Maurice of Nassau - 2023 Chicago Open

Question

This politician imprisoned a political theorist in a chest that is claimed to be owned by two museums, one of which is in the “The Prince’s Court.” In 2021, a series of defenses begun by this politician and completed by his brother Frederick Henry were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After openly siding with Counter-Remonstrants, this politician staged a coup that ended with the execution of his former ally (*) Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (10[1])(“fun ohl-dun-BAHR-nuh-felt”). Following his tactical victory (-5[1])at Nieuwpoort (-5[1])(“NYOO-port”), this person negotiated the Twelve Years’ Truce. This uncle of the Marshal Turenne revolutionized military tactics with his use of drill exercises (10[1])and volley fire. This person died shortly before his army was defeated by Ambrogio Spinola at the Siege of Breda. (-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this stadtholder who led the Dutch during the (-5[1])Eighty Years’ War following the assassination of his father William the Silent. ■END■ (0[8])

ANSWER: Maurice of Nassau [or Maurice, Prince of Nassau, Maurice of Orange, Maurice, Prince of Orange, or Maurits van Oranje; accept Maurits in place of “Maurice”]

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Summary


2023 Chicago Open	08/05/2023	Y	9	22%	0%	56%	86.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Matt Bollinger	Team Name Think Detail	Quasicrystal Silence	72	10
Dylan Minarik	Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill	The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub	76	-5
Chris Ray	Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness	Evans Hall destruction awaiters	78	-5
Stephen Liu	Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!	Hang et al., Robert Browning	100	10
Tejas Raje	BHSU	In Search of Things Past	120	-5
Chris Sims	The Canadians	Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too	123	-5
Jason Golfinos	Saint Peter Andre 3000	wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp	132	-5
Halle Friedman	In Search of Things Past	BHSU	145	0
Michael Coates	Evans Hall destruction awaiters	Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness	145	0
Kevin Wang	I would prefer not to	remembrance of lost time	145	0
Andrew Wang	The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)	[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?	145	0
Conor Thompson	[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?	The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)	145	0
Justin Wytmar	Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too	The Canadians	145	0
Tracy Mirkin	The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub	Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill	145	0
Cyrus Zhou	wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp	Saint Peter Andre 3000	145	0