| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This conflict featured a loss by a Count Persano led Italian fleet at the Battle of Lissa. The violation of the Gastein Convention was used to justify this conflict. The victors in this war took control of Schleswig and Holstein after winning the Battle of K¨oniggr¨atz. For ten points, name this 1866 conflict in which Prussia defeated a Habsburg-led empire within two months. | Austro-Prussian War (accept Seven Weeks’ War; accept the Unification War; accept the German Civil War; accept Brothers’ War) |
| This organization’s original logo made the claim “we never sleep” below a detailed eye. The founder of this organization thwarted the Baltimore Plot resulting in this group being personally hired by Abraham Lincoln. This agency crossed the Monongahela River in an attempt to surprise striking workers on the orders of Henry Clay Frick. The Homestead Strike was a failure for, for ten points, what detective agency? | Pinkerton National Detective Agency |
| This event led to the creation of the “White City on the Beach”, a village for refugees. Survivors aboard the Pherabe incorrectly told William McKinley that only 500 were killed in this event. The site of this event was so heavily damaged that it was replaced by Houston as its state’s main commercial hub. For ten points, name this 1900 disaster that decimated a Texas city, the deadliest hurricane in American history. | Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 |
| This mission resulted in Operation Sei-Go in which invading troops decimated Zhejiang and Jiangxi while searching local homes. In the aftermath of this mission, Edward York landed at Vozdvizhenka. This mission launched from the USS Hornet and was meant to boost morale by showing the vulnerability of the Japanese home islands. For ten points, name this 1942 air raid led by a namesake Lieutenant Colonel. | Doolittle Raid (accept Tokyo Raid) |
| This ballet is narrated by an old fortuneteller during the “Augurs” section, which occurs early on in its “Adoration of the Earth” segment. This ballet, titled “Pictures from Pagan Russia,” features a girl dancing herself to death after she is chosen as a sacrifice. It caused a riot when first performed in 1913. For ten points, name this controversial ballet of Igor Stravinsky. | The Rite of Spring (or Le Sacre du Printemps) |
| This dynasty’s last king, Di Xin, was forced to commit suicide after the disastrous Battle of Muye. The Ruins of Yin are the remains of this dynasty’s last capital. During this dynasty, priests would heat up turtle shells until they cracked in an attempt to divine the future. Oracle bones were created during, for ten points, what dynasty of China, the oldest with archaeological evidence? | Shang dynasty (accept Yin dynasty before it is read) |
| This work includes a pair of bed-wetters who are forced to sleep in the same bunk bed, switching spots each night. This work’s central figures join the army due to the rhetoric of Headmaster Kantorek where they are tormented by the former postmaster Himmelstoss. Paul Baumer is the protagonist of, for ten points, what Erich Maria Remarque novel about the title theater of World War I? | All Quiet on the Western Front (accept Im Westen nichts Neues) |
| This war included the death of Papaflessas who died at the Battle of Maniaki to forces led by Ibrahim Pasha. Lord Byron died in this conflict as part of the Siege of Missolonghi. In the aftermath of this conflict, Crete was ceded to Egypt. The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 resulted from, for ten points, what 1821 conflict in which a Hellenistic country achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire? | Greek War of Independence (accept Greek Revolution; accept Greek Uprising) |
| This man, at his father’s funeral, threw incense at an altar causing his mentor to commit suicide in shame. Takeda Katsuyori’s calvary was defeated by this man. This man was betrayed by Akechi Mitsuhide at Honno-ji. This man ambushed the forces of Yamagawa Yoshinobu, preventing them from reaching Kyoto, at the Battle of Okehazama. For ten points, name this man, the Fool of Owari, Japan’s first Great Unifier. | Oda Nobunaga (accept Kipposhi |
| Takeda Katsuyori was defeated at this 1575 battle where Oda utilized wooden barricades and arquebuses to defeat the 24 Generals. | Battle of Nagashino |
| This event involved tactics inspired by similar usage against the Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm. This event began when the ATF were fired on while searching for weapons. After 51 days of siege in this event, Janet Reno approved the use of tear gas on David Koresh’s followers at the Mount Carmel Center. For ten points, name this 1993 Texas event in which the FBI attacked the Branch Davidians. | Waco (accept any additional information) |
| Some of the government agencies who carried out the Waco siege were earlier involved in this shootout in Naples, Idaho, which resulted in the death of Samuel Weaver as his father Randy resisted arrest. | Ruby Ridge (accept any additional information) |
