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|---|---|
| This man gave a speech noting that “the old men are all dead, it is the young men who say yes or no.” Oliver Howard captured this man after the latter was defeated at the Battle of Bear Paw. This man declared “my heart is sick and sad” and “I will fight no more forever” after American forces stopped him from reaching the border. For the point, name this Nez Perce leader who almost led his tribe to Canada. | Chief Joseph (accept Young Joseph; accept Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt) |
| This organization accepted walk-in John Anthony Walker who assisted them in tracking the US Navy. Yuri Andropov was appointed head of this organization in 1967 and was partially responsible for crushing The Prague Spring. Vladimir Putin resigned from this organization after it led a coup at Mikhail Gorbachev. For the point, name this Soviet spy organization. | KGB (accept Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti; accept Committee for State Security) |
| This event was ended by Robert Pattinson who called in the state militia. Pinkerton agents were hired to deal with this event but were captured by angry workers as they attempted to arrive on barges. Henry Clay Frick was forced to deal with the Amalgamated association of Iron and Steel Workers during this event. For the point, name this 1892 strike at a Carnegie-owned site in Pennsylvania. | Homestead strike (accept Pinkerton rebellion) |
| This country is home to the disputed region of Rojava, whose government claims control of Afrin and Jazira. Sergei Shoigu recently announced plans to expand the Tartus naval base in this country which will give Russia a Mediterranean port. In 2016, this country’s government secured Aleppo after four years of stalemate. For the point, name this country led by Bashar Al-Assad from Damascus. | Syria |
| This region was the site of Ambriox’s revolt in which the Romans were told an army was about to cross the Rhine. In this region, Roman forces constructed a circumvallation in an attempt to starve an Arverni-led coalition. The Battle of Alesia was fought in this region where Vercingetorix clashed with Julius Caesar. For the point, name this region which composes much of Modern France. | Gaul (accept Gallia; accept France before it is read) |
| This author of the poem “Still I Rise” wrote “A Rock, A River, A Tree” to open her poem “On the Pulse of Morning,” which was delivered on January 20, 1993 at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. The first of this author’s seven autobiographies takes its title from a Paul Laurence Dunbar poem. For the point, name this African American author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. | Maya Angelou (or Marguerite Annie Johnson) |
| This man used the slogan “Congress needs a tail-gunner” to unseat Robert LaFolette as his state’s senator. During a series of hearings against the Army, this man was asked by Joseph Welch “have you no sense of decency?” This man claimed to have a list 205 communists that had infiltrated the State Department. For the point, name this Wisconsin senator who sparked the second Red Scare. | Joseph McCarthy |
| This region, with Taiwan, was ceded to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The Ming dynasty aided this region in a war in which Yi Sun-sin made heavy use of turtle ships. Toyotomi Hideyoshi attempted to invade this region in 1592 but was forced to retreat after losing the Siege of Pyongyang. For the point, name this peninsula where Choson kings paid tribute to China from Seoul. | Korea |
| This city suspended all military actions during Carneia which caused them to miss the Battle of Marathon. Young boys in this city joined the Krypteia which, once a year, would murder random helots. 300 soldiers from this city under the command of Leonidas led a valiant defense against invading Persians at the battle of Thermopylae. For the point, name this militaristic Greek city-state, the chief rival of Athens. | Sparta (accept Lacedaemon) |
| This god was presented as a bride to Thrymir while on a mission in J¨otundheim [YOH-tund-hym], and failed to lift a cat’s paw because it was his arch-enemy in disguise. At Ragnar¨ok, this god is destined to kill and be killed by J¨ormungandr [YOR-mun-gon-dur], the Midgard Serpent, and he wields the short-handled hammer Mjollnir [mee-YOLL-neer]. For the point, name this Norse god of thunder, the son of Odin. | Thor (accept Donar) |
| This man succeeded Abel Upshur as Secretary of State after the latter was killed in the Princeton disaster. The Petticoat Affair was sparked by this man’s wife who convinced Cabinet members not to speak to Peggy Eaton, This man wrote an “Exposition and Protest” in support of using nullification against the Tariff of Abominations. For the point, name this South Carolina senator. | John Caldwell Calhoun |
| This man’s release from Victor Verster prison was the subject of a famous photo with his wife, Winnie. After P.W. Botha’s stroke forced him to resign, this former prisoner of Robben Island negotiated with F.W. de Klerk, leading to the reinstatement of the African National Congress in 1990; four years later, this man was elected President. For the point, name this first black President of South Africa. | Nelson (Rolihlahla) Mandela |
| This colony was expanded by the Walking Purchase which acquired land from the Lenape. The charter for this colony was granted by Charles II to repay a large debt. This colony’s southern border was set at the Mason-Dixon line to solve a dispute with neighboring Maryland. The Second Continental Congress met in the capital of this colony. For the point, name this colony, a quaker haven, whose capital was Philadelphia. | Pennsylvania |
| This technology was first successfully marketed by Igor Sikorsky, whose innovative VS-300 used an anti-torque tail rotor. A sketch of an “aerial screw” in one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks inspired this type of vehicle. The Tomahawk, Apache Longbow, and Black Hawk are combat examples of, for the point, what aircraft that use rotary wings, unlike fixed-wing airplanes? | helicopters (prompt on aircraft; do not accept or prompt on airplane) |
| This battle was preceded by the losing side’s withdrawal from Rosebud Creek. The arrival of Frederick Benteen saved Marcus Reno’s men in this battle. Buffalo Calf Road Woman is credited with striking the enemy commander off his horse in this battle as his men were massacred around him. The 7th Cavalry was wiped out by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull at, for the point, what 1876 battle known as Custer’s Last Stand? | Battle of the Little Bighorn (accept Custer’s Last Stand before it is read; accept Battle of Greasy Grass) |
| This island was the location of a 1981 hunger strike culminating in the death of Bobby Sands at Maze Prison. The Good Friday Agreement ended the direct rule of a portion of this island in the hopes of ending the Troubles. In 1972, this island was rocked by “Bloody Friday” which included multiple car bombs exploding in Belfast. The IRA was based on, for the point, what island that contains Dublin? | Ireland (or Eire) |
| This conflict’s decisive battle featured only one American casualty, an engineer who had a heart attack. Frederic Remington was told to “furnish the pictures” by William Randolph Hearst who would furnish this conflict. The explosion of the USS Maine caused, for the point, what conflict in which the United States fought a European power in Cuba and the Philippines? | Spanish-American War |
| This region was relinquished by Henry III in the 1259 Treaty of Paris. After the death of Eleanor of Aquitaine, John of England failed to defend this region against Philip II. Francois I, in fear of a future English invasion, founded Le Havre in this region. Forces from this region poured into England in 1066, culminating in the battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror ruled, for the point, what region of northern France? | Normandy |
| This series of wars followed a letter written by Commissioner Lin to a European queen. The second of these wars began with the Arrow incident, and the first of these wars ended with the first “unequal treaty,” the Treaty of Nanking, which transferred control of Hong Kong. For the point, name this series of wars between China and the United Kingdom over the trade of a namesake illegal drug. | (First and/or Second) Opium War (s) (accept Anglo-Chinese War (s) before “China” is read, and prompt on it afterward) |
| This event was organized by George Rappleyea who believed, regardless of the outcome, it would boost the Dayton economy. The target of this case was accused of violating the Butler Act despite the fact he was using the required textbook. William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow argued over whether or not a Tennessee teacher was guilty of misconduct in, for the point, what trial dealing with the teaching of evolution? | Scopes Monkey Trial (accept either underlined name; accept The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes) |
| This country was the site of the Battle of Narvik which was fought over control of massive iron deposits. Allied forces sabotaged a Norsk Hydro plant in this country to limit Germany’s supply of heavy water. In this country, citizens sewed H7 onto their clothing to show support of their ousted king. Vidkun Quisling led a Nazi puppet-government in, for the point, what Scandinavian country run from Oslo? | Norway |
| This policy’s victims were given $20,000 by Ronald Reagan with the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. Manzanar Camp was established by this policy which was initiated by Executive Order 9066. This policy was ruled to be constitutional in Korematsu v. United States. The United States’ war with an East Asian nation led to, for the point, what policy of relocating perceived enemies? | Japanese Internment (accept Executive Order 9066 before it is read; accept any answers having to do with Japanese being imprisoned) |
| This artist’s The Genius of Victory was originally meant for a papal tomb; other works created for the tomb include his Rebellious Slave, Dying Slave, and a horned sculpture of Moses. In 1508, Pope Julius II hired this artist to paint a series of frescoes, including The Creation of Adam. For the point, name this Italian Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculptor of David. | Michaelangelo (di Lodovico) Buonarotti (Simoni) |
| This color names a group of students who rallied against the “Four Olds” as part of the Cultural Revolution. During the Chinese Civil War, Zhu De led an army named for this color. The phrase “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun” appears in a “little book” of this color. The flag of the People’s Republic of China shows five stars surrounded by, for the point, a field of what color? | red |
| This war was opposed by Henry Clay’s War Hawks who wanted to revoke the Orders in Council. The signal “we have met the enemy and they are ours” was sent by Oliver Perry after winning this war’s Battle of Lake Erie. Dolley Madison may have saved a picture of George Washington from British troops in this war. For the point, name this early 1800s war in which the British burned Washington D.C. | War of 1812 |
| This man worked with general Isaac Brock to carry out the siege of Detroit shortly after the New Madrid Earthquake was interpreted by citizens as a sign to join this man’s army. This man was killed at the Battle of the Thames while his brother, “the Prophet,” was defeated at Tippecanoe by William Henry Harrison. For the point, name this Shawnee leader of a pro-British confederacy in the War of 1812. | Tecumseh |
| This city dealt with the Bonfire of the Vanities during which Girolamo Savonarola burned “sinful” literature and art. The ruling family of this city was targeted in the Pazzi conspiracy which included an assassination attempt on Lorenzo the Magnificent. Dante Alighieri was exiled from this city, his birthplace, due to wanting less papal influence. For the point, name this Italian city led by the Medicis. | Florence |