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|---|---|
| This artist may depict Harman van Swole in a Portrait of a Slav Prince later bought by Catherine the Great. This artist was hired by the Guild ofSurgeonsinhishomenationto paint the dissection ofthedeceasedcriminalArisKindt.Anotherworkbythismandepictsa shooting company led by FranzBanningCocq[["COKE"]]inTheNightWatch.Fortenpoints, name this prolific Dutch artist whose other work includes many self-portraits and The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. | Rembrandtvan Rijn (orRembrandtHarmenszoonvan Rijn; accept either underlined portion) |
| Medal of Honor-winner Bud Day saved this man'slifeafterhedroppedathirdofhis body weight while in the Vietnamese POW camp called "The Plantation." With Russ Feingold, this senator names a campaign reform bill which limits the amount of "soft money" available to candidates. This politician succeeded Barry Goldwater as senatorfrom Arizona in 1987. The 2008 Republican candidateforU.S.presidentwas,fortenpoints,what politician who died in 2018? | JohnMcCain (or John SidneyMcCainIII) |
| Callimachus [[kah-lee-MAH-kuss]] died atthisbattlewhilechasingthelosingsideto their ships. One side in this battle failed to get reinforcements due to the Carneia [[kar-NAY-uh]] festival. The winning strategy in this battle was created by Miltiades [[mil-TYE-ah-deez]], who defeated the forces of Darius I. A messenger supposedly ran over twenty miles to report this battle's outcome. For ten points, name this battle of the Greco-Persian Wars that inspired a lengthy footrace. | Battle ofMarathon (or Machē touMarathōnos) |
| Comparing it to the French conquest of Algeria, this act was promoted by Charles Sumner in asenatebill.Inapoliticalcartooncriticizingthisevent,amanmeanttorepresent Andrew Johnson lugs around an iceberg in a wheelbarrow. In an effort to avoid British conquest, Tsar Alexander II sent the diplomat Eduard de Stoeckl [[SHTEH-kul]] to execute this sale. For ten points, name this acquisition of a former Russian colony known to detractors as "Seward's Folly." | U.S.PurchaseofAlaska (accept answers whichreferenceBuyingAlaska) |
| This nation's partisans like the BOPAassistedintheevacuationofthemajorityofits Jewish population to the neutral Kingdom of Sweden. The United States bought the Virgin Islands from this country, and this European nation gave limited autonomy to its colony of Greenland in 1979. Iceland wasoncecontrolledby,fortenpoints,whatScandinaviannation governed from Copenhagen? | Kingdom ofDenmark (or KongerigetDanmark;accept theDanishRealm; or Danmarks Rige) |
| An injury kept this academic from representing the UK at the 1948 Olympics as a marathon runner. A 2017 "Law" named for this scientist provided amnesty to UK men charged under anti-homosexuality legislation.TheBattleoftheAtlanticbegantippinginthe favor of the Allies in large part due to this man cracking the German naval Enigma code. A machine which can replicate any computer algorithm is named for, for ten points, which British computer scientist? | AlanTuring (or Alan MathisonTuring) |
| Future Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin [[meh-NAH-kem BEH-gin]] sent a parcel bomb meant to kill this nation's head of state, instead killing police officer Karl Reichert [["RYE"-kert]]. This state's "EconomicMiracle"wasorchestratedbyLudwigErhard [[EHR-hard]] and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer [[AH-den-ow-uh]]. Fortenpoints,namethis country, sometimes known as the "Bonn Republic," which reunified with an eastern communist neighbor in 1990. | West Germany (orWest Deutschland; acceptFederal Republic of Germany; or Bundesrepublik Deutschland; acceptFRG; orBRD; donot accept or prompt on "Deutschland" or "Germany") |
