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| This man was kidnapped by Thomas Hunt, who later sold himtolocalmonksinthe city of Málaga. Following that sale, this man travelled to North America, where hepiloteda ship of settlers around Cape Cod to locate food,asorderedbyWilliamBradford.Dyingafter contracting what was called “Indian fever,” for the point, who was this Native American known for acting as a liaison between the Patuxet [[pah-TUK-set]] tribe and the Pilgrims? | Squanto (acceptTisquantum) |
| A former slave in this position was killed by being thrown down steps by his son-in-law and run over in a chariot by his daughter. Using the ruse of festival games, a holder of this position committed the abduction of the Sabine [[SAY-been]] women to populate his city. The Cult of Mars and the Vestal Virgins were established by the second holder of this position, Numa Pompilius. Tarquin [[TAR-kwin]] the Proud was the last person to hold, for the point, what regal position legendarily established by Romulus? | KingofRome (acceptRoman King; orRex Romae;accept words "Ruler" or "Monarch" in place ofKing) |
| Operation Hectic was an SAS plot to assassinate this man and hisaidesbytargeting their electoral headquarters with T-55 tank fire. This self-identified Marxist, who was replaced in a 2017 coup by Emmerson Mnangagwa [[mah-nahn-GAW-gwah]], signed the Lancaster House Agreement, toppling whites-onlyruleinRhodesia.Forthepoint,namethis leader of the ZANU-Patriotic Front and long-time president of Zimbabwe. | RobertMugabe[[moo-GAH-beh]] (or Robert GabrielMugabe) |
| This man's forces fought the Ragamuffin War, a rebellion started by nomadic cowhands known as gauchos. This rulerdeployedtheMarquisofErvaltorebuffParaguayan president Francisco Solano Lopez's invasion during the War of the Triple Alliance. This man's daughter, Isabel,passedtheGoldenLaw,emancipatingalltheenslavedpeopleintheir nation in 1888. The final Emperor of Brazil was, for the point, which member of theHouse of Braganza, known as "The Magnanimous"? | DomPedro II (prompt on “Pedro”) |
| The founding of this empire coincided with the destruction of the Lodi [[LOW-die]] Dynasty following the First Battle of Panipat [[PAN-ee-pat]]. Along the Yamunariver,oneof this empire'srulersorderedtheconstructionoftheasymmetricalRedForttocommemorate the move of its capital from Agra to Delhi. This empire's rulers include the expansionist Aurangzeb [[ow-RAHNG-zeb]] and its founder, Babur the Tiger. Akbar the Great ruled, for the point, what Islamic empire of the Indian sub-continent? | MughalEmpire (or Hind-eMoǧulān; accept theMughals) |
| A six-month-long occupation of this city began after several of Admiral Mayo's sailors were detained here, leading to the 1914 Tampico Affair.WinfieldScottandMatthew Perry organized the U.S. military's first large-scale amphibious assault inhistorytocapture this port en route to Mexico City. For the point, name this Gulf of Mexico portcity,atwhich Hernán Cortés first landed before conquering the Aztec Empire. | Veracruz (accept HeroicaVeracruzor PuertodeVeracruz) |
| This political agreement was strengthened following Count Bernhard von Bülow [[BYOO-"low"]] threatening war over supremacy in Morocco. Foreign Secretary Lord Lansdowne ended Britain's era of "Splendid Isolation" by entering into this agreement in 1904. Support for Serbia pulled this alliance into a continental war following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo [[SAH-rah-YAY-voh]]. The Central Powers fought World War One against, for the point, what political alliance of the UK, France, and Russia? | TripleEntente (acceptEntenteCordiale [note:the "Triple Entente" was built on the earlier "Entente Cordiale"]) |
| ThismanwasforcedtoresignaschamberlainforthekingofPrussiaafterpublishing "Diatribe of Doctor Akakia [[ah-kah-KYAH]]," criticizing Pierre Louis Maupertuis [[moh-pehr-TWEE]]. This thinker stated the Holy Roman Empire was "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire." This man satirized Gottfried Leibnitz [[LIBE-nitz]] through his character of Pangloss in a novellasubtitledOptimism.ThecharacterCandide[[kahn-DEED]] was created by, for the point, which French Enlightenment author? | Voltaire (accept François-MarieArouet) |
| A treaty negotiated by this man and Diego de Gardoqui [[gahr-DOH-kee]], which aimed to open Spanish New World ports to U.S. trade, was never ratified due to opposition by a Madison-Monroe coalition. A withdrawal of British forces from forts in the Northwest Territories and a "most favored nation"tradingstatuswasacquiredbya1795treatynamed for this diplomat. The first Supreme Court Chief Justice was, for the point, whichFederalist from New York? | JohnJay (acceptJay's Treaty) |
