| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One war in this country ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging [[veh- REEN-uh-ying]], which gave the British control of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Nobel Peace Prize winners from this country include Desmond Tutu. Nelson Mandela fought racial oppression in, for the point, what country that practiced Apartheid? | Republic of South Africa (accept RSA) |
| Conducting this action in secret was once known as the "Australian method." Landholding women lost the ability to perform this action in New Jersey in 1807. The 15th Amendment protects the right to perform this action regardless of race, though property requirements restricted this action in all thirteen colonies before independence. For the point, name this action promoted by universal suffrage. | Voting (accept equivalents like Casting a Ballot; accept Women's Suffrage) |
| Naval officer Robert FitzRoy enlisted this person to serve as his gentleman- companion on a four-year expedition around South America. This person studied finches in the Galapagos Islands while serving aboard the HMS Beagle. For the point, name this scientist who published On the Origin of Species and theorized natural selection. | Charles Robert Darwin |
| After this emperor's death, Vitellius, Otho, Galba, and Vespasian contested the throne in the Year of the Four Emperors, which ended the Julio-Claudian dynasty. This emperor persecuted Christians and succeeded Claudius. For the point, name this emperor who ruled during the Great Fire, but did not fiddle while Rome burned. | Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (or Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) |
| This monarch led a 300th anniversary re-enactment of Mikhail Romanov's journey from Kostroma to Moscow. This tsar was petitioned in a labor protest led by Father Gapon which this tsar suppressed on Bloody Sunday. This tsar oversaw the mishandling of the Russo-Japanese War and World War One. For the point, name this Russian tsar who was deposed in the February Revolution and killed by the Bolsheviks. | Nicholas II (accept Nikolay II; prompt on "Nicholas;" prompt on "Nikolay") |
| After witnessing the martyrdom of this figure outside of Nicomedia, Empress Alexandra of Rome converted to Christianity. In a story about this figure collected in the Golden Legend, this man rescues a princess in Libya from being sacrificed to a monster. This man's namesake cross appears red on a white background in the flag of England. For the point, name this saint who legendarily killed a dragon. | Saint George of Lydda |
| The Siege of Vicksburg ended on this date after the surrender of Confederate forces under John Pemberton. George Washington was posthumously appointed General of the Armies of the United States on this date as part of a nationwide bicentennial celebration. For the point, identify this date on which the Declaration of Independence was ratified. | July 4th (or Fourth of July; prompt on "Independence Day" by asking "What is the date?") |
| This person led the 2nd South Carolina Infantry during a Raid on Combahee Ferry and gathered support for John Brown. This person was born Araminta Ross and became known as "Moses" for her actions. For the point, identify this woman who led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. | Harriet Tubman (accept Araminta Ross before mentioned) |
| One archaeological site in this country was known as KV62, and that site was contained within this country's Valley of the Kings. Abu Simbel and the Karnak Temple are located in this country where a large sandstone monument depicts the pharaoh Khafre. For the point, identify this country whose landmarks include the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza. | Egypt (or Arab Republic of Egypt; or Misr) and Israel (or State of Israel; or Medinat Yisra'el; accept answers in either order) |
| Operation Searchlight took place during a war that this country fought against its much larger eastern neighbor. This country was partitioned in 1947 after it was founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah through the Lahore Resolution. For the point, identify this Muslim nation where Indian refugees settled in Karachi before construction of its capital, Islamabad. | Islamic Republic of Pakistan (accept Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān) |
| In one election, this politician won the greatest number of electoral votes for a Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt. This president successfully ran against Barry Goldwater, but did not seek re-election in 1968 due to his escalation of the Vietnam War. Jacqueline Onassis attended the inauguration of, for the point, what president who succeeded JFK? | Lyndon Baines Johnson (accept LBJ) |
| This specific location was conceived by Joe Rodhe [[ROAD-ee]], who presented the idea with a 400-pound Bengal tiger. In 2017, this location opened the Na'vi River Journey as part of its section based on the film Avatar. Dinosaur and Expedition Everest are attractions at this Florida location that opened in 1998. For the point, name this amusement park operated by the Walt Disney Company and themed around the natural environment and conservation. | Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park (prompt on "Disney World" or "Walt Disney World") |
| This country was the site of colonial unrest during the Mau Mau Uprising. This country's first president formed the Kikuyu Central Association after moving to this country's urban center of Nairobi. For the point, name this African country once led by Jomo Kenyatta. | Republic of Kenya (accept Jamhuri ya Kenya) |
| The Dartmouth and Eleanor made anchor in this city where a siege resulted in the death of General Joseph Warren. That siege on this city involved an attack on the British- controlled sites of Breed's and Bunker Hill. For the point, name this New England city where protestors threw tea into the surrounding harbor. | Boston |
| With his cousin Timothy Folger, this man charted and named the Gulf Stream. This man founded America's first public library and contributed significantly to the pro- Revolutionary paper The Pennsylvania Enquirer. For the point, name this Founding Father and polymath known for founding Philadelphia’s first fire department and inventing bifocals. | Benjamin Franklin |
| A period of the Thirty Years' War named for this nation occurred after its king, Christian IV, occupied the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. A World War One naval battle occurred off the shores Jutland, a peninsula of this Nordic country where the world's first Legoland opened in 1968. A statue of the Little Mermaid can be found in, for the point, what Nordic country's city of Copenhagen? | Kingdom of Denmark (accept Kongeriget Danmark; accept Denmark-Norway) |
