International History Bee and Bowl
2013-2014 Asian 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 country’s first president instated guided democracy to keep peace and was overthrown in the 30 September Movement by his successor who began the New Order. Those two men were Sukarno and Suharto respectively. East Timor was previously part of, for 10 points, what country with capital Jakarta.
ANSWER: Indonesia
3. In this war, the British were able to burn the White House. The Battle of New Orleans occurred two weeks after the peace treaty ending this war was signed. For 10 points, name this early 19th century conflict ended by the Treaty of Ghent and named after the year it was started.
ANSWER: War of 1812
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 succeeded by the House of Bourbon. For ten points, name this country whose monarchy was terminated by an 18th century revolution, though restored after the downfall of Napoleon.
ANSWER: France
5. Valdemar IV of Denmark was defeated by this organization in a war that ended with the signing of the Treaty of Stralsund. This organization included such “free cities” as Bremen, Lubeck, and Hamburg. For ten points, identify this commercial confederation of North German city-states that controlled the Baltic Sea trade for centuries.
ANSWER: Hanseatic League (accept Hansa)
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. In one painting, this artist showed a philosopher consuming hemlock, while in another painting, this artist showed the title revolutionary dead in his bathtub after having been assassinated by Charlotte Corday. For 10 points, identify this French painter of The Death of Socrates and The Death of Marat.
ANSWER: Jacques-Louis David
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
2013-14 Asian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Four
Second Quarter
1. This place was unified after the Battle of the Leaping Mullet and a constitutional monarchy was created here through the Bayonet Constitution. Pineapple plantations were established here by Sanford Dole, the first governor of this state. Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown in, for 10 points, what former Pacific Island kingdom, the 50th state of the USA?
ANSWER: Kingdom of Hawai'i
BONUS: The island of Lanai was once a large plantation for the production of which crop, which is now no longer widely grown in Hawaii?
ANSWER: Pineapple
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 takes inspiration from this man’s life; that novel is named Siddhartha. For ten points, name this founder of a major 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: Catherine the 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 participating in what activity, were rescued successfully by the government?
ANSWER: copper mining
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. It’s not in France, but one of this city's theme parks has a roller coaster called the French Revolution. The Han River flows through this city whose largest district is Songpa. This city hosted the 1988 Olympics and its major airport, which has won international awards, is located in the nearby city of Incheon. For ten points, K-pop originated in what South Korean capital city?
ANSWER: Seoul, South Korea
BONUS: What Korean pop singer found global success in 2012 with "Gangnam Style?"
ANSWER: PSY
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, once led by Mobutu Sese Seko with capital at Kinshasa.
ANSWER: Democratic Republic of the Congo (prompt on just “Congo”)
BONUS: Which man won a famous boxing fight in the Congo called the “Rumble in the Jungle?”
ANSWER: Muhammad Ali
International History Bee and Bowl
2013-14 Asian 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: Yuan Dynasty
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
2013-14 Asian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Four
Fourth Quarter
1. 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)
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. This empire was founded by colonists from Tyre according to an ancient epic poem. After a loss at (+) Trebia, one general of this empire utilized a double-envelopment tactic to decisively win the Battle of Cannae. That general faced his final defeat at the 202 B.C. Battle of (*) Zama. For 10 points, identify this empire led by Hannibal against the Romans during the Punic Wars.
ANSWER: Carthage (accept Carthaginian Empire)
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. During World War II this country was ruled by President Ismet Inonu. This country’s Justice and Development Party is the country’s largest with Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep (+) Erdoğan (pr. ER-doe-wahn), two of its members, currently holding power. Suffering criticism for its statements about the (*) Armenian Genocide, this is, for 10 points, what nation whose former leader, Ataturk, is buried in the capital of Ankara?
ANSWER: Turkey
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, and he gave the "This was their (*) finest hour" speech and leading his nation through the Blitz. For ten points, name this British prime minister in World War II.