2022 Asian Championships History Bowl Bowl Round 2
Bowl Round 2 (Middle)
First Quarter
(1) To denounce the atrocities committed in this present-day country's war of
independence, Archer Blood wrote a namesake telegram to the U.S. State Department. George
Harrison and Ravi Shankar organized a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in support
of refugees in this country, which in 2013 witnessed the death of over eleven hundred people
in the world's deadliest garment factory disaster. For ten points, name this densely populated
country in South Asia which broke away from Pakistan in 1971.
ANSWER: Bangladesh (or People's Republic of Bangladesh; or Gônoprojatontrī
Bangladesh)
(2) In 1791, the HMS Pandora broke on this geographical feature, killing 35 sailors.
Discovered in 1768 by French explorer Louis de Bougainville, this geographic feature was the
site of a major shipwreck for the HMS Endeavour, captained by James Cook, which was only
able to break away due to a high tide. In 2018, the National Geographic said half of this place
was dead, “Akin to a forest after a devastating fire.” For thousands of years, Torres Islanders
and Aboriginal peoples have been using, for ten points, what coral system off the coast of
Queensland, Australia?
ANSWER: Great Barrier Reef
(3) A composer from this musical era, Heinrich Biber [[BEE-buh]], called for strings to
play col legno to evoke the sounds of battle in the opening of Battalia. Another composer from
this era, who wrote the music for The Bourgeois Gentleman, died by stabbing himself with a
conducting staff. The all-female ensemble of the Ospedale Della Pieta orphanage often sang
music by a composer from this era who wrote four concerti grossi depicting changing weather
throughout the year. For ten points, name this classical music era of Jean-Baptiste Lully,
Antonio Vivaldi, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
ANSWER: Baroque era
(4) Following the Bolshevik Revolution, an alternative version of this character was
banned for being too “bourgeois,” with Joseph Stalin instead uplifting the Slavic "Ded Moroz."
Jerry Rubin mocked the House Un-American Activities Committee by holding a toy rifle while
dressed as this character. Thomas Nast depicted this character draped with the American flag
and holding a puppet that resembled Jefferson Davis. For ten points, what character, based
on a historical saint, is known for giving presents to children during Christmas?
ANSWER: Santa Claus (or Kris Kringle; accept Saint Nicholas; accept Father Christmas
before “Christmas” is mentioned; accept Ded Moroz before mentioned; accept regional
equivalents for “Santa Claus”)
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(5) The merger of the Sveno and the Bolshevik Workers Party into the Fatherland Front
overthrew this nation's monarchy following a Soviet invasion. This European nation lost the
Second Balkan War against its former allies of Serbia and Greece, losing territory in
Macedonia and Thrace. Tsars such as Ferdinand I and Boris III led, for ten points, what
member of the Axis governed from the city of Sofia?
ANSWER: Tsardom of Bulgaria (or Tsarstvo Balgariya; accept "Kingdom" in place of
"Tsardom")
(6) During this war, future Stasi head Erich Mielke [[MEEL-kuh]] was a major participant
in the killing of about 7000 priests during a "red terror." During this war, Emilio Mola Vidal
may have coined the term "fifth column" to refer to hidden supporters within a target
territory. The Abraham Lincoln Brigades were composed of American volunteers who fought
for the Republican side in this war, during which the Falangists allowed the Nazi Condor
Legion to bomb Guernica. For ten points, name this 1930s war which ended with Francisco
Franco establishing a fascist regime.
ANSWER: Spanish Civil War (or Guerra Civil Española)
(7) NASA’s future missions include launching the Dragonfly spacecraft to a feature of this
celestial body to investigate its possible habitability. One of this planet’s moons was
determined to be habitable after the Cassini space probe found evidence of geysers. An
anagram that describes a feature of this planet as a “thin, flat ring” was published by Christian
Huygens [[HOY-gehns]] in 1655. In 1610, Galileo Galilei observed the extensive ring system
of, for ten points, what gas giant, the second largest planet in the solar system?
ANSWER: Saturn
(8) This ruler formally ended imperial funding for the Neoplatonic Academy, which had
been revived by Emperor Theodosius the Younger. In the text The Buildings, Procopius falsely
attributes the construction of walls in Edessa and Tomis to this patron of his rather than to
this man's uncle and predecessor of a similar name. The unpopularity of taxes raised by this
monarch and his advisor, John the Cappadocian, led to the Nika [[NEE-kah]] Riots. The Corpus
Juris Civilis was compiled by, for ten points, what sixth century Byzantine emperor who
married Theodora?
ANSWER: Justinian the Great (accept Justinian I; do not accept or prompt on "Justin")
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Second Quarter
(1) A “Renaissance” among these people followed the overthrow of the Gutians [[GOO-
tee-ans]]. The Stele [[STEE-lee]] of the Vultures commemorates the victory of Lagash [[LAY-
gash]] over Umma, both cities founded by these people. Scenes of war and daily life are shown
on the Standard of Ur, created by these people. These people were the first to build step-
pyramid temples called ziggurats. For ten points, name this earliest civilization to spring up
in Mesopotamia.
ANSWER: Sumerians
BONUS: The Gutians initially overthrew the Akkadian Empire, which was founded by this
conqueror. He is often considered the first "Emperor" in history.
ANSWER: Sargon the Great (or Sargon of Akkad; accept Šar-ru-gi)
(2) A man from this province, who successfully argued to be made an exemplar of
clemency, expressed wonder at wealthy Romans coveting "poor huts." In this Roman
province, Cartimandua [[kahr-tee-mahn-DOO-ah]] of the Brigantes [[bree-GAHN-tehs]]
received and handed over the rebel leader Caratacus [[kah-rah-TAH-kooss]]. A generation
later, Suetonius Paulinus put down a revolt in this region by defeating the Iceni [["eye"-SEE-
nee]] at Watling Street. For ten points, name this Roman province where Boudica's [[BOO-
dih-kahs]] revolt occurred and of which the northern boundary was marked by Hadrian's
Wall.
ANSWER: Britannia (or Roman Britain; do not accept or prompt on "Great Britain,"
"England," or "United Kingdom")
BONUS: Caratacus pled his case to which Roman emperor, the fourth Julio-Claudian, under
whom the conquest of Britain was achieved?
ANSWER: Claudius (or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; do not prompt on
partial answer if "Claudius" is not mentioned)
(3) The constitution of this nation that was in place until 1987 was written by U.S.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt. After this country's president ordered
the mass execution of prisoners in 1915, he was killed by a mob, leading to a U.S. occupation.
Toussaint L'Ouverture [[too-SAHN loh-vehr-TOOR]] is known as the father of this country for
leading it to independence. For ten points, name this country whose President Jovenel Moïse
[[jove-NEL moh-EEZ]] was assassinated in 2021.
ANSWER: Republic of Haiti (or Republique d'Haiti; or Repiblik d Ayiti)
BONUS: This family led Haiti from 1957 until 1986 under the leadership of both "Papa Doc"
and "Baby Doc."
ANSWER: Duvalier [[doo-vahl-YEH]] (accept François "Papa Doc" Duvalier; accept Jean-
Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier)
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(4) This man put the Lord Chamberlain in charge of theatre censorship after passing the
Licensing Act. This man was a member of a social organization that met at Trumpet’s Tavern
known as the “Kit-Kat Club.” News of the failed Battle of Cartagena [[car-tah-HEH-nah]] de
Indias, which was part of the War of Jenkins' Ear, catalyzed the political downfall of this man.
For ten points, identify this politician who came to power following the collapse of the South
Sea Bubble and who is generally considered to be the first British prime minister.
