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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) MACC/SWAC Social Studies Questions Page 2 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) MACC/SWAC Social Studies Questions Page 3 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) MACC/SWAC Social Studies Questions Page 4 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.): MACC/SWAC Social Studies Questions Page 5 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)