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| This man served as assistant to the Secretary of the Labor Party after serving as the editor of its journal. During this man’s time in his highest office, he organized support for the truce in British Palestine (+) and dealt with crises like the Berlin Blockade and the Partitioning of India. This man resigned from that role after backlash from the USSR over his support of UN intervention in the Korean War. The first United (*) Nations Secretary General was, for the points, which Norwegian diplomat? | Trygve Lie [[TRIG-vuh LEE]] (or Trygve Halvdan Lie; accept pronunciation as [["LIE"]]) |
| To differentiate himself from other painters, this man signed his works with an inscription that roughly translates to “As I Can.” The first painting with that inscription by this man was Portrait of a Man in a Turban, and ten of the twenty surviving paintings (+) of this man share that signature. Arguably, this Flemish artist’s best-known work resulted from a commission shared between him and his brother, from the mayor of Ghent. (*) For the points, name this painter whose Adoration of the Mystic Lamb is called “the first major oil painting” and who painted the Arnolfini Portrait. | Jan van Eyck |
| Life during this period is recounted in a book called The Gossamer Years by a poet known as "Michitsuna's mother." This period concluded after Go-Shirakawa failed to prevent a clan feud at Uji and the Battle of Dan-no-Ura. Taika reforms were launched (+) during this period, in which the Tendai and Shingon schools were formed. The Pillow Book explained life during this period, which was ended by the Genpei (*) War. Buddhism spread through Japan during, for the points, what classical period in which the capital was moved to Kyoto? | Heian Period |
| This man's forces fell into a trap at the Battle of Green Spring while trying to capture General Cornwallis, but a bold bayonet charge allowed this man to retreat. Little Turtle, Chief of the Miami, dubbed this man "the Chief that does not sleep" after years of (+) reconnaissance from tribal scouts. This man negotiated the Treaty of Greenville following his victory over Chief Blue Jacket in the Northwest Indian War. (*) For the points, name this U.S. Revolutionary War general known for his angry temperament. | "Mad" Anthony Wayne |
| A man with this surname served as harpsichordist to Frederick the Great in Berlin from 1740 to 1767 and published Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments. Charles Gounod’s “Ave Maria” is a setting of a (+) C-major prelude composed by one man with this surname, and that man published a pair of books in which (*) all major and minor keys are used in preludes and fugues. For the points, give this surname of the composer of The Well-Tempered Clavier and Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. | Bach (accept Johann Sebastian Bach; accept Carl Phlipp Bach) |
| After his arrest, this man, who served as Secretary General of the Cocalero Union from 1984 to 1994, inspired a march of 3,000 campesinos, resulting in his release. This man, who came from an Aymara family of subsistence farmers, led the Movimiento al Socialismo (+) after its inception in 1998. After surviving a recall referendum in 2008, this man oversaw the drafting of a new constitution, although attempts to abolish presidential term limits led to his (*) exile in 2019. For the points, name this first indigenous president of Bolivia. | Evo Morales (or Juan Evo Morales Ayma) |
| This island's caves, in the Maros-Pangkep karst, are said to contain the earliest figurative art in the world. The Torajan people in the mountainous southern part of this island were mostly converted to Christianity by missionaries in the early 1900s. A 2018 earthquake struck this island's peninsula of Minahasa, (+) which joins the generically named East, South, and Southeast Peninsulas. This island, which lies south of the Wallace Line, contains Fort Rotterdam in Makassar, dating back to the time of (*) Dutch colonization. For the points, name this easternmost of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. | Sulawesi (accept Celebes) |
| This kingdom allied with the Optimates before suffering devastating losses to Julius Caesar’s forces at Thapsus. Syphax was defeated by Masinissa, (+) a king of these people, who were led by a king who dragged the Romans into a lengthy war of attrition, Jugurtha. (*) For the points, name this North African kingdom known for its cavalry that became a Roman client state and then a province. | Numidia (accept Numidians) |
| This prime minister created the Laurendeau–Dunton Commission to investigate bilingualism and biculturalism. The "60 Days of Decision" was heralded by this politician, who said that his people "do not need to be liberated" after a speech by Charles de Gaulle at Expo (+) 67. This successor of Louis St. Laurent as party leader introduced the Maple Leaf Flag and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the (*) Suez Crisis. For the points, name this Liberal Canadian prime minister, succeeded by Pierre Trudeau. | Lester B (owles) "Mike" Pearson |
| This country was established in 1719, but its royal house did not visit until 1818. Diplomatic conflict involving the Beneš [[BEN-esh]] decrees led this country to avoid establishing relations with the Czech Republic or Slovakia until 2009, during the reign of Hans-Adam (+) II [[the Second]]. The 1866 demise of the German Confederation freed this country from its obligation to maintain an army, and it hasn't (*) had one since. For the points, name this Alpine principality which was accidentally invaded by Switzerland in 2007. | Principality of Liechtenstein (accept Fürstentum Liechtenstein) |
| In 2019, the perpetrator of this event was banned from using a telephone after calling a rapper and far-right activist known as "The Shadow." The lyrics to one "Song for Peace" were found in the pocket of the man targeted during this event, which was followed by the arrest of Yigal and Hagai (+) Amir. This event occurred during a November 1995 rally celebrating the Oslo Accords, which this event's target signed opposite Yasser (*) Arafat. For the points, name this event in Tel Aviv which resulted in Shimon Peres becoming prime minister of Israel. | Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (accept killing or equivalents in place of assassination; prompt on partial answers; prompt on answers that indicate "death" or more general terms in place of "assassination") |
| A ruler of this city was known in Norse sagas as “the Lame” due to having been injured by an arrow to the knee. An empire based in this city was ruled by Yaroslav the Wise. (+) This city was ruled by Vladimir the Great when its inhabitants converted to Christianity, and it was the center of an empire ruled by the descendants of the Varangian prince Rurik. (*) For the points, name this city, the historical capital of Ukraine. | |
| In this state, alongside the Audubon Society, David Gaines launched a lawsuit against a municipal utility whose superintendent was once Fred Eaton. The St. Francis Dam was built in this state, opposed by farmers based in Owens Valley. A river once named Porciúncula [[por-see-OON-koo-lah]] (+) was the primary source of fresh water in this state's largest city until the construction of an aqueduct under the supervision of William Mulholland. (*) For the points, name this Western U.S. state which is known for its "water wars” in cities like Los Angeles. | California (accept California Water Wars) |
| Opponents of this woman called her Codoi after she mispronounced her native word for carbon dioxide during a scientific lecture. After the July Theses and a state visit with Mao Zedong's wife, this woman fostered a personality cult that labelled her "Mother of the Nation." (+) The National Salvation Front tried and executed this woman and her husband in Wallachia (*) on Christmas Day 1989 for crimes of genocide. For the points, name this woman who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania under her husband, Nicolae. | Elena Ceaușescu [[chow-CHESS-koo]] (or Lenuta Petrescu; be lenient on pronunciation) |
| This tribe fought the U.S. only once, in a war led by a medicine man named Sword Bearer. Men of this tribe enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight against the Sioux and Cheyenne after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which took place on this (+) tribe's land. Once occupying much of the Yellowstone River Valley, this federally recognized tribe's only modern reservation lies south of the city of Billings. (*) For the points, name this Native American tribe whose name translates to “children of the large-beaked bird.” | Crow (or Apsáalooke; or Absaroka; prompt on “Plains Indians” or equivalents) |
| The city of Henricus in colonial Virginia was named after this man’s brother, Henry Frederick. In one portrait of this man, he is depicted with red trousers and a walking stick, dismounted, (+) while a stable boy tends to his horse. That painting by Anthony van Dyck is called [this man] At the Hunt. Patrick Henry was accused of treason thanks to a (*) speech noting that “Caesar had his Brutus, and [this man] his Cromwell.” For the points, name this Stuart monarch of England who was beheaded in 1649. | Charles I |
| Combatants in these wars met at predesignated yaotlalli [[yowt-LAH-lee]] before signaling the start of battle by burning a pyre of paper and incense. These wars began in response to a famine in the Mexican highlands, which provoked the priests of (+) Tenochtitlan to seek out offerings for the gods. The arrival of the Spaniards disrupted these wars between a Triple Alliance of city-states (*) and their enemies in the Tlaxcala-Pueblan Valley. For the points, name these ritual wars during which Aztec forces captured their adversaries as sacrificial offerings. | Flower War (s) (accept Flowery war (s)) |
| The Czechoslovak secret police armed one group described by this color with the Skorpion submachine pistols used in the Acca Larentia massacre; that group's second iteration was led by (+) Mario Moretti. Another group described by this color supposedly got their name from clothing intended for slaughterhouse workers that was given to their leader before the (*) Expedition of the Thousand. For the points, give this color that describes Italian guerrilla “Brigades” active during the Years of Lead, and “shirts” who unified Italy under Giuseppe Garibaldi. | Red (accept Red Brigade; accept Red Shirts) |
| 300 men under this commander arrived from Socotra to help lift the siege of Cannanore. Along with a viceroy, this man oversaw the sacking of Barawa during a conflict with the Ajuran Sultanate in modern-day Somalia. The “Father of Goan Nationalism” was named after this man (+) who served as an ambassador to Pope Leo X [[the Tenth]]. Employed by King Manuel I, this cousin of Afonso de Albuquerque discovered a set of volcanic islands now containing Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. (*) For the points, name this Portuguese explorer who names a remote South Atlantic archipelago. | Tristão da Cunha (accept either underlined portion; accept Tristan in place of Tristão; anti-prompt on "Tristão de Bragança Cunha") |
| This leader concluded the "New Society" program under Jacques Chaban- Delmas after replacing him with Pierre Messmer. This man organized the Grenelle Agreements, which led to a rise in the minimum wage. This predecessor of Valery Giscard d'Estaing built the Montparnasse Tower (+) to modernize Paris and convinced de Gaulle to adopt reforms to end the 1968 student strikes. Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano designed a building in Paris named for this man that contains the Musée National (*) d'Art Moderne. For the points, name this president of France who succeeded Charles de Gaulle and was in power from 1969 until 1974. | Georges Pompidou (or Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou; accept Centre Pompidou in either order; accept Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou) |
| One flag of this empire displays a lion and an anthropomorphic sun on a green background. The mothers of this empire's eleven rulers came largely from Turkmen, Circassian, and Georgian ancestry. This empire's first ruler was the son of a Sufi sheikh and the last of the Grand Masters (+) of the Zahediyeh, an order started by this empire's namesake mystic. Three men named Abbas ruled this empire, including a "great" Shahanshah. (*) For the points, name this gunpowder empire founded in the city of Ardabil, which ruled Persia from 1501 to 1736. | Safavid Empire (accept Safavid dynasty; accept Safavid Persia or Safavid Iran; prompt on "Safi-ad-din Ardabili") |
| The one manuscript about this man's best-known accomplishment was partially translated by Al Oikonomides [[al-OY-koh-NOH-mee-dehs]] and describes encounters with the friendly nomadic Lixitae [[lee-KEE-tay]] tribe. This man's party encountered hairy men known as gorillai, (+) and many scholars believe this man's expeditions went as far south as Mount Cameroon. This man is believed to have been a member of the Magonid family and the son of Hamilcar I [[the First]]. (*) Known for his voyages along the African coast, for the points, who is the 5th century BCE Carthaginian navigator? | Hanno the Navigator (or Hannon) |
| When electing this country's Parliament, each of its seven parishes selects two members. This country, where the speaker of the General Council is known as the General Syndic, was led for eight years by Antoni Martí. This only sovereign state to have (+) Catalan as its official language has two heads of state, including the Bishop of Urgell and the (*) French president. For the points, name this microstate in the Pyrenees believed to have been created by Charlemagne. | Principality of Andorra (accept Principat d'Andorra) |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II [[the Second]] learned about the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand while attending a regatta in this city. This city lends its name to a freshwater canal that links the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. In 1918, sailors of the High Seas Fleet revolted (+) in this city, triggering the German Revolution. One of the traditional homes of the German Navy's Baltic fleet, this city's eponymous university is also known as Christiana Albertina. (*) For the points, name this German city, the capital of Schleswig- Holstein. | Kiel (accept Kiel Week; accept Kiel Regatta; accept Kiel Canal; accept Kiel Mutiny; accept Kiel University; accept Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel) |
