Dominican Republic AND Haiti - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

Pedro Santana took over one of these two neighboring countries from Manuel Jimenes after winning the Battle of Las Carreras against the forces of the other. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these two countries, one of which, under Juan Pablo Duarte, started a War of Independence against the other that lasted through the 1840s and 1850s.

ANSWER: Dominican Republic AND Haiti [accept answers in either order; accept DR or República Dominicana in place of “Dominican Republic”; accept Republic of Haiti or République d'Haïti or Repiblik d Ayiti in place of “Haiti”]

[10h] This last emperor of Haiti and supporter of the Vodou faith led his country against the Dominican Republic at the Battle of Las Carreras.

ANSWER: Faustin-Élie Soulouque [or Faustin I]

[10e] Because of the threat of future Haitian invasions, the Dominican Republic annexed itself to this country a few years after the war. The Monroe Doctrine was principally created to stop this country from retaking its colonies.

ANSWER: Spain [or España; or Kingdom of Spain; or Reino de España]

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2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	5	6.00	40%	0%	20%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	15.00	83%	33%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	5.00	50%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	13.33	89%	22%	22%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	67%	0%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Harvard	Brown	0	0	0	0
Yale	RIT	0	0	10	10
RIT	Yale	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	CWRU	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Michigan C	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	10	0	10	20
I've been running into you in my lead plumbocene what could have benzene	MIT B	0	0	10	10
MIT A	Brandeis	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Swarthmore	0	0	0	0
Central Oklahoma	Texas B	0	0	10	10
Oklahoma	Texas A	0	0	0	0
JHU B	JHU A	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	John Jay	10	10	10	30
Mount Sinai	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Maryland B	0	0	10	10
abg academy	New Young Whigs of America	0	0	10	10
rusty shackleford	Wake Up Paddington A Washington Mystery	0	10	10	20
Aweille Kevin Fan osti continue comme ça	Waterloo you are crooked	10	0	10	20
Guelph perfomative male competition	Ottawa 67s	0	0	10	10
Queen's is monitoring the situation	McGill B	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	McGill Fartlets	10	0	10	20
Toronto Murder on the Rider Express	#OpenToBuzz	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Toronto Operation PBSuccess	0	0	10	10
Toronto Sunshine Bubbles	Carleton A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	0	0	10	10
In Search of Lost Clues	The best time to buzz was twenty clues ago. The second best time to buzz is now	10	0	10	20
Berkeley A	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	Free Win	0	0	10	10
The Bit and the Penndulum	1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail	0	0	0	0
Bristold	Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins	0	0	10	10
Knorr Stock Clue	Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli	0	0	10	10
Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament	Coughing Baby	0	0	10	10
Galactic Ombudsmen	Hail to the Sheaf	0	0	10	10
Of Mice and Penn	Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh	0	10	10	20
Chimp Brisket	Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance	10	0	10	20
To buzz is to be perceived	Washed Scrubs	0	10	10	20
why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it	question mark	10	0	10	20
Illinois	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern A	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
UChicago B	Indiana	0	0	10	10
UChicago A	UChicago C	0	0	10	10
VT A	Planck Sinatra	0	10	10	20
Wise Duke	UNC A	0	0	10	10
VT B	UNC B	0	0	0	0
WashU Kiki	WashU Bouba	0	0	10	10
VJ Edgecombe School of Interior Design - Edwardsville	Truman State	0	0	10	10