| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This person was advised in her early rule by Lord Melbourne, before forming a longtime friendship with Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The Crystal Palace Exhibition was the brainchild of this ruler's husband, Albert. For ten points, name this long-reigning monarch, who presided over much of nineteenth-century Britain. | QueenVictoria (or AlexandrinaVictoria) |
| This event was made possible by police officer John Frederick Parker's abandonment of his post to grabadrink.MajorRathbonewasstabbedwithadaggerduring this event, shortly before a man shouted "Sic Semper Tyrannus" during a performance of Our American Cousin. John Wilkes Booth perpetrated, for ten points, what killing of the sixteenth president? | The AbrahamLincoln Assassinationin Ford'sTheater (accept word forms and descriptions involving the killing ofLincoln) |
| TheFourBooksandFiveClassicsaretheauthoritativetextsofthisman'sphilosophy. The first of this man's Five Constants is rén, or "humaneness." This man believed that the emperor's Mandate of Heaven must be subject to absolute moral principles, including virtues like filial piety. For ten points, name this ancient Chinesephilosopherknownforhis interpretation of the Golden Rule. | Confucius (acceptKǒng Fūzǐ; orKongzi) |
| Three emissaries from this nation requested bribes from U.S. diplomats before allowing negotiations with Talleyrand in the XYZ Affair. The U.S. fought the Quasi-Warwith this nation, who earlier sent armed forces to the Thirteen Colonies during the Yorktown campaign. The Louisiana colony was sold to the United States by, for ten points, what European country? | Kingdom ofFrance (or Royaume deFrance; acceptRepublic ofFrance; or FrenchFirst Republic; or RépubliqueFrançaise) |
| ThebuildingofthisstructurewassupervisedbyUstadAhmadLahauri,whoalsolaid the foundations of the Red Fort. This building, whose name is derived from Persian, was ordered by an emperor who was put under house arrest by his successor, Aurangzeb [[ow-RAHNG-zeb]]. This building was originally constructed to house the tomb of Mumtaz. For ten points, name this enormous mausoleum in Agra, India, constructed by Shah Jahan. | Taj Mahal (orRauza-i Munawwara) |
| While en route to Western Europe, this man had 4,000 denarii seized in the port of Trebizond. With Rustichello da Pisa, this man published his travelogue under thetitleBook of the Marvels of the World. That work describes this man's trip to the palace of Xanadu [[ZAN-ah-doo]] and his travels along the Silk Road. For ten points, name this Venetian merchant who explored the Far East and served Kublai Khan. | MarcoPolo |
| This man gave an Urbi et Orbi address in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, referencing the "calming of the storm" in the BookofMark.The2021SynodofBishopswas called by this figure following news of an abuse scandal in France. Jorge Bergoglio [[behr-GOH-lyoh]] is the birth name of, for ten points, what pope from Argentina? | PopeFrancis (acceptFrancisI; accept JorgeBergogliobefore mentioned) |
| Verrocchio [[veh-ROH-kyoh]] depicted this figure in bronze following his most famous action. Donatello's sculpture of this figure was the first freestanding nude since antiquity, and another depiction of this hero has an oversized head to appear proportional from below. For ten points, name this Biblical king who was depicted inamarblesculpture by Michelangelo before he slays Goliath. | David (orDavit; acceptDaud) |
| This person wrote for the newspaper Avanti! but abandoned it during World War One. This prime minister's followers, sometimes dubbed "Squadristis," were known as the Black Shirts. Declaring himself "Il Duce," [[eel-DOO-cheh]] this man aligned with Nazi Germany, though his armedforcesfailedtosecureNorthAfricaorstoptheAlliedinvasionof Sicily. For ten points, name this leader of Italy during most of World War Two. | BenitoMussolini (or Benito Amilcare AndreaMussolini) |
| Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty to give independence to this tiny European city-state. | VaticanCity State (or Stato della Città delVaticano; or Status CivitatisVaticanae) |
| Practitioners of the Kumbhi Mela, a pilgrimage to this site, were attacked by the British during the Sepoy Mutiny. The capital of the Nanda empire, Pataliputra [[pah-tah-lee-POO-trah]], was founded where this river meets the Son, and both the holy city of Varanasi and New Delhi lie on this river today. A namesake "Action Plan" by Rajiv Gandhi failed to clean-up, for ten points, which heavily polluted river in the eastern Indian sub-continent? | GangesRiver (or theGanga) |
| The Rajiv Gandhi administration also oversaw the recovery from the Bhopal disaster, a deadly event caused by a gas leak from this type of plant which produces chemicals meant to protect crops from harm. | Pesticides (accept more specific varietieslikeHerbicideorInsecticide) |
