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Bee Round 3 Bee Round 3 Regulation Questions NHBB Nationals Bee 2018-2019 Bee Round 3 Bee Round 3 Regulation Questions (1) This man's alleged last words were \The battle is at its height - wear my armor and beat my war drums. Do not announce my death." After his death, this man was given the title Chunmugong. A double agent plot led to the removal of this man in favor of a commander who was decisively defeated at the Battle of Chilchonryang. This man was killed during his final victory at the Battle of Noryang, after he defeated 330 Japanese ships with 13 at the Battle of Myeongnyang. For the point, name this \Nelson of the East", a Korean admiral who championed turtle ships. ANSWER: Yi Sun-Sin (2) A politician with this surname, the rival of Dave Pearce, had an affair with burlesque performer Blaze Starr. The Wall Street Journal, jokingly labeled a politician with this surname the \fourth branch of government" due to the immense power he wielded as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. That man's father, another politician with this surname, was assassinated by Carl Weiss. The \Share Our Wealth Plan", which called for making \Every Man A King", was formulated by a member of, for the point, what Louisiana political dynasty whose members included Earl, Russell, and Huey? ANSWER: Long (accept Earl Long; accept Russell Long; accept Huey Long) (3) This region's inhabitants launched raids against its northern neighbors, called \harvesting the steppes," to fuel its slave trade, which was based out of Kefe. Haci Giray [ha-ji ge-rai] established this region's namesake khanate after breaking off from the Golden Horde. The entire indigenous Turkic ethnic group of this region was forcibly deported to Kazakhstan in 1944 for ostensibly collaborating with the Nazis. In the 1980s, Tatars began to return to, for the point, what peninsula in the Black Sea, currently contested between Russia and Ukraine? ANSWER: Crimean Peninsula (4) In one essay, Xunzi criticized this thinker by distinguishing nature and actions, arguing that only actions can be learned. This thinker's main book argues that a king who shows compassion to his ox must also show compassion to his subjects. This thinker argued that humans can embody the Four Virtues because they already possess \sprouts" of righteousness and wisdom. This thinker argued that human nature is good with the example of people wanting to help a child who falls into a well. The last of the Four Books is by, for the point, what \Second Sage" of Confucianism? ANSWER: Mencius or Mengzi (5) JEDI and Chewco were entities established by this company with the California state pension fund. Sherron Watkins testified against this company in Congressional hearings, as documented in The Smartest Guys in the Room. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was drafted in part as a reaction to this non-telecom company's failure. Andrew Fastow and Jeffrey Skilling directed widespread accounting fraud for this company before its 2001 bankruptcy, then the largest in the world. For the point, name this former Houston energy company founded and led by Kenneth Lay. ANSWER: Enron Corporation Page 1 NHBB Nationals Bee 2018-2019 Bee Round 3 (6) One ruler of a kingdom in this modern-day country designated 12 sacred hills including Alasora and built a rova at his capital. That ruler was the son of a king in this country who created a head tax and repelled an attack from the Betsimisaraka people, Ralambo of Imerina. Tangena nuts were used to determine guilt in this country, once ruled by Radama the Great and later by his wife Ranavalona I before being colonized by the French. Located across from Mozambique, for the point, name this island country, home of the Malagasy, whose capital is Antananarivo. ANSWER: Madagascar (7) An early form of this theory was proposed by Girolamo Fracastoro, who termed objects like clothes and linen \fomites." In one experiment that helped demonstrate this theory, swan neck flasks that were set over a flame and then tilted or had their necks removed had cloudy nutrient broth. Koch's [coke's] Postulates stipulate aspects of this theory, which replaced spontaneous generation and miasma theory. For the point, name this theory developed in part by Louis Pasteur which holds that infectious microbial pathogens can cause disease. ANSWER: Germ theory of disease (8) This meeting marked the beginning of a period of civil rights restrictions known as the Conservative Order. Prussia received the Grand Duchy of Posen to prevent Russia from becoming too powerful during this meeting. Ferdinand IV was restored as king of Sicily as a result of this meeting, ousting Marshal Joachim Murat. The Earl of Clancarty led the British delegation at this meeting after Wellington left to fight the Hundred Days. The Concert of Europe was established in, for