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| This monarch names the North American theatre of the Nine Years' War, a conflict ended by the 1701 Treaty of Ryswick.TheImmortalSevensentarequesttothisstadtholder to seize control of one kingdom. The Jacobites, who sought to restore James II, were defeated by this man's army at theBattleoftheBoyne.ThehusbandofQueenMarywas,for the point, which Dutch nobleman from the House of Orange whowasbestowedtheEnglish throne during the Glorious Revolution? | William of Orange (acceptWilliam III; prompton "William") |
| This building was wrapped in silver fabric by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude in commemorationofonenation'sreunification.MarinusvanderLubbe[[LOO-buh]]setfire to this building, leading to a "Decree" effectively banning the Communist Party. Yevgeny Khaldei [[KAHL-day]] photographed a Red Army soldier hoisting the Soviet flag above this building during theBattleofBerlin.Forthepoint,namethisGermanparliamentarybuilding which today houses the Bundestag [[BOON-deh-shtahg]]. | Reichstag[[RIKE-shtahg]] (acceptReichstagFire Decree; acceptBundestag before mentioned) |
| Under this fixture is a chapel dedicated to the patron saint of one nation, Our Lady Revealed, who supposedly appeared before three fishermen near the Paraiba [[pah-RYE-bah]] river. This figure, built to combat “an advancing tide of Godlessness,” had much of its funding raised through the Semana do Monumento. This Philipp Landowski-designed statue sits atop Corcovado Mountain. For thepoint,namethismassive statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro. | Christ the Redeemer (orCristo Redentor) |
| The Naryshkin family supported this ruler atayoungage,stoppinghissister-regent Sophia from usurping power from him. This man's reign was followed by the so-called "half-tsar," Alexander Menshikov, who dominated the reign of Catherine I. His tall stature and thick accent led to this tsar being easily recognized during his incognito "Grand Embassy" of Europe. The Empire of Russia was modernized by, for the point, what "Great" tsar? | PeterI (orPeterthe Great; acceptPyotrVelíkiy; orPyotrPyervyy) |
| While the first publishedmentionofthesenaturalformationswasbyPedroCiezade León, these formations were not studied until Paul Kosok re-discovered them. When Greenpeace set up a banner at the site of these natural formations, they were accused of inadvertently damaging them. These landmarks are located near a namesake tectonicplate south of Lima. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for the point, what group of very large geoglyphs are located in a namesake desert in southern Peru? | Nazca Lines (prompt on "Nazca desert") |
| A young Aaron Burr Sr. served as president of this institution following a dogmatic break from "Old Side" Presbyterians. Minister Jonathan Dickinson served as the first president of this institution following his expulsion from the synod of Philadelphia. British forces mannedthe"BigCannon"whiledefendingthisuniversity'sNassauHallduringa1777 Revolutionary War battle. Woodrow Wilson served as president of, for the point, what Ivy League school northeast of Trenton? | PrincetonUniversity (acceptCollege of NewJersey) |
| A self-taught weapon designer from this nation, Aimo Lahti, created the anti-tank "Elephant Gun," though it provedunabletopenetrateT-34s.TopreventtheUSSRfromusing radio-controlled explosives, this nation's military played four months of non-stop polka during the Continuation War. This nation built a ring of fortifications known as the Mannerheim Line to defend the Karelian Isthmus. The Winter War was fought against the Soviets by, for the point, what Scandinavian nation? | Republic ofFinland (orSuomentasavalta;acceptSuomi) |
| In this year, much of the Jewish population of Granada was massacred following a plan by the JewishvizierJosephibnNaghrelatobetraythecitytoarivaltaifa[[tah-EE-fah]]. In this year, the Earl of Orkney provided shelter to the Norwegians following the loss at Stamford Bridge and death of Harald Hardrada at the hands of Harold Godwinson. The Battle of Hastings led to William the Conqueror seizing the English throne in, forthepoint, what year? | |
| 2007 riots in this city resulted from Muslim Imams calling for the death of writer Taslima Nasrin. Outside this city in the suburb of Barrackpore, the sepoy Mangal Pandey openly declared he would rebel against the British Raj due to the use of pig fat to grease cartridges. In this city, the Nawab of Bengal supposedly stuffed 140 prisoners of war inthe tiny dungeon of Fort William. The Hooghly River runs through, for the point, what East Indian city with an infamous "Black Hole"? | Calcutta (orKolkata) |
| A legal code by this man was used by the Roman legal theorist Paulus to compose Lex Rhodia, which governed maritime laws in the eastern Mediterranean. This son of Sin-Muballit was supposedly given a codex by the god ofJustice,Shamash[[shah-MAHSH]], while atop a mountain, possibly inspiring the story of Moses getting the Ten Commandments from God. "An Eye for an Eye" is a maxim found in, for the point, which Babylonian king's namesake "Code"? | Hammurabi (accept pronunciations soundinglike [[hah-ahm-oo-RAH-bee[/a]) |
| This man was able to transition from civil servitude to composition full-time after the wealthy patron Nadezhda [[nah-DESH-dah]] Von Meck sponsored him on thecondition that they never meet in person. This composer wrote both the music and libretto to his opera, The Oprichnik. Inspired by his nation's victory at Borodino over Napoleon to write one composition, this composer implemented the sound ofcannonfireatitsclimax.Forthe point, name this Russian composer ofThe 1812 OvertureandSwan Lake. | Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky |
| Following this event, a politician had to be found in the wilderness of MountMarcy to be sworn in as president. African-American bystander James Parker halted a third shot during this event, which occurred in the Temple of Music. At the Pan-American Expo, an anarchist hid a revolver in a bandaged arm to perpetrate this violent event. Leon Czolgosz [[CHOHL-gosh]] committed, for the point, what violent act whichresultedinthesuccession of Theodore Roosevelt as president of the U.S.? | Assassinationof WilliamMcKinley (acceptdescriptive answers involving the killing or shooting of WilliamMcKinley) |
| A speech by this woman drew contemporary scrutiny after editor Francis Gage changed the script to imitate the Southern slave dialect despite this woman being from Ulster County, New York. This woman, who attempted to earn freedmen their "forty acres and a mule," was the first Black woman to win a case against a white man. The "Ain't I a Woman" speech was given by, for the point, which 19th century Black and women's rights activist? | SojournerTruth |
| The duties of knighthood lead a mythical figure from this nation, Owain, to lose his love, "The Lady of the Fountain." The Celticgoddessofhorses,Epona,issometimesequated to this nation's mythic queen Rhiannon [[ree-AH-non]]. Bran the Blessed appears in a mythic cycle from this nation, attacking neighboring Ireland in an attempt tofreehissister, Branwen. The Mabinogion [[MAH-bih-NOH-gee-un]] is a collection of myths from, for the point, which British substituent nation? | Wales (acceptWelshMythology; acceptCymru) |
| This man’s grand-nephew, George Hardeen, filedacourtordertoexhumehiscorpse to investigate whether he was murdered by spiritualists, whom this man had deemed frauds. This man popularized several tricksincludingbeingburiedalive,shotwithacannon ball, and escaping from a straight jacket. Sometimes given the alliterative appellation, "Handcuff," for the point, who was this turn-of-the-century Hungarian-American illusionist? | HarryHoudini (or ErikWeisz) |
| During this battle, officer Nathan George Evans had a military aide carry abarrelof whiskey on his back. Early skirmishing in this battle occurred at Blackburn's Ford, leading P.G.T. Beauregard to send a telegraph to Joseph E. Johnston asking for reinforcements. Shortly before being wounded at this battle, Barnard Bee coined the nickname "Stonewall" for Thomas Jackson. For the point, name this first major battle of the Civil War, a Virginia engagement sometimes known as the Battle of Manassas. | First Battle ofBull Run (accept First BattleofManassasbefore mentioned) |
| One book by this man, which is dedicated to Paul III, was published with a forward claiming it was only meant to make mathematical predictions. This author of On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres claimed that objects orbit in perfect circles. This man's namesake revolution led to the replacement of Ptolemy's geocentric model of the universe. For the point, name this Polish astronomer who promoted heliocentrism. | NicolausCopernicus (accept theCopernicanRevolution; accept Mikołaj Kopernik; or NiclasKoppernigk) |
| Protests of this legislation included the hanging of effigies of Massachusetts governor Andrew Oliver and of Martin Howard, who had promoted this legislation in "A Colonist's Defence of Taxation.” This legislation was introduced by George Grenville and inspired protests of "taxation without representation." For the point, name this 1765 act that required playing cards and newspapers sold in the American colonies tobeprintedon paper from London. | StampAct of 1765 (acceptDutiesin AmericanColonies Act 1765) |
