Packet E: Bonus 6
An 1889 expedition sent by this empire occupied the port of Sagallo in Djibouti, but was forced to withdraw by French troops. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this empire whose “American Company” was urged to conquer Hawaii in the Schäffer affair and established a line of settlements as far south as Fort Ross.
ANSWER: Russian empire
[10h] This Flemish city was the namesake of an 18th-century Austrian company established to trade with China. This company was forced to close in return for British and Dutch recognition of the Pragmatic Sanction.
ANSWER: Ostend Company [or Oostendse Compagnie; or Compagnie d’Ostende]
[10e] Russia and Austria were among the powers that gained no territory at the Berlin Conference, which this “Iron Chancellor” of Germany convened shortly to organize the Scramble for Africa.
ANSWER: Otto von Bismarck
<CJ, European History> | Packet E - Chicago A, Toronto B, Brandeis B, JHU A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 16.13 | 100% | 52% | 9% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 88% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 67% | 8% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |