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| The Battle of Ocho Rios ended Spanish attempts to reconquer this island after Sir William Penn captured it in 1655. Samuel Sharpe led an uprising known as the Baptist’s War on this island. One group of Maroons on this island resisted multiple British attacks on their settlement founded by Queen Nanny, Nannytown. This island’s largest port city served as a base for privateer Henry Morgan and other pirates. For the point, name this Caribbean island, a former English colony with colonial capitals at Spanish Town, Port Royal, and Kingston. | Colony of Jamaica |
| In response to this event, Detroit Major Hazen Pingree planted potato patches for the community. This event was preceded by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad going into receivership. A drop in the gold standard after the Sherman Silver Purchase Act contributed to the onset of this event. Loans from J.P. Morgan and the Rothschild family helped alleviate, for the point, what major economic panic that dominated much of Grover Cleveland’s second presidential term? | Panic of 1893 (accept just 1893 after “panic”) |
| Robert Darnton argued against interpreting this period as “high” society by emphasizing its Grub Street “underground” of pamphleteers and pornographers. A project by Dan Edelstein mapping this period takes its name from a term that describes the relatively free circulation of written ideas in this period, the “Republic of Letters.” A new public sphere created in this period included proliferating book sales and discussions in cafes and salons. For the point, name this intellectual period where reason was prioritized by writers like Diderot and Voltaire. | The Enlightenment (accept si`ecle des lumi´eres) |
| JimFitzpatrickhand-paintedtheyellowstarononedepictionofthisperson.ItalianpublisherGiacomo Feltrinelli mass-produced posters of this man after trying to negotiate the release of his acquaintance, French socialist Regis Debray. This figure was photographed at a memorial service for the victims of the La Coubre explosion by a man working for the newspaper Revolucion in 1960. For the point, name this subject of Alberto Korda’s photograph Guerrillero Heroicio, an Argentine Marxist and participant in the Cuban Revolution. | Che Guevera |
| The National Revival Movement was launched in this country in an attempt to replace Cyrillic as the national alphabet. This country was the site of a rotating golden statue that always faced the sun, the neutrality monument. This country launched a copy of its national epic into space and forced schools to teach from the Ruhnama, an autobiography of its first president. Krasnovodsk was renamed in the honor of this country’s most famous ruler. For the point, identify this country that was once led by Saparmurat Niyazov and has its capital at Ashgabat. | Turkmenistan |
| The proposed Corwin Amendment would have prevented the passage of this legislation. William Seward was allowed to offer political positions, as well as direct bribes, to congressmen in exchange for their support of this legislation. A Lyman Trumbull-led committee used a portion of the Northwest Ordinance written by Thomas Jefferson as the basis for this amendment. Punishment for a crime is the sole exception of, for the point, what first of the “Reconstruction Amendments” which banned slavery? | Thirteenth Amendment |
| The Long Diet met in this country following the suspension of the Act of Mediation, starting this country’s Restoration Period. This country’s Regeneration Period ended with a liberal Protestant victory over a Catholic league in a namesake war. The War of Sticks led to the collapse of a French sister republic in this country, which replaced this country’s Old Confederacy. The Sonderbund War established the modern structure of this country, which was once ruled by the Helvetic Republic. For the point, name this alpine country divided into cantons like Zu¨rich and Geneva. | Switzerland |
| This man defeated “Holy Joe” McKee’s Recovery Party in a three-way election as the head of the “Fusion” group. At the Bronx Terminal Market, this man seized his city’s supply of artichokes to break mob control of their market. This Republican defeated John P. O’Brien, breaking Tammany Hall’s control of the New York mayoralty. A 1932 act this man co-signed with George Norris banned yellow-dog contracts. For the point, name this “Little Flower”, an Italian-American mayor of New York City during the New Deal who now names one of the city’s major airports. | Fiorello La Guardia |
| In the Season Two episode of Supernatural “No Exit,” the ghost of this man haunts an apartment building built on the site of Moyamensing Prison, where this man was hanged in 1896 for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel. A 2003 book is split between this man’s history and the history of Daniel Burnham’s work on the World’s Columbian Exposition. Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City describes this man’s maze of windowless torture rooms on the top two floors of a building in Chicago. For the point, name this serial killer who built an infamous “Murder Castle.” | Dr. Henry Howard “H.H.” Holmes (accept Herman Webster Mudgett) |
| The Thakkar Commission accused R.K. Dhawan for being complicit in this event. In retaliation for this event, local police failed to intervene during the Hondh-Chillar massacre. This event occurred shortly before its target intended to meet with BBC interviewer Peter Ustinov. The target of this event had earlier reinstated one of its perpetrators to the Special Protection Group in an attempt to regain popularity following Operation Blue Star. Satwant and Beant Singh committed, for the point, what 1984 event that killed an Indian Prime Minister following her radical anti-Sikh programs? | assassination of Indira Gandhi [accept clear equivalents for assassination, accept 1984 anti-Sikh riots before “occured”] |
| Napoleon B. Broward campaigned on a platform to drain this geographical area. Ernest Coe campaigned to protect this area from development. Invasive species in this area include the Brazilian pepper and the Burmese python. This largest wilderness east of the Mississippi is protected under the Ramsar Convention. The Biscayne Aquifer is recharged in this area, home to mangrove forests. South Florida is home to, for the point, what protected wetland area home to the third-largest national park in the U.S.? | Everglades (accept Lake Okeechobee; prompt on South Florida) |
| The first holders of this position are often considered to have come from the House of Alpin and claimed to be descended from Fergus of Dal Riata. Despite dying before reaching this position’s country, Margaret the Maid of Norway is sometimes considered to have held this position. Edward I placed John Balliol as his puppet in this position, whose holders used the Stone of Scone [skoon]. This title was reclaimed from English domination by the victor of the Battle of Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce held, for the point, what title? | Monarch of Scotland (accept King of Scotland, prompt on Queen of Scotland) |
| This person dismissed artificial intelligence by stating that one machine could never originate anything. Section G of one set of this person’s notes includes a complete method for calculating a sequence of Bernouilli numbers using that machine. This person was first introduced to the Difference Engine by Charles Babbage, and this person wrote what might be considered an algorithm for Babbage’s proposed Analytical Engine. For the point, name this daughter of Lord Byron, often considered to have been the first computer programmer. | Ada Lovelace (accept Augusta Ada King) |
| After Abiel Smith attempted to disarm this man, ostensibly so he could murder him, Charles Gatewood threatened to “blow the head off” a young Leonard Wood, who just happened to be the first man in line. While in federal custody, this man would buy buttons to sew onto his shirt and then cut the buttons off to give to sell to tourists. C.S Fry photographed this man at a negotiation at the Canyon of the Funnels. Nelson Miles accepted the final surrender of this man who had been transferred to Skeleton Canyon. For the point, name this Apache leader whose feats inspired American paratroopers to yell his name before jumping. | Geronimo |
| Zaju opera and qu poetry were popularized during this dynasty. The monk Drogon Phagpa created a namesake alphabet for the founder of this dynasty. That ruler of this dynasty devised a four-tier social hierarchy, which placed foreigners of the Semu caste above its Han subjects. Arab and Persian merchants led the Ispah Rebellion against this dynasty and were crushed in Quanzhou, the city where Marco Polo began his return trip to Venice after visiting this dynasty. Khanbaliq was the capital of, for the point, what Chinese dynasty ruled by Mongol emperors? | Yuan dynasty [or Mongol dynasty before mention] |
| This language used the same word for guest and host, indicating a complex gift-exchange system was used by its speakers. The fact that this language had a word for bees means its homeland must have been west of the Urals. Grimm’s Law describes sound changes that happened in one offshoot of this language. This language’s existence was first suspected when British scholars noticed the similarity between Sanskrit and Latin. For the point, name this ancient language, the ancestor of most languages spoken in its namesake continent and subcontinent. | Proto Indo-European |
| In this battle, the 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs [shah-sirs] repeatedly charged an enemy position leading them to be labeled the “red-legged devils.” Despite taking Matthews Hill, the losing side in this battle was forced to retreat in what was humiliatingly dubbed “The Great Skedaddle.” Witnessing the valiant defense of the Henry House in this battle, Barnard Bee exclaimed “There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall.” For the point, name this battle in which Union forces ran back towards Washington D.C., the first major battle of the Civil War. | Battle of First Bull Run (accept Battle of First Manassas; prompt on Bull Run; prompt on Manassas) |
| Latvian folk hero Laˇcplesis earned his name by ripping apart the jaws of one of these animals. Ungnyeo [oong-nyuh] was one of these animals that became human and later gave birth to the legendary founder of Korea. The ainu Iyomante ritual sacrifices these animals, whose large canine teeth were highly valued in Siberian cultures. Nanook was one of these animals worshipped by the Inuit. Hera turned Callisto into one of these animals before Zeus elevated her and her son into constellations. For the point, what large carnivore is represented by Ursa Major? | bear |
| Commandos from this country boarded a Norwegian freighter carrying refugees in the Tampa Affair. In 2002, over 200 detainees protested with a hunger strike and lip-sewing in this country’s Woomera Immigration Detention Center. This country’s “Pacific Solution” forbids asylum seekers arriving by boat from residing in this country, instead transporting them to detention centers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. For the point, name this country whose mandatory detention policies were carried out by governments under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard in Canberra. | Australia |
| During one event in this city, the estate of Bush Hill was seized and turned into a makeshift hospital. The 1742 “Bloody Election” riots in this city pitted Isaac Norris II against the Proprietary Party. A week after an event in Boston, officials in this city turned away Captain Ayers and his ship, the Polly, resulting in a 1773 “Tea Party”.” This city was the site of a 1793 outbreak of yellow fever that was confronted by Benjamin Rush. For the point, name this city where the Second Continental Congress met in Independence Hall. | Philadelphia |
| This man was decisively defeated after ordering cavalry to charge entrenched machine guns at the Battle of Celaya. After his army fell apart at Agua Prieta, this man began to attack foreign settlements. This commander of the Division of the North briefly forced Venustiano Carranza away from the capital with the aid of Emiliano Zapata. This man was the subject of the Punitive Expedition, where John Pershing and a young George Patton attempted to capture this man. For the point, identify this Mexican revolutionary general who raided Columbus, New Mexico in 1916. | Francisco “Pancho” Villa |
| The spirit-child Azaro observes his parents in a novel set in this country that won the 1991 Booker Prize; that novel is The Famished Road. One author from this country led the MOSOP movement and was executed by this country’s government for protesting its relationship to Royal Dutch Shell. The first African Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a Yoruba playwright from this country who wrote The Lion and the Jewel. For the point, name this home country of Ben Okri, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Wole Soyinka, the most populous in Africa. | Nigeria |
| This cause was taken up by the Friendly Society, which planned to launch an insurrection on the Feast of the Annunciation. The Conference of Poros attempted to appease this cause by offering up the Cyclades. Legislative backing for this cause was drawn up at the Epidaurus Assembly. This cause was finally achieved in the London Protocol after the naval battle of Navarino. Lord Byron died of fever while supporting this cause against the Ottoman Empire. For the point, identify this cause that created a new country with capital Athens. | Greek independence |
| In this battle, artillery reduced the height of Cˆote 304 by several meters during fighting over the Dead Man Ridge. Auguste Thin chose his country’s unknown soldier on the site of this battle, which was supplied from Bar-le-Duc by the Sacred Way. Fort Souville held after the fall of Forts Vaux and Douaumont during this battle. One leader during this battle declared “Courage! We will get them,” while Robert Nivelle declared here, “they shall not pass.” For the point, name this 1916 battle at a French fortress town which made Phillipe P´etain temporarily a hero. | Battle of Verdun |
| This man was defeated at the Battle of Mikatagahara during which he ordered castle gates left open and torches lit to confuse the forces of Takeda Shingen. Stiff resistance by the Sanada at Ueda Castle prevented this man’s son from reinforcing him at a 1600 battle. As head of the Eastern Army, this man defeated the forces of Ishida Mitsunari at the Battle of Sekigahara. The reign of the Toyotomi was ended by, for the point, what last of Japan’s three great unifiers, the founder of a namesake shogunate? | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| The arrival of Gylippus during this campaign helped rally civilians to the side of this campaign’s winners. During this campaign, a lunar eclipse led to a harbor massacre after Demosthenes’ ships were caught lingering. After he was falsely accused of vandalizing the hermoi statues, Alcibiades was recalled before seeing combat in this campaign. This campaign’s failure severely weakened the influence of the Delian League. For the point, identify this Peloponnesian War campaign where Athens disastrously attempted to subdue an Italian island. | The Sicilian Expedition |
| A memorial in front of this building is composed of 96 cast iron plates with names and the dates of their unnatural deaths. Cyrillic graffiti scrawled with charcoal in this building was preserved by Norman Foster, who also added a glass dome to this building during its reconstruction. Martin van der Lubbe was found guilty of causing one event at this building, which was used to justify a namesake decree allowing the Nazis to curtail freedoms. For the point, name this building which was set on fire in 1933 and houses the German parliament. | The Reichstag |
