12_Figures.txt 3/27/2010 ** In one of this man’s major endeavors, he employed a man named Antonio Pérez whose correspondence is an important primary source, revealing the identities of such co-workers as Gherard de Malines, John de Cárdenas, and Anthony Standen. This figure’s early career saw him fail to negotiate marriage contracts for successive Dukes of Anjou, Henri and François, only to score a major diplomatic coup with the Treaty of Blois as Ambassador to France. This so- called “Moor” succeeded his mentor, Robert (*) Cecil, after the latter appointed him to head an inquest that led to the fall of the Duke of Norfolk. Later, similar work by this councilor led to the expulsion of Bernardino de Mendoza as his networks exposed both the Throckmorton plot and the Babington plot, implication in which led to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. For 10 points, name this secretary of England’s Elizabeth I, whom he also served as spymaster. (CO09) This man wrote poetry like the poem "On the Decline of the Church". This man was taken into custody along with Fra Domenico da Pescia and Fra Silvestro, and this man wrote the meditations Tristitia obsedit me and Infelix Ego. This man believed that King Charles VIII of France would prove to be an agent of the Last Days. One of this man’s first acts as leader was to make sodomy a capital offense, and while this man was giving a speech on Acension Day, citizens of his city rioted. Picco della Mirandola requested that this man return to Florence, which he did, and he ran the Church of San Marco. For ten points, identify this Dominican Friar, an enemy of Alexander VI who enjoyed burning books and art in events like his Bonfire of the Vanities. Answer: Girolamo Savonarola (08IO) This man’s wife had a public affair with noted poet Lord Byron, and served as Secretary for Ireland under Lord Canning’s government. Legislation passed during this man’s tenure include a severe reduction in the Poor Laws and he attempted to block passage of the ultimately successful Reform Act of 183** This MP from Leominster also served as Home Secretary under the Grey administration. This politician was preceded by the Earl Grey in one of his posts, which he occupied under William IV. He himself had an affair with Caroline Norton, and attempted to resign after the so-called Bedchamber Crisis. For ten points, identify this Prime Minister who served before Sir Robert Peel under Victoria, for whom the second largest city in Australia is named. Answer: William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (08IO) This figure received thirteen targe shields with silver medusa decorations which he gave away to his supporters, and later in life this man adopted the alias "Count of Albany." This man decisively defeated troops under Sir John Cope at Prestonpans and Henry Hawley at Falkirk with the help of George Murray, and this figure was smuggled out of the Isle of Skye with the help of a woman under the disguise of "Betty Burke," (*) Flora MacDonald. However, his ultimate defeat came at the hands of the son of George II who earned the nickname "butcher," the Duke of Cumberland. For 10 points, name this grandson of James II who was defeated at the 1746 Battle of Culloden Moor thus ending the last of the Jacobite uprisings, known as the "Young Pretender." Answer: Charles Edward Stuart [or Bonnie Prince Charlie; or Charles III Stuart; accept The Young Pretender before it is read] (09PB) This man stole documents proving his involvement in a neutrality violation necessary to kidnap the Duke of Enghien and stop an assassination plot. A one-time bishop, his ecclesiastical career ended when he was excommunicated for accepting the new constitution’s control over the clergy. The presumptive beneficiary of the (*) XYZ Affair, he issued a proclamation as provisional government leader stating that French soldiers owned no loyalty to someone “who is not even French,” a reference to Napoleon, whom he had served under from 1799 to 180** For 10 points, identify this French Foreign Minister who represented his country at the Congress of Vienna. Answer: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (09PB) This man's doctor, Claude Gubler, published the book Le Grand Secret, which showed that this man had been hiding reports of cancer for over a decade. This man gave the famed La Baule speech, in which he criticized his nation's intervention in its former colonies. He attempted to nationalize his country's banks four months after his election to his 1 12_Figures.txt 3/27/2010 highest post, part of his 110 Propositions. (*) Jacques Chirac served as this man's third Prime Minister from 1986 to 1988, during “cohabitation,” as Chirac opposed this man's Socialist party. For 10 points, name this man who served as President of France from 1981 to 199** Answer: Francois Mitterand (09PB) A far-right candidate in the most recent election for this office was discovered to be the director of HMS Discovery: A Love Story, a gay pornographic film. Green Party candidate Sian Berry advocated the formation of “car clubs” which share cars to reduce traffic congestion, but finished fourth behind Brian (*) Paddick, a former police commander who had ordered policemen not to make arrests for marijuana possession. Paddick was running on the Liberal Democratic ticket for this office, whose only elected occupant prior to 2008 was defeated for re-election by the Tory candidate. For 10 points, name this position which Labour’s Ken Livingstone lost to Boris Johnson. Answer: Mayor Of London (09PB) This politician sought to end the torture implemented by Jacque Soustelle and as head of his party he succeeded the namesake of a plan to create a massive all-European army, Rene Pleven. This figurehead of the 110 Propositions had earlier severed as Interior Minister under Mendes-France. He granted Joan Alanis's request for a constitution and had a highly publicized (*) affair with Anna Pingeot, producing his daughter Mazarine. This man spared Antoine Guadino and Alain Mayot during the Urba Affair and dissolved the Cour-de-surete and removed the death penalty via the Badinter Act. FTP, identify this habitual parliament-dissolver, the longest-serving President of France's Fifth Republic and a notable socialist. Answer: Francois Mitterand (09Terrapin) In one position this man was advised by the Second Camarilla, which included Otto Meissner and Kurt Schleicher, to utilize the 25/48/53 plan of Presidential Government. That position had been won after the urging of von Tirptiz prompted this man to run against the Otto Braun-backed Wilhelm Marx. Testimony given by this man originated the “Dagger Stab” legend, and was delivered after he had been given command of the Eight Army and defeated the Russians at (*) Masurian Lakes at Second Tannenberg. Creating a “silent dictatorship” with Erich Ludendorff, he became President of Weimar Germany, a tenure that saw him sign the Enabling Act, handing power to a man who convinced this politician to sign the Reichstag Fire Decree. FTP, name this German President and field marshal whose death paved the way for Adolf Hitler to declare himself Führer, whose namesake zeppelin met a bad fate in New Jersey in 193*. Answer: Paul von Hindenburg (09Terrapin) His first speech after election from Maidstone on Irish elections was received poorly, but his career advanced with the defeat of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act and the Orsini Affair. This man negotiated for control of Cyprus, but his credibility was damaged when he scoffed at reports of the Bulgarian Horrors, leading to his more interventionist (*) rival gaining prestige. This man’s first major success was the Reform Bill of 1867, which quickly propelled him to higher office. For 10 points, name this British prime minister who brought India under the rule of Queen Victoria and was the Conservative rival of Liberal William Gladstone. Answer: Benjamin Disraeli (09PB) This man's early career was promoted based on his actions during an obscure skirmish near the Black Sea, which would later become the subject of required reading in schools. This man persecuted journalist Yuri Daniel in his most famous post, and declared that only “clean hands” would construct the BAM railroad. He had thousands of Romanians deported while serving as the first communist secretary in (*) Moldavia before serving in Kazakhstan. In 1956 he aided his his superior against the Anti-Party Group led by Malenkov Molotov during his time in charge of heavy industry and the space program. Although he signed SALT I and II and the Helsinki Accords, he ordered troops to crush the Prague Spring in 1968 under his namesake Doctrine. Succeeded by Yuri Andropov, FTP, identify this man who followed Nikita Khrushchev as head of the Soviet Union. Answer: Leonid Brezhnev (09Terrapin) 2 12_Figures.txt 3/27/2010 This politician faced a crisis precipitated by Chin Peng's murder of Henry Gurney, a situation that would lead to the Baling Talks and was known as the Malayan Emergency. Although more a reflection of the polices of Herbert Samuel, this man's post of Secretary of State for the Colonies led to his name being appended to a document which clarified the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence and backtracked on the Balfour Declaration, and was dubbed this man's (*) “White Paper.” He had earlier clashed bitterly with John Fisher as First Lord of the Admiralty, leading to a demotion in the wake of the Gallipoli campaign. Succeeded at various times by Anthony Eden and Clement Atlee, FTP, identify this figure who vowed to “fight them on the beaches” as British Prime Minister during World War II.