ANZAC (or the Australia and New Zealand Corps)
This group lends its name to a holiday where the gambling game two-up becoming legal for one day in the year. In their most famous battle, this group was led by William Birdwood. This group made a landing at Ariburnu in a namesake cove during the Dardanelles Campaign. The date April 25 honors, for the point, what fighting force from Oceania that fought for the Allies at the Battle of Gallipoli?
Giovanni da Verrazano
This explorer met his end when he was eaten by the Carib natives of the Antilles. This captain of the Dauphine and Normande claimed Nova Gallia, present-day Maine, for his country and made land at an area that he called Angouleme. This man is the namesake of a bridge that connects Brooklyn with Staten Island. For the point, name this Italian explorer who sailed for France and discovered New York Bay.
Rothschild family
This family's crest features a fist holding five arrows in a reference to the five lineages that descended from patriarch Mayer Amschel. A member of this family, Walter, helped head the Zionist Federation and was the recipient of the Balfour Declaration, which promised a homeland in Palestine for his people. For the point, name this wealthy Jewish banking family of German origin.
Opticks
This work's "31st Query" raised questions about chemical affinity. This 1704 work was notably published in English rather than in Latin, helping to create a vernacular literature of science. This work was published 17 years after its author published Principia Mathematica. The concepts of refraction and diffraction are explained in, for the point, what treatise focusing on light that was written by Isaac Newton?
King Philip's War
This war was resolved when settlers agreed to pay a peck of corn each year in the Treaty of Casco Bay. A massacre perpetrated by John Winslow in the Great Swamp Fight helped widen this conflict, which first began when natives murdered the convert John Sassamon. The Narragansetts aided the Wampanoag tribe in, for the point, what late 1600s conflict in which New Englanders fought a namesake native king?
Battle of Teutoburg Forest
(6) This battle's losing side was slaughtered defending the Kalkriese Hill. During this battle, the traitor Arminius warned the winning side of enemy troop movements. Standards lost in this battle were reclaimed by the general Germanicus, but not before this battle prompted the emperor Augustus to cry "Varus, give me back my legions!" For the point, name this disaster for Roman troops in Germany in 9 AD.
Jesse Owens
(7) This man competed under coach Larry Snyder, earning the nickname of "Buckeye Bullet." Adi Dassler's sponsorship of this man proved to be a first for African-American athletes. Adolf Hitler refused to shake this man's hand after he shattered Nazi claims of racial superiority with four gold medals. For the point, name this black athlete who competed in track and field at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Sengoku Period
This period featured five battles at Kawanakajima between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. This period began thanks to fighting between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sozen in the Onin War, which led to the end of the Ashikaga shogunate. The Battle of Sekigahara reunified the country to bring this period to an end. For the point, name this period of turmoil in 16th century Japan.
Battle of Guadalcanal
(9) This battle featured a nearby naval engagement at Cape Esperance. One side in this battle codenamed it Operation Watchtower and attempted to provide the Cactus Air Force with a supply base at Henderson Airfield. This battle began with landings at Tulagi, and an American victory kicked off the strategy of island hopping. For the point, name this 1942 battle for the Solomon Islands.
Robert Peel
(10) This man sparked the Bedchamber Crisis when he attempted to remove Whig members from the entourage of Queen Victoria. The Tamworth Manifesto that this man issued laid the groundwork of the Conservative Party. His other achievements include responding to the Irish Potato Famine. For the point, name this British Prime Minister who founded the London police and repealed the Corn Laws.
Aaron Copland
This man included "I Bought Me a Cat" and the Dodger song in his Old American Songs. Excerpts from the Gettysburg Address were used in this man's patriotic piece A Lincoln Portrait. This man's ballets included one about Billy the Kid and a Martha Graham commissioned work about Shakers building a farmhouse in Pennsylvania. For the point, name this American composer of Appalachian Spring.
James Gillespie Blaine
This man was found to have accepted bribes in the Mulligan Letters. This man was supported by Samuel Burchard, who gave a disastrous speech criticizing "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" and cost this man the presidential election. This leader of the Half-Breeds was mocked as a "continental liar from the state of Maine" in 1884. For the point, name this Republican candidate who lost to Grover Cleveland.
Getulio Vargas
This man suppressed the fascist movement of Integralism and curbed the power of Minas Gerais' gentry to end the era of coffee with milk politics. Before shooting himself with a Colt revolver in 1954, this man had created Vale to nationalize the mining industry and Petrobras for the petroleum industry. For the point, name this Brazilian dictator who reigned for two decades after taking power in 1930.
