Packet 2: Bonus 1
This regional term became a metonym for imperial power as its namesake “Trade Minister” established the Kaiping Coal Mine and China’s first telegraph service. For 10 points each:
[10m] What Chinese regional term also names the fractured, military-controlled government of the Warlord Era?
ANSWER: Běiyáng (“bay-yahng”) [or Peiyang; accept the Běiyáng Government, Běiyáng Army, or Běiyáng Trade Minister; accept Běiyáng Zhèngfǔ or Pei-yang Chêng-fu; prompt on Northern Ocean]
[10h] Wú Pèifú’s clique named for this former province fought over the Běiyáng Government with the Ānhuī (“ahn-hway”) and Fèngtiān (“FUNG-tee-EN”) cliques. During the late Qīng, powerful viceroys of this province like Lǐ Hóngzhāng and Yuán Shìkǎi controlled trade through Tiānjīn.
ANSWER: Zhílì [or Chihli; accept the Zhílì Clique; prompt on Héběi]
[10e] The Běiyáng warlords were defeated by this political party’s Northern Expedition. During the resulting Nánjīng Decade, this political party was led by Chiang Kai-shek.
ANSWER: Kuomintang [or the Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng; or the KMT or GMD; or Chinese Nationalist Party]
<Virginia Tech, World History> | B. Prelims 2 - Northwestern A + Virginia Tech + Brown + Penn State
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Bruin | Stanford A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago A | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | UCF | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Columbia B | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech A | WashU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Georgetown | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Indiana | MIT | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Johns Hopkins | Northwestern B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | Toronto A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Michigan | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Swarthmore | Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| UC Berkeley A | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UCLA | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |