International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
History Bowl Round Four
First Quarter
1. This battle was initially begun by the B task force of Operation Case Blue. Friedrich Paulus surrendered the 6th Army after this battle, which saw General Zhukov perform an encircling action codenamed Operation Uranus. For ten points, name this battle, the turning point of the Eastern front of World War II fought in a Soviet city.
ANSWER: Battle of Stalingrad
2.This man’s company acquired Harper Collins publishing in the 1980’s and The Wall Street Journal in 2007. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1985, where he helped to found the conservative television network Fox News. For ten points, name this Australian business mogul whose tabloid newspaper News of the World closed after a phone hacking scandal in England.
ANSWER: Rupert Murdoch
3.One ruler with this name was brothers-in-law with Geoffrey Chaucer and fathered the Plantagenet king Henry IV. Another ruler of this name lost the duchy of Normandy after the Battle of Bouvines. That ruler met his barons at Runnymede, signed into law a charter limiting royal authority and had the last name Lackland. For 10 points, identify this name of an English king who signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
ANSWER: John (accept John of Gaunt or John I)
4. This country was the site of a dynasty founded by Hugh Capet around the year 1000. A later dynasty in this country was the house of Valois (pr. val-WAH) which was followed by the House of Bourbon. For ten points, name this country whose monarchy was ended by an 18th century revolution, but restored after the downfall of Napoleon.
ANSWER: France
5.This country’s first president instated guided democracy to keep peace and was overthrown by his successor who began the New Order. Those two men were Sukarno and Suharto respectively. Christmas Island, controlled by Australia, has been a popular destination for people fleeing from, for ten points, which island country of over 200 million people?
ANSWER: Indonesia
6.This structure’s main gold finial was replaced with a bronze one in the early 1800s and sports a crescent at its peak. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is considered this structure’s principle architect and it was constructed following the death of Shah Jahan’s wife. With a name meaning “crown of palaces”, for ten points, name this white marble mausoleum located in Agra, India.
Answer: Taj Mahal
7.Three groups of these people, known as the Pomare, Titore, and Te Wera, fought the Musket Wars. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed between these people and the British to peacefully form a commonwealth nation in the Southern Hemisphere. For ten points, name these native people of New Zealand.
Answer: Maori
8.Ali Abdullah Saleh was this country’s first elected president and this was the first nation on the Arabian peninsula to grant women the right to vote.The USS Cole was attacked in the port of Aden by terrorists based in this country. For 10 points, name this nation with a capital at Sana’a that has a long desert border to its north with Saudi Arabia.
Answer: Yemen
9.This man made a voyage to Timor after being set adrift when Fletcher Christian and other men under his command rebelled. After commanding the Bounty, he came to Australia, where he was succeeded by Lachlan Macquarie as governor of New South Wales. For ten points, name this man who was overthrown during the Rum Rebellion.
ANSWER: William Bligh
10. Shortly before dying, this figure told an attendant to toss a certain object of his into the water, which the attendant hid twice before doing so. This figure’s father disguised himself as Gorlois to impregnate Igraine and was named Uther Pendragon. This figure received his most prized possession from the Lady of the Lake. For 10 points, identify this King of Camelot who owned the sword Excalibur.
ANSWER: King Arthur
International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Four
Second Quarter
1. This region was where an American air force plane carrying nuclear bombs crash landed during the Cold War near the settlement of Thule. Its capital was officially renamed from Godthab to Nuuk (pr. NOO-uk) though Danish is still widely spoken there. For ten points, name this large island which still belongs to Denmark, and is home to a large, if quickly melting, ice cap.
ANSWER: Greenland
BONUS: Which Viking, the father of Leif Erickson, is famous for discovering Greenland?
ANSWER: Erik the Red
2. This man’s tooth is venerated in a temple in the city of Kandy. The religion he founded is divided into Theraveda and Vajrayana sects, though the Mahayana sect has the most current followers. A novel by Hermann Hesse is inspired by this man’s life; that novel is named Siddhartha. For ten points, name this founder of an Asian religion.
Answer: Buddha (accept Buddhism)
BONUS: Statues of Buddha were destroyed by Islamic fundamentalists in the city of Bamiyan in which country in 2001?
ANSWER: Afghanistan
3. This monarch rose to power after the death of her husband Peter III. Her lovers included Count Orlov, who gave her a famous diamond. She faced a Cossack rebellion led by Pugachev during her reign. For ten points, name this “Great” empress of Russia during the 18th century.
ANSWER: Catherinethe Great (accept Catherine II)
BONUS: Catherine the Great was born in the city of Stettin, which used to be part of Germany, but was transferred to which other country after World War II?.
ANSWER: Poland
4. This country won its independence from Spain due in part to the efforts of Bernardo O’Higgins and this nation defeated Bolivia and Peru in the War of the Pacific. For 10 points what South American nation formerly led by Augusto Pinochet (pr. PEE-no-shay) has its capital at Santiago and is the narrowest country for its size on earth?
ANSWER: Republic of Chile
BONUS: In 2010, 33 Chileans in what job, were successfullysaved by the government?
ANSWER: coppermining (or miners)
5. This explorer contracted malaria on his third voyage and died in the city of Cochin. The Lusiads praise this explorer, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope on his first voyage before landing at Calicut. For 10 points, name this European explorer, the first to reach India by sea.
ANSWER: Vasco da Gama
BONUS: Vasco da Gama is the name of the largest city in which smallest Indian state, a former Portuguese colony?
ANSWER: Goa
6. This military force’s defeat at the Battle of the Chesapeake by the French Comte de Grasse led to the loss of a major colony. Earlier in its history, this force’s use of Fire Ships allowed it to save its nation from the Spanish Armada. Made up of “her majesty’s ships,” this is, for the point, what country’s naval force?
ANSWER: The Royal Navy (accept English/British/UK Navy)
BONUS: The Royal Navy fought against which country in the 1980’s Falklands War?
ANSWER: Argentina
7. This man’s father, who also played for Melbourne, was the first VFL footballer to be killed in World War II when he died at Tobruk. He finished his playing career at Carlton in the late 1960’s while he also served as their coach. He scored 330 goals over a 17 year career, and also coached at North Melbourne, Melbourne, and Sydney. For ten points, name this midfielder who was given the status of Legend when the Australian football hall of fame was established in 1996.
ANSWER: Ron Barassi Jr.
BONUS: Which other footballer is the namesake of the award given to the AFL player who kicks the most goals during the home and away season?
ANSWER: John Coleman
8. Belgian police officers in this modern-day country were known as the Force Publique. This country was once the personal property of King Leopold II. For ten points, name this large African country once known as Zaire, and formerly led by Mobutu Sese Seko with capital at Kinshasa.
ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo (prompt onjust “Congo”)
BONUS: Which man won a famous boxing fight in the Congo called the “Rumble in the Jungle?”
ANSWER: MuhammadAli
International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Four
Third Quarter
EMPIRES IN AFRICA
Which kingdom or empire…
1. Built a massive tomb for its pharaoh Khufu?
ANSWER: Egypt
2. Was the European empire that ruled present-day Togo and Chad in the year 1900?
ANSWER: France
3. Was led by Mansas such as Musa I?
ANSWER: Mali
4. Defeated the British at the Battle of Isandlwana?
ANSWER: Zulu
5. Shares its name with a country whose capital is Accra?
ANSWER: Ghana
6. Was the European empire that colonized Angola and Mozambique?
ANSWER: Portugal
7. Was located in Nubia and had a capital at Meroe?
ANSWER: Kush
8. Had its capital at Gao and was led by Sunni Ali?
ANSWER: Songhai
CHINESE DYNASTIES
Which Chinese dynasty…
1. Was founded by Shi Huangdi?
ANSWER: Qin Dynasty
2. Shares its name with the dominant ethnic group of China?
ANSWER: Han Dynasty
3. Was the last Chinese dynasty?
ANSWER: Qing Dynasty
4. Sent Admiral Zheng He on several naval expeditions?
ANSWER: Ming Dynasty
5. Was home to poets like Du Fu and Li Bai?
ANSWER: Tang Dynasty
6. Featured the use of oracle bones?
ANSWER: Shang Dynasty
7. Was founded by the Mongols?
ANSWER: YuanDynasty
8. Was the first dynasty to use paper money and gunpowder?
ANSWER: Song Dynasty
INVENTORS
Which famous inventor or scientist…
1. Created a temperature scale in which the freezing and boiling points of water were at 100 and 0 degrees?
ANSWER: Anders Celsius
2. Created a practical carbon-filament light bulb and was a proponent of DC electricity?
ANSWER: Thomas Alva Edison
3. Developed a movable type printing press and printed the Bible?
ANSWER: Johannes Gutenberg
4. Refined the steam engine and names the SI unit of power?
ANSWER: James Watt
5. Argued with Luigi Galvani over electricity and developed an early battery known as his “pile”?
ANSWER: Alessandro Volta
6. Names a “counter” used to detect radioactivity?
ANSWER: Hans Geiger
7. Patented the first modern automobile and currently names a company along with Mercedes?
ANSWER: Karl Benz
8. Was an Italian credited with inventing the radio?
ANSWER: Guglielmo Marconi
International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Four
Fourth Quarter
1. This politician, who was born in Wales, has cited Aneurin Bevan, a founder of Britain’s National Health Service, as one of (+) her heroes. Having previously served as Manager of Opposition Business in the House, Minister for Social Inclusion, and Minister for Education, she became the (*) leader of her party in 2010. For ten points, name this first female Australian prime minister.
ANSWER: Julia Gillard
2. The Khodynka tragedy occurred during this man’s coronation ceremony. This man’s minister Sergei Witte drew up the (+) October Manifesto, which paved the way for his nation’s first constitution. This man was deposed in (*) 1917 by the Bolsheviks and was executed along with his family. For ten points, name this last tsar of Russia.
ANSWER: Nicholas II (prompt on Nicholas)
3. During World War II, this man's movie studio produced the films Victory Through Air Power and Saludos Amigos. He became famous working with Ub Iwerks to create Oswald(+) the Lucky Rabbit. This man created the cartoons Plane Crazy and Steamboat Willie, and later developed theme parks(*) in Anaheim and Orlando. For 10 points, name this founder of an animation company and creator of Mickey Mouse.
ANSWER: Walter "Walt" Disney
4. This city was home to the Imperial Hotel which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s not in Europe, but a tower in this Asian city takes inspiration in its design from the Eifel Tower. (+) This city was largely built out of wood prior to World War II which contributed to a firebombing here by the US Air Force. (*) For ten points, name this city, the world’s largest metropolitan area by population, also the home of the world’s only emperor.
ANSWER: Tokyo
5. An early precursor to these structures was often paired with a bailey. A 190-meter-wide form of these structures surrounds the Angkor Wat complex. These structures prevented siege towers from approaching (+)castle walls, and passage over these structures was possible due to (*)drawbridges. For 10 points, identify these water-filled ditches that surrounded castles for protection.
ANSWER:moats
6. This ruler defeated Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. This ruler gathered bishops(+)to convene at the Council of Nicaea (pr. nye-SEE-uh) and allegedly saw a cross in the sky, helping pave the way for (*) Christianity in his empire. For 10 points, identify this “Great” Roman emperor whose Edict of Milan promoted religious tolerance throughout the empire.
ANSWER: Constantine I (accept Constantine the Great)
7. This region’s name ultimately derives from the Dutch region that was the subject of the World War II Operation Market Garden. Since 1980, the Ranger (+) Uraniummine in this region has been one of the world’s largest. This region is home to many important aboriginal sites in its (*) Kakadu National Park. For ten points, name this region on the western shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory
ANSWER:Arnhem Land
8. This man published a history of the Second World War that won him the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature.This man planned the Gallipoli(*) Campaign in World War I.He was succeeded in his highest position by Clement Attlee,gave the "This was their (*) finest hour" speech, and led his nation through the Blitz. For ten points, name this British prime minister in World War II.
ANSWER: Winston Churchill
Extra/Tiebreaker Question
1. Simon Dezhnyov created a settlement in this current territory and the Aleut people live on (+) islands close to this territory. This state was purchased by Secretary of State William Seward in his namesake “folly” and is the (*) largest state in the United States by area. For ten points, name this northern state with capital at Juneau, which borders the Arctic Ocean.
ANSWER: Alaska
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