| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prior to this battle, Wilfred Holmes received vital intelligence from Station HYPO. While being towed by the Vireo, the Yorktown was sunk during this battle. Tamon Yamaguchi led Japanese forces at this battle which took place one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese lost four aircraft carriers at, for ten points, what “turning point” of World War II, a 1942 battle at a namesake atoll. | Battle of Midway |
| In Tacitus’ Germania, this god is identified as Mercury. This god was propitiated with sacrifices, where horses were hanged. With his brothers, this god turned his father’s brains into clouds and his bones into mountains. In addition to killing Ymir with Villi and Ve, this god fathered Balder and Thor. For ten points, name this head of the Norse pantheon, the one-eyed all-father and husband of Frigg. | Odin (accept Woden; accept Woten) |
| This city was occupied by Henry Sibley after he lost his baggage train at Glorieta Pass. Pop´e led the native Pueblo Revolt in an attempt to kick the Spanish out of this city. This city, founded by the explorer Don Juan de On˜ate, is the oldest state capital in the United States. For ten points, name this capital of New Mexico. | Santa Fe |
| On this peninsula, Francisco de Montejo built over the ancient city of Ichkanzih´oo which was known for its five pyramids, establishing the city of Merida. A meteor hitting this peninsula at the Chicxulub Crater site likely caused the Cretaceous extinction event. For ten points, name this peninsula named for a subgroup of Maya in Southeastern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. | Yucatan Peninsula |
| A leader of this organization fell from grace after failing to prevent the Orange Riots, a clash between Irish Protestants and Catholics. Governor Al Smith acted as a ‘hero” for this organization after being brought in to fulfill a debt to Boss Murphy. Thomas Nast depicted the “boss” of this political organization, William Tweed, with a money bag for a head. For ten points, name this corrupt political machine from New York. | Tammany Hall (accept Columbian Order) |
| A ruler with this name convened the Quinisext Council, arresting the Syriac priest Sergius I. An earlier ruler with this name experienced the Nika Riot that broke out first at the Hippodrome. That ruler with this name and his wife, Theodora, fled across the Bosphorus Strait from their capital, Constantinople. For ten points, give this name of the two Byzantine Emperor, the first who recaptured Rome. | Justinian |
| Richard Prescott ordered this man be treated harshly while he was imprisoned on the HMS Gaspee. This man attempted to achieve independence for his homestate in the Haldimand Affair which ended after British forces surrendered at Yorktown. With the help of Benedict Arnold, this man captured cannons used in the Siege of Boston while taking Fort Ticonderoga. For ten points, name this Vermont rebel who led the Green Mountain Boys. | Ethan Allen |
| With support from the Marquis de Lafayette, a monarch of this name sailed to the Azores to mount an invasion of a mainland European nation. That king with this name attempted to annex a southern neighbor in the Cisplatine War. Pushed by his daughter Isabella, the second ruler with this name passed the Golden Law abolishing slavery in 1888. For ten points, give this name of two emperors of Brazil. | Pedro |
| This man’s Congressional hearing for supposed leftist sentiments was throw out after the judge heard Albert Einstein would appear as a character witness. This man, who spent his last days in Ghana, wrote Black Reconstruction in America. This founder of the Niagara Movement often argued with his rival Booker T. Washington. For ten points, name this Civil Rights activist that wrote The Souls of Black Folk. | W.E.B. DuBois |
| This explorer and his crew have been implicated in beginning the process of the mass extinction of the North American Great Auk. This explorer’s colony of Charlesbourg-Royal was abandoned after disease and the Iroquois killed many men. This explorer undertook a second voyage that traveled down the St Lawrence River hoping it be the Northwest Passage. For ten points, name this French explorer who named the modern country of Canada. | Jacques Cartier |