| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ruling in this case was criticized by Benjamin Curtis for striking down the Missouri Compromise. A certain race was claimed to have “no rights the white man was bound to respect” by Roger Taney [TAW-nee] during this case. The plainti↵ of this case claimed he was no longer a slave after spending time in Wisconsin. For the point, name this Supreme Court case that ruled that African-Americans could not be citizens. | Dred Scott v. Sandford |
| This man worked with Adalbert Falk to pass the May Laws which limited the power of the Catholic Church as part of the Kulturkampf. Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by this man’s country after he successfully orchestrated an 1870 war with France. This man declared “the great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches...” but by “iron and blood.” For the point, name this Prussian statesman who unified Germany. | Otto von Bismarck |
| This organization included a group labeled “The Beatles” which included Jihadi John. Archaeological sites at Hatra and Palmyra were destroyed by this organization during a retreat from government forces. This terrorist group’s variation of the Black Standard shows the seal of Mohammad below the words “There is no god but Allah.” For the point, name this terrorist group that, in 2014, captured Mosul and much of Western Iraq. | ISIS (accept ISIL; accept Daesh; accept Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; accept Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) |
| While Governor of Massachusetts, this man gained national recognition for his response to the 1919 Boston Police Strike. This man allegedly told a woman “you lose” after she made a bet to get him to say more than two words, a tale reflecting his quiet nature. This man succeeded the scandal-plagued Warren Harding. For the point, name this 30th President of the United States, a man labeled “Silent Cal.” | Calvin Coolidge |
| This man threw an Austrian flag into the moat of Acre, prompting Leopold V to kidnap and ransom this man as he traveled through Vienna. This man secured the right of Christian pilgrims to enter Jerusalem after signing a peace treaty with Saladin. John I ruled for this man while he fought the Third Crusade. For the point, name this king of England known as the Lionheart. | Richard I (accept Richard the Lionhearted; accept Richard Coeur de Lion; accept Richard alone after Lionheart is read; prompt on Richard before Lionheart is read)) |
| After a character in this novel is fired from her job, she stops trying to woo the violinist Tamoszius [tam-osh-ee-us]. This novel’s protagonist converts to socialism after seeing Antanas drown in a mud puddle. This novel’s protagonist, Jurgis Rudkus, moves to Packingtown from Lithuania, but only finds work in unkempt factories whose depiction enraged readers. For the point, name this novel that exposed Chicago’s meatpacking industry, written by Upton Sinclair. | The Jungle |
| In this country, Ramiro I was killed by Muslim troops led by El Cid at the Battle of Graus. The fortress of Alhambra was constructed in this country’s city of Granada and used as the last stronghold of the Moors. Jews who refused to convert to Christianity were forced to leave Castille and Aragon during one event in this country. For the point, name this country where the Reconquista took place under Ferdinand and Isabella. | Spain |
| Despite being ordered to stop by Herbert Hoover, this man pursued the Bonus Army across the Anacostia River. This man was removed from one post by Harry Truman which, while o cially due to commenting on Presidential Policy, was likely caused by his desire to use nuclear bombs on China in the Korean War. Allied forces in the Pacific were led by, for the point, what general known for his corncob pipe? | Douglas MacArthur |
| An ancient city in what is now this country was built in the shape of a puma and was ruled by men like Pachacuti, for whom the site of Machu Picchu was built. The Nazca Lines were made in this country’s desert. Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire in what is now, for the point, what South American country on the Pacific coast with capital Lima? | Peru |
| For his failure to properly oversee a government agency meant to assist these people, Eric Shinseki resigned his post in May 2014. In 1989, a department concerned with the “A↵airs” of these people was elevated to Cabinet status. The GI Bill provided education and other benefits to, for the point, what class of people who have served in, for example, the US Army or Navy? | veterans of the US military (until “US Army” is read, accept descriptions of members of the US military or of any specific branch of the military) |
| This person worked alongside Roger Penrose to apply Penrose’s work on singularities to the primordial universe. In 2005, he authored an easier and “Briefer” version of his most famous book. This man died on the anniversary of Einstein’s birth after battling ALS for 50 years. For the point, name this physicist, the namesake of a radiation emitted by black holes and the author of A Brief History of Time. | Stephen Hawking |
| This structure was constructed during Operation Rose which secretly started at 1 AM. During one incident, Soviet and American tanks faced o↵ at this structure’s Checkpoint Charlie. This structure was the subject of a speech by John F. Kennedy in which he confidently declared “Ich bin ein Berliner!” Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down”, for the point, what wall that divided a German city? | Berlin Wall (accept Berliner Mauer) |
| This man demanded the French recall Edmond Genet after Genet attempted to raise an army to attack the Spanish. This politician decried the danger of factionalism in his Farewell Address which also warned against entangling alliances. The tradition of the two-term Presidency was established by this man after he was succeeded by John Adams. For the point, name this First President of the United States. | George Washington |
| This waterway was constructed after the Culebra Cut was detonated with 27,000 tons of dynamite. This waterway was the subject of the Torrijos-Carter treaties, in which the United States agreed to return it. Theodore Roosevelt ordered the construction of this waterway in order to connect the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean. For the point, identify this waterway cuts through a namesake Isthmus in Central America. | Panama Canal |
| One of this man’s early Presidential acts was signing the Family and Medical Leave Act. This five-term governor of Arkansas won two Presidential elections with less than 50% of the popular vote due to competition by third-party candidate Ross Perot. George H.W. Bush was defeated by this Democrat in 1992. Al Gore was the Vice President for, for the point, what 42nd President of the United States. | William Je↵erson “Bill” Clinton |
| During this event, Herbert Reiner Jr. grasped a man by his shoulders on the steps of the Birla House. The perpetrator of this event shoved a girl to the ground after she chastised him by saying “Bapu is already 10 minutes late.” In the aftermath of this event, Jawaharal Nehru declared “the light has gone out of our lives.” For the point, name this event in which Nathuram Godse killed an Indian independence advocate. | assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (accept assassination of Mohandas Gandhi; prompt on the assassination of Gandhi) |
| This man died in 1937 at The Casements, his Florida mansion. This man’s shenanigans with the South Improvement Company were detailed by McClure’s ,agazine, which published Ida Tarbell’s expos´e into this man’s business practices. For the point, name this robber baron, an American businessman who became the richest man of the 20th century by leading the Standard Oil Company. | John D. Rockefeller |
| One of this composer’s operas begins with 136 measures of a four-minute long E-flat major drone. Waltraute begs Brunnhilde to return the title object of one of this man’s operas. This composer of “Ride of the Valkyries” depicted the burning of Valhalla in the last of a cycle of four operas. Nazi Germany promoted the music of, for the point, what composer of the Ring Cycle? | Wilhelm Richard Wagner |
| This battle’s first cannon shot allegedly struck a table where o cers were eating. The losing side in this battle attempted to withdraw to Gloucester Point and defended Redoubts No 9 and 10. The colonists were aided by Comte de Rochambeau in surrounding British posts in this battle. For the point, identify this battle where Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington. | Yorktown |
| This city was the location of the House of the Vestal Virgins which was located on the edge of its Forum Magnum. On the orders of Hadrian, the Pantheon was built in this city in 126 AD. Emperor Vespasian commissioned a building in this city that hosted thousands of fights between gladiators. The Colosseum is located in, for the point, what Italian city, the capital of an empire led by men like Nero? | Rome |
| This leader co-founded the militant group Umkhonto we Sizwe in response to the Sharpeville Massacre. This man declared “I am prepared to die” during the Rivonia Trial, after which he was imprisoned on Robben Island. With F. W. de Klerk, this man earned the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for dismantling the system of apartheid in his country. For the point, name this first black President of South Africa. | Nelson Mandela |
