| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An attempt by this woman to speak at a New York State Teachers Association convention led to a debate about the right of women to speak in public. The Revolution was a publication begun by this woman and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to promote women’s rights. For the point, name this suffragist whose face appeared on the dollar coin. | Susan B. Anthony |
| Manteo, a Native American visitor to England, was one of this person’s guests. After aiding in the suppression of Irish rebels, this person gained large tracts in Ireland for himself. For the point, name this person who made several attempts to discover El Dorado. | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| This dynasty established an army of military slaves known as Mamluks under al- Mu'tasim [[al MOO-tah-SEEM]]. At the Battle of Zab, this dynasty took control from Marwan II, reaching its height under Harun al-Rashid, who established the House of Wisdom. For the point, name this caliphate that succeeded the Umayyads. | Abbasid Caliphate (or Abbasids) |
| This person convinced Virginia Slims to sponsor a certain sporting event to compete against the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in protest and was suspended by the U.S. Association as a result. This athlete competed against Bobby Riggs in her best known event, a tennis match in the Astrodome. For the point, name this winner of the “Battle of the Sexes” in 1973, a female tennis champion with 39 Grand Slam titles. | Billie Jean King (or Billie Jean Moffitt) |
| This man's wife, Edith, orchestrated the murder of rival noble Gospatrick in an effort to place her brother, Tostig, in the position of the Earl of Northumberland. Robert I made one failed attempt to place this man on the English throne in an effort to depose the foreigner, Canute III. The death of, for the point, what pious king of England triggered a succession war among Harald Hadrada, Harold Godwinson, and William the Conqueror? | Edward the Confessor (prompt on "Edward") |
| After this man's father, Bindasura, died, he killed both his eldest brother and up to 99 of his half-brothers in order to ascend to the throne. This man, who led a campaign against the Jains, was led to convert to Buddhism after seeing the destruction caused by a war against Kalinga. For the point, name this third emperor of the Mauryan Empire. | Ashoka the Great (accept Asoka in place of Ashoka) |
| In 1987, this country was declared a republic by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Indian laborers were imported to this country, which is 28 percent Hindu, to work on the plantations of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Mahendra Chaudhry [[CHOH-dree]] was toppled in a coup d’état in this country in which coups have historically taken place on the island of Viti Levu. For the point, name this Melanesian island country governed from Suva. | Republic of Fiji (or Matanitu ko Viti) |
| On the Ninth of Av, this emperor's troops seized Bethar during the Bar Kokhba Revolt. This emperor separated the Roman Empire from the Picts with a large stone fortification. The successor of Trajan was, for the point, what Roman emperor who built a namesake wall in Britain? | Hadrian (or Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus; accept Hadrian's Wall) |
| In this century, Westminster Abbey was built, and the construction of the Tower of London began. During this century, Pope Urban II prompted the beginning of the Crusades at the Council of Clermont. For the point, name this century in which William the Conqueror invaded England and became king after the Battle of Hastings. | Eleventh Century (accept 1000s) |
| This man joined the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and mapped the coast of Newfoundland. This man commanded a scientific expedition to record the transit of Venus and then searched for the Southern Continent. For the point, name this man who captained the Endeavor and mapped New Zealand and the coast of Australia. | James Cook (accept Captain Cook) |
| During this war, the Russian fleet won a victory at the Battle of Sinope [[sin-OH-pee]] During this war, a woman became known as the “Lady with the Lamp.” Florence Nightingale served as a nurse during, for the point, what war, during which the Light Brigade charged during the Battle of Balaklava? | Crimean War |
| James Oglethorpe founded this city in 1733 and established the 13th American colony. During his March to the Sea, General Sherman spared this city, later presenting it as a Christmas gift to Abraham Lincoln. For the point, what city, alongside a namesake river, served as Georgia's first capital? | Savannah (accept Savannah River) |
| Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign ended after he plagiarized a speech from this party's leader, Neil Kinnock. Ramsay MacDonald was the first prime minister from this party. For the point, name this British political party of Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn, and Tony Blair, the primary opposition to the Conservatives. | Labour Party |
| This man, known as Goyahkla [[gaw-YAHK-lah]] at birth, rode in Teddy Roosevelt’s inaugural parade and appeared in Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show. This member of the Bedonkohe [[bih-DAHN-koo]] band was the last Native American leader to surrender to the U.S. government. For the point, name this leader of the Chiricahua [[chee-ree-KAH-wah]] Apache tribe. | Geronimo (or Goyaalé) |
| This figure’s crimes caused Hephaestus to create Pandora. This figure covered bones in fat to trick the Olympians to choose the worse half of a sacrifice during the trick at Mecone [[MEH-koh-neh]]. For the point, name this titan who was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humanity. | Prometheus |
| This scientist was diagnosed with aplastic anemia after conducting research at field hospitals during World War One. This scientist, who investigated pitchblende radioactivity, worked to isolate radium and named the element polonium after her home country. For the point, name this scientist, the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes. | Marie Curie (or Marie Salomea Skłodowska-Curie; or Maria Salomea Skłodowska; accept Madame Curie) |
| In 1963, Ahmed Ben Bella was elected as the first president of this country. In 1969, this country joined OPEC after large oil deposits were discovered along this country’s border with Libya. For the point, name this North African country where France hosted nuclear weapons tests prior to independence? | Algeria (or People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah) |
| During this war, forces marching from Fort George launched an attack during the Battle of Beaver Dams. During this war, Stephen Van Rensselaer defeated Isaac Brock and his Mohawk forces at the Battle of Queenston Heights. The burning of the White House occurred during, for the poinst, what war between the U.S. and Britain that is named for a year? | War of 1812 |
| This person helped spark a global conflict when he unwittingly confessed to assassinating a French officer named Jumonville [[zhoo-mohn-VEEL]]. This person's half- brother, Lawrence, served under Admiral Edward Vernon in the War of Jenkins’ Ear. For the point, name this first president of the United States. | George Washington |
| A leader of a kingdom in this modern country, Naresuan [[noh-reh-SOO-un]], killed the crown prince of the Toungoo [[TOWN-GOO]] Empire in personal combat. A Chinese leader of this modern country, Taksin the Great, founded the Thonburi [[tahn-BOO-ree]] Kingdom. Rama I founded the Chakri Dynasty of, for the point, what country, formerly known as Siam? | Thailand (or Kingdom of Thailand; or Ratcha Anachak Thai; or Prathet Thai; accept Siam before mentioned) |
| Groups of people in this profession called murmillo [[mur-MEE-loh]] often wore a balteus and manica. Emperor Commodus often pretended to have this other profession, some of whom were killed if they received the pollice verso [[poh-LEE-keh VEHR-soh]]. For the point, name this profession of Roman slaves who fought in the Coliseum. | Gladiators (prompt on "Slaves") |
| Neal Dow called the National Guard into a city of this name in order to stop the backlash of an anti-alcohol law he had passed. Another city of this name got its name through a series of coin tosses, and the climate of that city with this name, which promotes growing, led to its moniker “The City of Roses.” For the point, give this name shared by the only Maine city to see a Civil War battle and the largest city in Oregon. | Portland |
| As a wedding gift, this god gave Zephryus's sons, the immortal horses Balius and Xanthus to Achilles's father, Peleus. The half-snake king Cecrops ruled against this god in a contest in which Athena created the olive tree, and this god created a salt water spring. The father of Triton was, for the point, what Greek god of the sea? | Poseidon (accept Neptune before "Greek" is mentioned) |
| This man, who helped found the German Democratic Party, was offered the presidency of Israel after Chaim Weizmann's death. This man published his "Annus Mirabilis" papers while working in a Bern patent office, introducing mass-energy equivalence. For the point, name this German physicist who proposed "E equals M C squared." | Albert Einstein |
| This man's hotel room was bugged by J. Edgar Hoover due to believing the former Miss Denmark to be a Nazi spy. The facial hair and appearance of sweating of this man's opponent may have contributed to TV viewers believing this man won the first televised presidential debate. For the point, name this politician who defeated Richard Nixon in 1960 presidential election? | John F. Kennedy (or John Fitzgerald Kennedy; accept JFK) |
| This senator claimed that the advent of C-SPAN [[SEE-SPAN]] wouldn’t affect the integrity or gravity of the Senate in the first televised Senate speech. This Ohio Democrat was one of the Mercury Seven, the first American astronauts. For the point, name this astronaut- turned-senator who returned to space as the oldest astronaut ever. | John Glenn (or John Herschel Glenn Jr.) |
| A man with this profession who created works titled Sky Mirror and Cloud Gate was granted a monopoly on the use of Vantablack. Anish Kapoor has this profession, as did Jean- Antoine Houdon [[oo-DOHN]], who created many busts. Another Frenchman with this profession created a bronze work that depicts a pensive man with his chin resting on his hand. For the point, name this profession of Auguste Rodin [[roh-DAHN], who created The Thinker. | Sculptor (prompt on “Artist” or similar, less specific answers; do not accept “Painter”) |