| This man carried out an infamous sack of Drogheda in one conflict, causing great anger amongst the Irish. This man sent in troops to forcibly dismiss the Rump Parliament. This man, along with Thomas Fairfax, led the New Model Army to a great victory at Naseby, crippling the cavalier army of King Charles I. For ten points, name this Lord Protector of England following a 17th century civil war. | Oliver Cromwell |
| The Rump Parliament was what remained after this man “purged” the Long Parliament of those who didn’t want to see the king executed. | Thomas Pride (accept Pride’s Purge) |
| This city’s early layout was mapped by Jacques Cortelyou in the Castello Plan. Willem Verhulst was replaced as the director of the province holding this city by Peter Minuit. The land for this city was secured after a transaction with the Lenape that traded beads for the island of Manhattan. For ten points, name this capital of New Netherland that was, after being captured by the English, renamed to New York. | New Amsterdam (accept New Orange; prompt on New York before mention) |
| New Amsterdam was surrendered during the rule of this last director-general of New Netherland. | Peter Stuyvesant |
| This conflict started when the Green Standard Army attacked the God Worshiping Society. Charles Gordon earned the nickname “Chinese” for his role in stopping this conflict. The leader of this rebellion believed he was the younger brother of Jesus and founded the “Heavenly Kingdom.” Hong Ziquan began, for ten points, what 1850 rebellion against the Qing Dynasty? | Taiping Rebellion (accept Taiping Civil War) |
| Charles Gordon led this fighting force during the Taiping Rebellion. This army was composed of Chinese soldiers but included European and American officers. | Ever Victorious Army |
| This ideology’s American form utilized Elihu Palmer’s Principles of Nature as its “Bible.” Thomas Paine’s pamphlet The Age of Reason helped popularize this system of belief in the colonies. Prominent subscribers to this belief system include Benjamin Franklin and Voltaire. For ten points, name this belief system that holds that God created the universe but does not interfere with the world. | deism (accept word forms like deist) |
| This Dutch philosopher and lens grinder offered an alternative to deism that adopted more of the tenets of pantheism. | Baruch Spinoza |
| This woman’s marriage was annulled by Eugene III after she failed to give Louis VII a male heir. The Revolt of 1173 was partially orchestrated by this woman who aimed to put her son, Henry the Young King, on the throne. While Richard III fought in the Third Crusade, this woman ruled England as Queen Dowager. For ten points, name this wife of Henry II who hailed from a southwestern French province. | Eleanor of Aquitaine (prompt on Eleanor) |
| Eleanor supposedly led a “Court of Love” in this French city, her birthplace and the site of a key 1356 battle in the Hundred Years’ War. | Poitiers |
| This city was the site of an Eugene Schmitz order to “shoot to kill” any looters after a disaster. Adolphus Greely’s troops were deployed to give aid to this city. A fire started by an earthquake in this city led to the destruction of many records houses in Chinatown, allowing immigrants to claim citizenship. For ten points, name this Bay Area city that was hit in 1906 by California’s deadliest earthquake. | San Francisco |
| This Army general declared martial law after the San Francisco earthquake and made the order to shoot looters on sight. | Frederick Funston |
| Party symbolized by a donkey that Jackson helped found. | Democratic Party (do not accept or prompt on “Democrat-Republican”) |
| Man who defeated Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election thanks to a corrupt bargain. | John Quincy Adams (prompt on Adams; do not accept or prompt on J. Adams or John Adams) |
| Kentucky senator who feuded with Jackson over funding of the Maysville Road. | Henry Clay |
| Institution led by Nicholas Biddle that Jackson opposed. | Second Bank of the United States (prompt on Bank of the United States) |
| Scandal that shook up Jackson’s cabinet after a coordinated shunning of a cabinet member’s wife. | Petticoat Affair (or the Peggy Eaton Affair) |
| Secretary of the Treasury who finished 3rd in the 1824 election. | William Crawford |
| Country whose breakup Mikhail Gorbachev presided over. | Soviet Union (or USSR; accept Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; accept CCCP; accept Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) |
| Country where Gorbachev attended the Reykjavik Summit to cut weapons funding. | Iceland |
| Nuclear disaster that happened in Pripyat, Ukraine during his time in power. | Chernobyl disaster |
| First president of the Russian Federation, who stopped the Gang of Eight from launching a coup. | Boris Yeltsin |
| Name for Gorbachev’s policy of economic restructuring to fight stagflation. | perestroika |
| LongtimeForeignMinister,knownas“Mr.Nyet,”whoGorbachevreplacedwithEduardShevardnadze in 1985. | Andrei Gromyko |
| Country ruled by the Han, and where the Han are the majority ethnic group. | (People’s Republic of) China |
| Belief system that emphasizes filial piety on which the Han government was based. | Confucianism |
