Packet I: Tossup 15

The service of a World War I brigade from this region was depicted in the novel One Year on the High Plateau. A nationalist from this region died on hunger strike after attempting to establish the Republic of Malu Entu. Echoing a medieval revolt (-5[1])elsewhere, a rebellion in this region used the word “chickpea” as a shibboleth. (10[3]-5[2])This region’s (-5[1])Stamenti parliament (-5[1])was marginalized after the Perfect Fusion created a unitary kingdom. (10[1])This island was part of a kingdom governed by the Statuto (10[1])Albertino, (10[1]-5[2])whose prime minister (10[1])resigned (10[1])in protest of the Armistice of Villafranca. (10[1]-5[2])The Count (10[1])of Cavour (-5[1])served (10[1]-5[1])this (10[1]-5[2])island’s (10[6]-5[2])king (10[1]-5[2])Victor (10[3]-5[1])Emmanuel (10[4]-5[5])II, (10[2]-5[1])in whose name (10[4])Giuseppe Garibaldi (-5[2])conquered (-5[1])Sicily. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, the Kingdom of Italy emerged from a kingdom named for Piedmont (10[4])and (10[1])what (10[2])island? (10[3])■END■ (10[16]0[5])

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