| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This policy was the subject of the Clark Memorandum, which noted that the United States had the right to use intervening force. The Roosevelt Corollary expanded American influence under this doctrine, which was originally created to dissuade Spain from reconquering its former colonies. For the point, name this doctrine formulated by the fifth president of the United States, which defended Latin America from European influence. | Monroe Doctrine |
| This man left Jack Shaw to represent his country at the 31st G8 summit due to the 7/7 bombings. In response to the death of John Smith, this man agreed to the Granita Pact with Gordon Brown. This Prime Minister was accused of misleading parliament to support George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. For the point, name this Labour party politician who led the United Kingdom until 2007. | Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (accept Tony Blair) |
| This country sank the USS Liberty in a controversial instance of friendly fire. Golda Meir resigned as this country’s prime minister due to being caught off-guard in the Yom Kippur War. This country seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six-Day War which it started with a preemptive attack on neighboring Egypt. For the point, name this Middle Eastern country whose soldiers defended the Western Wall of Jerusalem. | Israel |
| This author’s Homage to Catalonia describes his time in the Spanish Civil War. The concept of “thought police” was coined by this author in a work set in Oceania, where Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth and Big Brother watches all. A 1945 novella by this author depicts Stalin and Trotsky as pigs. For the point, name this author of Animal Farm and 1984. | George Orwell (or Eric Arthur Blair) |
| This man names an extremely high 1890 tariff that was replaced just four years later by the Wilson-Gorman Tariff. Mark Hanna advised this man to use a “front porch” strategy which contributed to his victory in the Election of 1900. This president was killed by Leon Czolgosz [zhul-gosh] while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. For the point, name this president who was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt. | William McKinley |
| This man targeted all “peninsulares” supporting European powers as part of his “Decree of War to the Death.” While exiled, this man wrote the Jamaica Letter. This man met with Jos´e de San Martin following the Battle of Boyaca to determine the future of a continent. Gran Colombia was founded by, for the point, what general, called the Liberator, who freed South America from Spanish control? | Simon Bolivar |
| This colony was first settled by Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlow who were sent to establish relations with the Secotan. The first English child born in the New World, Virginia Dare, lived in this colony. John White returned to this colony with supplies but discovered only the word Croatoan carved into a tree. Walter Raleigh founded, for the point, what colony in North Carolina whose populace mysteriously disappeared? | Roanoke colony (prompt on North Carolina before it is read) |
| This war caused one side to transfer 510 tons of gold to Moscow. Robert Capa is credited with taking the possibly faked photograph The Falling Soldier in this war. Jose Sanjurjo died in a plane crash in this war. The Luftwaffe supported Nationalist forces in this war by firebombing Guernica. Francisco Franco took power in, for the point, what 1930s war for control of cities like Madrid? | Spanish Civil War |
| This man founded a failed rubber plantation in Brazil, his namesake “landia”. The Dearborn Independent was a newspaper ran by this man where he published his anti semitic pamphlets titled “The International Jew”. This man noted you could buy his main product in any color “so long as it is black”. The assembly line was introduced by, for the point, what American industrialist whose auto company produced the Model T? | Henry Ford |
| This country ceded Silesia to Prussia after a 1740’s war with Frederick the Great. As a result of the Pragmatic Sanction, Maria Theresa took control of this country. Prince von Metternich was the first chancellor of this country and, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, he hosted a congress in its capital. Hungary entered into a dual monarchy with, for the point, what country led from Vienna? | Austria |
| This battle’s losing side attempted to reinforce their troops but failed to take Fort St. Philip. Edward. Pirate Jean Lafitte volunteered to aid American troops in this battle in exchange for a pardon. Edward Pakenham was ordered to fight this battle despite ongoing peace talks that would culminate with the Treaty of Ghent. Andrew Jackson won, for the point, what 1815 battle for control of a large Louisiana city? | Battle of New Orleans |
| This condition was contrasted with a newly-discovered condition in 1924 by Dr. Erik von Willebrand. After an accident in a rowboat, this condition nearly killed Alexei Nikolaevich in 1912. This genetic disorder causes increased risk of bruising and was passed by Queen Victoria to many European royal families, including the Romanovs. For the point, name this disorder that prevents blood clotting. | hemophilia |
| This event included attacks on Ford Island and Wheeler Field. Battleship Row was targeted in this attack leading to the sinking of the USS Arizona. Admiral Yamamoto may have said “all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant” after leading this attack. For the point, name this December 7, 1941 event in which the Japanese led a surprise attack on an American naval base in Hawaii. | Attack on Pearl Harbor |
| This composer used music from his ballet The Creatures of Prometheus for the final movement of his third symphony, which he dedicated “to the memory of a great man.” This man used a motif described as “fate knocking at the door” to open his fifth symphony. For the point, name this German composer of Eroica and eight other symphonies, the last few of which were written while deaf. | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| This man founded Tolstoy Farm while working as a lawyer in South Africa. Margaret Bourke-White took a picture of this man, who at the time weighed only 110 pounds, sitting behind his spinning wheel. Lord Irwin entered into a pact with this man one year after he led the Salt March. In 1948, Nathuram Godse shot this man three times in New Delhi. For the point, name this activist who fought for Indian independence. | Mohandas Gandhi (accept Mahatma Gandhi) |
| This case ruled that certain laws did not apply at Fort Snelling despite the fact that the plaintiff had lived there with John Emerson. The Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional in this case and Roger Taney [TAW-nee] ruled that living in a free territory does not make a slave a free man. For the point, name this 1857 case which ruled that slaves are not citizens under the Constitution. | Dred Scott v. Sanford |
| This man’s invasion of Bukovina violated the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact his country had entered months earlier. At a meeting in Tehran, this man demanded that K¨onigsberg be handed over to his country. With Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill this man was one of the “Big Three” allied leaders. For the point, name this “Man of Steel” who led the Soviet Union through World War II. | Joseph Stalin (accept Ioseb Jughashvili) |
| This ship was forced to abandon the Speedwell due to the latter springing a leak. Myles Standish was the military advisor for this ship which also carried future governor William Bradford. Passengers aboard this ship agreed to be governed by a namesake “compact” after sighting Cape Cod. Plymouth Rock was the landing point of, for the point, what ship that brought the first Pilgrims to the New World? | Mayflower |
| This holiday celebrates a revolt against the Seleucid leader Antiochus IV, who invaded Judea and built an altar to Zeus in the Second Temple. Celebrations of this holiday often include gift giving, fried foods like latkes, and a gambling game using a dreidel. The Maccabeean Revolt is commemorated by, for the point, what Jewish festival of lights whose eight nights are marked by candles on a menorah? | Hanukkah (prompt on “festival of lights” before it is read) |
| This event’s investigation was interrupted when Archibald Cox was fired in the Saturday Night Massacre. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigated this event for the Washington Post. This event occurred when members from the Committee for the Re-Election of the President broke into Democratic offices at the namesake building. For the point, name this 1972 scandal which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon. | Watergate scandal |
| This man’s wife was impersonated in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. This ruler attempted to flee his country in the Flight to Varennes [vuh-REN]. A 1789 meeting of the Estates-General called by this ruler culminated in the Third Estate forming the National Assembly. The Bastille was stormed during the reign of, for the point, what husband of Marie Antoinette who was beheaded during the French Revolution? | Louis XVI (accept Louis-Auguste; accept Citizen Louis Capet; prompt on Louis) |
| This type of structure includes one named for Djoser that was designed by Imhotep. A red one of these structures is named for its limestone which was exposed when its outer layer was taken as construction material for Cairo. The last remaining wonder of the ancient world is one of these structures named for Khufu. For the point, name these ancient Egyptian structures exemplified by three great ones at Giza. | pyramids |
| This city was ruled by the Thirty Tyrants after being defeated in the Peloponnesian War. After the battle of Platea, this city founded the Delian league. Piraeus and Phalerum were connected to this city by the Long Walls. This city was led by Pericles in its Golden Age which included the construction of the Acropolis. For the point, name this center of democracy, the current capital of Greece. | Athens |
| This man ordered the construction of Fort Necessity which failed to prevent this man’s only military surrender. At the Battle of Long Island, this man evacuated his entire army at night without suffering a single casualty. This man’s troops were trained by the Baron von Steuben as they tried to survive the winter at Valley Forge. For the point, name this general, America’s first President. | George Washington |
| This substance was originally created in an attempt to make an elixir of life, the fire potion. Along with the compass, printing, and papermaking, this substance is one of the Four Great Inventions. This substance was used to create incendiary arrows and led to the development of hand cannons. The Chinese created, for the point, what explosive substance used in fireworks? | gunpowder (accept huo yao) |
| This conflict featured numerous dogfights between F-86 Sabres and Soviet supplied aircraft in “MiG Alley”. During this conflict, one side was pushed back to the Pusan Perimeter until a landing at Inchon. This conflict was started when forces under Kim Il-sung crossed the 38th Parallel to attack their southern neighbor. For the point, the United Nations intervened in what 1950s conflict on an Asian peninsula? | Korean War |
| This empire was chronicled in a book that attacks one of its commanders, Belisarius, and its Empress Theodora; that “secret history” of this empire was authored by Procopius. This empire’s capital was conquered by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1453. Justinian the Great once ruled, for the point, what empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, whose capital was Constantinople? | Byzantine Empire (accept Eastern Roman Empire before mentioned; do not prompt on Roman Empire) |