| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This structure was the subject of a myth by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier who believed a black version was built across the Yamuna river. For this structure, edits were made to the Mehtab Bagh which was originally built by Babur. The land for this structure was owned by Maharaja Jai Singh who traded it for a palace in nearby Agra. Mumtaz was the dedicatee of, for the point, what mausoleum in Uttar Pradesh constructed by Shah Jahan? | Taj Mahal |
| This man claimed that Thaddeus Stevens was planning to assassinate him in an address meant to honor George Washington. The Tenure of Office Act was violated by this man who attempted to remove Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. During this man’s administration, Alaska was acquired by his secretary of state William Seward. For the point, name this President, the first to be impeached, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln. | Andrew Johnson |
| This policy was implemented after Herbert Hoover noted it was impossible to create a “pastoral state” under the competing Morgenthau blueprint. Joseph Stalin forbade Warsaw Pact nations from adopting this policy instead creating a competing one designed by Molotov. Harry Truman’s secretary of state formulated, for the point, what plan to rebuild postwar Europe through financial aid? | Marshall Plan |
| This man started the Livonian War, the stress from which may have caused him to order the massacre of Novgorod in a paranoid frenzy. A secret police created by this man was symbolized by a dog’s head and a broom, the Oprichniki. This man may have blinded the architect of St. Basil’s Cathedral so that he could not create something so beautiful again. The conquest of Siberia was started by, for the point, what “terrible” Tsar of Russia? | Ivan IV Vasilyevich (accept Ivan the Terrible; accept Ivan the Fearsome; accept Ivan the Formidable) |
| This work argues that priests and poets have become paid laborers after noting that “the history of all [...] societies is the history of class struggles.” This work opens by calling its title movement a “spectre” that “is haunting Europe,” and it ends with the call “Workers of the world, unite!” For the point, name this 1848 work by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that explains the aims of communism. | The Communist Manifesto |
| This man was supported by advertisements declaring “There’s a bear in the woods” and “it’s’ morning again in America”. The Soviet Union was labeled an “evil empire” by this man who took a hardline stance against the spread of communism. In a speech given in Berlin, this man noted “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” For the point, name this former Hollywood star who was elected president in 1980. | Ronald Reagan |
| This artist was cared for by Dr. Paul Gachet [gah-shay], whose portrait he painted in Auvers [oh-vair]. An 1889 self-portrait by this artist shows him wearing a green coat, black fur cap, and a bandage over the right side of his head. The view of Saint-R´emy-de-Provence from this man’s asylum window inspired a painting of a swirling sky. For the point, name this Dutch artist of Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Starry Night. | Vincent Van Gogh |
| This man defeated King Porus at the battle of the Hydaspes River. After his death, this ruler’s territory was divided by the diadochi [dee-AH-doh-kee],which resulted in the creation of Ptolemaic Egypt. This general won the battles of Issus and Gaugamela in a campaign that culminated in conquering Darius III’s Persian Empire. For the point, name this son of Philip II, a great Macedonian conqueror. | Alexander the Great or Alexander III; prompt partial |
| This speech concludes by describing a day when all men could join hands to sing “Free at Last.” The hope that sons of former slaves and slave-owners would be able to sit “at a table of brotherhood” is expressed in this speech, whose speaker hopes that his children be judged by the “content of their character,” not the color of their skin. For the point, name this 1963 speech given by Martin Luther King. | I Have a Dream speech (prompt on descriptions of Martin Luther King’s speech at the March on Washington (for Jobs and Freedom)) |
| This event’s 1972 iteration was overshadowed by the death of the Israeli delegation at the hands of Black September. John Carlos and Tommie Smith gave human rights salutes at one of these events in Mexico City. Paris hosted the first modern one of these events outside of their traditional home in Greece. For the point, name this global athletic competition whose summer variety occurs every four years. | Summer Olympic Games |
| This country’s portion of the Protestant Reformation was led by Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin. This country was able to maintain its neutrality in European conflicts due to other countries’ reliance on their mercenaries. Starting in 1891, soldiers from this country used a multi-tooled knife manufactured by Victorinox. Cantons comprise, for the point, what Confederation led from Bern? | Switzerland |
| This man expelled Jews from his military jurisdiction with General Order No. 11. Orville Babcock was this man’s aide-de-camp during the Wilderness Campaign. This man captured Vicksburg in 1863 and was soon after transferred to the Army of the Mississippi. For the point, name this Union general who oversaw Robert E. Lee’s surrender, later becoming the 18th President of the United States. | Ulysses S. Grant (accept Hiram Ulysses Grant) |
| This country was attacked by Japanese forces in the Battle of Darwin in order to safeguard an invasion of Java. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place off the northeastern coast of this country. In both World Wars, this country, with neighboring New Zealand, formed the ANZAC. For the point, name this Pacific island nation which lost hundreds of sailors in the sinking of the HMAS Sydney. | Australia |
| This city’s police force used “Gestapo tactics” according to a speaker at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which this city hosted. In 2011, this city elected President Obama’s former chief of staff as mayor. Richard Daley and Rahm Emanuel have been mayor of, for the point, what “Windy City” that was struck by an 1871 “Great” fire, the largest city in Illinois? | Chicago |
| This man was accused of supporting the monarchy by George Eacker which led to a duel between Eacker and this man’s son. This man argued for a single chief executive in a series of papers he wrote with James Madison and John Jay. A national bank was proposed by this man but was staunchly opposed by his rival Thomas Jefferson. Aaron Burr killed,ftp, what Federalist leader and first Secretary of the Treasury? | Alexander Hamilton |
| This man’s paper, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, helped fully end belief in a luminiferous aether. This man won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his study of the photoelectric effect, published the same year as his work on Brownian motion, mass-energy equivalence, and special relativity. For the point, name this German scientist who discovered the relationship e equals mc squared. | Albert Einstein |
| This war’s recruitment effort included a poster made by Alfred Leete claiming Lord Kitchener “wants you”. The Pals Battalions were abolished during this war following 50,000 British casualties at the Battle of the Somme. This war was briefly interrupted by the Christmas Truce as soldiers left their trenches to play soccer in No Man’s Land. For the point, name this “Great War” ended in 1918 whose terms outlined in the Treaty of Versailles. | World War I (accept WWI; accept The First World War; accept The War to End All Wars; accept on The Great War until it is read) |
| This king reinstated Amarna as his capital in an attempt to undo the religious reforms of his father Akhenaton. This man was buried in an elaborate golden mask when may have been meant for Nefertiti. In 1922, Lord Carnarvon funded Howard Carter’s discovery of this man’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. A chariot accident may have killed, for the point, what boy pharaoh of Egypt? | King Tutankhamun |
| This group assisted in the birth of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau who they nicknamed Pompy. The Shoshone [show-show-nee] assisted this group by giving them the horses necessary to cross the Rocky Mountains. In 1806, this group returned to St. Louis, two years after being ordered westward by Thomas Jefferson. Sacagawea aided, for the point, what expedition that explored the newly purchased Louisiana Territory? | Lewis and Clark Expedition (accept Corps of Discovery) |
| This god was the father of Sarpedon, Radamanthus, and Minos, as well as a pair of twins born on the island of Delos to Leto. After accidentally killing Semele [seh-meh-lee], this god sewed his son into his thigh. This father of Artemis, Apollo, and the “twice-born” Dionysus lived on Mount Olympus with his wife, Hera. For the point, name this lightning-wielding chief god of the Greek pantheon. | Zeus |
| This position’s first holder ordered the “burning of the books and burying of the scholars” which destroyed many texts from the Hundred Schools of Thought. A tomb for one of these rulers features a river of mercury and is surrounded by a Terracotta army. The last of these rulers sat upon the Dragon Throne which was located in the Forbidden City. For the point, name these imperial leaders of China. | Emperor of China (prompt on Emperor before China is read) |
| This vessel was designed by Thomas Andrews who planned, but was overruled, for it to have 46 lifeboats. The White Star Line commissioned this ship, along with the Olympic and Britannic, to be the most luxurious experience possible. For the point, name this “unsinkable” ship which, despite the previous claim, sank on its maiden voyage after striking an iceberg. | RMS Titanic |
| This city was toured by Adolf Hitler in 1940 during which he claimed “when we are finished with Berlin” this city “will be only a shadow.” The occupation of this city forced its nation’s government to move to Vichy. While liberating this city, Charles De Gaulle dodged sniper fire while marching down the Champs-E´lys´ees. For the point, name this city where Nazi occupation was protested at the Arc de Triomphe, the capital of France. | Paris |
| This system was the subject of an Alexander Stephens speech that declared it the cornerstone of his new government. Stephen Douglas proposed that popular sovereignty should be used to determine whether or not states adopted this system. The Freedmen’s Bureau was established following the abolition of this system. The Civil War was fought over, for the point, what system in which a human being owns another? | slavery |
| This rank was awarded in an adoubement, an early version of which involved hitting the subject on the ear. The “banneret” version of this class led troops under their own banner, as opposed to the “bachelor” version. Members of this profession used shield-bearers called squires. Plate armor was often used by, for the point, what mounted medieval warriors who followed the rules of chivalry? | knights |
| This battle’s losing side was forced to surrender after Thomas Grave’s reinforcements were defeated at Chesapeake Bay. Henry Clinton’s failure to reinforce redoubts in this battle led to the fall of Gloucester Point. The Comte de Rochambeau and George Washington defeated Charles Cornwallis at this battle. For the point, name this 1781 battle the last major clash of the American Revolution. | Battle of Yorktown |
| This organization earned the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize for its support of reconciliation and human rights. This organization, some of whose members allow free movement throughout the Schengen Area, was established by the 1993 Maastricht Treaty. In 1987, Turkey applied for admission to this organization, which promotes a common currency called the euro. For the point, name this political and economic community of 28 European nations. | European Union |