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Nazgûl
Mao Zedong?
New Cumulative General History Quiz V
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Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
The far right is of course the Little Red Book, aka The Sayings of Chairman Mao.
sydhe
King of Kongs
Lin Piao? He was associated with Mao and died in Mongolia.
You got it!
To explain each of the pictures (clockwise from top left):
1. The People's Liberation Army. Lin Biao was one of their best generals.
2. Peng Dehuai, who Lin Biao helped unseat and succeeded as the Minister of Defence.
3. Fu Zuoyi, from whom Lin Biao received the surrender of Beiping from KMT forces.
4. The Little Red Book. Prior and during the first part of the Cultural Revolution Lin Biao was very close to Mao and was named as successor. Lin helped compiled the Book, and wrote a foreword to it (later removed following his fall from grace).
5. Mongolia, where Lin Biao's plane crashed in mysterious circumstances.
6. Whampoa Military Academy. Lin Biao was a graduate during the time of the first KMT-CCP United Front. Later he joined the KMT in the Northern Expedition
7. A shrine at the site of the Battle of Pingxingguan (1937) in which Lin Biao played a major role in defeating the Japanese.
sydhe
King of Kongs
This depicts the beginning of a decisive battle in a war. Who is the guy with the hammer, who is the leader of the other side, and what battle is this?
You're probably right. I would have answered Haida vs Russians
sydhe
King of Kongs
The guy with the hammer is presumably chief of Tlingits and the battle is battle of Sitka between Tlingits and Russians, who were commanded by Alexandr Baranov.
You are correct. The Tlingit leader was Chief Katlian. I'm reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union, in which, among other alterations of history, the Tlingit won this war. One of the characters has a replica of the hammer.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Blagh, you people and your Eastern/Northern European History. 
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
Because picture questions are cool
We have a two German cities, a Qing Dynasty official, Tibetan Murals, a statue of Genghis Khan and a map of some random chinese city...
Thats a large time period...
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov.
No, not Zhukov. And the focal point of our question is pretty far from Europe 
1) Almost, though neither of the cities are actually in Germany (nor were they at relevant time).
2) Close.
3) Correct. However, the entity depicted is somewhat relevant too.
4) Yes, it is Genghis Khan.
5) The city is not in China. EDIT: at least not today.
1) Almost, though neither of the cities are actually in Germany (nor were they at relevant time).
2) Close.
3) Correct. However, the entity depicted is somewhat relevant too.
4) Yes, it is Genghis Khan.
5) The city is not in China. EDIT: at least not today.
Urga is correct.
Sükhbaatar, however, is not.
EDIT:... although he could very well have been included on one of the pictures.
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
Jebtsundamba Khutuktu?
Though I dont know how that links with any European Cities..
Also maybe Kang Xi Emperor.
Those two cities maybe Baltic which was under Russian control which lost two battles to Kang Xi.
Kang Xi invaded Mongolia controled by the Dzungars Mongols which previously invaded Tibet.
Any connection?
Though I dont know how that links with any European Cities..
Also maybe Kang Xi Emperor.
Those two cities maybe Baltic which was under Russian control which lost two battles to Kang Xi.
Kang Xi invaded Mongolia controled by the Dzungars Mongols which previously invaded Tibet.
Any connection?
Jebtsundamba Khutuktu is the "Qing Official".
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/BogdKhan.jpg/180px-BogdKhan.jpg
One of the cities is indeed Baltic. Another is not. Also, that is actually a certain palace (schloss) on the picture, rather than "city".
Robert Roman von Ungern-Sternberg is the right answer!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Ungern_von_Sternberg
...or even better article:
http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Article/The_Bloody_Baron_von_Ungern-Sternberg.html
Key (from top, left to right):
1) Coat-of-arms of Ungern-Sternberg family;
2) Schloss Eggenberg near Graz, Austria, where he was born;
3) Alexander Gymnasium in Tallinn, Estonia he attended in youth;
4) Grigory Semyonov, his one-time superior and ataman of Transbaikal Cossack Host;
5) Flag of Ungern-Sternberg's Mongolia;
6) Baron believed himself to be reincarnation of Genghis Khan;
7) Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, Living Buddha, kidnapped from the hands Chinese from Urga (8) and instated as figurehead ruler of Sternberg's theocratic Mongol Empire;
9) Sternberg was proclaimed reincarnation of Mahakala by XIIIth Dalai Lama...
EDIT: It is believed that Ungern-Sternberg was heavily influenced by Ja Lama, who according to wiki
Both were reported to believe that by killing weak, they are actually doing them a favor, as their victims will be reborn stronger and released from negative karma.
So if somebody starts giving you popular crap about how Buddhists have never killed anyone because of religious reasons, you'll have a counter-example...
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
No, not Zhukov. And the focal point of our question is pretty far from Europe
I was hoping for a connection with Khalkin-Gol, in the undeclared war with Japan 1938-39.
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