2012 NHBB Set A Round #5 - Hsapq.com

2012 NHBB Set A
Bowl Round 5
Fourth Quarter
1. Early in this event, Sheriff William McCleary sent in deputies after receiving instructions from
corporate attorney Philander Knox. Security personnel were brought in on barges during this event,
while their enemies sent an oil-soaked raft towards the barges to try to burn them out. During this
event, Alexander (+) Berkman, the lover of Emma Goldman, tried to kill an executive. Henry Clay
Frick called in the (*) Pinkertons as security during it, and it failed to make Carnegie a union shop. For 10
points, name this strike which took place at the namesake steel works in Pennsylvania in 1892.
ANSWER: Homestead Strike
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2. One of this empire's kings died after accidentally stabbing himself in the thigh, perhaps as divine
punishment for stabbing the Apis bull. Another of its leaders has a namesake cylinder that has been
interpreted an early "charter of human rights" as it shows respect for a conquered people's religion.
This empire's forces defeated (+) Nabonidus at the battle of Opis, paving the way for the return of
the Jews to (*) Jerusalem. It set up the Royal Road and other highways to link its regions led by satraps.
For 10 points, name this empire founded by Cyrus the Great that was based in modern-day Iran.
ANSWER: First Persian Empire [or Achaemenid Persian Empire]
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3. During this man's reign, the Catholic Church was given control over schooling by the (gee-ZO)
Guizot law. Giuseppe Fieschi intended to kill this ruler with an (+) "infernal machine" that fired
musket balls from twenty-five barrels. This ruler was portrayed as a (*) pear and as Gargantua by
caricaturist Honore Daumier. This ruler twice had as his prime minister Adolphe (TEERS) Thiers. Coming
to power in 1830, this successor to Charles X came from the House of Orleans. For 10 points, name this
French king who ruled during the July Monarchy.
ANSWER: Louis Philippe I
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4. Some historians claim that this event started as a way for the Putnam family to get revenge on
their rivals, the Porters. During this event, Mary Sibly had a cake made out of rye and young girls'
urine fed to a (+) dog. William Phips convoked a Court of Oyer and Terminer during it, whose
victims included a slave named (*) Tituba and John Proctor. It began when Abigail Williams and Betty
Parris went into fits and accused two women of being responsible. For 10 points, name this 1692 event, an
outbreak of spurious accusations of black magic in colonial Massachusetts.
ANSWER: the Salem Witch Trials
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5. This event was stoked by the prosecution of William Sancroft and by the issuance of the second
Declaration of Indulgence. The birth of a son to Queen Mary of Modena stoked anti-(+)Catholic
fears that helped fuel this event, which began with a landing at Brixham. It culminated with the (*)
Convention Parliament and the adoption of the Bill of Rights. For 10 points, name this event sometimes
known as the Bloodless Revolution of 1688 in which James II was deposed in favor of William of Orange
and Mary II.
ANSWER: Glorious Revolution [accept Bloodless Revolution before mentioned]
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