Austrian History Quiz

[Nahuixtelotzin]

How many of these can be answered?:

1. Which Holy Roman Emperor transferred his capital from Vienna to Graz?
(Bonus: What was his motto?)

2. Which province was the last to became Austrian? [Stefan Härtel]

3. Today’s Austria covers parts of which former roman provinces? [Stefan Härtel]

4. Which dynasty ruled Austria before the Habsburgs?

5. What main territory did Austria lose in the 7 years war? [Stefan Härtel]

6. Who is the tyrolean national hero and why is he a hero to them? [Lefty]

7. What date is the Austrian national holiday and why? [Stefan Härtel]

8. What were the only Austrian colonies outside of Europe?

9. What abbreviation has been used by the (small ) Austrian resistance against Hitler?
(Bonus: What does it stand for?)

10. Which Austrian duke played an important role in the crusades? What did he do?

 

[Stefan Haertel]

1. Which Holy Roman Emperor transferred his capital from Vienna to Graz?
(Bonus: What was his motto?)

This is guessed-Ferdinand I. ?

2. Which province was the last to became Austrian?

Modern-day province or historical? I'd guess Bosnia if it was historical (1878/1908)

3. Today’s Austria covers parts of which former roman provinces?

Noricum and Pannonia Superior

4. Which dynasty ruled Austria before the Habsburgs?

Luxemburg?

5. What main territory did Austria lose in the 7 years war?

Silesia (in modern-day Poland)

6. Who is the tyrolean national hero and why is he a hero to them?

DJ Ötzi, because he makes bad music? (j/k, I've no idea)

7. What date is the Austrian national holiday and why?

26th of October, when the law of neutrality was passed (correct term?)

8. What were the only Austrian colonies outside of Europe?

If I'm not mistaken, that was somewhere in Venezuela, but there's no further description of it in that book...

9. What abbreviation has been used by the (small ) Austrian resistance against Hitler?
(Bonus: What does it stand for?)

No idea...

10. Which Austrian duke played an important role in the crusades? What did he do?

No idea either

Given the fact I consider myself a novice on Austrian history, I hope these results are satisfying...

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Originally posted by Stefan Haertel
1. Which Holy Roman Emperor transferred his capital from Vienna to Graz?
(Bonus: What was his motto?)

2. Which province was the last to became Austrian?

Modern-day province or historical? I'd guess Bosnia if it was historical (1878/1908)

3. Today’s Austria covers parts of which former roman provinces?

Noricum and Pannonia Superior

4. Which dynasty ruled Austria before the Habsburgs?

Luxemburg?

5. What main territory did Austria lose in the 7 years war?

Silesia (in modern-day Poland)

6. Who is the tyrolean national hero and why is he a hero to them?

DJ Ötzi, because he makes bad music? (j/k, I've no idea)

7. What date is the Austrian national holiday and why?

26th of October, when the law of neutrality was passed (correct term?)

8. What were the only Austrian colonies outside of Europe?

If I'm not mistaken, that was somewhere in Venezuela, but there's no further description of it in that book...

9. What abbreviation has been used by the (small ) Austrian resistance against Hitler?
(Bonus: What does it stand for?)

No idea...

10. Which Austrian duke played an important role in the crusades? What did he do?

No idea either

Given the fact I consider myself a novice on Austrian history, I hope these results are satisfying...

1. Wrong
2. I meant modern Austria
3. 2 correct, 1 to go
4. Wrong
5. Correct
6. Wrong
7. Correct
8. Wrong, unless there's something I've missed myself...

 

[Stefan Haertel]

Allright, let me give another try:

2. Burgenland?
3. Then the third province is Raetia
4. OK, sorry, then it must be the Staufer

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Originally posted by Stefan Haertel
Allright, let me give another try:

2. Burgenland?
3. Then the third province is Raetia
4. OK, sorry, then it must be the Staufer

2. Correct
3. Correct
4. Sorry, wrong

 

[Sodak]

Wernazuma, is that you? Or are Austrians generally fascinated with Azteca?

I can't answer the remaining questions, sorry...

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

6. Andreas Hofer, who fought against Bavaria, overlord of Tirol in the early 1800s

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Lefty: Correct

Sodak: I am Wernazuma III Nahuixtelotzin, Tlatoani of the Matzateca...

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Come on, #10 isn't that difficult!
A tip: 3rd crusade.

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Answers to the remaining questions:

1. Friedrich III, after Mathias Corvinus sat in Vienna... His motto was AEIOU, interpreted in various mythologems: "Alles Erdreich ist Oesterreich untertan" or "Austria erit in orbe ultima"

4. The Babenbergs

8. The Nicobars. This was in the few years of the existance of the Austrian East India Company in the mid 1700s. More an amusing anecdote...

9. 05, generally interpreted as "O" and "E" (5th letter in the Alphabet), the first two letters of "Österreich"

10. Leopold V. He had a quarrel with Richard Lionheart and he was the one who catched him on his way home, imprisoning Richard at Dürnstein before Leopold had to hand Richard over to Heinrich VI. With the money he built a larger wall for Vienna and founded "Wiener Neustadt" (Vienna New-City) and many other things...

