Asian History Quiz

[allhailIndia]

1.Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were the popular cities of thIndus Valley people, but what was there major port city called?
2.Alexander and his men, when they came upon this fruit, consumed so many of them that the Greek camp was hit by a severe case of Diarrhoea. Which fruit?
3.At the famous battle of Kadesh, two divisions of the Egyptian army were primarily involved.What were their names?
4.Which famous Chinese explorer, in a series of voyages in the sixteenth century, explored the coasts of SE Asia, Sri Lanka, India, Oman and Africa?(Hint:TIME)
5.In the famous movie Anna and the King, which real Siamese King is portrayed by Yul Brynner?(I shall purposely ignore the pathetic modern version with Chow Yun Fat)
6.Kadesh again! Who was the Hittite king, Rameses opposed in the Battle?
7.Who said "A shelf of European books has for more literary value than all the Literature of the Orient and Middle East combined"?
8.Something on Afghanistan.IN all how many Anglo-Afghan wars were fought?
9. During the second WW, which Indian revolutionary was supported by the Japanese in a bid to destabilize the British in India?
10.Interesting story!How did the Japanese admiral responsible for Pearl Harbour, die?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

"4.Which famous Chinese explorer, in a series of voyages in the sixteenth century, explored the coasts of SE Asia, Sri Lanka, India, Oman and Africa?(Hint:TIME)"
Admiral Zheng He, Muslim eunuch and trusted confidant of the Yung Lo emperor.

"6.Kadesh again! Who was the Hittite king, Rameses opposed in the Battle?"
Muttalwish (something like that)?

"7.Who said "A shelf of European books has for more literary value than all the Literature of the Orient and Middle East combined"?"
Don't know. That must be an idiot.

"8.Something on Afghanistan.IN all how many Anglo-Afghan wars were fought?"
Three? At least two I think.

"9. During the second WW, which Indian revolutionary was supported by the Japanese in a bid to destabilize the British in India?"
Bose.

"10.Interesting story!How did the Japanese admiral responsible for Pearl Harbour, die?"
The plane he flew on was shot down by the Americans. Admiral's name was Yamamoto.

 

[Stefan Haertel]

1.) Pattala?
2.) I should know this. I read about it somewhere, and if I recall correctly (which I propably don't) it was the mango...
6.) Hattusili II.
8.) Three. One I think was somewhere in the 1840s, and the last one was in the early 20th century.

 

[allhailIndia]

Knight Dragon's attempt


4.I dont think you needed the clue for that one.
6.Close but try again.
7.Yup he was a very big idiot at that
8.Correct again!
9.Yes it was Shubhash Chandra Bose.
10. Good one! he was intercepted by two P-38's after the code breakers found out where he was heading to.

 

[allhailIndia]

Stefan's Attempt
1.No try again
2.Well you are right ,it was the mango. It fared better against the Greeks compared to some other Indian princes

6.Correct
8.Absolutely, positively correct

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

1. Lothal?
4. Chang Ho
6. Hatushili II

 

[Kublai-Khan]

1) lothal
6)Mutwatalish
7) please tell me if he is japanese at least.

 

[allhailIndia]

Kublai's Attempt
1)Lothal is absolutely correct

6)Nope not that guy

7) He was a little too European to be a Japanese

 

[allhailIndia]

Nahuixtelozin's attempt

1.Lothal is correct
4.The correct answer is Zheng He
6.Correct answer

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Originally posted by allhailIndia
4.The correct answer is Zheng He

Transcription, Shmanscription...

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by Nahuixtelotzin
Transcription, Shmanscription...

Old spelling is Cheng Ho. In hanyu pinyin, this will be Zheng He.

 

[€ønqui$tadør]

wade-giles is an awful attempt at romanizing chinese pronunciation. zheng he is the correct pronunciation.

no one has answered 5? i know the answer if between this father/son pair: King Chulalongkorn or King Mongkut. i think it's King Mongkut.

 

[allhailIndia]

yes it was King Mongkut of Siam, try the others