| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| During this war, the captain of an East Indiaman was wounded in a duel by Stephen Decatur after Decatur took issue with captain's use of foul language at port. Oliver Ellsworth led an American delegation to negotiate the Treaty of Mortefontaine, which formally ended this conflict. The outbreak of this conflict prompted John Adams to appoint Benjamin Stoddert as the first Secretary of the Navy. Undeclared naval warfare occurred between the US and French First Republic during, for ten points, what "War" between 1798-1800? | Quasi-War |
| This city’s Go’o shrine is a place of worship specifically for the boars who healed the injuries of a noble that blocked a Buddhist priest from taking an 8th century emperorship. The first public hydroelectric dam in its nation was built along the Lake Biwa Canal, which serviced this city during the Meiji Period. The imperial court spent a millennium in this city until it moved in the 19th century to the city of Tokyo. For ten points, name this cultural capital of Japan, once known as "Heian-kyō." | Kyoto (accept Heian-kyō before mentioned) |
| This president, who defeated William Jennings Bryan's "free silver campaign," oversaw the American acquisition of the Philippines and Hawaii. This president's first vice president was Garret Hobart, and Ohio's congressional delegation lobbied to retain this president's name on the highest peak of the U.S. until the Obama administration renamed it Denali. For ten points, name this U.S. president, assassinated by an anarchist in 1901 and succeeded by Teddy Roosevelt. | William McKinley (accept Mount McKinley) |
| After leaving this position, its former holder opened a duck farm but later killed himself over bribery allegations. In the Blue House, a holder of this position and his Chief Bodyguard were assassinated by the head of his security agency. The daughter of that holder of this position, the Leader of the Saenuri party, was the first woman to be elected to this position and was imprisoned after a 2017 corruption scandal. For ten points, name this position, currently held by Yoon Seok-youl. | President of South Korea (accept Republic of Korea, ROK, Taehan-min'guk, or Han'guk in place of South Korea; do not accept or prompt on "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"; prompt on partial answers) |
| Following the Battle of Buzakha, this man forgave Tulahya for killing Akasha bin Mihsan. This member of the Sahabi, or "Companions," was born into a wealthy merchant family of the Banu Taym branch of the Quraysh [[koo-RAYSH]]. This father of Aisha was instructed to lead a 300-person caravan to Medina as the first Commander of the Pilgrimage. This man authorized the compilation of the Quran upon the suggestion of his successor, Umar. For ten points, name this first successor to Muhammad. | Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (accept either underlined portion; accept Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa) |
| One breakaway faction of this party had a logo consisting of a cow and a calf and was named for this party and the word "Requisitionists." The leader of that faction of this party withdrew the privy purse with the 26th amendment and oversaw a mass sterilization campaign. With that leader's Italian-born daughter-in-law as its president, this party led the United Progressive Alliance until losing power in 2014. For ten points, name this party, led by prominent women like Sonia and Indira Gandhi. | Indian National Congress (or Congress party; or INC; accept Indian National Congress Requisitionists) |
| This man's "Letters to Abbé Raynal" outlined his implicit support of independence leader Pasquale Paoli, who later blocked this military figure from joining the National Guard. With Count Philipp von Cobenzl, this military figure signed the Treaty of Campo Formio. This man had to pull his Armée d'Orient [[ahr-MEH doh-ree-AHNT]] out of Egypt after an Anglo- Ottoman victory at the Battle of the Nile. The Battle of the Pyramids was a victory for, for ten points, what artillery captain-turned emperor of the French? | Napoleon Bonaparte (accept either underlined portion; accept Napoleon I) |
| This man claimed that he held a grudge during a particular incident which the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens may have destroyed evidence of. A "vane" named for this man was designed to secure ventral stairs. This man requested a refueling tank and ordered cabin windows closed to prevent a sniper attack. This man then ordered a plane to be flown at maximum altitude to Mexico City. For ten points, name this unidentified man who disappeared after conducting a $200,000 heist aboard a commercial flight. | D. B. Cooper (accept Dan Cooper; accept Cooper Vane) |
