Packet 1: Bonus 2
After the 1941 Belgrade coup, Patriarch Gavrilo compared officers from the Yugoslav Army to participants in this battle. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this heavily mythologized 1389 battle that saw the death of the Serbian prince Lazar and the Ottoman sultan Murad I.
ANSWER: Battle of Kosovo Field [or Kosovës or Kosovo Polje; accept Battle of the Field of Blackbirds]
[10h] During World War II, this collaborationist Serbian leader of the Government of National Salvation actively promoted the Myth of Kosovo and requested the transfer of Kosovar territory to Serbia from his German suzerains.
ANSWER: Milan Nedić (“neh-DITCH”) [reject “Milutin Nedić,” his brother who fought against the Germans]
[10m] Slobodan Milošević’s (“mee-lo-SHEV-eech’s”) Gazimestan Speech was on Kosovo’s 600th anniversary, a national holiday named for this saint on whose day the battle occurred. A historical “dancing mania” was often named for either John or this saint.
ANSWER: Saint Vitus [or Vito; accept Guy or Guido; accept Saint Vitus Dance or El vito; accept Vidovdan]
<Case Western, European History> | I1. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western (Tiebreaker Half 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |