Download Social Studies MACC-SWAC Set 14 2009

MACC/SWAC Social Studies Questions
Please Read Aloud: All of the questions in this match are 5-second questions.
This is the first directed question for team A.
1A.
What 17th-century Protestant sect was known as the Society of Friends? Begin (Quakers)
This is the first directed question for team B.
1B.
What decision was held in the U.S. Supreme Court Case Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.?
Begin (the Court held that the U.S. Congress could use its Commerce Clause power to fight
discrimination on the basis of race in public accommodations – answers do not have to be
exact)
This is the second directed question for team A.
2A.
Who were the Macedonian descended pharaohs who ruled Egypt beginning in 304 BC and
ending with Cleopatra? Begin (Ptolemy or Ptolemies)
This is the second directed question for team B.
2B.
What English explorer discovered the Hawaiian Islands and brought New Zealand and
Australia into the British Empire? Begin (Captain Cook or James Cook)
This is the third directed question for team A.
3A.
Name one other member of the Axis Powers in WWII besides Germany, Italy and Japan.
Begin (one of the following: Romania, Bulgaria or Hungary)
This is the third directed question for team B.
3B.
Which American president said “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means
of preserving the peace.”? Begin (Washington or George Washington)
This is the fourth directed question for team A.
4A.
What empire was founded by the Turkish tribes in Anatolia? Begin (Ottoman or Ottoman
Empire)
This is the fourth directed question for team B.
4B.
What pamphlet written in 1848 predicted that capitalism would eventually be overthrown
by a revolution of the workers? Begin (Communist Manifesto)
This is the fifth directed question for team A.
5A.
Since 1959, he has been the leader of his government in exile. Who is the head of the
Tibetan government in their fight against the occupying forces of the People's Republic of
China? Begin (Dalai Lama or Lhama Dhondrub)
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This is the fifth directed question for team B.
5B.
What is the name of the linen fragment said to be the burial garment of Jesus that emerged
historically in 1354? Begin (Shroud of Turin)
This is the sixth directed question for team A.
6A.
What were the fourteen decisions of the period from 1901 to 1904 that involved the
application of the Constitution and the Bill of rights to oversea territories many that were
obtained at the end of the Spanish American War? Begin (Insular Cases or Insular Cases
1901)
This is the sixth directed question for team B.
6B.
What were caches of ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts found at several West Bank
cave sites between1947 and 1956 that dated from between the 3rd century BC and the 2nd
century AD called? Begin (Dead Sea Scrolls)
This is the seventh directed question for team A.
7A.
Who was the Spanish conquistador known for conquering Peru's Inca Empire and
founding the city of Lima in 1535? Begin (Francisco Pizarro)
This is the seventh directed question for team B.
7B.
Who was the head of state for the Soviets during WWII? Begin(Stalin or Joseph Stalin)
This is the eighth directed question for team A.
8A.
Known as el Libertador, who was the Venezuelan-born patriot that liberated much of South
America from Spanish rule in the 19th century? Begin (Simón Bolívar)
This is the eighth directed question for team B.
8B.
What was established after the French Revolution that established a series of rights and
laws that did not rely on earlier customs? Begin (Code of Napoleon or Code Napoleon)
This is the ninth directed question for team A.
9A.
What 19th century U.S. trading policy gives citizens and products of foreign countries,
especially China, equal treatment with domestic citizens and products? Begin (Open Door
Policy)
This is the ninth directed question for team B.
9B.
What is the name of the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator put into use
in September, 2008 only to have its operations halted by a default with it’s bending
magnets? Begin (LHC or Large Hadron Collider)
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This is the tenth and final directed question for team A.
10A.
Craig Venter, American biologist, is responsible for mapping what? Begin (human
genome)
This is the tenth and final directed question for team B.
10B.
Who was elected to fill his ailing brother’s job as President of Cuba in February, 2008?
Begin (Raúl Castro)
That ends the portion of the match with directed questions. Coaches, if you have any team
member substitutions, please send those team members to the stage at this time. (Note:
Allow time for substitutes to be seated, introduce substitute team members.)
No form of conferring is allowed during the tossup portion of the match. Conferring includes
sharing of written or verbal information or signals. Please remove all written material
from you team tables. Writing is not permitted during tossup rounds, except in the math
round.
We will now have ten tossup questions. Remember, the person who buzzes in must give the
answer immediately. Please wait until I recognize the team before you give an answer. The
penalty for buzzing in early and giving a wrong answer is minus 2 points, and the question
will then be reread in its entirety to the other team.
This is the first tossup question.
1.
What was a code of chivalry and ethics associated with the samurai of feudal Japan? Begin
(Bushido)
This is the second tossup question.
2.
What specific law was passed prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees
in Benefit Plans regarding contributions or benefits based on race or gender? Begin (Civil
Rights Act of 1964)
This is the third tossup question.
3.
What was the Irish Republican Army’s political wing called? Begin (Sinn Fein)
This is the fourth tossup question.
4.
What aviator made the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927? Begin
(Lindbergh or Charles Lindbergh)
This is the fifth tossup question.
5.
Along the Ganges River what are the steps from temples that lead down to the water
called? Begin (ghats)
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This is the sixth tossup question.
6.
Seeking independence from Spain and France, what group of people inhabits the western
Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay? Begin (Basque or Basques)
This is the seventh tossup question.
7.
The Johnson County Range War was fought between cattle ranchers and ranchers who
were trying to raise what other domesticated animal? Begin (sheep)
This is the eighth tossup question.
8.
What American president proposed his “Fourteen Points” to state his post war aims and o
resolve revolutionary upheaval in Russia and to form a League of Nations? Begin (Wilson
or Woodrow Wilson)
This is the ninth tossup question.
9.
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution responsible for the policy that allowed
peasants to sell their surplus for profit? Begin (Lenin or Vladimir Lenin)
This is the tenth and final tossup question.
(Emcee note – if match is tied after this question go to the three tie breakers at the end of these
questions – use all three, even if tie is broken on first or second question!)
10.
Bastille Day in France corresponds to what holiday in the United States? Begin (July 4th or
Independence Day)
EMERGENCY QUESTIONS (To be used in an emergency only –DO NOT USE AS EXTRA TIE
BREAKERS – but they can be used in place of tie breakers as they would be used if a
question has a mistake, if the emcee “flubs” a question, etc.):
You have 5 seconds to answer this question.
1.
Name one of the two South American countries that does not share a border with Brazil?
Begin (Chile or Ecuador)
You have 5 seconds to answer this question.
2.
What two cities were devastated by nuclear devices at the end of WWII? Begin (Hiroshima
and Nagasaki)
TIE BREAKERS(To be used in cases of tie games – use all three questions, even if the tie is
broken with the first or second question; in case teams are still tied at the end of these
three questions – the game remains a tie.):
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This is the first tiebreaker question.
1.
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem is the remains of what king’s temple? Begin (Solomon or
King Solomon)
This is the second tiebreaker question.
2.
What South American country owns Easter Island? Begin (Chile)
This is the third tiebreaker question.
3.
What peasant led the French army against the English during the Hundred Years’ War?
Begin (Joan of Arc)