ANSWER: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (accept either underlined portion)
BONUS: The War of Jenkins' Ear was the Caribbean theatre of the War of the Austrian
Succession, during which this monarch became the last British king to personally lead troops
in combat at the Battle of Dettingen.
ANSWER: George II (prompt on "George")
(5) A September 2021 report found that employees of this organization, which opened a
100 million dollar "hub" in Berlin, perpetrated sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo during its 2018 to 2020 mission in that country. This organization's director-general,
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [[ah-dah-NAHM geh-breh-YEH-sooss]] of Ethiopia, was
accused of allowing China veto power over its report on the origins of the Covid-19 virus. For
ten points, name this United Nations organ that oversees disease intervention and advocates
for expanded medical care.
ANSWER: World Health Organization (accept WHO)
BONUS: The WHO's new pandemic center in Berlin is housed in a building named for surgeon
Bernhard von Langenbeck and this German biologist, whose activism for social health and
work on the lifecycle of cells caused his friends to call him the "Pope of Medicine."
ANSWER: Rudolf Virchow [[FEER-koh]] (or Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow)
(6) This man starred in a series of commercials for Paul Masson [[mah-SOHN]] with the
slogan "We will sell no wine before its time." This man was infamously angered while
recording a commercial for Findus frozen peas. In one film, a character played by this man
erroneously states at the Vienna Riesenrad [[REE-zen-rahd]] that the Swiss had "five hundred
years of democracy and peace" and produced only the cuckoo clock. For ten points, name this
actor who portrayed Harry Lime in The Third Man and wrote and starred in Citizen Kane.
ANSWER: Orson Welles (or George Orson Welles)
BONUS: Orson Welles founded this repertory company in New York that produced multiple
stage and radio theatre productions including the "War of the Worlds” broadcast. This
company notably staged a fascist-themed production of Julius Caesar in 1937.
ANSWER: Mercury Theatre
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(7) This case's subject based his legal argument on precedents such as Winny v.
Whitesides and Rachel v. Walker. The grocer Samuel Russell falsely testified that he hired the
central person in this case. In this case, Chief Justice Taney [[TAW-nee]] stripped Congress of
its power to ban slavery in the territories, nullifying the principle of "once free, always free."
For ten points, name this 1857 Supreme Court case which ruled that Black people in the
United States lacked citizenship rights.
ANSWER: Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford (accept the Dred Scott case; accept Dred Scott v.
John F.A. Sandford)
BONUS: The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government was prohibited from freeing
slaves brought into federal territories due to this clause, found in the Fifth and Fourteenth
Amendments, which prohibits arbitrary deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the
government.
ANSWER: Due Process Clause
(8) A group described by this color faced a six-day siege conducted by a volunteer army
raised by by Toqto’a. A leader of a group described by this color was a merchant who sold salt
illegally before amassing a 10,000 man force and leading an attack on Taizhou; that man was
Zhang Sicheng. A man who had, as a child, been sent to a Buddhist monastery near Haozhou
joined that movement described by this color. That man, Zhou Yuanzhang, would later
become the Hongwu Emperor. For ten points, a group described as wearing headgear of what
color rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty?
ANSWER: red (accept Hóngsè)
BONUS: The Red Turban Rebellion led to the rise of what Chinese dynasty that constructed
the Forbidden City in its capital, Beijing?
ANSWER: Ming Dynasty (or Míng cháo; accept Great Ming; or Dà Míng)
Third Quarter
The categories are:
1. Malcolm X
2. Medieval Agriculture and Feudalism
3. Aztec Empire
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Malcolm X
Concerning the life of Malcolm X, name the...
(1) Civil Rights leader he called "a chump" for supporting Black integration into white
society.
ANSWER: Martin Luther King Jr. (accept MLK)
(2) Abrahamic faith to which he converted before changing his name to Malik El-
Shabazz.
ANSWER: Islam (accept Muslim; accept Nation of Islam; prompt on "Nation" Editor's Note:
Malcolm left the Nation of Islam in 1964 before changing his name, but we are accepting it
here to be generous)
(3) Boxer once known as Cassius Clay whom he assisted in converting from Christianity.
