2012 National History Bee National Championships Round Finals (All Periods and Regions) 2012 NATIONAL HISTORY BEE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND FINALS (ALL PERIODS AND REGIONS) 1. Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower was initially funded by this man, but the project turned out to be a failure. Discussion of how to stop the collapse of Moore and Schley took place at this man's library. George Perkins was a partner in this man's company. He gained control of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad from Gould and Fisk. During the Panic of 1893, Grover Cleveland had to borrow from this man in order to maintain the gold standard. His intervention helped end the Panic of 1907. He oversaw the 1892 merger that created General Electric, and he also orchestrated the combination of companies such as Carnegie Steel into U.S. Steel. For the point, name this American banker. ANSWER: John Pierpont Morgan 127-12-58-25101 2. The identity of one of these people was discovered when he pointed out that a wealthy merchant owed him 500 gold coins, instead of the 2 that he gave in offering. A more famous one tipped his arrows in gold to repay the families of those he killed and summoned five people to his tent, emerging with a bloody sword each time. Those five servants of the last of these people were the original Khalsa. The first of these figures irreverently slept with his feet toward the Kaaba and remarked "there is no Hindu, there is no Muslim." The fifth, Arjan Dev, compiled the Adi Granth, which is revered as the final, living one. For the point, name these people, including Gobind Singh and Nanak, who were the ten historical leaders of the Sikh faith. ANSWER: Sikh gurus 020-12-58-25102 3. In one work by this poet, he claims that his relationship with Cupid is similar to Chiron's relationship with Achilles, and that poem addresses women in its final section after providing seduction advice to men in the earlier sections. Another of his long poems describes Pythagoras and Julius Caesar in its final book. This author wrote his Letters from the Black Sea after he was banished to the area in 8 C.E. by Emperor Augustus. This poet wrote a fifteen-book poem containing such well-known stories as those of Baucis and Philemon, who are turned into trees, and Arachne, who is transformed into a spider. For the point, name this Roman poet of Ars Amatoria and Metamorphoses. ANSWER: Ovid [or Publius Ovidius Naso] 064-12-58-25103 2012 National History Bee National Championships Round Finals (All Periods and Regions) Page 1 of 38 4. The Prince of Conti attacked this work for mocking the catechism in his Traite de la Comedie et des Spectacles. Climene and Lysidas attack this play in a dialogue with Uranie, Elise, and Dorante in a critique of it written by its author. This play includes an attack on Thomas Corneille when the protagonist changes his name to Monsieur de la Souche. In this play, Chrysalde opposes the protagonist, who becomes the confidant of Horace, the son of Oronte. This play ends with the daughter of Enrique marrying Horace despite being raised in seclusion and taught to read the The Maxims of Marriage. For the point, name this play in which Arnolphe raises his ward Agnes to be ignorant in hopes of marrying her, written by Moliere. ANSWER: The School for Wives [or L'ecole des Femmes] 124-12-58-25104 5. Close-ups of a photograph from this event make up a short film by Jean-Luc Godard. Annie Leibovitz's Bloody Bicycle was taken during this event. A production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot was put on during this event by Susan Sontag. Mortar impacts in concrete created during this event resemble roses and were filled with red resin. One of its most poignant images was taken by Mark H. Milstein of the "Romeo and Juliet" of the city at the center of this event. That couple was gunned down on Vrbanja bridge in Sniper Alley and was Bosko Brckic and Admira Ismic. For the point, identify this event that occurred from 1992 to 1995 at the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ANSWER: Siege of Sarajevo [prompt on Bosnian War or War in Bosnia and Herzegovina before "capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina" is read] 066-12-58-25105 6. One member of this group emerged as a powerful force in the Poughkeepsie Convention and perished in the Jamaica neighborhood of New York City during a yellow fever epidemic. Judge William West's armed march with supporters of this position almost sparked a civil war in Rhode Island. The pen-name Sydney was taken by Robert Yates, a member of this group whose colleagues included Centinel, John DeWitt, and Cato. Brutus was a pseudonym taken by a