Leopold II of Belgium - 2024 ACF Regionals

Question

Answer the following about historical periods depicted in the books of Adam Hochschild, for 10 points each.

[10e] Hochschild’s most famous book is named for this king’s Ghost. This king of Belgium oversaw the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom and directed his Force Publique to carry out forced amputations to collect rubber.

ANSWER: Leopold II of Belgium [prompt on Leopold]

[10m] A 2016 Hochschild book surveys American involvement in this war, including Texaco chairman Torkild Rieber supplying one side with cheap oil. The mixed brigades fought on one side of this war alongside the POUM and CNT-FAI.

ANSWER: Spanish Civil War [or Guerra Civil Española]

[10h] Hochschild’s most recent book, American Midnight, describes how Woodrow Wilson tasked this veteran of the Philippine–American War with breaking up strikes in the Midwest. This general ran unsuccessfully in the 1920 Republican presidential primary.

ANSWER: Leonard Wood

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	10	14.00	100%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska	01/27/2024	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%

Data


Minnesota C	Arizona State	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Minnesota B	10	10	0	20
Binghamton	Cornell C	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	RIT B	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Bristol	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Durham A	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Kiel	KCL	10	10	0	20
Oxford A	Oxford B	10	10	0	20
Oxford C	Sheffield	10	0	0	10
Geodesic	South Carolina	10	10	0	20
Harding	Georgia Tech B	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	Tennessee	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	0	10
Alabama	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Maryland B (UG)	GWU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
UNC D (DII)	GWU B (Grad)	10	10	0	20
Liberty A (Grad)	UNC C (UG)	10	0	0	10
Virginia B (UG)	Liberty B (DII)	10	0	0	10
Liberty C (DII)	JMU A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Virginia A (UG)	Maryland A (Grad)	10	10	0	20
Roanoke College A (DII)	JMU B (UG)	10	0	0	10
UNC A (Grad)	UNC B (UG)	10	0	0	10
Duke A (UG)	Virginia C (UG)	10	0	0	10
Maryland C (DII)	William & Mary A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Claremont A	10	0	0	10
Iowa A	Texas A	10	10	0	20
Rice A	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
UW A	Sorbonne	10	10	10	30
Texas A&M A	Appalachian State	10	0	0	10
Texas A&M B	UBC A	10	0	0	10
Kenyon	Michigan B	10	0	0	10
Cedarville	Ohio State B	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Ohio State A	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Columbia C	NYU A	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Penn	10	0	0	10
Vassar	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Rowan	John Jay	10	0	0	10