| Al-Masudi, author ofTheMeadowsofGold,wasknownas"[thisperson]oftheArabic language." Boeotian [[bee-OH-shun]] native Plutarch calledthisman'swritings"calumnious fictions." This man, who wrote in an Ionic dialect, finished an early historiographywiththe Battle of Mycale [[mih-KUH-lee]] in Book IX [[NINE]] of one work, dubbed "Calliope [[kah-LIE-oh-pee]]." The "Father of History" was, for the point, which Ancient Greek who detailed the Persian Wars? | Herodotus[[heh-RAH-doh-tuss]] |
| This European man's namesake law code credits his ancestors, King Ina and King Offa, as being the first Brittonic men to be baptized.Thismansupposedlydressedasabard to sneak into the city of Chippenham to gain intel prior to the BattleofEdington.Thisman, whose grandson Aethelstan united England, defeated the "Great Heathen Army" of the Viking leader Guthrum. For the point, name this "Great" king of Wessex and the Anglo-Saxons. | Alfredthe Great |
| After this artist designed an ashtray for Air India, they gifted him a baby elephant which was delivered to Cadaqués [[kah-dah-KESS]].Thismonarchistwasgiventhetitle"1st Marquess of Púbol [[POO-bohl]]" following a visit from King Juan Carlos I. This artist was expelled by the leftist André Breton [[breh-TOHN]] and his fellow surrealists for his ardent support of the Franco regime. The PersistenceofMemorywaspaintedby,forthepoint,what eccentric Catalonian artist? | SalvadorDalí (or Salvador Domingo FelipeJacintoDalíi Domènech) |
| With his Wendat allies, this military leader defeated the Iroquois at the Battle of Sorel during the Beaver Wars.ThiscaptainoftheDondeDieu[[dohn-duh-DYUH]]improved on a map of the St. Lawrence RiverfirstchartedbyJacquesCartier[[kar-TYEH]].Duringthe regency of Louis XIII [["the thirteenth]], CardinalRichelieu[[reesh-LOO]]declaredthisman "Governor of New France." The founder of Quebec City was, for the point, which French explorer, who names a lake shared between Vermont and New York? | Samuel deChamplain |
| In this war, the traitorous city of Capua [[KAP-yoo-uh]] was made ager publicus [[AH-ger POO-blih-kuss]], losing its civic rights. Quintus Fabius Maximus implemented his namesake delaying "Strategy" following this war's disastrous Battle of Cannae[[KAN-nee]], the bloodiest in the Republic's history. Losing this war's Battle of the Great Plains led Hannibal to abandon his Italian campaign to return to North Africa. Scipio [[SKIP-ee-oh]] Africanus's victory at Zama effectively ended, for the point, what Roman-Carthaginian War? | SecondPunicWar |
| In this nation, a performance of the patriotic opera The Mute Girl of Portici [[por-TEE-chee]] led to riots outside the Royal Theatre of the Mint.Thiskingdomenlisteda gendarme [[zhahn-DAHRM]] known as the Force Publique [[poo-BLEEK]] to manage their Central African colonies. The Schlieffen [[SHLEE-fen]] Plan aimed to rapidly knock France out of the Great War by invading this smaller nation. Leopold II ruled, for the point, what European kingdom made up of Flanders and Wallonia? | Kingdom ofBelgium (accept KoninkrijkBelgië;KönigreichBelgien; or Royaume deBelgique) |
| The book Team of Rivals opens in the midst of this election year. The short-lived Constitutional Union party ran its first and only presidential candidate, Tennessee senator John Bell, during this election cycle. The Democrats split into two distinct Northern and Southern factions during this election, with one side running Stephen A. Douglas and the other John Breckinridge. For the point, name this electoral cycle which preceded the Civil War, ending in a victory for Abraham Lincoln. | Election of1860 |
| During this war, the Count of Cavour sent a 15,000 man Sardinian expeditionary force, which proved critical during its Siege ofSevastopol[[seh-VASS-toh-pohl]].TheEarlof Cardigan led the ill-fated "Charge of the Light Brigade" during this war'sBattleofBalaclava [[bah-lah-KLAH-vah]]. Florence Nightingale gained prominence during this conflict. Forthe point, what war, fought primarily on a namesake peninsula, halted Russian imperial expansion into the Black Sea? | Crimean War (accept Guerre deCrimée;Krymskayavoyna; orVostochnaya voyna) |
| The first opera commissioned in thisnation'slanguage,titledÖzsoy[[UHZ-soy]],isa retelling of a story from theShahnemah.ArulerfromwhatistodaythisnationnamedSelim III hosted operatic performances in the Topkapi Palace. In this modern nation, Pedrillo [[peh-DREE-yoh]] aims to rescue his lover Konstanze from the harem of Osmin inaMozart work. Janissary music inspired Abduction from theSeraglio[[seh-RAH-lyoh]],asingspielset in what is today, for the point, what Middle Eastern nation? | Republic ofTurkey (orTurkiyeCumhuriyeti;acceptOttomanEmpire) |
