Question

Sengge Rinchen led a cavalry during this conflict’s three battles at the Taku Forts in the Hǎi River estuary. A battle in this conflict at Bālǐqiáo (“BAH-leech-yao”) forced the Xiánfēng (“sh’yen-FUNG”) Emperor to flee and be replaced by Prince Gōng. (-5[2])During this conflict, twelve bronze fountainheads were looted from Hǎiyàntáng. At this conflict’s beginning, a lorcha was seized by Míngchēn (“yeh ming-chun”) off the coast of Canton due to fears of piracy. The burning of the Old Summer Palace (-5[1])during this conflict led to the Self-Strengthening Movement. (0[2])This conflict ended with the Treaty of Tientsin and began when the seizure of the HMS Arrow violated the Treaty of Nanking. For 10 points, the Tàipíng Rebellion occurred concurrently with what conflict in which Qīng (“cheeng”) China lost to a British–French alliance, the last in a series fought over a narcotic? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Second Opium War [or Dì’èrcì Yāpiàn Zhànzhēng; prompt on Opium Wars or Yāpiàn Zhànzhēng]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael SunBrandeis BBoston University37-5
Michael SunBrandeis BBoston University37-5
Jason HongBrown ADartmouth A75-5
Jaehyun ParkBoston UniversityBrandeis B830
Jaehyun ParkBoston UniversityBrandeis B830
William DouganDartmouth ABrown A13510

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2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%116.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%135.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%47.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%67%125.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y8100%0%38%94.75
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%17.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y333%0%100%135.00