the point, what meeting chaired by Klemens von Metternich following the Napoleonic Wars? ANSWER: Congress of Vienna (9) In this region, the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Cave was built by the Qocho kingdom near Gaochang. Yaqub Beg played a crucial role in launching the Dungan revolt from this region. During the 1750s, an uprising led by Amursana Emperor Qianlong to \pacify" this region, wiping out almost 80% of its Dzungar population. After Sheng Shicai was ousted as governor, the East Turkestan Republic was established in this region. In 1997, Uyghur [we-gur] separatist groups bombed Urumqi [oo-room-chi], the capital of, for the point, what predominantly-Muslim region in northwest China? ANSWER: Xinjiang (10) This author criticized war in an ekphrastic work that imagined \an artificial wilderness/and a sky like lead" where \a ragged urchin, aimless and alone" assumes \that girls are raped, that two boys knife a third." Another work by this author criticizes the Treaty of Versailles by stating \I and the public know/what all schoolchildren learn,/those to whom evil is done/do evil in return." That poem is set \as the clever hopes expire/of a low dishonest decade" in \one of the dives/on Fifty-Second Street." For the point, name this poet of The Shield of Achilles and \September 1, 1939" ANSWER: Wystan Hugh Auden Page 2 NHBB Nationals Bee 2018-2019 Bee Round 3 (11) This leader's trial resulted in the development of the \joint criminal enterprise" doctrine to prosecute him. This leader was charged with the kidnap and murder of his predecessor, Ivan Stambolic. After refusing to concede an election to Vojislav Kostunica, this man was arrested in the Bulldozer Revolution. This man died of a heart attack in 2006 before a verdict could be reached on his war crimes trial at the Hague, which included charges of deporting and murdering ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. For the point, identify this leader of Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars. ANSWER: Slobodan Milosevic (12) One document written for this event declared \despotism and arbitrariness are suffocating us, we are gasping for breath" and demanded measures against the poverty and ignorance of the people. This event was organized after a strike at the Putilov Ironworks. Unrest following this event led to the establishment of the Duma and the adoption of the October Manifesto. The victims of this event were led by Father Gapon on a march to the Winter Palace. For the point, name this 1905 massacre of peaceful demonstrators by troops loyal to Tsar Nicholas II. ANSWER: Bloody Sunday (13) Joseph Tumulty served as private secretary to this man, who was advised in foreign affairs by \Colonel" House. This first president to hold a PhD defeated Champ Clark to win the Democratic nomination and became the first Southern-born candidate to win a presidential election since the Civil War. This man's \New Freedom" platform involved the creation of the FTC and the passage of the Underwood Tariff. For the point, name this Democratic president and former President of Princeton University who won reelection with the slogan \he kept us out of war" but led the US into WWI. ANSWER: Woodrow Wilson (14) This man established a military alliance known as the \new emerging forces," or NEFO, to counteract Western influence. After this man invaded West Irian, he signed the New York Accords to make peace with the Netherlands. This man declared independence alongside Mohammed Atta and implemented a system of \Guided Democracy." This man fell from power after the 30th of September coup was blamed upon his PKI party, which was replaced by the New Order, led by Suharto. For the point, identify this first president of Indonesia. ANSWER: Sukarno (15) After a soothsayer proclaimed this man's destiny, he was raised by consort Ruqaiya, who was childless; that man later had a wife named \the Exalted One of the Palace". The Rajput state of Mewar fell to this man, who was called \King of the World". One son of this man defeated another son, Dara Shikoh, at the Battle of Samugarh; the victor of that battle was Aurengzeb. The Peacock Throne and the Red Fort were constructed during this man's reign. Married to Mumtaz Mahal, for the point, what Mughal leader built the Taj Mahal? ANSWER: Shah Jahan (or Shah Jahan I or Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram) Page 3 NHBB Nationals Bee 2018-2019 Bee Round 3 (16) This painting's subject's left hand holds a letter which reads \it is enough that I am unhappy to deserve to your benevolence." A green sheet covers a writing surface behind a wooden box in this painting which states \being unable to corrupt me, they murdered me." The subject of this painting lacks a skin condition but sits in a medicinal bath while wearing a white turban and clutching a quill.
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