ANSWER: Muhammad Ali
(4) Black Supremacist and leader of the NOI who later claimed to have ordered his
killing.
ANSWER: Louis Farrakhan (accept Louis Eugene Walcott)
(5) Author of the book Roots who co-wrote his autobiography.
ANSWER: Alex Haley (or Alexander Murray Palmer Haley)
(6) Controversial five-word phrase he used to positively describe the JFK assassination.
ANSWER: "Chickens Coming Home to Roost"
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Medieval Agriculture and Feudalism
Concerning agriculture and feudalism in Medieval Europe, name the...
(1) Type of peasant who was tied to the land they farmed under feudalism.
ANSWER: Serfs (accept Villeins)
(2) Crop which, along with rye and barley, was used in bread-making.
ANSWER: Wheat (accept Triticum)
(3) Castrated bulls used by farmers to plow agricultural fields.
ANSWER: Oxen (accept Bullock; prompt on "cow")
(4) Legal term for land ownership, now commonly used for an indefinite academic
appointment at a university.
ANSWER: Tenure (accept Land Tenure)
(5) "System" used by farmers in which one-half of the land lay fallow and the other was
planted.
ANSWER: Two-field System
(6) Century of the "Great Famine" which included a cattle plague, followed shortly by
the Black Death.
ANSWER: 14th Century (accept 1300s)
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Aztec Empire
Concerning the Aztecs, name the...
(1) Present-day country whose capital was built on the site of Tenochtitlan.
ANSWER: Mexico (or United States of Mexico; or United Mexican States; or Estados Unidos
Mexicanos; or Mēxihcatl Tlacetilīlli Tlahtohcāyōtl; or EUM)
(2) Spanish conquistador who conquered their empire in the early 16th century.
ANSWER: Hernán Cortés (accept Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano)
(3) Emperor who was stoned after surrendering to the Spanish invaders.
ANSWER: Montezuma II (accept Moctezuma II)
(4) Language spoken in their royal court.
ANSWER: Nahuatl (prompt on "Aztec" or "Mexicano")
(5) Patron deity of Tenochtitlan to whom they sacrificed humans by removing their
hearts.
ANSWER: Huītzilōpōchtli [[HWEET-zee-loh-"POACH"-tlee]]
(6) Technique for growing crops in shallow lake beds on small rectangular areas.
ANSWER: Chinampa
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Fourth Quarter
(1) This man is often credited with saving one country's Jewish population by
convincing Gustaf V of Sweden to open his borders to refugees. This man went by the
pseudonym “Nicholas Baker” while working as a consultant on the Manhattan Project.
This scientist, with Ernest (+) Rutherford, gives his name to an atomic model that
exhibits electrons of a hydrogen atom moving in a (*) “planetary” motion. For ten points,
what Danish scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for proposing that electrons
orbit the nucleus in energy levels?
ANSWER: Niels Bohr (or Niels Henrik David Bohr; accept Bohr-Rutherford Model)
(2) This sport is depicted in a Francisco de Goya sketch showing the historical "El
Campeador" El Cid performing it on horseback. The treatise Death in the Afternoon by
Ernest (+) Hemingway recounts the traditions surrounding this sport, particularly in
Pamplona. Doctors developed a special type of surgery to deal with injuries given by
(*) horns to practitioners of this sport. For ten points, name this bloody sport performed in
Spanish-speaking nations by matadors.
ANSWER: Bullfighting (accept Toreo; accept Corrida)
(3) A historical fairy-tale opera in this language depicts one sister promising to
bear a "bogatyr" knight for a certain monarch. That opera in this language partially
takes place in the principality of Tmutarakan [[tuh-MOO-tah-RAH-kahn]]. The
monologue "I have attained supreme power" (+) is sung by the title character of an
opera in this language who gives the throne to his son. That play in this language takes
place during the Time (*) of Troubles. For ten points, give this language of operas such as
The Tale of Tsar Saltan and Boris Godunov.
