History Bowl Sample Questions WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

This man, as Public Safety Director of Cleveland, controversially ordered the burning of its shanty towns in response to the Cleveland Torso Murderer. This man co-wrote a memoir with Oscar Farley which was named for a term coined by Charles Schwarz. George Johnson appointed this man to head a group dedicated to prosecuting criminals under the Volstead Act. This man's inability to be bribed by the Chicago Outfit led him and his men to be labeled the "Untouchables." For the point, name this Prohibition-era crime fighter who helped bring down Al Capone. correct answer: Eliot Ness One woman during this period was strangled after her infant son, nicknamed "offspring of the thief," was hanged. Jacob De La Gardie helped defeat the Rebel of Tushino during this period, but defected when Dmitri Shuisky failed to lift the Siege of Smolensk after being defeated by winged hussars at the Battle of Klushino. This period began after Feodor the Bellringer was briefly succeeded by Boris Gudonov. At least four pretenders to the throne named False Dmitris appeared during, for the point, what tumultuous era which ended with the accession of Michael Romanov? correct answer: Time of Troubles During this conflict, Wilhelm II requested Abdul Hamid II to stop Muslim troops from fighting. Those forces murdered Sugiyama Akira during this conflict and repelled the Seymour expedition. The Militia United in Righteousness fought alongside those forces, the Gansu Braves, in this conflict, where their siege of the Legation Quarter was lifted by the Eight-Nation Army. For the point, what anti-colonial, anti-missionary conflict was supported by Empress Cixi and led by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in Qing China? correct answer: Boxer Uprising/Rebellion This is the smallest religion by devotees whose idols can be found at the Ellora Caves. This religion's abandoned temples include a complex found at Nagarparkar in southern Pakistan. This religion's holiday of Kshamavani is a day of forgiveness that occurs at the end of the Paryushana, which lasts 8 or 10 days depending on if one follows the Swetambara or Digambara sec