MACC Social Studies Questions
East/West Tournament Round 3
Please Read Aloud: All of the questions in this match are 5-second questions.
This is the first directed question for team A.
1A.
Colorado's Front Range is the eastern edge of what mountains? Begin (The Rockies)
This is the first directed question for team B.
1B.
The Battle of Agincourt occurred during what war? Begin (Hundred Years’ War)
This is the second directed question for team A.
2A.
Cecilius Calvert became the first proprietor of Maryland and had hoped to make it a
Catholic colony. When the majority of residents who settled there were Protestants, he
persuaded the local legislature to pass a law guaranteeing religious freedom to all
Christians. What was this legislation called? Begin (The Maryland Toleration Act, or
accept the Toleration Act)
This is the second directed question for team B.
2B.
What is the age qualifications to be a U.S. Representative? Begin (A person must be at
least 25 years old)
This is the third directed question for team A.
3A.
The Soviet Union was created after what revolution? Begin (Russian Revolution)
This is the third directed question for team B.
3B.
Port Moresby, on the Coral Sea, is the capital of what three-named country? Begin
(Papua New Guinea)
This is the fourth directed question for team A.
4A.
What's the term for reformers like William L. Garrison who wanted to end slavery in the
U.S.? Begin (Abolitionists)
This is the fourth directed question for team B.
4B.
Who is the current United States Attorney general? Begin (Jeff Sessions)
This is the fifth directed question for team A.
5A.
What royal London residence has 775 rooms, including 52 royal and guest bedrooms and
78 bathrooms? Begin (Buckingham Palace)
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This is the fifth directed question for team B.
5B.
What's the highest peak in the Cascade range of the Pacific Northwest? Begin (Mount
Rainier)
This is the sixth directed question for team A.
6A.
This Cambodian capital lies at the confluence of the Bassac, Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers.
What city is it? Begin (Phnom Penh)
This is the sixth directed question for team B.
6B.
What was the 1947 legislation, passed over the veto of President Truman, which outlawed
the practice of the closed shop? Begin (Taft-Hartley Act)
This is the seventh directed question for team A.
7A.
Two of the southernmost islands in Oceania are Chatham Island and Campbell Island.
Today both are part of what country? Begin (New Zealand)
This is the seventh directed question for team B.
7B.
What castle 22 miles west of London claims to be the oldest and largest occupied castle in
the world? Begin (Windsor Castle)
This is the eighth directed question for team A.
8A.
What two nations fought in the Hundred Years’ War? Begin (France and England)
This is the eighth directed question for team B.
8B.
Denmark Vesey, brought to Charleston in 1783, planned one of the U.S.'s first of what type
of revolt in 1822? Begin (A slave revolt)
This is the ninth directed question for team A.
9A.
Name the current Secretary of Homeland Security. Begin (John Kelly)
This is the ninth directed question for team B.
9B.
Who was the first popularly elected leader of Russia? Begin (Boris Yeltsin)
This is the tenth and final directed question for team A.
10A.
One must be at least how old to become President of the United States?
Begin (At least 35 years old)
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This is the tenth and final directed question for team B.
10B.
It's said this North Korean capital is the Korean Peninsula's oldest city. What city is it?
Begin (Pyongyang)
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.
Till is the clay, sand, pebbles, and rocky debris carried along by the movement of what
solid objects? Begin (Glaciers)
This is the second tossup question.
2.
An "axis" binding what two cities was proclaimed in 1936? Begin (Berlin and Rome)
This is the third tossup question.
3.
What was the agreement between the United States and Great Britain to resolve violations
of the Treaty of Paris following the American Revolution? The English agreed to withdraw
from the Northwest Territory, settle boundary disputes and pay American ship owners for
ships that they had seized. Begin (Jay Treaty, or Jay’s Treaty)
This is the fourth tossup question.
4.
Goods and services produced in one nation and sold in another are known as what? Begin
(Exports)
This is the fifth tossup question.
5.
The first Europeans to arrive in Japan were shipwrecked in 1543. What country were they
from? Begin (Portugal)
This is the sixth tossup question.
6.
In which U. S. Supreme Court case did the court first rule that the First Amendment
prohibition against government abridgement of the freedom of speech applies to states as
well as to the Federal government? Begin (Gitlow v. New York)
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This is the seventh tossup question.
7.
The 8th state of the Union, it was the first state to secede. Which state is this? Begin
(South Carolina)
This is the eighth tossup question.
8.
This largest Central American lake shares its name with the country in which it's located.
Name this lake. Begin (Lake Nicaragua)
This is the ninth tossup question.
9.
To provide poor and minority children a better chance for success in school, what 1965
program was directed at preschoolers? Begin (Head Start)
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.
In August of 1590 two words carved on trees—Croatoan and Cro--were the last traces of
the 100 colonists on what island? Begin (Roanoke)
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 state is known as "The Alligator State"? Begin (Florida)
You have 5 seconds to answer this question.
2.
The Great Barrier Reef is in what ocean? Begin (The Pacific)
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, use the additional tiebreaker questions.):
This is the first tiebreaker question.
1.
What state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester?
Begin (Concord, NH)
This is the second tiebreaker question.
2.
Mesopotamia stretched from the Taurus Mountains in the north to what gulf in the south?
Begin (The Persian)
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This is the third tiebreaker question.
3.
What pioneer route stretched more than 2,000 miles from Missouri northwest to near the
Pacific Ocean? Begin (The Oregon Trail)
Additional tiebreaker questions
4.
With a population of about 90,000, what island nation northeast of Madagascar is Africa's
mallest country? Begin (The Seychelles)
5.
During the Civil War, what two warring capitals were a mere 100 miles apart? Begin
(Washington and Richmond)
6.
In the U.S. Constitution, what legislative body "shall have the sole power of
impeachment"? Begin (The House of Representatives)