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2009 ACF Nationals - Packet by Playoff Bracket Play-In Game
- #20 [report this tossup]
This molecule reacts with alpha,beta unsaturated carbonyl compounds to form cyclopropane compounds. A fifty percent solution of this molecule and water produces a lower <100> to <111> etch rate than KOH or EDP, but produces sharply defined corners. It is produced in acetone by the Bayer process, and from urea via the Hoffman process. Methyl ethyl ketone and hydrogen peroxide are two of the reactants used in the Atofina/PCUK process for its production, and it is produced when a hypochlorite ion oxidizes ammonia in the Raschig process. For 10 points, name this molecule that attacks a carbonyl compound in the Wolff-Kishner reaction, a component of rocket fuel with formula N2H4.
Answer: hydrazine [accept early N2H4]
2003 ACF Nationals - Packet by ACF Editors (#5) - #12 [report this tossup]
This conflict had no major engagements save for the capture of the Prince of Hessen-Philippstal by Joseph Alvinczy. Alternately known as the Potato War due to the fact that the Prussians spent most of their time picking potatoes instead of fighting, it was precipitated by the end of the House of Wittelsbach and the opposition of Duke Karl von Zweibrücken to the successor Karl Theodor. Settled by the Congress of Teschen in 1779, this war saw Frederick the Great of Prussia invade the titular region against Austria. FTP, identify this 1778-79 war that took place in a German state.
Answer: War of the Bavarian Succession
2000 ACF Nationals - Packet by South Carolina - #10 [report this tossup]
Initially, the prospects for this Jacobite rebellion were promising, but the late arrival of James Edward Stuart to Scotland, the untimely death of French King Louis XIV, who had promised aid, and the vigor of the English government doomed the uprising. FTP, name this short campaign of insurgence against the Hanoverian dynasty which came to an end at the Battle of Sherrifmuir, named for the year in which it occurred.
Answer: The Fifteen (1715)