| AWalifromthiscitynamedHusaynPashaibnMakkifailedtopreventaBedouinraid of hajj pilgrims. Atypeofhigh-qualitysteelnamedforthiscityhaditsmethodofproduction lost tomodernsmiths.TheassassinationofUthmanduringtheFirstFitnaandtheriseofthe Umayyads led to this city becoming the Caliphate's capital until the Abbasids moved it to Baghdad. For the point, name this modern capital of Syria. | Damascus (acceptDimašq; orDarmswq) |
| During the French and Indian War, George Washington carried a recipe for a “small beer” made with this resource as a substitute for water. One plant was exported to the ThirteenColoniestobedistilledintothisresourcetomakerumaspartofthelargerTriangle Trade Route. The 1919 bursting of a storage container containing this good killed 21 Bostonians in the city's North End. For the point, name this sticky byproduct of refining sugar. | Molasses (accept GreatMolassesFlood; acceptBlack Treacle) |
| During the Cultural Revolution in China, musical works of this form were highly edited by Jiang Qing [[CHING] and her staff of composers. Kim Jong-il published a treatise written specifically about this musical style. MusicologistssuggestthatMozart'sthreegreat works in this style are subtle commentaries on society, as were the works of Verdi and Wagner [[VAHG-nur]]. For the point, name this genreoftheatricalmusicexemplifiedbyThe Marriage of FigaroandNixon in China. | Opera |
| This person is worshipped as a divine figure by the Yaohnanen [[yow-YAH-nen]] tribe, a cargo cult who venerate a photo depicting his 2007 visit toVanuatu.Thisman,who was smuggled out of Greece as an infant in a fruit box, adopted his uncle's last name of Mountbatten due to anti-German sentimentinEngland.Thisman'sfuneralwasheldinApril of 2021 in St. George's Chapel at WindsorCastle.Forthepoint,namethismanwhoheldthe title Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II. | PrincePhilip, Duke of Edinburgh (orPhilipMountbatten) |
| An Upton Sinclair work titled solely for this commodity tells the story of the Ross family, who become wealthy due to finding this resource on the Watkins's Ranch. In the 1940s, the method of "Hydraulic Fracturing" was introduced to acquire this resource. A "spill" of this product by the BP Deepwater Horizon led to devastationintheGulfofMexico. The breakup of John D. Rockefeller's company in, for the point, what industry led to subsidiaries like Exxon and Chevron? | Oil (accept crudeoilorpetroleum; prompton "gas" alone) |
| This city's Armenian Quarter was temporarily emptied following Justinian the Great's Monophysite [[muh-NAH-fih-site]] persecutions. While ruling a kingdom named for this city, Godfrey of Bouillon[[bwee-YOHN]]adoptedthetitlesofprinceps[[PRIN-seps]]and "DefenderoftheHolySepulchre"[[SEH-pul-ker]].ThesuccessoftheMaccabeanrevoltledto the cleansing of this city's Second Temple, inspiring the holiday of Hanukkah. The holiest city in Judaism is, for the point, what modern capital of Israel? | Jerusalem (acceptYerushaláyim; oral-Quds;accept Kingdom ofJerusalem) |
| After this man’s death, his literary rival, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, wrote an obituary and biographical profile of this man, depicting him as a drunken lunatic. In this man’s first publication, Tamerlane and Other Poems, he was credited as only “a Bostonian.” Before this author died under mysterious circumstances in Baltimore, he dreamt of producinghisown journal, The Stylus. For the point, name this innovator in the detective genre who penned "The Raven." | Edgar AllanPoe |
| Structures on this island were toppled over in the decades following the arrival of Jacob Roggeveen [ROH-ge-veen], the first European to visit this island. A yearly race to retrieve an eggfromarocknexttothisislandwasanimportantpartofthisisland’sbirdman cult. The still-undeciphered Rongorongoscriptwasfoundonthisisland,whichwasannexed by Chile in 1888. For the point, name this island, home to sculpted heads called moai [[MOH-eye]]. | EasterIsland (orRapa Nui) |
| The appearance of one of these objects prompted the abdication of Emperor Ruizong [[RWEE-ZONG]], passing the throne to Xuanzong [[ZHWAN-ZONG]]. Suetonius [[sweh-TOH-nee-us]] records one of these events occurring a few months afterthedeathof Julius Caesar, believed by Roman citizenry to be his departing soul. One of these objects named Hale-Bopp precipitated Napoleon's 1812 invasionofRussia.MarkTwain'sbirthyear and death year coincided with the arrival of, for the point, what type of astronomical phenomenon named for Edmund Halley? | Comets (accept Halley'sComet; acceptCometHale-Bopp) |
| A downturn in this industry led to the Spitalfields [[SPIT-all-"fields"]] Riots in London's East End, where soldiers fired on weavers outside "The Dolphin" pub. Nylon was mass-produced inwartimeJapantoreplaceashortageofthisproduct.Theinnovationofthe Jacquard Loom led to resurgence ofthisclothontheworldmarketafteritwasovertakenby cotton. An ancient trade network traversing East Asia to Europe is named for,forthepoint, what luxury cloth? | Silk (acceptSilkworm; acceptSilkRoad) |
| This man worked with Robert Livingstone to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. Thomas Jefferson rejected this man and William Pinckney's renewal of Jay's Treaty. While governor, this man called out the state militia to put down Gabriel Prosser's rebellion in Virginia. This man was the last Democratic-Republican president before the rise of the Jacksonian Democrats. For the point, namethismanwhoservedasthefifthpresidentofthe United States. | JamesMonroe |
| Early in his reign, this king ordered the execution of his cousin, Amyntas IV. On his quest to reach the “ends of theworldandtheGreatOuterSea,”thismandefeatedtheIndian King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes [[hy-DASS-pees]]. This member of the Argead Dynasty ascended to thethroneafterhissister’swedding,atwhichhisfatherwaskilled.For the point, name this king who created an empire stretching from Greece to northwestern India before his untimely death at age 32. | Alexanderthe Great (orAlexanderIII of Macedon;acceptAlexandros) |
| In a work named for this field, ancient thinker Xenophon [[ZEN-uh-fun]] crafted a dialogue between Socrates and Ischomachus [[ISS-koh-MAHK-us]] in which they discuss farming techniques and how to manage a household. The first modern analysis inthisfield is considered Fernando Galiani's treatise Della Moneta. The mercantilism of Britain was criticized by Adam Smith in the The Wealth of Nations, a work in, for the point, what field concerning fiscal policy? | Economics (orEconomists; acceptOeconomicus) |
| In an effort to win concessions in the last days of this war, Deng Hua [[DUNG-HWAH]] led the Jincheng campaign. The landings at Green, Blue, and Red Beaches ledtocombinedUNforcessecuringtheportofIncheonduringthiswar.Followingthelossof his capital early in this war, Syngman Rhee relocated the government to Busan [[boo-SAHN]]. The Demilitarized Zone was established following, for the point, what East Asian conflict of the 1950s? | Korean War (acceptChosonWar) |
| Muralist Diego Rivera created a Marxist-inspired rendition of this city’s Industry, depictingtheRiverRougeplant.ThelargestmunicipalbankruptcyintheU.S.occurredwhen this city declared Chapter Nine in 2013 largely due to the mass exodus of a million people. This city served as the historical center of the Ford Motor Company. For ten points, name this metropolitan city on the U.S.-Canada border in Michigan. | Detroit (acceptDetroitIndustry Murals) |
| It's not porcelain, but Parliament unintentionally increased the sale of this good following its ban on textile imports from China. Catherine de Braganza's arrival in England to marry Charles II likely made it fashionable to consume this drink daily rather than for medicinal purposes. The British East India Company's steady import of, for the point,what commodity led to its ubiquity in British culture? | Tea (acceptTealeaves; or specific teas likeBlackTeaor GreenTea) |
| This state's hide trade led to the development of "floating department stores," as described in Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana. Tax relief was granted to farmers in this state via the Williamson Act. This state passed a Labor Relations Act followingtheSaladBowlStrike.Thousandsofworkersmigratedtothisstateafteraprecious metal was foundatSutter'sMill.Forthepoint,namethisU.S.statethatexperiencedan1849 Gold Rush. | California (acceptCaliforniaGold Rush) |
| In 1505 this man became a monk to honor a promise he made to Saint Anna after nearly being struck by lightning. This scholar discussed his daily habits in the book Table Talk and discouraged violence against feudal lords in his tract Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants. This theologian's stance against indulgences was laid out in a list of propositions he nailed to thedooratAllSaints'ChurchinWittenberg[[VIT-en-berg]]. The author of the Ninety-Five Theses was, for the point, what seminal figure of the Reformation? | MartinLuther |