| During this scandal, Archibald Cox's refusal to drop asubpoenaledtothe"Saturday Night Massacre." This scandal involved wiretapping of theDemocraticparty'sheadquarters by the Committee toRe-electthePresident.TheresignationofRichardNixonwasmotivated by, for ten points, what scandal revolving around a break-in at a namesake hotel? | WatergateScandal |
| Which vice president ofRichardNixonlaterpardonedhimduringhisowntwo-year presidential term, a deal often dubbed a "corrupt bargain"? | GeraldFord (or Gerald R (udolph)Ford, Jr.;accept Leslie LynchKing, Jr.) |
| A cavalry commander with this last name surprised the namesake commander in Pyle's Massacre. A head of the Army of Northern Virginia with this last name repelled McClellan's Peninsula Campaign and fought the Battle of Antietam. That man with this last name formally surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.Militaryofficers "Light-Horse Harry" and his son Robert E. possessed, for ten points, what last name? | Lee (accept Robert E.Leeor Henry "Light-HorseHarry"Lee) |
| Robert E. Lee triumphed over Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, though it is considered a pyrrhic victory due to the loss of which subordinate general from friendly fire? | Thomas "Stonewall"Jackson (or Thomas Jonathan"Stonewall"Jackson) |
| The HashemitemonarchFaisalIIruledthisnationuntila1958officercoupexecuted him during the July Revolution. To counter Shia influence, this country invaded a neighbor led by Ayatollah Khomeini [[kho-MAY-nee]], resulting in a costly eight-year stalemate. This nation was the target of a 2003 U.S. invasion in an effort to depose its Ba'ath Party. The dictator Saddam Hussein led, for ten points, what Middle Eastern nation? | Republic ofIraq (or Jumhūriīyah al-ʿIrāq;or KomarîÊraq; accept the Hashemite Kingdom ofIraq; or al-Mamlakah al-ʿIrāqiyyah ʾal-Hāshimyyah) |
| The Iran-Iraq War degenerated into this style of warfare, most associated with World War One, in which dug-out systems of defenses are created on a large scale. | TrenchWarfare (accept descriptive answersinvolving battling intrenches) |
| Defying the governor of Cuba's return order, this man burned his own ships upon landing near modern-day Veracruz. Chroniclers report this man was mistaken for the god Quetzalcoatl [[KET-zahl-KWAH-til]], and he captured the city of Tenochtitlan [[teh-nohtch-teet-LAHN]] following the death of Moctezuma II. For ten points, name this conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire. | HernánCortés |
| The ruins of Tenochtitlan lie beneath what North American capital city? | Mexico City (acceptCiudad de México; orCDMX) |
| A senator from this U.S. state introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which aimed to make Daylight Savings year-round. This state's Department of Health fined Leon County 3.5 milliondollarsforviolatingthisstate'santi-vaccinepassportlaws.In2019,RonDeSantis became governor of, for ten points, what Southern U.S. state? | Florida |
| The Sunshine Protection Act was introduced by this Florida senator and Cuban-American who ran for president in 2016. | MarcoRubio (or Marco AntonioRubio) |
| This entertainer performed at the Mafia-organized Havana Conference, and his ties to organized crime led to this singer being removed from the close circle of President Kennedy. With Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop, this man formed a group known as "TheRatPack."Thesongs"MyWay"and"FlyMetotheMoon"wereperformedby, for ten points, which Italian-American crooner? | FrankSinatra (or Francis AlbertSinatra) |
| Sinatra was borninHobokeninthisU.S.state,alsothebirthplaceofsingersJonBon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen. | New Jersey |
| Democratic president whose policies led to the highest number of U.S. ground troops. | Lyndon BainesJohnson (orLBJ) |
| Republican president who gradually pulled out of the war through his policy of Vietnamization. | Richard M (ilhous)Nixon |
| Neighboring Southeast Asian nation which, along with Laos, was secretly bombed. | Kingdom ofCambodia (or PreahreacheanachakrKampuchea) |
| South Vietnamese capital whose 1975 fall signaled the end of the war. | Saigon (orHo Chi MinhCity) |
| 1968 "Offensive" named for a holiday, which included the Hue [[WAY]] Massacre and the Battle of Khe Sanh [[KAY SAHN]]. | TetOffensive (orSự kiện Tết Mậu Thân) |
| North Vietnamese-supported guerillas who fought against U.S. forces. | Viet Cong (orNational Liberation FrontofSouth Vietnam) |
| Holy wars first called by Urban II which aimed to Christianize foreign lands. | Crusades (accept FirstCrusade) |
| "Great" Pope who names both a "Calendar" and a "Chant." | PopeGregoryI (orGregorythe Great; acceptGregoriancalendar; accept Gregorianchant) |
| Papal-appointed officers who rooted out heresy across Western Europe. | Inquisitors (accept theInquisition) |
| "Permit" bought by the faithful, purported to absolve them of sins. | Indulgences |
| Most common order of monks in medieval Western Europe, known for their black clothes and their mantra, "Work and Pray." | Benedictine monks (orBenedictines; acceptOrder of St.Benedict) |
| Saint and namesake of the Slavic alphabet who proselytized the Slavs with his brother, Methodius. | SaintCyril (acceptCyrillic) |
