War") |
| Important sites for enforcing this policy included the communities of Hastings Park and Tashme. A "Redress Agreement" was passed in 1988 following Brian Mulroney's apology for this policy, the lead-up to which included the Pacific Coast race riots of 1907. This policy was enacted by Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who announced that certain demographics would be forced east from the British Columbia Interior. The attack on Pearl Harbor sparked, for the point, what Canadian policy in which 22,000 people of a certain Asian ethnicity were forcibly relocated? | Japanese Internment (or Japanese-Canadian Internment; accept equivalents; prompt on partial answers) |
| James Tague was wounded in an event perpetrated by this man, whom Howard Brennan described to the police. Jim Garrison prosecuted Clay Shaw for allegedly conspiring with this man, as well as David Ferrie and Guy Banister. This man killed police officer J.D. Tippit 45 minutes after committing a crime in Dealey Plaza, and this man himself died two days later from a bullet wound to the stomach. For the point, name this man who was killed by Jack Ruby for assassinating John F. Kennedy. | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Two Answers Required; The Committee of Secret Correspondence in one of these nations established preliminary meetings with the other, culminating in the Treaty of Amity and Commerce. A foreign minister from one of these nations, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, requested that envoys sent by Thomas Jefferson give massive bribes during one incident. The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War occurred between, for the point, which two Western powers who later exchanged the Statue of Liberty? | United States of America and France (accept U.S. or America in place of United States; accept Kingdom of France, Republican France, French Republic, First Republic, or Revolutionary France in place of France) |
| In response to this act, Daniel Dulany published a set of Considerations voicing opposition to it. The House of Burgesses passed a set of Virginia Resolves in opposition to this act, which was accompanied by the passage of the Declaratory Act. Numerous committees of correspondence sent delegates to a Continental Congress named after this piece of legislation that was passed in 1765, a year after a similar act dealing with sugar. For the point, name this act that levied taxes on printed material. | Stamp Act 1765 (accept Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; accept Stamp Act Congress) |