MACC/SWAC Social Studies Questions
East/West Tournament – March 20, 2010 – Set 14 – Round 1
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 top secret project produced the world’s first atomic bomb and tested it in July, 1945?
Begin (Manhattan Project)
This is the first directed question for team B.
1B.
In what German city were Nazi War Criminal trials held after the end of the war? Begin
(Nuremberg)
This is the second directed question for team A.
2A.
What three leaders from the U.S., England and Russia met after World War II at Potsdam,
Germany to work out post war problems? Begin (Truman, Atlee replaced Churchill(accept
either since both were there) and Stalin)
This is the second directed question for team B.
2B.
What group is excluded from and considered unclean and defiled by the four Hindu castes?
Begin (untouchables)
This is the third directed question for team A.
3A.
What German dictator was a master of Machiavellian politics who feared plots, and firmly
believed in his mission to achieve the supremacy of the so-called Aryan race, which he
termed the “master race”? Begin (Hitler or Adolf Hitler)
This is the third directed question for team B.
3B.
What Chinese leader and politician led the Nationalist government in China and on the
island of Taiwan? Begin (Chiang Kai-shek)
This is the fourth directed question for team A.
4A.
What country agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million,
thereby doubling the size of the U.S. in 1803? Begin (France)
This is the fourth directed question for team B.
4B.
How many territories does Canada have? Begin (3)
This is the fifth directed question for team A.
5A.
What three countries did the United States gain control over after the Spanish American
War? Begin (Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines)
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This is the fifth directed question for team B.
5B.
Name two of the three most densely populated places on Earth as of 2006. Begin (any two
of the following: Macau or Macao, Monaco, or Singapore)
This is the sixth directed question for team A.
6A.
Name the four American presidents who have been assassinated while in office. Begin
(Lincoln, McKinley, Garfield and Kennedy)
This is the sixth directed question for team B.
6B.
What American president ordered the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, forcing its
unconditional surrender? Begin (Truman or Harry S. Truman)
This is the seventh directed question for team A.
7A.
At what conference did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet in 1945 to formulate plans for
the future after the end of the war? Begin (Yalta)
This is the seventh directed question for team B.
7B.
The president after World War II declared that the United States would support free
people in the world who were resisting takeovers by “armed minorities” or “outside
pressures”. What was this statement better known as? Begin (Truman doctrine)
This is the eighth directed question for team A.
8A.
Who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949?Begin (Mao Zedong)
This is the eighth directed question for team B.
8B.
Who was president of the United States during the Spanish-American War? Begin
(McKinley or William McKinley)
This is the ninth directed question for team A.
9A.
How many provinces does Canada have? Begin (10)
This is the ninth directed question for team B.
9B.
What system registers almost all male US citizens, ages 18 through 25, and manages this
data so a draft can be readily resumed if necessary? Begin (Selective Service)
This is the tenth and final directed question for team A.
10A.
What British company was given a trade monopoly in India? Begin (British East India
Company)
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This is the tenth and final directed question for team B.
10B.
In 1957, what South Carolina Senator staged the longest filibuster in Senate history,
speaking for over 24 hours against a civil-rights bill? Begin (Strom Thurman)
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 your 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 parallel or line of latitude divided Korea into North and South after World War II?
Begin (38th)
This is the second tossup question.
2.
What couple was executed in June, 1953 accused and convicted of spying for the Soviet
Union? Begin (the Rosenbergs or Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)
This is the third tossup question.
3.
Eisenhower’s Secretary of State, John Dulles, proposed a new policy where the United
States would promise to commit all of its resources including nuclear weapons against any
aggressor nation. This willingness to go to the edge of war was known as what? Begin
(brinkmanship)
This is the fourth tossup question.
4.
Soldiers returning from World War II contributed to an unprecedented population
explosion in the United States from 1946-1964 called what? Begin (baby boom)
This is the fifth tossup question.
5.
What political activist, throughout the last part of the 20 th century, became involved with
consumer rights, anarchism, feminism, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and
democratic government along with aiding in creation of many governmental and nongovernmental organizations, such as the EPA and OSHA? Begin (Ralph Nader)
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This is the sixth tossup question.
6.
What are the three provisions made for criminal suspects under their Miranda rights?
Begin (1. Right to remain silent 2. notice that anything they say can and will be used
against them and 3. The right to have an attorney present before questioning even if they
can’t afford one – All three must be given)
This is the seventh tossup question.
7.
What day is set aside across the globe to heighten public awareness of environmental
problems and conservation methods? Begin (Earth Day or April 22)
This is the eighth tossup question.
8.
What term was used to refer to President Reagan’s economic policies that advocated large
tax cuts to private investments intended to increase the nation’s supply of goods and
services? Begin (Reaganomics)
This is the ninth tossup question.
9.
Who were the guerilla forces that were fighting the Sandinista Government of Nicaragua in
1981? Begin (Contras)
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.
What was the German air force called during World War II? Begin (Luftwaffe)
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.
What organization, created in 1945, comprises 192 member countries and works toward
maintaining international peace and security and finding solutions for global economic and
humanitarian problems? Begin (United Nations or the UN)
You have 5 seconds to answer this question.
2.
Franklin Roosevelt foresaw the need for what he called “four policemen” to bring order to
the post World War II world. Name the other three countries besides the United States
that were a part of this group. Begin (Soviet Union(Russia), Great Britain, and China)
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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.):
This is the first tiebreaker question.
1.
What American president gave his famous “I am a Berliner” speech in support of
democracy in West Germany? Begin (John F. Kennedy or JFK)
This is the second tiebreaker question.
2.
What city is the capital of Canada? Begin (Ottawa or Ottawa, Ontario)
This is the third tiebreaker question.
3.
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when the Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas case was decided? Begin (Earl Warren)