| This composer dedicated a set of concertos titled La cetra to Charles VI. The marriage of Philip of Hesse-Darmstadt was celebrated by this composer’s opera, Tito Manlio. Written to celebrate the victory over the Turks at the siege of Corfu, this composer’s only surviving oratorio centers on Holofernes’ siege of Bethulia. This composer of Judith Triumphans wrote a set of 4 violin concertos each accompanied by a sonnet; those works are part of The Contest Between Harmony and Invention. For the point, name this composer of The Four Seasons. | Antonio Vivaldi |
| This site was the launching point for the first Aldermaston march against nuclear proliferation. Charles Barry added two fountains to this site next to St.-Martin-in-the-Fields. Statues of John Jellicoe and David Beatty were added to this site in 1948. The main structure at this site is flanked by four bronze lions and four bas reliefs, one of which depicts the Battle of Copenhagen. Located near Charing Cross in Westminster, this site features a Corinthian column topped by a sword-wielding admiral. For the point, identify this square in London that honors Horatio Nelson. | Trafalgar Square |
| This empire outlawed the possession of gold nuggets and required citizens to exchange it with gold dust. This empire’s laws were written in the Kouroukan Fouga after the first meeting of the Gbara. An epic poem describing this empire’s founding recounts how an arrow decorated with a rooster spur was used to defeat Sumanguru at Kirina. This empire’s most famous ruler devalued the worth of gold after giving lavish gifts on his hajj to Mecca. Sundiata and Mansa Musa ruled, for the point, what West African empire that was replaced by the Songhai? | Mali Empire |
| Perceived progressive members of this party, who favored internal improvements and state banks, were labeled Hunkers. Azariah Flagg and Silas Wright led a wing of this party that opposed corruption as a farmer would oppose rats in a barn. The Albany Regency was opposed by this party’s Barnburner faction which also opposed James Polk. This party evolved out of one founded by Thomas Jefferson after an ideological split between James Monroe and Martin van Buren. The Whigs were founded to counter, for the point, what political party led by Andrew Jackson? | Democratic Party |
| This monarch replaced the ukaz with the guberniya and abolished the Prikaz. This monarch built a regular navy for his country after he conquered a Black Sea port in the Azov Campaigns and helped construct an East Indiaman in Amsterdam during his Grand Embassy. This monarch targeted the influence of the boyars by introducing the Table of Ranks and a tax on beards. Sophia Alekseyevna was forced to become a nun by this monarch after he put down a revolt by the Strelsy. For the point, name this westernizing tsar who also defeated Charles XII in the Great Northern War. | Peter I (or Peter the Great) |
| This woman was shown with windblown hair and smiling at the photographer in a picture only possible because, according to the photographer, she didn’t recognize him. A quote by this woman telling security to “smash his camera” names a documentary on that photographer, Ron Galella. Ike Altgens captured a photo of Clint Hill reaching out to secure this woman. In the aftermath of one event, this woman refused to remove her blood-stained pink Chanel suit. For the point, name this first lady who was shown standing next to Lyndon B. Johnson after the assassination of her husband John. | Jacqueline “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis (accept either underlined name; accept Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier; accept Jackie O) |
| Thisparty’smilitarykilledover3,000peopleinBaChu´caspartofapreemptiveinvasionofVietnam. This political party supported the deposed Norodom Sihanouk as part of GRUNK, but the United States’ reluctance to work with him led this party to assume direct power. The Tuol Seng Museum is in a high school converted by this party to the S-21 torture center. Lon Nol was overthrown by this party whose leader called himself “Brother Number 1.” The Killing Fields were created by, for the point, what Pol Pot-led party that ruled Cambodia? | Khmer Rouge (prompt on Cambodia before mention; do not accept or prompt on Khmer) |
| This agreement allowed for a union with the Providence of Quebec without a vote. The flaws of this document were addressed at the Annapolis Convention which focused on reducing protectionist trade tariffs. The weakness of this document was exposed by Shays’ Rebellion which proved that the federal government was unable to effectively muster troops. The New Jersey and Virginia plans were alternatives to this document proposed at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention. For the point, name this governing document that was replaced by the Constitution. | Articles of Confederation |
| The Christy Commission investigated forced labor in this country. John Brown Russwurm served as governor of a colony in this country settled at Cape Palmas. After Isaac Ross died, his slaves on the Mississippi Prospect Hill Plantation were taken to this country, where the Kru and Grebo lived. Contract slavery was carried in this country under the True Whig Party. Migrants to this country settled in locations such as Harper in Maryland-in-Africa. Charles Taylor brutally ruled, for the point, what African country with its capital at Monrovia? | Liberia |