 

[rapid]

These are the correct answers:

1.Friedrich 3
2.Burgenland
3.Noricum,
4.Babenberger
5.
6.Andreas Hofer. He faught against Napoleon
7.26.octubre. The last soldier left austria
8.Mexico, and some islands near India
9.05.

I have no time any more. I`ll come back later.

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

"Grüne ******* euch...". Sorry, just joking

All correct except for 3, which is only partially answered and 8 which is "overanswered". Mexico was no colony, they just had a Habsburg emperor, like many other countries in different times.

Forza GAK!

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Sorry, dp.

 

[rapid]

Rapid wird das Feld von hinten überrollen!

The answers will come soon.

 

[rapid]

Now, there is the Austrian civ. We were and are one of the importanst nations.

 

[aska26]

were r scenarios pertaining Austria one of my fav civ along w/ britain France spain germany italy ottoman It started when I watched A Sound of Music and japanese dubbed The trapp family singers any of you can tell some websites have civ3 scenarios abt austria like ww1 ww2 napoleon etc all abt austria. In civ 2 i have scenarios where austria is there especially ww1 i like when they separated german from austrians some join german and austrian some unified all central powers i want to play austrians ww1

I touch in the A Sound of Music and japanese dubbed The trapp family singers i look several yrs to find stuffs reminding of it rich historical story pls email at aska26ph2001@yahoo.com

 

[Nahuixtelotzin]

Sorry, aska, I don't know of any Scenario where you could play Austrians, but I don't know many scenarios anyway.

But if you want to put Austria into the standard civ2 game follow those steps:

1. Open the attached file, copy the text and paste it in the "city.txt" of your civ2 folder.

2. Open the "Rules.txt" in your civ2 folder and search for "@leaders". Replace the original section with this text:
@LEADERS
Caesar, Livia, 0, 1, 1, Romans, Roman, 0, 1, 1, 1, Dictator, Dictator, 2, Imperator, Imperatrix
Hammurabi, Ishtari, 0, 2, 0, Babylonians, Babylonian, -1, -1, 1,
Franz Josef, Maria Theresia, 1, 3, 3, Austrians, Austrian, 0, 0, 1, 1, Führer, Führerin, 2, Kaiser, Kaiserin, 6, Bundeskanzler, Bundeskanzlerin
Ramesses, Cleopatra, 1, 4, 0, Egyptians, Egyptian, 0, 0, 1, 1, Pharaoh, Pharaoh, 2, Great Pharaoh, Great Pharaoh
Abe Lincoln, E. Roosevelt, 0, 5, 1, Americans, American, -1, 0, 1, 4, Reverend, Reverend, 5, Speaker, Speaker
Alexander, Hippolyta, 1, 6, 1, Greeks, Greek, 0, 1, -1, 6, Prime Minister, Prime Minister
Mohandas Gandhi,Indira Gandhi, 0, 7, 2, Indians, Indian, -1, -1, 0, 2, Maharaja, Maharaja,
Lenin, Catherine the Great, 1, 1, 3, Russians, Russian, 1, 0, -1, 2, Czar, Czarina, 4, Patriarch, Matriarch
Shaka, Shakala, 0, 2, 0, Zulus, Zulu, 1, 0, 0,
Louis XIV, Joan of Arc, 0, 3, 3, French, French, 1, 1, 1, 4, Archbishop, Archbishop, 6, Premier, Premier
Montezuma, Nazca, 0, 4, 0, Aztecs, Aztec, 0, -1, 1,
Mao Tse Tung, Wu Zhao, 0, 5, 2, Chinese, Chinese, 0, 0, 1, 3, Chairman, Chairperson
Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, 1, 6, 3, English, English, 0, 1, 0, 4, Lord Protector, Lady Protector, 6, Prime Minister, Prime Minister
Genghis Khan, Bortei, 0, 7, 0, Mongols, Mongol, 1, 1, -1,
Cunobelin, Boadicea, 1, 1, 0, Celts, Celtic, -1, 1, 0, 4, Druid, Druid
Tokugawa, Amaterasu, 0, 2, 2, Japanese, Japanese, 1, -1, -1, 2, Shogun, Shogun, 6, Prime Minister, Prime Minister
Canute, Gunnhild, 1, 3, 3, Vikings, Viking, 1, 1, 0, 1, Warlord, Warlord
Philip II, Isabella, 1, 4, 3, Spanish, Spanish, -1, 1, -1, 4, Archbishop, Archbishop
Xerxes, Scheherezade, 0, 5, 0, Persians, Persian, 0, -1, 0, 2, Shah, Shah, 4, Ayatollah, Ayatollah
Hannibal, Dido, 0, 6, 1, Carthaginians, Carthaginian, 0, 0, -1,
Sitting Bull, Sacajawea, 0, 7, 0, Sioux, Sioux, 0, 0, 0, 1, Chief, Chief, 2, Great Chief, Great Chief

Saladin, ..., 0, 5, Arabs, Arab, 1, 0, 1, 4, Ayatollah, Ayatollah, 2, Sultan, Sultana
Atawallpa, ..., 0, 1, Incas, Inca, -1, 1, 1,




I hope, I could help you.