Packet 8: Bonus 8
Aleksandr Baranov was the first governor of a polity that would later become this state. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this state, once governed as “Russian America.” Its colonial capital was moved to Juneau after it became part of the United States.
ANSWER: Alaska [or AK or Alyaska]
[10h] This city was the capital of Russian Alaska. After massacring natives at the site of this city in 1804, the Russian-American company renamed it to Novo-Arkhangelsk and established a capital there.
ANSWER: Sitka
[10m] An agent of the Russian-American company hired by Baranov named Georg Schäffer attempted to overthrow this island country’s government in 1815. Its leader was forced to sign the “Bayonet Constitution” in 1887.
ANSWER: Kingdom of Hawaii [or the Hawaiian Kingdom or Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi]
<American History — Gregory Zeldovich> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 18.85 | 96% | 73% | 19% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 16.88 | 94% | 69% | 6% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 26.00 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |