International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
History Bowl Round Three
First Quarter
1. This city’s Chinatown was raided by over 500 white men, an incident now known as the Chinese Massacre of 1871. The Watts Riots and Zoot Suit Riots broke out in this city. The Salt Lake Oil Fields and Beverly Hills Oil Field were discovered in this city. For 10 points, name this city known for its movie industry, Hollywood, the largest city in California.
ANSWER: Los Angeles
2. The Turtle was an early example of one of these inventions, which was intended for use in the American Revolutionary War. The Nautilus was the first one of these to be nuclear powered, while the German ones were called U-boats. For ten points, name these ships that travel underwater.
ANSWER: Submarine (do not prompt on ships at any point)
3. This structure ends at the salt basin of Lop Nur. Its Badaling section and Shanhaiguan sections are among its most visited and this structure’s visibility from the moon was hypothesized by William Stukely. It was expanded by the Ming Dynasty after years of disrepair. For ten points, name this long Chinese barrier against northern invaders.
ANSWER: Great Wall of China (accept Long Wall or Chang Chen)
4. This empire was plagued by the Investiture Controversy and its last leader was Francis II. Often dated to the coronation of Otto I in 962, other notable leaders of this empire include Charles V, and it traces its roots back to Charlemagne. For ten points, name this empire made up of German states but named in part after an Italian city.
ANSWER: Holy Roman Empire
5. Excavations of this site were first directed by Karl Weber, and skeletons were found in a city adjacent to this one that was destroyed by pyroclastic flow. This site contains many buildings preserved in ash and is located near Herculaneum. For ten points, name this Italian city buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
ANSWER: Pompeii
6. This man's findings were long contested by Arthur Keith, who issued the statement "I was wrong" after follow-up research by Robert Broom. This man examined boxes of material excavated after the blasting out of a cave in the North West Province of South Africa. For 10 points, name this Australian anthropologist who identified a skull as belonging to the proto-human "Taung child," the first known example of Australopithecus africanus.
ANSWER: Raymond Dart
7. This man’s “Decree of War to the Death” permitted the killing of anyone opposed to his plans. This man issued the Cartagena Manifesto before beginning his “Admirable Campaign” against Venezuela. This man was the first president of Gran Colombia. For ten points, name this liberator of South America.
ANSWER: Simon Bolivar
8. This beverage originated in Ethiopia, though its use in Europe did not become widespread until the 17th century. This beverage’s spread helped enable the Enlightenment, as it led people to gather in public places to drink it, and gave them energy to fuel their philosophical debates. For ten points, name this beverage, whose weakened version is called Americano, after US soldiers unaccustomed to drinking the stronger espresso version in World War 2.
ANSWER: Coffee
9. This country was home to the Orange Revolution and the EU protested the treatment of this country’s former leader, Yulia Timoshenko. Protests erupted in this country over the past six months due to a decision to not honor a commitment to deepen ties with the EU. For ten points, name this country where Victor Yanukovich was recently overthrown in the protests centered at the maidan in Kiev.
ANSWER: Ukraine
10. Doctors during this event wore beak-shaped masks filled with herbs. The start of this event in Europe has generally been traced to the harbor of the city of Genoa. By the year 1350, this event had spread across the vast majority of the European continent. For 10 points, identify this devastating epidemic that killed over a hundred million people.
ANSWER: Black Death (accept Plague or Black Plague or Bubonic Plague)
International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Three
Second Quarter
1. Ramzi Yousef was part of a bombing of this location in 1993. A building currently at this site topped out at 1,776 feet, while another event here saw a strike between the 93rd and 99th floor of one of the two most prominent buildings of this site. Over 2,000 people died at, for 10 points, what New York City building complex, a target on September 11, 2001?
ANSWER: World Trade Center (prompt on Twin Towers)
BONUS: Two planes flew into the World Trade Center on September 11, with a third being crashed into the Pentagon. In which Eastern state did the fourth hijacked plane, Flight 93, crash land near Shanksville?
ANSWER: Pennsylvania
2. This city traces its history back to the site of the Navaginsky fort and it was one of the primary sites of the Circassian genocide in the 1860’s. During Soviet times, it became a popular resort town when Stalin built a dacha here. In 2007, it was selected to host an event that saw the debut of slopestyle as a medal sport. For ten points, name this city where Vladimir Putin opened the 2014 Winter Olympics.
ANSWER: Sochi
BONUS: Sochi has perhaps the warmest climate of any city to host the Winter Olympics due to its location on which body of water?
ANSWER: Black Sea
3. Nearly 500 ships participated in this war’s Battle of Sluys. A nineteen-year old girl burned at the stake played a vital role in the siege of Orleans during this war. For 10 points, identify this war between France and Britain that featured the heroics of Joan of Arc and, contrary to its name, ended up lasting from 1337-1453.
ANSWER: Hundred Years War
BONUS: The war featured this notably muddy 1415 battle in modern-day northern France, in which England came out with a victory with the help of the longbow.
ANSWER: Battle of Agincourt
4. The Ten Tragic Days in this country culminated in the murder of President Francisco Madero. This nation’s PRI party held control for most of the 20th century before the PAN took over under Vincente (pr. vin-SEN-tay) Fox. Its flag features an eagle eating a snake on a cactus. For ten points, name this country with cities Guadalajara and Tijuana, the former home of the Toltec civilization.
ANSWER: Mexico
BONUS: Which country, bordering Mexico and Guatemala, was the site of the colony formerly known as British Honduras?
ANSWER: Belize
5. This man, who worked for the VOC, was born in the province of Groningen and died in Batavia, which today is known as Jakarta. He named a landmass after Anthony Van Diemen which today is now known for him. For ten points, name this Dutch explorer, who is also the namesake of the sea separating Australia and New Zealand.
ANSWER: Abel Tasman
BONUS: Which other European voyager to Australia ultimately was killed in Hawaii in the late 18th century?
ANSWER: James Cook
6. An early hit from this band is sung by a man who "started the whole world crying." This band contributed six songs to a film soundtrack that also included "A Fifth of Beethoven" and "Boogie Shoes," including their "More than a Woman" and "Night Fever." For 10 points, name this British-Australian band that recorded "Stayin' Alive" for Saturday Night Fever.
ANSWER: The Bee Gees
BONUS: Also beginning their recording career in Queensland were what band of All Fool's Day, whose "I'm Stranded" was one of the first punk rock records?
ANSWER: The Saints
7. One ruler of this empire founded the religion of Din-e Ilahi with himself as prophet and abolished the jizya tax. This empire reached its greatest extent under Aurangzeb and was founded after the First Battle of Panipat against the Lodi Empire. For ten points, name this Indian empire with emperors such as Akbar and Babur.
ANSWER: Mughal Empire
BONUS: The Mughal emperors sat in a throne named for what colorful bird?
ANSWER: peacock
8. This deliverer of the “Blood and Iron” speech and proponent of Kulturkampf edited the Ems Dispatch which led to war with France. He was succeeded by Leo von Caprivi and was forced to resign by Kaiser Wilhelm. For ten points, identify this practitioner of Realpolitik, (pr. ray-AL-pol-it-EEK) the “Iron Chancellor” who unified Germany.
ANSWER: Otto von Bismarck
BONUS: Bismarck was the namesake of what type of ship, which was sunk by Britain in 1941?
ANSWER: Battleship
International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Three
Third Quarter
MODERN CHINA
1. Which Chinese city has grown to become the world’s largest by population?
ANSWER: Shanghai
2. What economic and political doctrine first developed by Karl Marx was introduced in the 1940’s?
ANSWER: communism
3. Which city was returned to China from Portugal in 1999?
ANSWER: Macau
4. Which United States President had his visit to China dramatized in an opera by John Adams?
ANSWER: Richard Milhous Nixon
5. Which city was returned to China from Britain in 1997?
ANSWER: Hong Kong
6. Which city hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, China’s first?
ANSWER: Beijing
7. Which man served as the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China?
ANSWER: Zhou Enlai
8. Which President of China in the 1980’s help modernize its economy?
ANSWER: Deng Xiaoping
ROMAN EMPERORS
Which Roman emperor…
1. Allegedly fiddled during the Great Fire of Rome?
ANSWER: Nero
2. Was the first Roman emperor?
ANSWER: Augustus [accept Octavius and Octavian]
3. Ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire?
ANSWER: Constantine the Great [accept Constantine I and Saint Constantine;
4. Was the last of the Five Good Emperors and wrote a Stoic treatise called Meditations?
ANSWER: Marcus Aurelius
5. Died in 117 AD at the height of the empire’s extent?
ANSWER: Trajan
6. Attempted to make a horse a consul and had a name meaning “Little Boots”?
ANSWER: Caligula
7. Was the second Roman Emperor?
ANSWER: Tiberius
8. Was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina?
ANSWER: Claudius
US STATES
Which state in the United States of America…
1. Was home to Jamestown and the House of Burgesses?
ANSWER: Virginia
2. Is the site of the Erie Canal and is home to boroughs like Manhattan and Queens?
ANSWER: New York
3. Declared independence as the Lone Star Republic under the presidency of Sam Houston?
ANSWER: Texas
4. Was admitted as a free state in the Compromise of 1850?
ANSWER: California
5. Was home to Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama?
ANSWER: Illinois
6. Is located north of California and was once a territory that pioneers reached through a trail in the West?
ANSWER: Oregon
7. Was founded by James Oglethorpe as a colony for debtors?
ANSWER: Georgia
8. Became the first state to secede in the Civil War?
ANSWER: South Carolina
International History Bee and Bowl
2014 Australian Division Question Set
Bowl Round Three
Fourth Quarter
1. This artist created a series of prints depicting the victims of rape and assault, known as hisDisasters of Warseries. This man also created a series of dark-themed murals known as his (+)Black Paintings.One of his paintings is illuminated by a large box-like white lantern on the ground and shows a man in a white shirt raising his arms as a firing squad prepares to (*)execute him. For ten points, identify this Spanish artist ofThe Third of May, 1808.
ANSWER:FranciscoGoya
2. A quarantine on horses forced the equestrian portion of this event to be held early in Sweden. Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt boycotted this event due to the Suez crisis. During this event, (+) Valentin Prokopov punched Ervin Zador in the face in the midst of a 4-0 game of (*) water polo. For 10 points, name this athletic festival which included the tense Soviet-Hungarian "blood in the water" match and was held in an Australian city.
ANSWER: 1956 Summer Olympics [or Melbourne Olympics until it is read; prompt on Summer Olympics; or "games of the Olympiad" or other equivalents in place of "Olympics" in any answer]
3. An inhabitant of this city could foretell the future but suffered the curse that no one would ever believe her. Along with Cassandra, this city was the home city of the prince (+) Aeneas, while another inhabitant of this city, Laocoon, correctly predicted that a giant wooden (*) horse would be the city’s doom. For ten points, identify this city that fought a ten-year long war against Greece as told in Homer’s Iliad.
ANSWER: Troy
4. This performer's father captured Rudolf Hess during World War II, and her grandfather was physicist Max Born. She became famous in 1978 when she sang on the (+) soundtrack songs "Hopelessly Devoted to You," (*) "Summer Nights," and "You're The One That I Want." For 10 points, name this Australian who starred as Sandy in Grease and had further pop hits such as "Heart Attack" and "Physical."
ANSWER: Olivia Newton-John
5. This country was named by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos. Emilio (+) Aguinaldo proclaimed its independence, and this country’s islands include Mindanao and (*) Luzon. Recently, it was devastated by the strongest storm in history, Typhoon Haiyan. For ten points, name this island Asian country with its capital at Manila.