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| Hugo & Schmeltzer, a mercantile firm, once occupied this location. General Adrian Woll occupied this location briefly before retreating following the nearby Battle of Salado Creek. Clara Driscoll and Adina De Zavala (+) convinced Samuel Ealy Johnson to propose a bill to preserve this location. The place where William Travis, James Bowie, and (*) Davy Crockett met their end, for ten points, what San Antonio mission was the site of a Texan last stand? | Alamo Mission (prompt on "San Antonio") |
| A town was named after Horace Greeley, who visited during this event, which was precipitated by a finding made by Sam Bates and Green Russell near Little Dry Creek. (+) “Fifty-Niners” engaged in this event, which saw widespread use of the slogan “Pike’s Peak or Bust." Occurring a decade after a similar event in (*) California, this event saw mining camps set up in Boulder City. For ten points, name this antebellum period of prospecting in and around Denver. | Colorado Gold Rush (accept Pike’s Peak Gold Rush before “Pike’s” is mentioned; prompt on partial answer) |
| Orlando Metcalfe Poe led engineers in this event, which followed the Meridian campaign and was governed by Special Field Order Number 120. Special "neckties" of bent rails were created during this event, which ended with a Christmas Gift for Abraham Lincoln, the capture of Savannah. For ten points, name this 1864 campaign of destruction that William Tecumseh Sherman committed in Georgia, en route to the Atlantic Ocean. | Sherman's March to the Sea (prompt on partial answers; accept Savannah Campaign before mentioned) |
| The thirteen articles of this document include provisions to admit Quebec and limited powers of taxation to states. Under the force of these laws, Samuel Huntington and Elias Boudinot served as presiding officers. (+) Shays' Rebellion broke out over a debt crisis under this compact, which created a (*) unicameral government. For ten points, name this compact between the thirteen original states that preceded the Constitution, creating a weak central government. | Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union |
| This man's biography was written by William Wirt. This attorney marched his troops to Williamsburg to stop Governor Dunmore from taking (*) gunpowder. This man refused to attend the Constitutional Convention, stating "I smelt a rat." A phrase from this man might have been inspired by the play Cato: A Tragedy or Artemisia. (*) For ten points, name this Founding Father who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!" | Patrick Henry |
| After this event, Congress gained the power to subpoena any citizen's tax records. Montana Senator Thomas Walsh led an investigation into this event, which resulted in the imprisonment of |Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall. Involving improper leasing of Navy (*) Oil fields to Harry Sinclair and Edward Doheny, for ten points, what bribery scandal occurred during the presidency of Warren G. Harding? | Teapot Dome scandal |
| The Cullen-Harrison Act was signed in response to this movement. Organizations such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League both supported legislation that enabled this movement. The Volstead Act set out the legislation enabling this movement, which ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment. For ten points, name this Constitutional ban on the production and sale of alcohol. | Prohibition (accept Temperance before mentioned) |
| Pauli Murray and this person worked to appeal for Odell Waller, though he was still executed in Virginia. Mary McLeod Bethune and this person often walked arm-in-arm, and this person created the (+) Arthurdale Community for unemployed miners. This woman resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution after Marian Anderson was not allowed to sing in Constitution Hall. (*) For ten points, name this Depression-era First Lady. | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Many of these vehicles like the Annie Faxon were destroyed because of the failure of fusible plugs. Almost twelve hundred Union army POWs died when the boiler of one of these vehicles exploded on the Sultana. Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston owned one of these vehicles on the Hudson called the Clermont. Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi documents, for ten points, what type of boat? | Steamboat (s) |
| John Edward McGilvrey was the first head of this university. William Oxley Thompson opposed this school in the "Credit War. Allison Krause and William Schroeder were killed at this university, where a Joseph Filo (+) photo showed a screaming Mary Ann Vecchio. A protest at this university forced Ohio governor Jim Rhodes to ask for assistance from the (*) National Guard. For ten points, name this university, the site of shootings of students in the Vietnam War. | Kent State University (accept Kent State Massacre) |
| The Black Horse Cavalry often visited this man in the Delevan House in Albany. This man began his career as part of the Big Six volunteer fire company and joined a group of (+) aldermen called the "Forty Thieves." This man notoriously used $13 million to build the New York County Courthouse, twice the cost of the Alaska Purchase, and his aldermen required (*) bribes to build the Brooklyn Bridge. Thomas Nast satirized, for ten points, which corrupt boss of Tammany Hall? | William "Boss" Tweed |
| Rebecca Winters died on this route, which included the Lander Road. Camp Sacrifice was on this route, which was traversed by a group from Peoria led by Thomas (+) Farnham who called themselves Dragoons. Jesse Applegate described his journey on this route in his essay "A Day with the Cow Column." Modern Interstate 80 (*) and 84 follow, for ten points, what historical migrant trail from Missouri to the Willamette Valley in the Pacific Northwest? | Oregon Trail European History |
| The revelation that Oswald Tesimond had passed information in this event proved enough for execution. This event involved renting Clopton House by Ambrose Rookwood, though its leaders were (+) caught at Holbeche House. Lord Monteagle was alerted of this (*) plot, orchestrated by Robert Catesby. For ten points, name this English Catholic plot against James I, which is remembered by burning effigies of Guy Fawkes. | Gunpowder Treason Plot (accept the Jesuit Treason) |
| A large plaster elephant was placed at this location by Napoleon, though it was replaced by the July Column. The mentally ill de Whyte de Malleville was paraded around after leaving this location. (+) Palloy the Patriot demolished this location. Bernard Rene de Launay defended this location with the Swiss Guard, where they were cut down by a (*) mob. For ten points, name this Parisian fortress and prison destroyed at the beginning of the French Revolution. | The Bastille Saint-Antoine |
| Members of this group were called "V-Men." This group, targeted in Operation Carthage and the Aarhus air raid, formed the RHSA's Department Four. (+) Klaus Barbie led this group in Lyon while it captured prisoners under the Night and Fog Decree. Rudolf Diels was the first head of this group, though it was led for most of World War Two by (*) Heinrich Müller. For ten points, name this Nazi secret police directed by SS chief Heinrich Himmler. | Gestapo (accept Geheime Staatspolizei) |
| This man left Albert Reynolds embarrassed after he appeared drunk at Shannon Airport. In a strange incident in Stockholm, this man compared Swedish meatballs to Bjorn Borg's face, and he was once found (+) drunk in Washington D.C., trying to buy pizza in his underwear. Oleg Soskovets helped this man develop a strategy to win in 1996. This man faced the (*) Chechen War. For ten points, name this first president of the Russian Federation, preceding Vladimir Putin. | Boris Yeltsin |
| Julius Martov led a "minority" opposition to this party whose members included Fyodor Dan. Roman Malinovsky infiltrated this group for the Okhrana secret police. The ideology of this group was formulated in (*) What is to Be Done?, allowing for a split with the (*) Mensheviks. With a name meaning "majority", for ten points, what Vladimir Lenin-led Marxist faction took power in the 1917 October Revolution? | Bolsheviks (or Bolshevists) |
| "Bandits led by monks" were blamed for a defeat in this country at Bailén, which Chilean soldiers referenced at Maipú. A Supreme Central and Governing Junta ruled this country during its occupation. This country, which (+) Ferdinand VII governed, was briefly ruled by Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte. A king of this country abdicated at Bayonne after incidents at Aranjuez and (*) El Escorial. For ten points, name this country where the Peninsular War raged. | Kingdom of Spain (or Reino de España) |
| William Bentinck signed the Treaty of Bastia, giving control of this island to Britain. The Duke of Grafton's government collapsed in 1770 after it failed to defend this island from being captured by the Comte de (+) Vaux. Petru Giovacchini advocated for Italy's annexation of this island, where Pasquale Paoli fought for independence. One native of this (*) French territory went on to become the first Emperor of France. For ten points, name this home-island of Napoleon Bonaparte. | Territorial Collectivity of Corsica (or Corse) |
| Popiel was a legendary ruler of this nation, whose Princess Wanda committed suicide to avoid marrying a German named Rudiger. The Germanic (+) Vandals initially lived in this modern country before migrating. This country was ruled by the Piast Dynasty, and it was governed by a parliament called the (*) Sejm [[SAYM]]. For ten points, name this Eastern European nation that was partitioned in the late eighteenth century. | Republic of Poland (or Polska) |
| This island suffered from Murat Reis's Turkish Abductions, a series of slave raids by North African pirates. This island was unified with another country by the Old Covenant. This island faced internal strife in the Age of the (+) Sturlungs, and its population suffered from fluoride poisoning in the Mist Hardships. The (*) Althing governs this island, which is featured in the sagas of Snorri Sturluson. For ten points, name this Nordic island country, once inhabited by Vikings. | Iceland World History |
