2013 International HISTORY BOWL
ROUND FIVE
First Quarter
1. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, this man once served as governor of California. Also, like Schwarzenegger, this man starred as an actor, before becoming involved in politics. Unlike, Schwarzenegger, however, he was eligible for the presidency, a position he reached in 1981. For ten points, name this conservative Republican president who served between Carter and the first Bush.
ANSWER: Ronald Reagan
2. This composer made a visit to Iowa, which inspired his most famous symphony, which had its premier performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. For ten points, name this Czech composer of the Slavonic Dances, whose ninth symphony is subtitled “From the New World.”
ANSWER: Antonin Leopold Dvorak (da-VAWR-zhak)
3. A widely circulated internet image of this woman in 2008 showed her wearing an American flag motif bikini while holding a rifle. This woman also lampooned on Saturday Night Live as being able “to see Russia from my house.” For ten points name this former governor of Alaska who unsuccessfully ran with John McCain as a vice presidential candidate.
ANSWER: Sarah Palin
4. This country is home to the Cao Dai religion, and had its largest city renamed after it fell to a communist army in 1975. For ten points, name this country, which together with Cambodia and Laos formed French Indochina and was the site of a bitter war in the 1960’s.
ANSWER: Vietnam
5. George HW Bush once unfortunately vomited at a banquet in his honor in this country. This country has largely economically stagnated since 1990, after booming during the 1980’s, thanks to companies like NEC and Nintendo. For ten points, name this country which George HW Bush had earlier fought against as a World War II fighter pilot.
ANSWER: Japan
6. After this incident, President Kennedy accepted responsibility for its failure, though he also became far more skeptical of the CIA which had planned it. Its participants were routed less than a day after they began an invasion of an island. For ten points, name this incident that saw a failed attempt to overthrow the Castro regime in the early 1960’s in Cuba.
ANSWER: Bay of Pigs Invasion
7. This man was once bizarrely a business student at the London School of Economics before embarking on a different career. His associates have included Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, as well as a man who suffered injuries after falling out of a palm tree in 2006, Keith Richards. For ten points, name this charismatic frontman who at age 69 still can’t get no satisfaction, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones.
ANSWER: Mick Jagger
8. It’s not Tibet or China, but this country is where the current Dalai Lama primarily resides. It’s not Iran, but this country is also home to the world’s largest population of Zoroastrians. This country also has the world’s second largest Muslim population, and far and away the most Hindus. For ten points, name this religiously diverse country in South Asia.
ANSWER: India
9. A 2007 outbreak of this disease led to the an odd headline on CNN.com that simply read “Swan dies.” On the TV show Downton Abbey, Lavinia dies of this disease, which had a worldwide outbreak towards the end of World War I. For ten points, name this disease that is sometimes preceded by the words, “bird”, “Spanish”, or “swine.”
ANSWER: influenza
10. A rare example of this hit the eastern USA in summer 2011 and damaged the National Cathedral. One event of this type in 2010 killed over a hundred thousand people around Port-au-Prince. For ten points, name this type of disaster which also in 1989 struck San Francisco, and can trigger tsunamis.
ANSWER: Earthquakes
Second Quarter
1. One man to serve in this position was the target of a 1981 assassination attempt by Mehmet Ali Agca. Another man served barely a month in this position during the 1970’s; his successor then took the same name. For ten points, name this position whose holders included Innocent III in the middle ages, and Benedict the 16th in the 21st century.
ANSWER: pope
BONUS: Which country was the home of Pope John Paul II, who helped undermine the communist regime here during his papacy?
ANSWER: Poland
2. This woman, who disappeared in the 1930’s, was involved with the Ninety-Nines, who sought to promote aviation among women. What woman was the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic and, for ten points, vanished during an a flight across the Pacific?
ANSWER: Amelia Earhart
BONUS: Amelia Earhart Airport is in what central US state, remembered for its so-called “Bleeding” in the aftermath of an act that paired it with Nebraska?
ANSWER: Kansas
3. This mountain range is home to Mount Carlton, located in its New Brunswick section, and its namesake trail extends to Mount Katahdin in Maine. This mountain range served as a boundary in the Proclamation of 1763. For ten points, what mountain range in the Eastern U.S. has its highest peak at Mt. Mitchell?
ANSWER: Appalachian Mountains
BONUS: The Appalachians contain anthracite and bituminous versions of which mineral used as a fossil fuel?
ANSWER: coal
4. This type of event caused the end of the Anasazi civilization, and the German blockade of Leningrad caused one of these. Potato blight led to one of these known as the Irish Potato one. For ten points, what are these events, sometimes caused by bad harvests, that involve an extreme lack of food?
ANSWER: Famine
BONUS: The holodomor was a 20th century famine in what former Soviet Republic that saw massive rallies in Kiev during its Orange Revolution in 2004?
ANSWER: Ukraine
5. These objects were given up by South Africa as the apartheid regime ended, and Linus Pauling won a Nobel Peace Prize for opposing their use. They are also the subject of a namesake 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty. For ten points, what are these weapons, two of which were notably used on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
ANSWER: Nuclear Weapons (Also accept “Nukes.” Prompt on answers such as “Atomic Bomb” or “A-Bomb”)
BONUS: What was the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
ANSWER: Enola Gay
6. This action was supported by Emaline Pankhurst in Great Britain, where many supporters of this idea agreed not to advocate for its implementation until World War I ended. In parts of Switzerland, this did not come into force until the 1970’s. For ten points, name this action that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton advocated in the USA which basically doubled the size of the electorate.
ANSWER: Women’s suffrage (also accept answers like “women voting”)
BONUS: A controversy in which sport over the standard of equal pay among men and women at four major tournaments has been raised by Gilles Simon and countered by Samantha Stosur?
ANSWER: tennis
7. This city was once led by Mayor Richard Daley, and Al Capone led the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in this city. Upton Sinclair examined its meatpacking industry in The Jungle. For ten points, what Midwestern city is home to sports franchises such as the Blackhawks and the Cubs, the most populous city in Illinois?
ANSWER: Chicago
BONUS: What is the former name of the Willis Tower, which is still the tallest building in Chicago, though no longer the world?
ANSWER: Sears Tower
8. This country is often used for genetic studies, as almost all of its 300,000 residents trace their ancestors back to explorers who first settled it around 900 AD. It is home to Europe’s largest glacier, and its parliament, the Althing, is the oldest in the world. For ten points, what is this European island-nation near the Arctic Circle that has its capital at Reykjavik?
ANSWER: Iceland
BONUS: Which singer who once sang with the band The Sugarcubes, has a name that means birch tree in Icelandic?
ANSWER: Björk
Third Quarter
1. Presidents and Prime Ministers
2. American Non-Capital Cities
3. World’s Best…
PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS
Given the country, name its current president OR prime minister who have recently been making history
1. President of the United States
a. Barack Obama
2. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
a. David Cameron
3. President of Egypt
a. Mohamed Morsi
4. President of France
a. Francois Hollande
5. Prime Minister of India
a. Manmohan Singh
6. Prime Minister of Italy
a. Mario Monti
7. President of Brazil
a. Dilma Rousseff
8. Prime Minister of Japan
a. Shinzo Abe
AMERICAN NON-CAPITAL CITIES
Given a historical fact and a state, name that state’s most populous city. In all cases, the answer is not that state’s capital city.
1. Site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics in California
a. Los Angeles
2. It was mentioned from the moon in 1969, and is in Texas
a. Houston
3. Where the declaration of independence was signed in Pennsylvania
a. Philadelphia
4. It acquired a football team, the Jaguars, in the 1990’s and is in Florida
a. Jacksonville
5. Site of a Civil Rights era church bombing in Alabama
a. Birmingham
6. Where a bridge collapsed on an interstate in Minnesota
a. Minneapolis
7. Where you can find the original Starbucks location in Washington
a. Seattle
8. Where Bernie Sanders was once mayor in Vermont
a. Burlington
WORLD’S BEST…
Given a category and description, name the country where that object was constructed or developed.
1. The world’s largest building by volume, owned by Boeing
a. United States
2. The world’s tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa
a. UAE or United Arab Emirates
3. The world’s largest Ferris wheel, in an Asian city-state
a. Singapore
4. The world’s highest highway bridge, over the Tarn River
a. France
5. The world’s longest railway tunnel, the Seikan
a. Japan
6. The world’s longest bridge, located at Danyang and Kunshan
a. China
7. The world’s largest structure composed of living things, which has suffered from rising ocean temperatures
a. Australia
8. The world’s largest stadium by capacity, home to “mass games” honoring the Eternal Leader
a. North Korea
Fourth Quarter
1. This river was explored by a man who suggested naming it the River of the Immaculate Conception. That man, Jacques Marquette, navigated it with Louis (+) Joliet. It was the boundary of the land gained in the Louisiana Purchase. What river was famously chronicled by Mark Twain and (*), for ten points, is the longest river in North America?
ANSWER: Mississippi River
2. This man wrote Two New Sciences while under house arrest, and John Paul II apologized for the Catholic Church’s (+) treatment of this scientist. He was condemned of heresy for asserting that the heliocentric model of the universe was accurate. What (*) Italian astronomer discovered, for ten points, four largest moons of Jupiter?
ANSWER: Galileo Galilei
3. This is the first name of a co-founder of Standard Oil with the last name Flagler, as well as the Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams. That Whig politician’s last name was (+) Clay, and this is also the first name of a British king who had six (*) wives. What is this first name also shared by, for ten points, the founder of Ford Motor Company?
ANSWER: Henry
4. This manner of dying claimed the life of Maxentius during the Battle of Milvian Bridge, and Virginia Woolf put rocks in her pockets to aid in doing this. (+) Barbarossa became a victim of it after falling into the Goks River wearing heavy armor. What is this manner of (*) death brought about by, for ten points, prolonged submersion in water?
ANSWER: Drowning
5. This city’s outer section was said to be greater than Constantinople by its conquistador, and it was home to the Templo Mayor. According to myth, its location was determined by an (+) eagle eating a snake, and it was located in present-day Mexico City. For ten points, what is this city that was ruled over by (*), for ten points, Montezuma II, the center of the Aztec Empire?
ANSWER: Tenochtitlan
6. These people comprised the Varangian Guard, which counted Harald Hardrada among its members. They were known as seafarers, and went on many (+) raids in their namesake longships. What group of Scandinavian warriors and (*) explorers were, for ten points, active in Europe from the 8th to the 11th century?
ANSWER: Vikings
7. This disease’s treatment was revolutionized by the Kenny regimen, and Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine against it. It is characterized by an infection of the (+) spinal cord that can lead to muscle loss and paralysis. What is this disease, that has been nearly (*) eradicated from the world that famously, for ten points, afflicted Franklin Roosevelt?
ANSWER: Poliomyelitis (Also accept “infantile paralysis”)
8. These people were preceded by the Donghu, and their religion was originally Tengrism. Ogedei led these people following the death of his (+) father, and they established the Yuan Dynasty in China. Who were these nomadic people whose army was the Golden Horde and whose (*) empire was established by, for ten points, Genghis Khan?