| The Joy Luck Club is set in this city that contains America's oldest Chinatown. Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" was published in this city where Maya Angelou became the first Black streetcar conductor. For the point, name this California city, the subject of Vikram Seth's Golden Gate. | San Francisco (or San Fran; accept Frisco; accept SF) |
| Winners of this event originally earned the Jules Rimet Trophy, and the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo was one of the hosts the first time this event was held. France last won this event in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, and Qatar has faced criticism for allegedly abusing laborers in anticipation of this event in 2022. For the point, name this international soccer tournament organized by FIFA. | FIFA World Cup |
| The official version of this song was arranged by the U.S. Bureau of Education under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson. This song was set to John Stafford Smith’s “To Anacreon in Heaven,” and its lyrics come from a poem titled “Defence of Fort M’Henry,” written by Francis Scott Key. For the point, name this song President Hoover made the U.S. national anthem. | "The Star-Spangled Banner", |
| One organization on this island was headed by Mathurin Romegas who led papal galleys at the Battle of Lepanto. That siege of this island was ordered by Suleiman the Magnificent who hoped to extinguish the Knights Hospitaller. For the point, name this Mediterranean island nation containing the city of Valletta. | Malta (accept Melita) |
| This series of events was instigated in part by a confession by Tituba, a slave owned by Reverend Samuel Parris. This event began in 1692 and resulted in the execution of 19 people, none of which were burned at the stake. For the point, identify this series of events in which a hysterical Massachusetts town prosecuted citizens for sorcery and devil worship. | Salem Witch Trials (accept descriptive answers that include some combination of “Salem” and “Witch”) |
| A "Curtain" named for this fruit describes a period of rule in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillo regime. A Fusarium mold threatened this fruit's Gros Michel [[GROH mee- "SHELL"]] variety, which was largely replaced by the Cavendish type. A republic named for this fruit describes an unstable nation ruled by plantation owners. For the point, name this fruit produced by companies like Chiquita. | Banana (accept Platano) |
| In 2001 this organization was involved in a court case with Hungry Jack’s, its Australian counterpart. This company paid more than $1 Million for its mascot to walk out with Floyd Mayweather Jr. ahead of his bout with Manny Pacquiao [[PAH-kee-yow]]. Stackers and Chicken Fries are products introduced by, for the point, what fast food chain that sells the Whopper? | Burger King (accept BK) |
| The Dade Massacre was part of a decade-long war to avoid this event, which began for the Seminole after the signing of the Treaty of Payne's Landing. This event caused over 4,000 deaths during Martin Van Buren’s presidency, and required its victims to give up all land east of the Mississippi. For the point, identify this forced removal of Native Americans from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma. | Trail of Tears (prompt on descriptive answers involving the removal of Native Americans from their homeland) |
| People of this ethnicity were photographed by Dorothea Lange pledging allegiance at a San Francisco public school. Facilities such as Manzanar detained members of this ethnicity, an order defended in the case Korematsu v. United States. For the point, name this ethnicity that was forcibly interned following U.S. involvement in World War Two. | Japanese-Americans (accept Nisei, Isei, or Sansei; accept People from Japan) |
| In one legend, this thinker was last seen journeying westward on a water buffalo. This thinker is believed to have originated the concept of wu-wei, or non-action, and that principle developed by this thinker is equivalent to yin, the counterpart of yang. For the point, name this purported author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of Daoism. | Laozi (or Lao Tzu; or Lao Tze) |
| Frank Calvert's initial excavations at this site inspired another archaeologist to dig a trench through the mound of Hisarlik and locate "Priam's Treasure." This city located in modern Turkey near the Dardanelles was the subject of a war that began when Paris abducted Helen. For the point, name this ancient city that was depicted in the Iliad and destroyed by warriors from inside a wooden horse. | Troy (or Troia; accept Ilios or Ilium before "Iliad" is mentioned; accept Hisarlik before mentioned) |
| This person hung up signs notoriously guiding visitors to the “Egress.” The phrase “There’s a sucker born every minute” is attributed to this man who included the elephant Jumbo in his “Greatest Show on Earth.” For the point, name this American showman who founded a circus with James A. Bailey. | P.T. Barnum (or Phineas Taylor Barnum) |
| In ancient Greece, a "long" type of these structures stretched from Athens to ports at Piraeus and Phaleron. A location along one of these structures was known as Checkpoint Charlie. For the point, name these structures, including one built by Hadrian across England, and one dividing East and West Germany. | Walls (accept Hadrian's Wall; accept the Berlin Wall; accept the Long Wall) |
| In this country, the principles of Pancasila were supported during the leadership of Suharto. The volcano Krakatoa erupted in this country that previously claimed East Timor. For the point, name this Southeast Asian island nation once led by Sukarno from Jakarta. | Indonesia (or Republik Indonesia; accept United States of Indonesia) |
| The Second Council of Nicaea met to reverse this movement, which was also combated by Empress Irene. The first and second periods of this event were both started by Byzantine emperors named Leo. This practice originated from the biblical belief that Jesus should not be represented in "graven images." For the point, name this movement that sought to destroy religious depictions. | Iconoclasm (accept First Iconoclasm or Second Iconoclasm; accept word forms such as Iconoclast; accept descriptive answers that mention the destruction of religious images) |
| This country was the only member of the Central Powers to gain land following the treaties signed after World War One, which it acquired from the Ottoman Empire. An empire with this name stretched from the Black Sea to the Aegean and popularized the Cyrillic alphabet. Byzantine emperor Basil II was known as the slayer of people from, for the point, what Balkan nation with capital at Sofia? | Republic of Bulgaria |