| This U.S. president was one of two, along with Andrew Jackson, to win the popular vote three times despite serving only two terms. This president was aided by the Mugwumps, who disapproved of his first Republican opponent, James Blaine. This president's term saw the Panic of 1893 andriseofWilliamJenningsBryanshortlyafterthis man defeated Benjamin Harrison in a rematch. For the point, who was the only U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms? | GroverCleveland (or Stephen GroverCleveland) |
| According to Francis Fukuyama's The End of History and the Last Man, this event represented the conclusion of the last challenge to liberal democracy as an ideology. Four months prior to this event, the Gang of Eight perpetrated the August Coup, though it was stopped by pro-Yeltsin forces. The reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev failed to prevent this political event. For the point, name this disintegration of a Communist nation into constituent countries like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Russia. | Dissolutionof theUSSR (acceptFallof theUSSRor other word forms which indicate the "Soviet Union broke-up"; acceptSovietUnionorCCCPfor "USSR"; do not accept or prompt on mentions of "Russia") |
| Following various lawsuits,thisorganizationcommittedOperationFreak-Out,which aimed to have reporter Paulette Cooper imprisoned. This organization infiltratedtheIRSto purgeinformationontheirfounderinOperationSnowWhite.ThisfaithbelievestheGalactic Dictator Xenu [[ZEE-noo]] brought humans to Earth75millionyearsago.Since1987,David Miscavige [[mis-KAV-idge]] has led, for the point, what "Church" founded by L. Ron Hubbard? | Church ofScientology (acceptScientologists) |
| During this battle, a kamikaze squadron sank the carrier USS BismarckSea.Priorto this battle, Chester Nimitz claimed the Japanese would surrender the targeted island without a fight. Joe Rosenthal shot a partially-staged raising of the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi [[soo-rih-BAH-chee]] during this battle. OneofthelastmajorbattlesofthePacific Theatre was, for the point, what engagement on the namesake volcanic Japanese island? | Battle ofIwo Jima |
| A scandal concerning this energy source was caused by the Virgil C. Summer expansion project in South Carolina, nearly bankrupting Westinghouse. Planning to exclusively use this energy source, Project Independence was a Nixon-era initiative to abandon the need for foreign oil by the year 1980. A radiation leak nearly led to a total meltdown at Three Mile Island, a plant utilizing, for the point, what energy source created through fission? | NuclearEnergy (acceptNukeGate Scandal; accept"Power" in place of "Energy" and "Atomic" in place of "Nuclear") |
| In one speech, Abraham Lincoln stated "give me one of [these taxes] and America will have the greatest nation on Earth." The effects of the Great Depression wereworsened by one of these taxes passed by the Smoot-Hawley Act. The Nullification Crisis and the resignation of Vice President Calhoun occurred after oneof[thesetaxes]"ofAbominations" was passed in 1830. For the point, name these protective economic barriers passed to protect domestic industry. | Tariffs (accept ProtectiveTariff; acceptSmoot-HawleyTariff; acceptTariffof Abominations) |
| While tramping around this city, Ignatius Reilly bemoans society's loss of Platonic values like geometry in A Confederacy of Dunces. The Creole-descended Edna Pontellier [[pohn-tel-YEH]], an unhappy resident of this city, drowns herself in the Gulf of Mexico during The Awakening. Blanche Dubois [[doo-BWAH]] inAStreetcarNamedDesiremovesto the French Quarter in, for the point, what Southern U.S. city? | New Orleans (accept LaNouvelle-Orléans) |
| This foodstuff is the most commonly used ingredient in a Caelius Apicius [[KAY-lee-us ah-"PICK"-ee-us]] manual, De re culinaria [[deh-reh-koo-lih-NAH-ree-ah]]. In medieval Nuremburg, this food's quality was regulated by its office of Wurstlein [[VURST-"lean"]]. In Maccabees, Jewish citizens openly refusing to eat this un-kosher food led to Antiochus [[an-TIE-oh-kuss]] IV's army attempting to kill them. For the point, name this meat forbidden in Islam, a food derived from swine. | Pork (orHam; accept synonymous answers involvingfood derived the meat of pigs) |
| Emperor Ferdinand I committed the "Blood Judgement" of this city to gain political controlofit.NearKahlenbergMountain,JanSobieski[[YAHNsoh-BYEH-skee]]ledthePolish Hussars to break a1683Ottomansiegeofthiscity.FollowingtheNapoleonicWars,Klemens von Metternich organized a "Congress" in this city, which aimed to endallcontinentalwars by balancing the great powers of Europe. The Habsburgs ruled the Austrian Empire from, for the point, what city? | Vienna (orWien) |