| This politician hired education reformer John Dewey, who suggested switching his country's alphabet to a Latin script. In 1924, this politician formally abolished the last recognized caliph, Abdulmejid II.Followingthisman'sfailuretogettheLeagueofNationsto annul the Treaty of Sèvres [[SEH-vruh]], this head of the Ankara government launched an invasion of the Greek zone of occupation. The father of modern Turkey was, for ten points, which 20th century politician? | Mustafa KemalAtatürk (or Mustafa KemalPasha;accept Ali Riza ogluMustafa) |
| In an effort to capture bridges along this river, Operation Lumberjackwaslaunched by the 1st Army under Courtney Hodges. The Nazi codename for the Ardennes Counteroffensive was "Operation Watch on [this river]." Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, Napoleon Bonaparte created a "Confederation" of German states named for this river. Much of the Franco-German border is formed by, for ten points, what European river connected via canal to the Danube? | RhineRiver |
| The geology concept known as stratigraphy was applied to this science by Danish antiquarian Christian Jürgensen Thomsen. William Cunnington, a founding father of this science, conducted a series of expeditions to Wiltshire, where he recorded findings in barrows. Notable developmentsinthisscienceincludethediscoveriesofHissarlikinTurkey and Mycenae [[my-SEE-nee]] in Greece by Heinrich Schliemann [[SHLEE-mahn]]. For ten points, name this science which conducts excavations of ancient sites. | Archaeology (acceptArchaeologists; acceptExcavationbefore mentioned; prompt on "Antiquarianism" before "antiquarian") |
| The islandofGotlandinthisseawasthehomeoftheVictual[[VIC-too-all]]Brothers, enemies of the Hanseatic [[HAN-see-at-ik]] League, a trading network of ports around this sea.TheportsofGdańsk[[guh-DANSK]]andStockholmlieonthisbodyofwater,andthecity of Saint Petersburg was created by Peter the Great to ensure Russian accesstothissea.For ten points, name this large sea in northern Europe, namedforanancienttribefromwhatis now Lithuania and Latvia. | BalticSea (acceptOstseeand variations; acceptLäänemeri; acceptItämeri) |
| A bay of the Baltic Sea is a gulf named for this Latvian capital, which lies on the Daugava [[dow-GAH-vah]] River. It was at one time a leading city of the Hanseatic League. | Riga (or Gulf ofRiga; acceptRigo) |
| This general receivedhisnicknameafterservingwiththe10thCavalryoftheBuffalo Soldiers. In one conflict, this man's forces first engaged with the enemy at Cantigny [[kahn-teen-YEE]] and Belleau [["BELLOW"]] Woods. This man commanded the "dough boys" during the Meuse-Argonne [[myuhs-ahr-GOHN]]Offensive,aswellasassistingBritish and French forces in the Hundred Days Offensive. For ten points, name this General of the Armies and leader of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War One. | John "Black Jack"Pershing (or John Joseph"Black Jack"Pershing) |
| What popular 1917 song proclaimed "the Yanks are coming!" and that "we won't come back till" World War One was finished? | "Over There" |
| This man's work as a secretary has led to debate over how much of his personal philosophy went intotheFundamentalConstitutionsofCarolina,whichespousedaristocracy and slavery. One work by this thinker outlines the "State of Nature" and claimsthatsociety was builttoprotectproperty,whichhedefinedas"life,liberty,andestate,"inspiringThomas Jefferson. For ten points, name thisEnglishempiricistand"FatherofLiberalism"whowrote Two Treatises of Government. | JohnLocke |
| Much of Locke'sphilosophyisbuiltonthisconcept,establishedinanamesakebook by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This theory asserts that the public has directly or indirectly consented to give up their personal freedom to an authority in exchangeforprotectionand order. | Social ContractTheory (orTheSocial Contract) |
| A thirty-year clan feud in this state began after Eliza Nichols shot Colonel Charles Jones in the face for maligning her character. Prior to a 1935 assassination, the "Share our Wealth" program was touted by this state's governor, known as the Kingfish. In this state, Andrew Jackson's victory over Edward Pakenham[[PAK-en-am]]inan1815battleoccurred months after the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans occurred in, for ten points, which southern U.S. state? | Louisiana |
| The radio program Amos 'n' Andy inspired the nickname "Kingfish" for which New Orleans governor? A radical populist, he was assassinated by Dr. Carl Weiss in 1935. | HueyLong (or Huey PierceLongJr.) |
| Following this event, Enver Hoxha [[HODJ-uh]] pulled Albania out of the Warsaw Pact. In protest of the end of this event, student Jan Palach [[YAHN pah-LAHK]] set himself on fire in Wenceslas [[WEN-seh-slahss]] Square.Militaryinterventionduringthiseventwas justified by the Brezhnev Doctrine. The reforms of Alexander Dubček [[DOOB-chek]]ledto, for ten points, what 1968 period ofliberalizationthatwascrushedbySovietinterventionin the namesake Czech city? | Prague Spring (acceptPražské Jaro) |
| The events of the Prague Spring mirrored the Soviet suppression of what neighboring country following its Revolution of 1956? | Republic ofHungary (orMagyarország; acceptHungarianPeople's Republic; or MagyarNépköztársaság) |
| During this period, the art of lone storytelling called rakugo grew in popularity as the Chōnin middle class emerged. This period began following a victory by the "Eastern Army" over Toyotomi [[toh-yoh-TOH-mee]] loyalists at the Battle of Sekigahara [[seh-kee-gah-HAH-rah]]. This period's ruling dynasty was weakened when Commodore Matthew Perry forced an end to Sakoku isolation. A clan of Shoguns established by Ieyasu [[ee-eh-YAH-soo]] ruled from modern-day Tokyo in what historical Japanese period? | TokugawaShogunate (orTokugawaBakufu; acceptTokugawaPeriod or Jidai; acceptEdoPeriod or Jidai) |
| Before moving to Edo, the capital was located in this city in the Kansai [[KAN-"SIGH"]] region. This city was made the imperial seat by Emperor Kanmu [[KAN-moo]] in 794. | KyotoCity (orKyōto-shi; acceptHeian-kyo;or Kyō noMiyako; orSaikyo) |
| This man caused a media circus after using "unparliamentary language" in front of his fellow politicians in the "FuddleDuddle"Incident.Whenaskedwhatmeasureshewould take toendtheOctoberCrisis,thispoliticianrespondedbysaying"JustWatchMe."Thisman invoked the only peacetime use of the War MeasuresActduringaterroristcrisisinQuebec. The father of prime minister Justin was, for ten points,whichCanadianleaderduringmuch of the 1970s? | PierreTrudeau (or Joseph PhilippePierreYves ElliottTrudeau) |
| Pierre Trudeau was a member of whatcenter-leftCanadianpoliticalparty,laterled by his son, Justin? | LiberalParty of Canada |
| Don Pellegrini is executed in this city by a Nazi occupation force led by Major Bergmann in a Rossellini film set in this city, which began his"Neo-realistTrilogy."Ayoung Audrey Hepburn appears as Princess Ann in a 1951 film titled for a "Holiday" in this city, visiting sites like the Spanish steps and the Trevi fountain. Ben-Hur's chariot-racing scene occurs in the Colosseum of, for ten points, which Italian capital city? | Rome (acceptRome, Open City; acceptRomanHoliday) |
| Audrey Hepburn's reporter love interest in Roman Holiday, Joe Bradley, was portrayed by this actor, who played Atticus Finch in ToKillaMockingbirdandstarredinthe World War Two adventureThe Guns of Navarone. | GregoryPeck (or Eldred GregoryPeck) |
| Movement in opposition to Catholicism that today includes more than one-third of all Christians. | Protestantism |
| Social cause which aimed to limit the amount of alcohol consumed by the faithful. | TemperanceMovement (orTeetotalism; acceptProhibition) |
| Term for large, often-outdoor sermons meant to inspire the faithful. | Revivals (orRevivalMeeting; accept TentRevivals) |
| John Wesley-founded denomination which became the largest sect in the U.S. | Methodism (orMethodistmovement orMethodistchurch; accept varieties of theMethodistchurch such as UnitedMethodist) |
| Calvinist preacher of the period and father of the author ofUncle Tom's Cabin. | LymanBeecher (do not accept or prompt on"Stowe") |
| "District" of Western New York known for its religious fervor during the period. | Burned-OverDistrict |
| Christian sect who celebrates the Sabbath on Saturday, reflected in its name. | Seventh-DayAdventist (orAdventism) |
| Specific term for preachers like "Black Harry" Hosier who acted as itinerant clergymen during the period. | CircuitRiders |
| Leader of the Nationalist forces that won the war. | FranciscoFranco (or FranciscoFrancoBahamonde) |
| Spanish capital whose fall marked the end of the war. | Madrid |
| Basque city whose bombing inspired a Picasso artwork of the incident. | Guernica |
| "Brigade" named for an U.S. president which supported the Republicans during the war. | AbrahamLincolnBrigade (acceptXV InternationalBrigade) |
| "Legion" sent by Hitler to provide air support to the Falangists [[fah-LAHN-jists]], resulting in bombings throughout Spain. | CondorLegion (or LegionCondor; prompt on"Luftwaffe") |
| U.S. author who based his novelFor Whom the BellTollson his experiences in the war. | ErnestHemingway (or Ernest MillerHemingway) |
| Term for Spanish monarchists who aimed for a Bourbon revival during the war. | Carlist (acceptCarlism; orCarlismo) |
| President of Spain and member of the Republican Left Party whose election triggered the war. | ManuelAzaña (or ManuelAzañaDíaz) |
| Mansawho devalued the price of gold in Cairodue to his generosity. | MansaMusaI |
| Good produced by Mali used to preserve meat, worth its weight in gold. | Salt (orNaCl; orSodium Chloride) |
| Legendarily wealthy metropolis on the Niger [[nee-ZHER]] River annexed into the empire in 1324. | Timbuktu (orTin Buqt) |
| Rival West African empire which eclipsed Mali in importance in the 16th century. | Songhai |
| West African university which was purported to have a larger collection than the Library of Alexandria. | SankoreUniversity (orSankoréMadrasah) |
| Mandinka king who established the Mali Empire. | Sundiata[[soon-JAH-tah]]Keita (accept eitherunderlined portion; be lenient on pronunciation) |
| 14th century Moroccan traveler who detoured hishajjto spend eight months in the Mali Empire. | IbnBattuta |
| Malian storytellers who passed down oral histories and royal epics. | Griots (acceptJali) |
| The RogersCommissionwascreatedtoinvestigatethisincident,whichsawthe deaths of Ronald McNair and Francis R. Scobee, among others. Barbara Morgan was (+) the backup to an intended historical first before thisincident,whichresultedina thirty-two month hiatus for one program.ChristaMcAuliffe,thefaceoftheTeacherin Space Program, died during this Reagan-era (*) incident. Fortenpoints,namethis1986 disaster in which a Space Shuttle disintegrated 73 seconds after launch. | Space ShuttleChallengerDisaster (acceptdescriptive answers involving the Challengerdisaster) |
| This president’s Secretary of the Treasury nominee, Caleb Cushing, was rejected by Congress three times in one day. This man's Secretary of State, Abel P. Upshur, and Navy Secretary, Thomas Walker Gilmer, died in an explosion aboard the USS (+) Princeton. This president opposed Henry Clay’s American System despite running on the Whig ticket. (*) For ten points, name this president dubbed “His Accidency,” who succeeded William Henry Harrison. | JohnTyler |
| The EcclesiasticalOrdinancesofKingCnut[[CAH-noot]]definedcertainlawsso that these "madly audacious" creatures "do not too widely devastate, nor bite too many of the spiritual flock." The geographer Pausanias [[pow-SAY-nee-us]] described how King (+) Lycaon [["lie"-KAY-on]] became oneofthesecreaturesaftersacrificinga child to Zeus. Modern fiction describes these monstersasbeingvulnerabletoobjects cast from (*) silver. For ten points, name these historically-feared creaturesthattransform into dangerous canines during the full moon. | Werewolf (orLycanthrope; prompt on "wolf";prompt on "shapeshifter"; accept plurals) |
