Question
A noble family whose surname derives from the name of this region included Karl Marx's wife, Jenny. A short-lived kingdom named for this region, which in 1807 adopted its country's first written constitution, was led by Napoleon's spendthrift brother Jérôme. This region names the modern form of nation-state sovereignty in reference to an agreement that was deemed "reprobate," "inane," and "devoid of meaning" by Pope (*) Innocent X. Two treaties named for its cities of Osnabrück and Münster made up an agreement named for this region, which in 1648 confirmed the division of the Holy Roman Empire into Protestant and Catholic areas. For 10 points, what region names the "Peace" that ended the Thirty Years' War? ■END■
ANSWER: Westphalia [or Kingdom of Westphalia; accept Westfalen or von Westphalen; accept Westphalian sovereignty]
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 41 | 95% | 44% | 0% | 77.87 |