Saint Stephen the Great - Great Lakes

Question

Gheorghe Asachi (“GYOR-gay ah-SAH-kee”) popularized romantic depictions of this person, including historical fiction and a now-lost painting. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Voivode (“VOY-vohd”) of Moldavia whose campaigns against Mehmed II have made him a popular figure among both Moldovan and Romanian nationalists.

ANSWER: Saint Stephen the Great [or Stephen III; prompt on Stephen; reject “Saint Stephen”]

[10m] After he defeated a revolt by his uncle Peter III Aaron, Stephen the Great executed many members of this class who had supported his uncle. Nobility of this class were subjected to a “beard tax” in another country.

ANSWER: boyars [or bolyars]

[10e] Stephen attempted to prop up the Unio Trium Nationum that constituted this region north of Wallachia. Stephen was an ally of Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Dracula, a fictional resident of this region in northwest Romania.

ANSWER: Transylvania [or Ardeal; or Erdély]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	58%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	13.64	100%	36%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
UK	Main	Y	14	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%

Data


CWRU B	CWRU A	0	10	10
CWRU C	MSU B	0	10	10
Kenyon B	Kenyon A	0	10	10
Pitt A	MSU A	10	10	20
OSU B	OSU A	10	10	20
OSU C	OSU D	0	10	10
CWRU D	Pitt C	0	10	10