| During the Genroku period, this city's Dōjima Exchange attracted moneychangers and rice brokers. During Empress Jingū's reign, royalty founded the Sumiyoshi-taisha shrine in this city. Sanada Yukimura was killed during an offensive in this city called the Battle of Tennoji. That campaign in this city resulted in the defeat of Toyotomi Hideyori, after which he committed seppuku. This city on the Yodo River houses a castle that fell to the Tokugawa clan and was burned during the Meiji Restoration. For ten points, name this third-most populous city in Japan. | Osaka |
| Osaka Castle was seized during this 1600 battle, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu crushed the Western army of Ishida Mitsunari. | Battle of Sekigahara |
| The Annales Cambriae recounts how a monarch of this nation named Penda triumphed over the future Saint Oswald at the Battle of Maserfield. Saint Chad is given credit by the Venerable Bede for converting much of this kingdom's populace to Christianity, especially the sub-kingdom of Lindsey. A monarch of this kingdom ordered the construction of a namesake "Dyke" which delineated the border of this kingdom and Wales. Offa the Great served as the king of, for ten points, what Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the Early Middle Ages, located in the Midlands? | Mercia |
| What historiographical term refers to the period of English history in which it was split into seven distinct kingdoms? | The Heptarchy |
| This athlete was inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 for his service during off-seasons from 1958 to 1964. This athlete, who began his major league career wearing number 13 since his teammate Earl Smith wore number 21 at the time, would later have the latter number retired in his honor. On September 30, 1972, this baseball player achieved his 3,000th hit by getting a double off of Mets pitcher Jon Matlack. That was the final hit in the career of, for ten points, what Puerto Rican-born Pittsburgh Pirate who died in a plane accident on December 31, 1972? | Roberto Clemente (or Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker Sr.) |
| This MLB Award, given to one player at each fielding position from the American and National Leagues, was won twelve consecutive times by Roberto Clemente due to his excellence in right field. | Rawlings Gold Glove Award |
| An organization based in this country was trained by a group of Irishmen including Niall Connolly, James Monaghan, and Martin McCauley, who became known as its namesake “Three." A journalist who ruled this country was part of a family who owned much of the El Tiempo. Alvaro Uribe [[oo-REE-beh]] launched his political career in Antioquia [[an-tee-oh- KEE-ah]] in this country, where the Santos family is prominent. For ten points, name this country in which Iván Duque [[DOO-keh]] was elected president in 2018. | Republic of Colombia (or Republica de Colombia; accept Colombia Three) |
| What third-most populous Colombian city was home to a namesake cartel founded by the Rodriguez Orejuela [[oh-reh-HWEH-lah]] brothers? | Cali (accept Cali Cartel) |
| The Bellingham riots targeted people of this ethnicity in an attempt to exclude them from working in lumber mills. Along with Filipinos, 100 people of this ethnicity were allowed to immigrate to the U.S. yearly per the Luce–Celler Act of 1946. Bhicaji Balsara was the first person of this ethnicity to gain naturalized U.S. citizenship. The California-based Ghadar Party, for people of this ethnicity, campaigned for the independence of their home country. For ten points, name this ethnicity of the defendant in the case U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind, who was a Sikh. | Indian-American (accept specific answers like Sikh-American or Punjabi- American; accept answers indicating heritage from India) |
| The Vedanta Society was founded after Swami Vivekananda, who was key in introducing Hinduism in the western world, arrived at what American event, held on the 400th anniversary of its namesake’s expedition? | 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (accept Chicago World’s Fair) |
| In one play, this character walks incognito in a camp and argues with a soldier named Michael Williams. In that play, this character receives a contemptuous gift of tennis balls and is threatened by a plot led by the Earl of Cambridge. In one speech, this character pleads with the "God of battles" not to think upon his father's fault in wresting the crown from Richard II before delivering the St. Crispin's Day Speech at the Battle of Agincourt [[ah-zheen-KOHR]]. For ten points, name this king of England who titles a Shakespeare play. | Henry V (accept Henry of Monmouth); prompt on "Henry") |
| After winning at Agincourt, Henry signed the treaty of Troyes with this French king, known for his mental instability. | Charles VI [[the Sixth]] (or Charles the Beloved; or Charles the Mad; prompt on "Charles") |
| Margeret Petherbridge Farrar gained fame for her work developing these things and helped instruct people like Bernice Gordon. Leonard Dawe created some of these things that alarmed Allied security officers in 1944 because they included secret codenames for military operations such as “Utah,” “Mulberry,” and “Overlord,” as solutions. Both "BOB DOLE ELECTED" and "CLINTON ELECTED" worked as a solution for one of these things created by Will Shortz. For ten points, name these word puzzles commonly found in The New York Times. | Crossword puzzles |
| Cryptologists at this place were sometimes selected after doing well in a crossword- solving competition. This English country estate was the center of Allied codebreaking during World War Two. | Bletchley Park |
| In 1985, a stamp from the Seychelles depicted this prominent figure along with his great-grandmother. This person is the founding patron of the Invictus Games, launching the 2016 competition alongside First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden. This member of the Royal Victorian Order served for ten years in the British Army and was named the Duke of Sussex in 2018. For ten points, name this younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana who is sixth in line to ascend the British throne. | Prince Harry (accept the Duke of Sussex before mentioned; accept Prince Henry of Wales; accept Prince Henry Charles Albert David) |
| What TV personality interviewed Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, for a CBS primetime special that originally aired on March 7, 2021? | Oprah Winfrey (or Oprah Gail Winfrey; accept either underlined portion; accept Oprah with Meghan and Harry) |
| President whose election immediately preceded it. | Abraham Lincoln |
| "Bleeding" territory which involved fights between settlers over slavery. | Kansas (accept Bleeding Kansas) |
| Radical abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry. | John Brown |
| First state to secede from the Union. | South Carolina (accept SC) |
| Act that repealed the Missouri Compromise and laid slavery's fate upon "popular sovereignty." | Kansas-Nebraska Act (accept 1854 Compromise) |
| Massachusetts Senator beaten by Preston Brooks for his anti-slavery speeches. | Charles Sumner |
| U.K. prime minister who said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few." | Winston Churchill (or Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill) |
| Colloquial term for the German bombing campaign at the tail-end of the battle. | "The Blitz" |
| Flying corps of the U.K. which won the battle over the Luftwaffe. | Royal Air Force (or RAF) |
| Land invasion of the U.K. which was supposed to follow the battle. | Operation Sea Lion (accept Unternehmen Seelöwe) |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe who oversaw the planning for the battle. | Hermann Goering (or Hermann Wilhelm Goering) |
| German aircraft used for dive bombing tactics during the battle and engagements like Guernica | Junkers Ju 87 (accept Stuka) |
| Only African country besides Liberia to stay independent, led from Addis Ababa. | Ethiopia (accept Ethiopian Empire; accept Abyssinia) |
| 1899-1902 conflict in South Africa in which the British implemented concentration camps. | Second Boer War (prompt on "Boer War"; do not accept or prompt on "First Boer War") |
| British diamond mogul who colonized Zambia and Zimbabwe and founded an Oxford scholarship. | Cecil John Rhodes (accept Rhodes Scholarship) |
| Conference in a German city which partitioned Africa. | Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 (accept Congo Conference; accept West Africa Conference) |
| Last European country to decolonize Africa after its Carnation Revolution. | Portugal (accept Portuguese Republic; accept República Portuguesa) |
| Empire which committed the Herero genocide. | Imperial Germany (accept German Empire; accept Kaiserreich; accept Second Reich) |
| The counties of Angoumois [[ahng-oo-MWAH]] and Saintonge [[sahn-TOHNZH]] rose up against a tax on this good in the Revolt of the Pitauds [[pee-TOHD]]. The royal production of this good in France was first established at Aigues-Mortes [[ayg- MOHRT]], but modern production centers on the Guérande [[gweh-RAHND]] (+) region. Faux-sauniers [[foh-sahn-YEH]] fought against the General Farm in a crisis smuggling this good on the borders of Brittany, where it was 20 times cheaper than in neighboring Anjou due to inconsistent application of the (*) gabelle. For ten points, name this good, used as a preservative and produced by evaporation in brackish marshes and ponds. | Salt (or NaCl; or Sodium Chloride) |
| Jose Diokno and Doy Laurel resigned from this woman’s cabinet after security forces fired on protesters for land reform in the Mendiola Massacre. This woman was approached with a petition to lead UNIDO (+) after she won the support of the Catholic Church and the military when her husband “Ninoy” was assassinated. This woman led a transitional government that led to her country’s (*) Fifth Republic. For ten points, name this woman whose People Power Revolution ended the reign of Ferdinand Marcos. | Corazon "Cory" Aquino (or Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino; or Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco) |
| This person commanded the ship Blessed William as part of a British squadron that attacked the island of Marie-Galante. Prominent men such as Lord Bellomont funded this person’s privateering expedition to the East Indies, (+) with official approval from William III. This person’s most lucrative prize was the Quedah Merchant, taken by his ship Adventure Galley while looking for treasure in the (*) Indian Ocean. For ten points, name this Scottish privateer who was hanged as a pirate in London in 1701. | William Kidd (accept Captain Kidd) |
| This city's domination of fabric production led to it being nicknamed "Linenopolis." Operation Motorman was a military intervention in response to violence in this city. This city's Harland and Wolff shipyard was where the HMS Titanic was built. A leader of the Democratic (+) Unionist Party, Ian Paisley, held the position of First Minister in this city. An agreement signed in this city named for Good (*) Friday ended a long-running conflict called The Troubles. For ten points, name this city which serves as the capital of Northern Ireland. | Belfast |
| A comment about a society that looked down upon this industry and exalted philosophy was made by a Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under LBJ named John Gardner. During an event at Hofstra University, an assistant in this industry was told about an increase from 36 to 39 percent (+) in one tax bracket for a business he aimed to buy, an exchange occurring during a 2008 presidential debate. Samuel Wurzelbacher, popularly known as "Joe," was given a nickname (*) referencing this industry during that election. For ten points, name this industry, dealing with systems that convey fluids. | Plumbing (accept Joe the Plumber) |
| In one poem set during this war, the narrator notes the “flapping, flapping, flapping, flapping, by sounds, by voices clearer.” Another poem set during this war claims that “down in the fields all prospers well” and is titled “Come Up From the Fields Father.” Many poems in the collection (+) Drum-Taps were set during this war, one of whose leaders was elegized in a poem claiming the "Great star early droop'd in the western sky". Featured in poems such as “When Lilacs (*) Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d," for ten points what is this war in which Walt Whitman’s brother fought for the Union? | U.S. Civil War (prompt on partial answers; accept USA, American, or United States of America in place of U.S.) |
| In the late-19th century, French producers of this good lobbied against beet sugar, which was used to make artificial versions of this good known as piquettes [[pee- KEHT]]. One crisis spurred the production of cheap versions of this good in Colonial Algeria, (+) the fourth-largest producer of this good in the 20th century. Production of this good was devastated in the Great French Blight by the phylloxera aphid and was only reconstituted by grafting (*) with resistant American vines. For ten points, name this good, whose most prestigious French labels are bottled in regions like Burgundy and Bordeaux. | Wine (do not accept or prompt on "Grapes") |
| Many Native American cultures associate owls with this sort of person, and the Cherokee language uses the same word for both. Some African cultures depict this sort of person riding backwards naked on baboons. Medieval Italians believed that babies born with a (+) "caul" on their head and face would grow up with the ability to counteract the power of this sort of person. According to the Bible, the first king of Israel (*) lost God’s favor for consulting with this kind of person. For ten points, “swimming” was a test for what kind of person, stereotypically a woman, who could be burnt at the stake when found guilty of using magic. | Witch (accept Endor Witch; accept clear-knowledge equivalents) |
| This president was the last of the "log cabin presidents," a group of seven presidents all born in a log cabin. This man, the only sitting member of the House of Representatives to be elected president, served in the Civil War as a colonel in the 42nd Ohio Infantry (+) despite having no military training. A monument dedicated to this president, who defeated Major General Winfield Scott Hancock in the (*) 1880 election, currently stands on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. For ten points, name this 20th president who was shot by Charles Guiteau. | James Garfield (or James Abram Garfield) |
| Name the co-author of the Declaration of Sentiments, a Massachusetts Quaker who mentored Elizabeth Cady Stanton. | Lucretia Mott (or Lucretia Coffin) |