| Individuals seeking this good created massive population booms in Skagway and Dawson City, with Dawson City reaching over 40,000 inhabitants. James W. Marshall’s discovery of this good at Sutter’s Mill set o↵ a mass migration whose members became known as the Forty-Niners. For the point, name this precious metal that sparked namesake rushes in the Klondike and California. | gold |
| This man purged his enemies during the Doctors’ Plot having earlier appointed Lavrenti Beria as head of the NKVD. This man’s cult of personality was criticized by his successor, Nikita Khrushchev. At Yalta, this man met with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to discuss the future of a defeated Nazi Germany. For the point, name this leader of the Soviet Union during World War II. | Joseph Stalin (accept Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili) |
| When this creature’s feet touched the ground, they created the Hippocrene Springs on Mt. Helicon. Chrysaor and this creature were born when Perseus decapitated Medusa. While carrying Bellerophon, this creature was attacked by a gadfly, causing Bellerophon to fall; Bellerophon had earlier tamed this creature and rode him to slay the Chimera. For the point, name this winged horse from Greek mythology. | Pegasus (or Pegasos) |
| Before being overtaken by the Ei↵el Tower in 1889, an aluminum topped monument in this city was the tallest structure in the world. Pierre L’Enfant designed the street plan of this city. Dolly Madison legendarily saved a portrait of George Washington during one attack on this city. In 1814 the British burned, for the point, what home of the White House, the capital of the United States? | Washington, D.C. (accept District of Columbia) |
| As part of this program, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Cha↵ee were killed in a command module fire during a test later labeled its first mission. The photograph Earthrise was taken by Bill Anders during the eighth mission of this program. The Saturn V rocket was developed for this program whose last mission launched in 1972. For the point, name this NASA program that landed Americans on the moon. | Apollo program |
| This country’s longtime interior minister, Habib el-Adly, was initially sentenced to death for corruption and anti-protester behavior during one event. el-Adly served under Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted as this country’s president in favor of Mohamed Morsi. For the point, name this country where hundreds of thousands of people took place in Arab Spring protests in its capital city, Cairo. | Egypt |
| This speech, which describes a “sweltering summer” of “legitimate discontent,” gained its name from a section that was partially improvised after Mahalia Jackson shouted “Tell them [...] !” The spiritual refrain “Free at last!” ends this speech, which includes a hope for the speaker’s “four little children.” For the point, name this speech given in 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King. | I Have a Dream speech |
| Near the end of this dynasty, Dong Zhou seized control of Luoyang prompting a coalition led by men such as Cao Cao [Tsao-Tsao]. The Yellow Turban Rebellion helped lead to the downfall of this dynasty which was succeeded by a Period of strife called the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Bang founded this dynasty after the downfall of the Qin. For the point, name this Chinese dynasty that cultivated the Silk Road. | Han dynasty |
| This soldier successfully predicted the result of the Battle of Rouvray. Phillip the Good captured this woman who was burnt at the stake by Pierre Cauchon for cross-dressing. This woman was inspired by a vision of Saint Michael to save Orleans from an invading English army. For the point, name this “maid” who fought for France in the Hundred Years’ War. | Joan of Arc (accept Jeanne d’Arc; accept The Maid of Orleans; prompt on partial answers) Extra Tossups |
| Two of this man’s Presidential campaigns were managed by Mark Hanna. In the Election of 1900, this man used a Canton-based front porch campaign to beat Democrat William Jennings Bryan. After an incident at the Temple of Music in Bu↵alo, this man was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt. This man was assassinated by Leon Czolgosh [chol-gosh] at the Pan-American Exposition. For the point, name this 25th President of the United States. | William McKinley |
| Ernest Doudard de Lagree and Francis Garnier led an 1866 expedition exploring this river. This river is the site of floating lights known as “naga fireballs”, which are said to be produced by the Phaya Nak. The Ruak River meets this river at the Golden Triangle. During floods, this river flows in reverse direction into the Lake Tonle Sap. This river runs from the Tibetan Plateau past Cambodia and Laos. For the point, identify this river that runs through Southeast Asia. | Mekong River |