Van Rensselaer family - 2025 Penn Bowl

Question

A man from this family was nicknamed the "Young Patroon" and served as a Major General in the New York Militia before securing writs of ejectment against the anti-renters. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this family of a militia officer who, alongside Winfield Scott and William Wadsworth, fought against the UK and Upper Canada at the Battle of Queenston Heights.

ANSWER: Van Rensselaer family [or the Van Rensselaers; accept Stephen Van Rensselaer]

[10e] The Battle of Queenston Heights was a major battle of this war, during which Tecumseh repelled US invasions of Canada. The Treaty of Ghent concluded this war.

ANSWER: War of 1812

[10m] Stephen Van Rensselaer married a woman from this family, the daughter of a Revolutionary War general who planned the Saratoga Campaign before he was replaced by Horatio Gates. A woman born to this family discovered the Reynolds Pamphlet while pregnant.

ANSWER: Schuyler family [or the Schuylers; accept Peggy Schuyler or Elizabeth Schuyler]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	16.67	89%	78%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


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