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| Actress Lindsay Lohan has been an outspoken advocate of this country’s ruling party, the AKP, or Justice and Development Party. This country’s media refused to air Portland Trail Blazers playo↵ games to avoid showing center Enes Kanter, who criticized this country’s leader as the “Hitler of our century” after a failed 2016 coup. For the point, name this country which Recep Tayyip Erdogan [air-doh-wan] leads in Ankara. | Turkey |
| This man allied with the White Stick Creek to defeat the rival Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Edward Pakenham was defeated by this man, with the aid of Jean Lafitte, at an 1815 battle fought after the Treaty of Ghent had o cially ended the War of 1812. For the point, name this President nicknamed Old Hickory, the victor of the Battle of New Orleans. | Andrew Jackson |
| This city was the site of a controversial election recount after the opposing Republican People’s Party defeated the AK Party. the Faith Mosque was built in this city of Mehmed the Conqueror who captured it in 1453. This city was renamed after the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. For the point, name this city, formerly known as Constantinople, the most populous city in Turkey. | Istanbul |
| This legislation was the subject of the proposed Tallmadge Agreement which mandated the freeing of slaves at age 25. Henry Clay negotiated this agreement, which prohibited slavery north of the 36’30” parallel. Under this agreement, a new free state could only be admitted at the same time as a new slave state. For the point, name this compromise that allowed a namesake Midwestern state to enter the Union. | Missouri Compromise (accept the Compromise of 1820) |
| The winning side of this battle executed their captives after an attack on their baggage train by Ysembart. In a speech given at this battle, a King warned his troops that the opposing side planned to cut two fingers o↵ every captured archer. French knights in this battle were forced to charge through muddy ground where they were decimated by longbow men. For the point, name this 1415 victory for Henry V. | Agincourt |
| SvetlantaAlexievichinterviewed500witnessesofthiseventforherbook“Voicesfrom”thisevent.This event created the Red Forest in the Zone of Alienation. The town of Slavutych was built to accommodate people displaced by this event who evacuated Pripyat. This disaster occurred after a power surge at a Soviet nuclear facility. For the point, name this 1986 nuclear meltdown in the Ukraine. | Chernobyl disaster |
| The first woman to serve in this Cabinet post was Janet Reno, who served for Bill Clinton’s entire administration. As President, John F. Kennedy selected his brother to this position, which was first held by Edmund Randolph in 1789 as one of the four original Cabinet posts. William Barr succeeded Je↵ Sessions in, for the point, what Cabinet post that is in charge of the Justice Department? | Attorney General of the United States (do not prompt on partial answers; do not prompt on descriptive answers, like “head of Justice” or “Secretary of Justice”) |
| An innovative use of this instrument in the jazz standard “Solar” is the first recorded instance of its composer using this instrument with a Harmon mute. One of these instruments with a bent bell was played by Dizzy Gillespie, who got his nickname by pu ng out his cheeks while playing this brass instrument. For the point, name this instrument played by jazz artists Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong. | jazz trumpet (do not accept jazz cornet) |
| Thiscity’sholiestsitewascapturedin1979bytheal-IkhwanmilitiagroupunderJuhaymanal-Otaybi. Pilgrims to this city drink water from the Well of Zamzam and undertake a ritual translated as the “stoning of the devil.” Muslims journey to this city to circle the Kaaba as part of the Hajj. For the point, name this Saudi Arabian city, the holiest city in Islam/ | Mecca |
| During this war, Nelson Miles criticized the “embalmed” beef supplied to his troops. George Dewey won a lopsided victory in this war at Manila Bay. Although the African-American Bu↵alo Soldiers were key in storming San Juan Hill, all the credit was given to Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. The explosion of the USS Maine sparked, for the point, what war between the United States and a European power? | Spanish-American War |
| During this period, Dutch merchants were limited to the island of Dejima as part of a policy of isolation called Sakokou. This period was established following the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara and the end of the Sengoku Period. Emperor Meiji ended this period by leading a namesake 1868 restoration of imperial power. For the point, name this last Japanese shogunate, founded by Ieyasu. | Tokugawa Shogunate (accept Edo period) |
| On an April 15th holiday commemorating this man, every player wears his number 42, which is otherwise retired throughout the league. This athlete won his only World Series after stealing home in Game 1 in 1955, and he won the Rookie of the Year award after general manager Branch Rickey signed him in 1947. For the point, name this athlete for the Brooklyn Dodgers, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. | Jack “Jackie” Robinson |
| This man complained about the corruption of baseball and government in a series of anti-Semitic pamphlets called The International Jew.Those writings originally appeared in The Dearborn Independent, which he published on the side of his main company, which exploited the assembly line to reduce costs. For the point, name this American business tycoon whose namesake Motor Company in Detroit sold early cars like the Model T. | Henry Ford |
| In the aftermath of this event, Secretary of State Alexander Haig declared “I am in control here” while awaiting the return of the Vice President. This event’s perpetrator had previously watched the film Taxi Driver 15 times, and claimed that he carried out this attack to impress Jodie Foster. For the point, name this 1981 event in which John Hinckley Jr. shot the 40th President of the United States. | John Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (do not accept or prompt onanswersthatindicatethattheattemptwassuccessfulincludingbuzzesofjust“assassinationofReagan”) |
| This activist was labeled a “loose cannon” by Earl Howe after funding the HALO Trust to remove landmines. This woman was last seen with Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul as they approached the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris. In 1996, this woman divorced Prince Charles due to mutual extramarital a↵airs. For the point, name this British princess who died in a 1997 car accident. | Diana, Princess of Wales (accept Diana Spencer) |
| This man responded to an attack on the USS Philadelphia by declaring war on Tripoli and starting the First Barbary War. In response to British attacks on American shipping, this man issued the Embargo Act. This first Democratic-Republican President organized the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. For the point, name this Third President of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson |
| This thinker cited the priestess and philosopher Diotima in a work in which Alcibiades and Aristophanes give speeches in praise of Eros. This philosopher wrote Symposium, and included the Allegory of the Cave in a work that includes his mentor as a speaker, the Republic. For the point, name this Greek philosopher, the student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. | Plato |
| In this country, outlaw Ned Kelly battled police while wearing a suit of bullet-resistant armor. This country’s military attempted to stop a namesake bird from eating wheat crops by launching the Emu War. In 1998, this country began honoring National Sorry Day in remembrance of atrocities committed against its Aborigines. The outback is located in, for the point, what country whose largest city is Sydney? | Australia |
| This city is home to The Belvedere, a summer palace built for Eugene of Savoy. A conference in this city was interrupted by the Hundred Days but still managed to establish the Concert of Europe. In 1529, Suleiman the Magnificent’s forces failed to take this city, ending their westward expansion into Europe. Klemens von Metternich chaired a Congress in this city after the Napoleonic Wars. For the point, name this capital of Austria. | Vienna (accept Wien) |
| This man’s first Vice President, Spiro Agnew, was forced to resign after being accused of accepting bribes. The Saturday Night Massacre was caused by this President’s attempt to remove special counsel Eliot Richardson. This man denied his involvement in one scandal by declaring “I am not a crook.” The Watergate Scandal ended the career of, for the point, what 37th President of the United States. | Richard Nixon |
| Citizens in this city were legendarily forced to use large metal sticks as currency to stop them from focusing on wealth. Men in this city were educated under the agoge system which may have been introduced by Lycurgus. This city was ruled by kings from the Agiad and Eurypontid lines until it was annexed by the Achaean League. For the point, name this militaristic Greek city-state that rivaled Athens. | Sparta |
| This man published a popular list of 105 Ways of Preparing a certain food; that information was in one of nearly four dozen o cial bulletins this man published in the early 20th century, many of which argued for planting legumes and sweet potatoes. For the point, name this professor of the Tuskegee Institute whose agricultural studies, contrary to popular belief, did not include the invention of peanut butter. | George Washington Carver |
| This man opened his policies to criticism in the Hundred Flowers Campaign but then promptly oppressed anyone who participated. This man encouraged his country’s peasants to transform their land into backyard furnaces during the failed Great Leap Forward. The teachings of this leader were collected in the “Little Red Book.” For the point, name this first chairman of Communist China. | Mao Zedong |
| A photograph taken during this period shows a line of flood survivors in front of a billboard proclaiming the “World’s Highest Standard of Living.” During this period, people were forced to live in shantytowns labeled “Hoovervilles.” This period started after the October 1919 collapse of the stock market. For the point, name this lengthy period of economic downturn that crippled the United States for much of the 1930s. | The Great Depression (prompt on the 1930s before it is read) |
| This thinker encouraged burning synagogues in his On the Jews and Their Lies. At the Marburg Colloquy, this theologian argued that during the Eucharist, the bread and wine become the literal body and blood of Jesus. In his most famous work, this man decried the church for its sale of indulgences. for the pointm name this Protestant reformer, the defendant in the Diet of Worms and the author of the 95 Theses. | Martin Luther |
| This country authorized Operation Satanic, the secret bombing of a Greenpeace ship protesting its nuclear policy, the Rainbow Warrior. That attack was ordered by its first Socialist President, Francois Mitterand. In this country’s 2017 election, Marie Le Pen won 33% of the vote en-route to being defeated by the En Marche party. For the point, name this country that is currently led by Emmanuel Macron from Paris. | France |
| At this location, Moses Rose legendarily refused to cross a line in the sand drawn by William Travis. At the Battle of San Jacinto, the winning side exclaimed “remember Goliad!” and remember “this location!” Davy Crockett was one of the last surviving defenders of this location which was besieged for 13 days by Mexican troops under Santa Anna. For the point, name this San Antonio mission. | Alamo |
| A debate has existed since the 17th century regarding whether this mathematician or Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed calculus. This scientist’s book Opticks explained how light separated when passing through a prism. This man stated rules for mechanics in his Principia Mathematica, including the fact that force equals mass times acceleration. For the point, name this English physicist who described three laws of motion. | Sir Isaac Newton |
| The children of this ruler were appointed regional rulers in the Donations of Alexandria. In one tale, this ruler hid in a carpet that was smuggled into the palace in order to meet one man. This ruler, with Mark Antony, was defeated at the Battle of Actium. This final ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty may have committed suicide by snakebite. For the point, name this Egyptian queen, a lover of Julius Caesar. | Cleopatra |
| This state was originally funded by James Oglethorpe who established it as a haven for debtors. In this state, William Tecumseh Sherman led the March to the Sea which culminated in Savannah. In 1971, this state elected a “New South” governor Jimmy Carter, the son of peanut farmers. For the point, name this Southern state, known for its peaches, with capital Atlanta. | Georgia Extra Tossups |
| In the trial resulting from this event, John Adams remarked “facts are stubborn things.” Thomas Preston commanded one side of this event which may have been pelted with snowballs while on King Street. Crispus Attucks was the first person killed in this event which caused massive colonial outcry. For the point, name this 1770 event in which British troops fired on civilians in a Massachusetts city. | Boston Massacre (accept Incident of King Street before “King Street” is read) |
| In this country, an assault on a colonial flag in Russell led to the Flagsta↵ War. The natives of this country built pa forts and were given European weapons as part of the Musket Wars. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in this country in order to coerce land from the Maori people. For the point, name this former British colony home to cites such as Wellington and Auckland. | New Zealand |