| Trade route that connected Asia with Europe, on which the Han traded fabrics. | Silk Road (or Silk Route, etc.) |
| Meritocracy-based system begun in the Han Dynasty to choose government officials. | civil service exam (or Imperial examinations; accept equivalent descriptions; prompt on partial answers) |
| Religious movement whose members carried out the Yellow Turban revolt. | Daoism (or Taoism) |
| Author of the Records of the Grand Historian, a Han-era chronicle. | Sima Qian |
| This man was disastrously defeated at the Battle of Kunersdorf with his capital only being “saved” by the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg. In response to his passivity at the Battle of (+) Mollwitz, this man stated his army would always attack. This man launched a 1742 invasion of Silesia in response to the rise of (*) Maria Theresa. For ten points, name this “great” king who led Prussia through the War of Austrian Succession. | Frederick the Great or Frederick II |
| This tribe fought the Chickamauga Wars while led by Dragging Canoe. The (+) Treaty of New Echota ceded the original lands of this tribe to the United States. In response to a court case involving this tribe, Andrew Jackson may have claimed (*) “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” Sequoyah created the syllabary for, for ten points, what tribe whose sovereignty was recognized in Worcester v. Georgia? | Cherokee (accept Tsalagi) |
| This conflict began after the Treaty of Tientsin was violated by one country, which deployed troops to intervene in the Donghak Peasant Rebellion. The (+) Pescadores were surrendered by the losing side in this conflict, as well as Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula in the Treaty of (*) Shimonoseki. For ten points, name this 1890s conflict in which two rival powers in East Asia clashed. | First Sino-Japanese War (accept descriptions of war between China and Japan) |
| This group’s actions were the subject of a documentary titled “The Hate that Hate Produced.” Shortly after Wallace (+) Fard disappeared, the newspaper “Final Call” was established to argue that Elijah Muhammad should become the new leader. In 1995, this group planned the Million Man March under (*) Louis Farrakhan. For ten points, name this African-American religious movement closely tied with the Muslim faith. | Nation of Islam |
| This city was the site of a riot called “429” by Koreans, who were forced to man assault rifles on the roofs of their stores to prevent looting. (+) Stacey Koon’s acquittal in this city outraged protesters. In this city, the question “can (*) we all get along?” was asked by Rodney King after he was beat up by police. For ten points, the 1992 South Central riots took place in what largest city in Southern California? | Los Angeles |
| This country launched Operation Searchlight to crush a secession movement led by the Awami League. In 1988, this country became the first Muslim-majority nation to elect a (+) female leader, Benazir Bhutto. India occupied part of this country in 1971 after it attempted to crush the (*) Bengali independence movement. For ten points, name this country that contests Kashmir with China and India, an Islamic republic led from Islamabad. | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| This event was organized by George Rappleyea after its defendant was accused of violating the (+) Butler Act. This event featured questioning regarding the population of ancient Egypt and the origins of Cain’s wife. It pitted (*) William Jennings Bryan against Clarence Darrow, who was defending a teacher from Dayton, Tennessee. For ten points, name this 1925 trial that debated the lawfulness of teaching evolution. | Scopes Monkey Trial |
| This territory was saved by Richard Howe’s fleet in 1779 when it was put under siege for three years by the Duc de Crillon, the (+) longest siege ever faced by the British army. A rock located in this territory is said to be part of (*) Pillars of Hercules and is separated by strait from overseas Morocco. For ten points, name this British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of Spain. | Gibraltar |
| This city was the site of a February 1942 siege that ended with Arthur Percival, and 80,000 British soldiers, surrendering. The (+) Jackson Plan was a renovation of this city implemented after Hussein Shah sold it to Stamford Raffles. In 2004, this city banned (*) chewing gum due to its citizens constant littering. For ten points, name this modern city-state located on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. | Singapore |
| Name this series of fortifications, named for a field marshal, that stretched from Lake of Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland and used during the Winter War. | Mannerheim Line (accept Mannerheim-linja; accept Mannerheimlinjen) |
| This state passed the Negro Seamen Act in violation of federal law to jail suspected rebels. The 1833 Force Bill (+) targeted this state after it attempted to dodge taxes. This state provoked the ire of Andrew Jackson after declaring that the (*) Tariff of Abominations was unconstitutional and that it would not follow it. For ten points, name this southern state that triggered the Nullification Crisis. | South Carolina |