| Early attempts tosailthisrouteincludedattemptstofindthemythicalStraitof Anián [[ah-nee-AHN]], which was allegedly traversed by Juan de Fuca. Thisroutewas the intended goal of John (+) Cabot's east-west voyage, as well as Jacques Cartier's expedition into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Robert McClure was the first to sail this ice-bound (*) route from 1850 to 1854. For ten points, name this sea route between that Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that crosses through the Arctic. | Northwest Passage (accept word forms; acceptdescriptive answers before "Atlantic") |
| A ruler of this empire produced the Kandahar [[KAN-dah-har]] Inscription, written in Aramaic and Greek, to encourage foreigners toadopt"Dharma."SeleucusI Nicator [[seh-LOO-kas "the first" neh-KAY-tor]] sent the diplomat (+) Megasthenes [[meh-GAS-theh-nees]] to this empire's court, resulting in the ethnography Indika. Much of the Deccan Plateau region was conquered and held by this empire's ruler Bindusara. The Buddhist convert (*) Ashoka ruled, for ten points, what ancient Indian empire founded by Chandragupta [[chahn-drah-GOOP-tah]]? | Mauryan Empire (or theMauryans; acceptMuriyaKala) |
| A fake story suggested Ronald Reagan was intended to play the lead in this historical fiction movie. This film was released early to capitalize on free press from Operation (+) Torch, the allied invasion of North Africa. This movie ends with Louis suggesting he join the Free French with Rick Blaine, who states, "I think this is the beginning of a (*) beautiful friendship." For ten points, what Humphrey Bogart andIngrid Bergman Best Picture winner is named for a Moroccan city? | Casablanca |
| This man lost a Connecticut congressional run to his cousin and future chairman of the DNC, William Henry. This man purported that a former enslaved person named Joice Heth was, in fact, the 161 year old nurse (+) of George Washington. This man, who unveiled the first aquarium in the U.S., hiredperformers (*) such as the dwarf Tom Thumb andtheoperaticsingerJennyLind.JamesAnthonyBailey paired with, for ten points, which showman to create a namesake 20th century circus? | P.T.Barnum (or Phineas TaylorBarnum; acceptRingling Brothers &Barnum and Bailey Circus) |
| This man's death by road accident in the Dorset countryside in 1935 led neurosurgeon Hugh Cairns todevelopthemotorcyclehelmet.Thisintelligenceofficer proved vital in the capture of Aqaba [[AH-kah-bah]] (+) by allied Hejazi [[heh-JAH-zee]] forces. This man's autobiography, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, concerns his involvement in the Arab Revolt. (*) For ten points, name this British officer whose efforts in World War One inspired a film starring Peter O'Toole. | Lawrenceof Arabia (or T (homas) E (dward)Lawrence) |
| The prevalenceofthesepeopleledthecitizensofSarawaktocrownthe"White Rajah" James Brooke after he agreed to drive them out of the nation. Until their decline after the Treaty of Gyehae [["guy"-HAY]], a group of these people called the Wokou (+) plagued the Ming Dynasty. Julius Caesar was captured and ransomed by Cilician [[sih-LIH-shun]] men in this profession, whom he later crucified for their crimes. (*) For ten points, name this profession characterizedbyrobberyandextortionvia ship. | Pirates (acceptPrivateers; orBuccaneers) |
| Which bill, also known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, allowed World War Two veterans to attend higher education upon returning to the U.S.? | G.I.Bill (acceptServicemen's ReadjustmentActof 1944 |
| Like the Ancient Egyptians, this civilization depicted womenaswhite-skinned and men as red. This civilization's deities were primarily female, such as a snake goddess, and its people honoredthemthroughthedisplayofdouble-headedaxesand the sport of (+) bull leaping. Arthur Evans was thefirsttodistinguishthiscivilization from the later Myceneans [[MY-seh-NEE-ens]], although he was unable to (*)decipher its "linear" script. For ten points, name this proto-Greek civilization of Crete. | Minoans (prompt on "Proto-Greek" before mentioned) |
| Which Mesoamerican people built colossal stone heads and originated the ritualistic "ball game"? | Olmecs |