Thaddeus Stevens
This politician was appointed by Galusha Grow to become leader of the House Ways and Means Committee. This Congressman led the group that informed the Senate of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. In one speech, this man claimed that the U.S. should "abolish everything on the face of the earth but this Union." For the point, name this Reconstruction-era Congressman who led the Radical Republicans.
Assassination of Alexander II
This event was carried out by a group that referred to themselves as "the First of March" after their success. A vehicle provided as a gift from Napoleon III was targeted during this event. The victim of this event was killed after a bomb was thrown into his carriage in St. Petersburg. For the point, name this 1881 event in which members of the People's Will assassinated the Russian tsar.
Muhammad
This man signed the Treaty of Hudaibiyah to grant his followers freedom of religion and won the Battle of the Trench against his persecutors. This man was forced to flee to Medina during the Hijra when assassins plotted against him. The question of whether this man should be succeeded by Abu Bakr or by Ali ibn Talib led to the Shi'a and Sunni split. For the point, name this prophet of Islam.
Tenneessee Valley Authority
This organization's co-leader later led the Atomic Energy Commission after writing a report with Dean Acheson. David Lilienthal led this organization, the subject of the Muscle Shoals Controversy. Low crop yields and lack of access to public utilities contributed to rise of this Depression-era organization. For the point, name this New Deal corporation that helped oversee flood control in the namesake region.
Chinese Civil Service Exams
This system was abolished in favor of Western standards during the New Policies of the Hundred Days' Reform. This system mandated the production of "eight-legged essays." The Han dynasty originated this system, which quizzed candidates on their knowledge of Confucian classics before they could join the bureaucracy. For the point, name this merit-based system of selecting public officials.
Battle of Aegospotami
This battle was fought after the winners took control of trade routes at Lampsacus. Philocles and his prisoners were massacred after this battle, and the winning generals were executed upon their arrival at home for leaving the wounded in the water during a storm. During this battle, Conon's fleet was decisively defeated by Lysander. For the point, name this naval battle that ended the Peloponnesian War.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
This case overturned the "special circumstances" requirement of appointment from Betts v. Brady. In this case, attorney Abe Fortas emerged victorious after his client was accused of breaking into a Florida pool hall. Public defender systems became more widespread as the result of this case. For the point, name this case that established the 6th Amendment right of the accused to have an attorney.
Tale of Genji
This work includes a character whose jealousy manifests as a spirit to kill the protagonist's love interest. A character in this work is married to the daughter of the Minister of the Left, Aoi. The protagonist of this novel, the son of Emperor Kiritsubo, is so beautiful at his birth that he is labeled the "shining prince." For the point, name this Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu.
film industry
This industry suffered an early scandal after Fatty Arbuckle was accused of murder, which led to the passage of the regulatory Hays Code. A company in this industry, RKO, employed Bette Davis and Ginger Rogers. This industry's products were displayed in nickelodeons, where one might view The Great Train Robbery. MGM and Paramount worked in, for the point, what industry centered in Hollywood?
Georges Clemenceau
This world leader controversially relieved Maurice Sarrail from command in one of his first actions as leader. This man's reputation fell after Ferdinand de Lesseps bribed him during the Panama Scandal. This man was a staunch advocate of forcing reparations on his enemies, leading him to be known as the "Tiger." For the point, name this French prime minister who led the country at the Versailles Conference.
Japanse Christians
These people were targeted after the captain of the San Felipe claimed these people were spies for an invasion. The failed Shimabara Rebellion of these people forced them underground. 26 of these people were infamously martyred by crucifixion in Nagasaki. Targeted heavily by Hideyoshi and Tokugawa, for the point, name this Western religion whose missionaries were persecuted in Japan for their faith in Jesus.
Stonewall Inn Riots (1969)
This event may have begun when Storm Delarverie asked "why don't you guys do something?" During this event, Seymour Pine's crew descended on the Genovese family's storefront on Christopher Street for an inspection. This event featured fighting in the Greenwich Village. For the point, name this June 1969 riot in New York City that is credited with beginning the modern gay rights movement.
Aaron Burr
This man took up law under his sister's husband Tapping Reeve. Following the death of her British officer husband, Theodosia Prevost married this man. This man was accepted at the age of 13 to the College of New Jersey. This man became vice president after losing the election of 1800 to Thomas Jefferson. For the point, name this man known for shooting Alexander Hamilton.
Christina Vasa
(2) This ruler controversially executed suspected traitor Gian Monaldeschi while staying with the French king. This ruler decided to abdicate at age 28 and move to Rome in order to convert to Catholicism. Axel Oxenstierna ran the government for this ruler when she was a young child. For the point, name this queen of the house of Vasa who ruled Sweden after the death of her father Gustavus Adolphus.