| A remote lake in this range named the Roopkund is known for its high count of skeletons from far off lands like the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Allied Pilots called the eastern end of this range "The Hump" due to its relative difficulty to cross while airlifting supplies to Republican China. Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summited this range's highest peak in the 1950s. For the point, name this range which forms the boundary of Tibet and Nepal, the home range of Mount Everest. | Himalayas (acceptHimalayans; orHimalayanMountains; accept GaneshHimal Range) |
| The Conway Cabal collapsed after a visit to this site by delegates of the Continental Congress. Waterproof barrels prepared at this site were floated down theDelawareriverin an attempt todestroyBritishsloopsinthe"BattleoftheKegs."Teachingsoldiersproperline formation and bayonet use, Friedrich von Steuben [[SHTOY-ben]] was elevated to drillmaster at this site. For the point, name this Pennsylvania winter encampment of 1777-1778 for Washington's Continental Army. | Valley Forge |
| In this nation, "The Scream of La Villa de Los Santos" began a major independence movement. The USS Nashville assisted thisnation'ssoldiersstationedinColoninrepellinga Colombian invasion. During Operation Just Cause, the U.S. invaded this nation to depose de facto leader Manuel Noriega in 1989. For the point, name this Central American nation which contains a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. | Republic ofPanama (or Republica dePanama) |
| One pseudo-scientific method that claims to be able to cure this condition includes high dosesofvitaminCand"orthomolecularsupport,"knownasCEASEtherapy.LeoKanner first gave this term its modern usage and proposed the "refrigeratormother"theory,which has since been discarded. For the point, name this spectrum disorder characterized by difficulties in communication and social interaction. | Autismspectrum disorder (acceptASD; acceptAutistic; prompt on "Asperger ('s)" before "Kanner") |
| In 2012, nearly half the Honduran farmers of this good lost their yield due to a namesake "Rust." A religious form of this drink known as kishir was usedbySufiDervishes to present to guests as they entered the home. Turks leaving leftover sacks of this good during the 1683 Siege of Vienna led to the construction of the first European house dedicated to this drink. The Ethiopian kingdom of Kaffa may have inspired thenameof,for the point, what beans that are brewed into a caffeinated beverage? | Coffee (orCoffeebeans; acceptCoffeeleafrust) |
| Following attacks on teachers for enforcing this policy in Travis County, Tom Leonard described the incidents as "a few sad moments." In late August 2021, Oregon re-imposed this policy for outdoor activities. In Texas, executive order 35A prevented any city or county from enacting this policy. In Florida, public schools withthispolicyhadtheir state funding frozen. For the point, name this COVID-19 pandemic policy that requires people to wear a covering over the face. | Mask Mandates (accept any answer indicatingbeing required to wear a facemask) |
| Herman Sörgel [[SUHR-gul]] devised the Panropa plan to increase usable land around this body by strategically building hydroelectric dams. Glass ingots and Pistacia [[pih-STAY-shuh]] resin were found in the Uluburun shipwreck in this sea off the coast of Bodrum. The development of the 50-rower penteconter vessel facilitated maritime trade across the eastern portion of this sea. For the point, name this European sea which was known asMare Nostrum[[MAH-reh NOH-stroom]] to theRomans. | MediterraneanSea (prompt on smaller bodieswithin the Mediterranean like the "Aegean Sea") |
| A cabal of politicians and distillers working within this man's administration were revealed by Benjamin Bristow to be avoiding state taxes. The New York Sun reported how Republicans close to this president were getting kickbacks from a fake railroad company, which greatly inflated its own costs. The Credit Mobilier [[moh-beel-YEH]] Scandal and the Whiskey Ring affected, for the point, the administration of whichformerUniongeneraland U.S. president? | Ulysses S.Grant (accept Hiram UlyssesGrant) |
| Two inmates named Vrba and Wentzler name a report outlining the layout of this site, convincing Miklós [[MEE-klohsh]] Horthy to halt his deportationedict.Theheadofthe Theresienstadt [[teh-RAY-zyen-SHTAHT]] orchestra, Pavel Haas, was sent to this place in 1944. A sign at this complex claimed "work sets you free," and this camp included the gas chambers at Birkenau. For the point, name this Nazi death camp in modern Poland, the deadliest of World War Two. | AuschwitzConcentration Camp (or KonzentrationslagerAuschwitz; accept Auschwitz-Birkenau) |