| This ruler created the New Policies, and the Wuxu [[WOO-SHOO]] Coup of this leader ended Guangxu's [[GWAHNG-SHOOS]] attempted Hundred Days' Reform. To guarantee the survival of an empire, this person engineered the (+) Tongzhi [[TOHNG-ZHEE]] Restoration, making Prince Gong regent in the westernizing Self- Strengthening Movement. Li Hongzhang [[HOHNG-ZHAHNG]] developed the Beiyang [[BAY-YAHNG]] fleet for this (*) woman. For ten points, name this long ruling-Dowager Empress of the Qing [[CHING]]. | Empress Dowager Cixi [[SEE-SHEE]] |
| This person was placed under arrest in the April 5th, 1976 Tiananmen Incident. This man promoted science in the 863 plan, inspired by the U.S. Star Wars program. In a (+) 1992 Southern Tour, this man instigated the "Reforms and Openness" movement in Guangdong Province, creating a capitalist market. This leader ousted the (*) Gang of Four and worked with the Eight Elders. For ten points, name this Chinese leader whose market-economy reforms turned China into a modern state. | Deng Xiaoping (prompt on "Xiaoping"; accept Xixian; accept Teng Hsiao-ping) |
| Ten of these people formed a group of "Braves," and some used a tool named for "water spiders." In one incident, these people replicated Mon lamps in an attack. Nightingale floors were intended to expose these people. One of these people, who may have originally been trained by the Iga Clan, killed a leader by shoving a spear up a lavatory. Often shown with star-shaped shuriken, for ten points, who are these covert Japanese mercenaries? | Ninja (accept Shinobi) |
| Lee Bong-chang, a Korean activist, tried to kill this man in the Sakuradamon Incident, and his rule was promoted by the Imperial Way. This man authorized the use of toxic gas during the Battle of Wuhan. In 1946, this man cited the Five Charter Oath and stated that he was not a living god in his Humanity Declaration, which the Allies requested. This man was served by Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. For ten points, name this Japanese emperor who led his nation in World War Two. | Hirohito (accept Showa Emperor) |
| This country’s UDD, also called the Red Shirts, opposed a coup in 2006 that toppled a telecommunications magnate who led it. The People’s Alliance of Democracy was founded in this country, where prison sentences of up to fifteen years can be leveled upon those who (+) insult its monarch. In 2016, the tenth Chakri monarch, (*) Rama X [[TENTH]], took the throne of this country. For ten points, name this southeast Asian country, the only one to ally with Japan during World War Two. | Kingdom of Thailand (accept Ratcha-anachak Thai; prompt on "Siam") |
| The Rana Dynasty ruled this country after the Shah Dynasty. This country faced the Jana Andolan movement under the United Left Front. In 2001, the crown prince Dipendra (+) killed nine members of this country's royal family, including the King Birendra. This country provides Gurkha soldiers and, up until 2008, it was world's last Hindu Monarchy. (*) For ten points, name this Himalayan republic that historically served as a buffer state between Imperial China and British India. | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal |
| Hussein Abdel-Rassoul found a stairway into this location, which Evelyn Herbert visited. Before entering this location with Arthur Callender, an archaeologist said he saw "Wonderful things!" Lord Carnarvon died of blood poisoning after entering this location, prompting fears of a curse. Found by Howard Carter, for ten points, what is this resting place for an Egyptian boy-pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings? | KV62 (accept King Tutankhamun's Tomb) (prompt on similar answers to tomb such as "burial place") |
| A leader of this country created the "National Reconstruction," including Operation Keep Right to encourage driving on the right. The Big Six formed a convention in this country. Joseph Ankrah (+) led this country, which was also governed by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings. Kwame Nkrumah led this nation, formerly called Gold Coast, (*) which was once dominated by the Ashanti. For ten points, name this former British colony along the Volta River of West Africa. | Republic of Ghana |
| The Battle of Seven Oaks was fought in this country that was home to a conflict between the forces of Lord Selkirk and the North West (+) Company. The Pemmican War was fought in this country, where an “errand for peace” was led by Garnet Wolseley. John (*) MacDonald faced two rebellions in this home country of the Métis. The Red River Rebellion occurred in, for ten points, what country’s Manitoba province? | Canada |
| This man composed the Hino de Carta and Hino de Independencia. This man faced the "Night of the Broken Bottles." In the 1990s, a Chinese ceramic pot containing the bowels of this man's father were examined, finding enough (+) arsenic to kill two people. This man faced the Cisplatine War and was crowned in Rio de Janeiro. The Liberal Revolution of 1820 forced this man's father (*) Joao VI to return to rule in Lisbon. For ten points, name this first emperor of Brazil. | Dom Pedro I (accept Pedro IV) |