ANSWER: Russian (or Russkiy)
(4) A propaganda tale during WWI claimed Sergeant Harry Band suffered this form
of punishment at the hands of German soldiers. In Tokugawa Japan, Haritsuke was the
practice of (+) thrusting spears into criminals during this form of punishment. Six
thousand participants of the Third Servile War were punished in this manner along the
Appian Way. The most famous symbol of (*) Christianity was used for, for ten points,
which form of capital punishment traditionally suffered by Jesus?
ANSWER: Crucifixion (or Crucifying; accept word forms; accept any mention of Cross)
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(5) This country resettled Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the town of Sosúa
[[soh-SOO-ah]] after the Évian Conference. During one massacre in this country, the
fate of the victims was determined by how they pronounced the term "perejil'' [[peh-
reh-HEEL]] (+) when soldiers held up a certain herb. One leader of this country had
several thousands migrants from a neighboring country killed in the Parsley Massacre
and was nicknamed "El (*) Jefe" [[HE-feh]]. For ten points, name this Caribbean country
that was ruled for over thirty years by Rafael Trujillo [[troo-HEE-yoh]] from Santo Domingo.
ANSWER: Dominican Republic (or República Dominicana; prompt on "DR"; do not
accept or prompt on "Dominica")
(6) A man in this profession, Dua-Kheti, may have written the work The Satires of
the Trades which extolled the virtues of this occupation. A female recluse named
Diemut who held this occupation is considered a local saint in her home region of
Austria for single-handedly stocking the Wessobrunn [[VEH-soh-broohn]] Monastery
library (+). This type of public servant developed the demotic Egyptian script for
everyday use (*). Papyrus scrolls were used by, for ten points, which type of professional
copyist who became obsolete after the invention of the printing press?
ANSWER: Scribes (accept Calligraphers; accept Copyist before mentioned; prompt on
"Writer" or equivalents)
(7) A ceramic mask from the Sesklo culture depicted these creatures as early as
6000 BCE. The oldest stone pediment in Greece displays an image of one of these
creatures at the temple of Corfu. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, (+) Ceto and Phorcys
were the parents of these creatures, which were often depicted beheaded (*) and placed
onto shields, like the Aegis. Believed by the Ancient Greeks to have provided protective magic
for homes, for ten points, what mythological serpent-headed monsters included Medusa?
ANSWER: Gorgons (or Gorgon sisters; prompt on "Medusa(s)")
(8) This organization built the largest wooden ship of the late 16th century, known
as Der Grosse Adler for service during the Northern Seven Years' War. The Stalhof of
London served as the principal kontor, (+) or foreign trading post, of this organization
until Edward IV expelled a group of Cologne merchants. Maritime trade of the medieval
Baltic (*) and North Seas was dominated by, for ten points, what trade league of German and
Scandinavian guilds and towns?
ANSWER: Hanseatic League (accept Düdesche Hanse; accept Hanze; accept Hansa)
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Extra Question
(1) In this empire, unfree persons known as siraku were tied to temple lands and
acted as tenants for the local religion. The capture of the Medean Wall following the
539 BC Battle of Opis led to the collapse of this empire. The Chaldean (+) period of this
empire began after the chieftain Nabopolassar took advantage of the weakness of the
Neo-Assyrians to dominate (*) Mesopotamia. The likes of Nebuchadnezzar and Hammurabi
led iterations of, for ten points, what empire centered on a namesake city in which the
Hanging Gardens were built?
ANSWER: Babylonia (accept Babylonian Empire; accept Neo-Babylonian Empire)
BONUS: What "Offensive," named for a Vietnamese holiday, struck a morale defeat against
the American war effort, especially on the home front?
ANSWER: Tet Offensive (or Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968)