Bonus
This leader oversaw a massacre of civilians after storming the Irish town of Drogheda (“DRAW-huh-duh”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this military leader, who led the cavalry of the New Model Army under Thomas Fairfax. After the Restoration in 1660, this person’s body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and posthumously executed.
ANSWER: Oliver Cromwell
[10e] Cromwell played a major role in agitating for Charles I’s execution after this conflict, which ended in Parliamentarian forces defeating the Royalists.
ANSWER: English Civil War [or Wars of the Three Kingdoms]
[10h] The English Civil War saw the rise of this populist movement, whose arguments for extended suffrage sparked the Putney Debates. The more radical Diggers called themselves a “true” version of this movement.
ANSWER: Levellers [or Leveller Movement; accept True Levellers]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 | 18.21 | 77% | 85% | 21% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 71% | 86% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 60% | 100% | 60% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 78% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 75% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 20.00 | 91% | 91% | 18% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 78% | 78% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 83% | 100% | 17% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 67% | 89% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 75% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 75% | 83% | 42% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 100% | 13% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 19.23 | 85% | 77% | 31% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 40% | 80% | 0% |