Cumulative History Quiz #3

[Juize]

U r right, my friend. And the following question is..?

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I'm a pathetic little wimp.

 

[Az]

Hmmm...Let me think...

Question 28: There is a group of people in Europe which has the particularity of speaking Turkish but write it with Greek characters. Which is it and where do they live?
Feel free to give more details if you find it as the story of these people is very interesting and peculiar.

(dtziouf what do you think? are you surprised? I was too when I learned it.)


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[This message has been edited by Az (edited August 23, 2001).]

 

[willemvanoranje]

Cyprus?

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[Az]

Originally posted by willemvanoranje:
Cyprus?

Sorry willem but...

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[duke o' york]

Can I have 2 guesses please? (might as well be honest and claim they're guesses

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(a) the Kurds - although it's not technically Europe I don't think.
(b) the Gypsies (or whatever the PC name for them is) in Romania and environs - duh, they're the Romany people aren't they.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

Circassians

 

[Andu Indorin]

Descendents of the bureaucrats who ran the Ottoman Empire?

 

[willemvanoranje]

Oops! A group of people! I thought a country or region. Stupid me.

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[Az]

duke o' york was the closest in his second atempt as those people live ALSO in Romania but they are no gypsies.

Originally posted by Andu Indorin:
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Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola:
Circassians

I've never heard of these... Where do they live?

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[Lefty Scaevola]

A Caucasus people, homeland now in Geogia. A large group on them settled in NE Turkey when Russia aquired their homeland in 1829. Their original languages are Indo-European. Not sure what alphabet there group in Turkey uses, The ones in Georgian us the Greek alphbet but do not use Turkish Language.

 

[Az]

Hmm.. interesting...I didn't know f their existance...

What about Q28?

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[willemvanoranje]

It seems to my that Duke o' York has to ask that one. But if he doesn't post within 2 days, someone else can ask a question?

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[Az]

duh?

Wh should he?

He didn't answer correctly....

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[Andu Indorin]

The Gagauzi???

 

[willemvanoranje]

Sorry.

Didn't read right. Again. You said 'What about Q28?', and I assumed that that would be the next question. But I was wrong.

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[Az]

Originally posted by Andu Indorin:
The Gagauzi???

Whoa!

You're right!!!

What did you search for in order to find it?

The story of the Gagauzi is very interesting.

They are orthodox but Turkish orthodox. They don't depend on the Greek Patriarchate of Constantinople but on the Turkish one!!!

That's the Turkish Patriarchate of Istambul

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Strange uh?

The Gagauzi are 200.000.
They live in eastern balkans.

In fact Turkey is using them to show it's a laic state with great diversity and freedom in religion (which is partially correct).

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[Andu Indorin]

Question 29: The "Iron Brigade" (1/1/I Corps) earned the distiction of being the best fighting unit in the Army of the Potomac. From what states did their regiments come from, and what was distinctive about their accoutrement by which they were distinguished upon the field of battle?

And as a bonus question: Who were their commanders -- brigadier, divisional, and corps -- upon McPherson's Ridge, perhaps their finest hour?

 

[Az]

Regiments: 3 from Wisconsin and 1 from Indiana 1 from Michigan.

The Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin Infantry units served until the end of the war earning the honored "Veteran Infantry" designation.


That's all I found....

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[willemvanoranje]

No answer?

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[Az]

Andu?

Am I right?