member of this group who wanted a Bill of Rights right away. This sentiment was expressed when Patrick Henry "smelt a rat in Philadelphia" and boycotted the Constitutional Convention. For the point, name this group that opposed the ratification of the Constitution. ANSWER: anti-Federalists [or anti-Federalism] 020-12-58-25106 7. In this country, a 1932 coup was led by a group known as the Promoters. One ruler of this country created a paramilitary organization called the Wild Tiger Corps and forbade the chewing of betel. Thon Buri established the Chakri Dynasty in this country. Anna Harriette Leonowens tutored the children of one of this nation's rulers, Mongkut. For the point, name this country that was never ruled by European powers, a Southeast Asian nation led by several kings named Rama. ANSWER: Kingdom of Thailand [or Ratcha Anachak Thai; or Prathet Thai] 030-12-58-25107 8. Troops under acting-commander Captain DePeyster were killed in this battle despite cries of surrender. Prior to this battle, an ultimatum to surrender or be executed rallied the Over-Mountain Men led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier. The only Briton to fight in this battle was most famous for inventing a rifle that was one of the earliest practical breechloaders, and that British soldier in this battle was nicknamed the bulldog. That British commander, Patrick Ferguson, was killed in this battle. For the point, name this 1780 battle of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina fought at a namesake spur of the Blue Ridge that changed the tide of the American Revolution in the South. ANSWER: Battle of Kings Mountain 030-12-58-25108 2012 National History Bee National Championships Round Finals (All Periods and Regions) Page 2 of 38 9. This man ordered Captain Frederick Benteen to prevent escapees at one battle in which Major Marcus Reno was supposed to lead the charge. Alfred Terry briefly replaced this man who was victorious at Washita River. General Crook failed to come to this man's aid after being stopped at Rosebud Creek. Philip Sheridan gave this man the Appomatox surrender table. This military leader finished last in his class at West Point. This leader told his men to shoot their horses to be used as a wall of protection in one battle, and the only survivor of that battle was the horse Comanche. For the point, name this leader of the Seventh Cavalry whose last stand was at the Battle of Little Bighorn. ANSWER: George Armstrong Custer 124-12-58-25109 10. This novel's protagonist finds his wife waiting outside a cave for the return of Chielo, who has carried their favorite daughter to meet Agbala. At a funeral, the protagonist's gun explodes, accidentally killing the son of an elder, after which he and his family are exiled for seven years. The protagonist's defeat of "The Cat" in a wrestling match precedes his marriage to Ekwefi. Fearing to appear weak like his father Unoka, this novel's protagonist ritually kills his foster son Ikemefuna, who was originally given in recompense for the murder of an Umofian woman. That protagonist hangs himself after murdering a messenger from the British colonizers. For the point, name this novel about Okonkwo written by Chinua Achebe. ANSWER: Things Fall Apart 088-12-58-25110 11. Richard Weaver claims to have done this to four U.S. presidents without authorization. John Foster Dulles apocryphally refused Zhou Enlai’s attempt to perform this action at the 1954 Geneva Conference. Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Alexey Leonov were the first to perform this action in space. Theodore Roosevelt performed this action 8,513 times on January 1, 1907, which was a world record until Bill Richardson broke it in 2002. One of these events occurred on the White House lawn after the signing of the Oslo Accords. In a photo of that event, Bill Clinton stands, arms outstretched, as Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat perform this action. For the point, name this common form of business-like greeting. ANSWER: shaking hands [accept word forms like handshake] 132-12-58-25111 12. This man wrote about the Jivaro in The Jealous Potter. The engineer and the bricoleur form a central opposition of one of this thinker’s works. The Naked Man and The Origin of Table Manners form the last two volumes of one of his collections. He examined some facial-wear of Native Americans in The Way of the Masks. He criticized the idea of totemism in The Savage Mind. The dichotomy between nature and culture is found in The Raw and the Cooked, part of his collection of works, Mythologiques. He discusses his travels in Brazil in one work. His alliance theory is a central part of his book Elementary Structures of Kinship.