| From 1975 to 1988, this woman served as president of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an organization that united scientists toward nuclear disarmament. In 1969, this woman discovered the structure of insulin, which broke the ground for widespread treatment for (+) diabetes. This woman, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964, used X-ray diffraction techniques to discover the structure of penicillin and Vitamin B-12. (*) For the points, name this British chemist whose work became the core of structural biology, and who shares her name with a 19th century scientist who names a type of lymphoma. | Dorothy Hodgkin (or Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin; or Dorothy Mary Crowfoot; accept Hodgkin’s Lymphoma) |
| William Kennett Loftus identified this city as the “Second City of Nimrod.” Enmerker and the Lord of Arrata discusses the construction of the House of Heaven, a temple in this city. This city housed the (+) earliest known example of writing, and it was supposedly ruled for 1200 years by Lugulbanda according to a King List. This city’s most legendary king killed the Bull of Heaven (*) and befriended Enkidu. For the points, name this Sumerian city ruled by Gilgamesh. | Uruk (or Warka) |
| Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography recounts how he organized the Pennsylvanian effort to supply this man's expedition in the "Wagon Affair." Following the death of this general, Thomas Gage (+) and his aide-de-camp George Washington rallied the remaining forces after being ambushed by French and allied native forces. An expedition to conquer Ft. Duquesne [[doo-KANE]] was undertaken by, (*) ftp, which British General whose forces lost the Battle of Monongahela? | Edward Braddock (accept Braddock Expedition) |
| Henry Fielding criticized this man in plays like Pasquin and The Historical Register, which led this man to introduce a Licensing Act censoring dramatic works. This man earned the nickname "Screenmaster-General" after freeing Lords Stanhope and Sunderland, (+) who were implicated in the South Sea Bubble scandal. King George II [[the Second]] reportedly wept when this man lost a vote of no confidence, after which this man was made Earl of (*) Orford. For the points, name this first British prime minister. | Robert Walpole (accept 1st Earl of Orford before mentioned) |
| One man from this country wrote the poem Mi último adiós days before his execution at an urban park now named after him. The anti-colonialist critique Noli Me Tángere was published in this country, where the (+) Maura Law was enacted, appointing one future leader of this country to “Cabeza de Barangay.” Andrés Bonifacio is known as “The Father” of (*) this nation’s revolution. For the points, identify this home country of José Rizal and Emilio Aguinaldo, off the coast of which George Dewey won the Battle of Manila Bay. | Philippines |
| Anselmus was among the high-ranking casualties at this battle, whose initial attack may have been ordered by Lupo II [[the Second]]. This battle occurred in retaliation for one monarch's destruction of the city walls of Pamplona, then the capital of the Vascones. (+) This battle is featured heavily in La Chanson de Roland, which describes the death of a legendary Frankish commander during an invasion of Iberia. (*) For the points, name this battle, during which Basque forces ambushed Charlemagne's army while traveling through the Pyrenees. | Battle of Roncevaux Pass (accept Battle of Roncevalles Pass; accept Battle of Orreaga) |
| Richard Morris Hunt designed "The Breakers" for this family in Newport, Rhode Island. One member of this family was the subject of a 1934 trial in which her mother and her aunt pursued custody as well as control over her trust fund. That woman, (+) Gloria, had four children, including CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. A university in Nashville (*) is named after the patriarch of, for the points, what family which descends from a railroad tycoon named Cornelius? | Vanderbilt (accept Gloria Laura Vanderbilt; accept Cornelius Vanderbilt; accept Vanderbilt University) |