Question

In this war, the Drabant Corps used a smoke screen as they began an attack by crossing the Düna River. The Georgian prince Alexander of Imereti was captured in a battle during this war, which was the (10[1])subject of a painting by August von Kotzebue’s son that depicts soldiers retreating from a snow-covered battlefield across a river. One side in (10[1])this war steadily marched to within close range before releasing a deadly volley using (-5[1])its Ga-Pa tactics. During this war, the treaty of Altranstädt forced Augustus the Strong to renounce the Polish (10[1])throne. In the Moldavian town of Bender, an Ottoman operation during this war ended with the capture of Charles (10[1])XII (“the twelfth”). For 10 (10[1])points, what war’s decisive Battle of Poltava marked the ascendancy of Russia over Sweden (10[1])in the Baltic (10[1])region? (10[2]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Great Northern War [accept Second Northern War; reject “Northern War” or “First Northern War”]
<European History>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Bakhtiyarov KhumoyunA Brandeis SupremeBoston University A3710
Max NealHarvard AYale C6010
Marc GrecoWilliams AYale B74-5
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisAmherst A9210
Yrwin BatanMIT ACarabrandeis11110
Matthew SiffYale ATufts A11410
Derek FinoClark ABoston University B12810
Will ZhangTufts BNortheastern A13110
Alex JiangBrown ABrandeises Brew13210
NateBowdoin BBowdoin A1320
EvanBowdoin ABowdoin B1320
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BWilliams A13210