| The CIA's Track One and Track Two opposed this ruler, and even before he took office, Operation FUBELT was used against him. This Popular Unity leader was a Marxist who redistributed land, continued Eduardo (+) Frei Montalva's liberalization of universities, and nationalized the copper industry. While at the La Moneda Palace, (*) this man committed suicide during a 1973 coup. For ten points, name this Chilean socialist president who was succeeded by Augusto Pinochet. | Salvador Allende [[ah-YEN-deh]] |
| Nazis under Franz Rademacher proposed sending all European Jews to this island. The rotaka protests helped take down this island's president Philibert Tsiranana, "the benevolent schoolmaster." Off the coast of this island in 1944, a trio of of (+) U-boats sank eight merchant ships in the channel between this island and the mainland. Queen (*) Ranavalona I governed, for ten points, what East African island nation? | Republic of Madagascar Cultural History |
| As part of renovations to this location, Aorangi Park had a court built and a roof was added over Centre Court. In 2001, Goran Invanisevic won a tournament at this location as a wildcard, while in 2008, Rafael Nadal won a thriller in five sets. Eight editions of this location's most celebrated event have been won by Roger Federer. For ten points, name this place where London's grass court Grand Slam tennis tournament is held. | The Championships, Wimbledon (accept All England Club) |
| Roy Choi created a popular variety of these objects in southern California known as Kogi. In accordance with its roots, a popular New England variety of these objects called Roxy’s sells a product known as the Green (+) Muenster. Though not related to cattle ranching, these objects may have grown out of the chuck wagon. In the 1970s, Raul Martinez pioneered the use of these objects to (*) sell tacos. For ten points, name these vehicles where one can grab a meal. | Food Trucks |
| Antonius van der Broek proposed a new ordering in this diagram. John Newlands attempted to create this display, which was inspired by the observations of Lothar Meyer. Some members of this diagram were prefixed (+) "eka-". This diagram used to contain coronium and the aether. Containing items like (*) hydrogen and helium, for ten points, what diagram, developed by Dmitri Mendeleev, shows the chemical elements? | Periodic Table of Elements |
| Friedrich Miescher first identified this molecule in 1869, calling it nuclein. Okazaki fragments are synthesized and linked together to create a lagging strand of this molecule. (+) Helicases create a "fork" during the replication of this molecule, whose structure was identified thanks to Rosalind Franklin's (*) Photo 51. For ten points, name this molecule that is often sequenced, best identified by its double-helix structure documented by Watson and Crick. | DNA (accept Deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| This organization tried to use Operation Freakout to commit Paulette Cooper to a psych ward. The founder of this organization was a naval commander who believed he sunk a Japanese sub and used Mexican islands for target practice. This organization is governed by its (+) "Sea Org." Don Purcell saved a predecessor of this organization, the Dianetics (*) Foundation. L. Ron Hubbard founded, for ten points, what religious group, whose adherents include Tom Cruise? | Church of Scientology |
| The author of Daughter of Earth chronicled this country during its civil war and was the lover of Soviet spy Richard Sorge. This country's Industrial Cooperatives movement inspired the English phrase (+) "Gung-ho." Agnes Smedley and Edgar Snow documented the Long (*) March of the communists in this country. Pearl Buck's upbringing in this country influenced the writing of The Good Earth. For ten points, name this country, once governed by Mao Zedong. | People's Republic of China (or Zhongguo) |
| In one work set during this war, the surgeon Rinaldi introduces the main character to the nurse Catherine Barkley. Frederic Henry serves as an ambulance (+) driver during this war in a novel which earned the ire of the Italian government for its depiction of the Battle of (*) Caporetto. For ten points, name this war that serves as the setting of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and created the “lost generation.” | World War One (accept First World War; accept the Great War; accept WW One) |
| The Ojibwe's Pembina and Red Lake bands ceded land in this state in the Treaty of Old Crossing. The Merritt Brothers found taconite ore mines in this state, which is the site of the world's largest open pit iron ore mine at (+) Hibbing. The Cuyuna, Vermilion, and Mesabi ranges were the site of mining in this state where ore was shipped to the Great Lakes at (*) Duluth. For ten points, name this state, the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes." | Minnesota |