Question
The Qīng Dynasty enacted a disastrous embargo of all its ports to keep its rhubarb trade limited to this country’s post of Kiakhta. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country that settled its Siberian borders with the Qīng at the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk.
ANSWER: Russia [or Rossiya; or the Russian Empire or Imperial Russia or Rossiyskaya Imperiya; or the Tsardom of Russia or Russkoye tsarstvo; prompt on the Tsardom of Muscovy]
[10h] This emperor carried out the rhubarb embargo and the Ten Great Campaigns. This Qīng emperor relinquished his throne so he would not rule longer than his grandfather, the Kāngxī Emperor.
ANSWER: Qiánlóng (“ch’yen-long”) [or Emperor Gāozōng of Qīng; or Hónglì]
[10m] The Russian diplomat Nikolai Spafarii stole Qīng secrets through Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit missionary with this other profession. Zhāng Héng created a hydraulics-powered armillary sphere used by this profession.
ANSWER: astronomy [or astronomers; prompt on scientists]
<Ganon Evans, History - World - Asian> ~22964~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 15.28 | 89% | 25% | 39% |