| Andean crop, a famine of which killed over one million Irish people in the 19th century. | Potatoes (accept IrishPotatoFamine) |
| Bird once found exclusively in the New World supposedly eaten at the first Thanksgiving. | Turkey |
| American plant often ceremonially smoked by natives, which was first successfully planted in Europe in a region called "Los Cigarrales." | Tobacco |
| Animal introduced from Europe that was adopted by Plains Indians to assist in herding bison. | Horses |
| New World bean, the basis of chocolate, that was once used as a currency throughout Mesopotamia. | Cacao (acceptCocoa; prompt on "Chocolate") |
| Pseudo-cereal in theAmaranthfamily cultivatedin the Andes and banned by the colonial Spanish in favor of maize. | Quinoa (orKinwa) |
| Robert Haslam rose to prominenceinthisorganizationduringitsinvolvement in the Pyramid Lake War. During this organization’s eighteen-month run, onlysix(+) riders died accordingtotheNationalParkService.BuffaloBillCodyworkedfor,(*)for ten points, what organization that delivered mail from Missouri to California on horseback? | Pony Express (accept Central Overland CaliforniaandPikes Peak Express Company) |
| Near its headquarters, this company operates a multi-storied tourist attraction called the "World of" [this company]. FoundedbyAsaGriggs(+)Candlerto sellanamesakedrinkinventedin1886byJohnPemberton,(*)fortenpoints,namethis multinational beverage corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia, the chief rival of Pepsi. | TheCoca-ColaCompany (prompt on "Coke") |
| ThevictimofthiseventsupposedlytoldDr.DavidHosackheintendedto shoot into the ground, and this event occurred in partbecauseoneparticipantopposedthe other's (+) 1800 U.S. presidentialrun.Weehawken,NewJerseywasthesightof,(*)for ten points,whatviolentconfrontationbetweentheformerSecretaryoftheTreasuryandthe sitting vice president? | Burr-Hamilton Duel (accept answers describingcombat between AaronBurr and AlexanderHamilton) |
| A character in this short story passes British spy Major Andre’s tree. In this story, Katrina Van Tassel marries Brom Bones, who laughs when a crushed (+) pumpkin is found near where a schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, has vanished while being chased by a Galloping Hessian. (*) For ten points, name this short story by Washington Irving in which the title location is haunted by the Headless Horseman. | "TheLegend of Sleepy Hollow" (do not acceptor prompt on “Tale of Sleepy Hollow”) |
| In this nation, Hezekiah Ochuka was hanged for his leadershipofa1982coup attempt. The White Highlands of this nation were seized during the Mau Mau (+) Uprising, whose participants included Daniel arap Moi and Jomo (*) Kenyatta. Formerly known as British East Africa, for ten points, what nation includes cities such as Mombasa and Nairobi? | Republic ofKenya (or Jamhuri yaKenya) |
| In a failed attempt to repel this man’s invasion, tribes like the Bibroci [[bee-BROH-kee]] and the Ancalites united around Cassibelanus [[cah-see-beh-LAH-nus]] in (+) Britannia. This writer of De Bello Gallicodefeatedand captured King Vercingetorix [[ver-sin-GEH-toh-riks]] during the Siege of Alesia. The (*)Rubicon was crossed by, for ten points, what Romandictator? | GaiusJulius Caesar (prompt on "Caesar" alone) |
| One composer from this modern-day country used a "sacred minimalist" sound in his Copernican Symphony. Another composer from this country wrote a series of pieces based on music from this country, including mazurkas and (+) polonaises, though he is best known for his études and the Minute Waltz. (*) For ten points, name this homecountryofHenrykGóreckiandFrédéricChopin[[shoh-PAHN]],who was born in the Duchy of Warsaw. | Republic ofPoland (or RzeczpospolitaPolska;acceptPolish; accept Second PolishRepublic; prompt on "Duchy of Warsaw" beforementioned) |
| After the Great Flood of 1927 on this body of water, over 200,000 displaced Black people moved north, joining the Great Migration. The longest levee system (+) in the world was authorized in response to this body overflowing in the most destructive flood in U.S. history. Many downriver parishes in (*) Louisiana were destroyed during the 1927 "Great Flood" of, fortenpoints,whatmajorU.S.riverthatenters the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans? | MississippiRiver |
| As a member of his country'sCommunistParty,thismanlivedontheLiliesleaf Farm while heading "Spear of the Nation." In 1964, this man declared "I Am (+) Prepared to Die" during the Rivonia Trial. During his country's first free elections in 1994, this man's African National Congress defeated (*) F.W. de Klerk's National Party. For ten points, name this first post-apartheid South African president. | NelsonMandela (or Nelson RolihlahlaMandela;accept RolihlahlaMandela; prompt on "Madiba" or "Dalibunga") |
| The "Great" Mughal emperor, Akbar, created the "DivineFaith,"whichincorporated aspects of Islam, Hinduism, and what other religion which is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama? | Buddhism (acceptBuddhistreligion orBuddhists;prompt on "Buddha") |