Question
Archibald Cox promoted the theory that George Washington created the precedent of executive privilege in the aftermath of this military disaster. For 10 points each:
[10m] What battle prompted the first congressional investigation into the executive branch? The US’s first standing army was formed after this “defeat,” at which Little Turtle destroyed an expedition led by its namesake officer.
ANSWER: St. Clair’s (“Sinclair’s”) defeat [or Battle of the Wabash River; or Battle of a Thousand Slain]
[10e] St. Clair’s defeat and the earlier Crawford’s defeat were inflicted by coalitions that included this native Ohio people, who were led at the Battle of Fallen Timbers by Tecumseh.
ANSWER: Shawnee people [or Shawnee tribe; or Shaawana]
[10h] The coalitions at both “defeats” sought to avenge Crawford’s destruction of a Mingo town named for this sort of place, which Thomas Bullitt commercialized in Kentucky. Israel Boone died at a battle named for one of these places late in the Revolutionary War.
ANSWER: salt licks [or mineral licks; accept Salt-Lick Town, Bullitt’s Lick, or Battle of Blue Licks; prompt on salt deposits, saltworks, or salt springs]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
Data
| A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | Les Missourables | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | We Need New Names | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | The Jeam Team | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| LMM's LLM MLM | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| BHSU B | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Lisan al-Quib | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Oldest Men in the World | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | var merchants | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |