Cumulative History Quiz #4

[Az]

Nobody found it!

I'm surprised!

The Greek names were given by Eygenios Antoniades (1870-1944). He was the first one to make detailed maps of Mars. He was working with the Grande Lunette of the Meudon observatory, Paris.
His work was incredibly precise and his maps can easily be compared to the curent ones.
While the great astronomers of his time were seing "tunels" and "canals" on Mars which were said to be roads built by the Marsians he was between the few saying there was no sign of life on this planet.
The reason the greek names remained is because his observations were a lot closer to reality (as we saw later) than those of his collegues (Schiaparelli, Lowell) who had given Latin names.

TheViking

Mars has the 25 km high mountain Olympus Mons but I think there is a mountain with a similar name somewhere on planet Earth as well but only about 1/10 the height of the Martian one

You don't know Olympus???
It's the Gods' mountain in the Greek mythology!
Nowadays the highest mountains of three "places" are named Olympus : Greece (2917m), Cyprus(1926m) and Mars (25000m)



Srill, I'm really surprised no one came up with at least a close answer to that!
Quetion 7

What is known as the "Pirate Wars"

Clue: Nothing to do with Greece !

 

[Apollo]

Mt. Olympus is also the name of the highest mountain in the Olympic Mountains in Washington State in the US, at 2,428 meters. Its not the highest peak in the state, as there are other mountain ranges, but it is the highest for a long ways around.

As to the question, would this be the raiding done by pirates stationed along the Barbary Coast, in what is Tunisia and Algeria today. This eventually ended when the US sent a fleet to Algiers.

 

[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by Az
Nobody found it!

I'm surprised!

The Greek names were given by Eygenios Antoniades (1870-1944). ... The reason the greek names remained is because his observations were a lot closer to reality (as we saw later) than those of his collegues (Schiaparelli, Lowell) who had given Latin names.

Ah, but Schiaparelli did use Greek (as well as Latin) names.

"Rather than follow Proctor and use the names of past, and in some cases still living, observers of the planet, Schiaparelli drew his appellations from his intimate knowledge of classical literature and the Bible. The ancient Greek founder of physical geography, Dicaearchus, had drawn a line through the middle of his map of the Mediterranean world running from the pillars of Hercules in the west to the Taurus Mountains in the east, which he had called the "great diaphragm." Schiaparelli drew a similar line on Mars running between the belt of dark markings to the south and the lighter regions to the north. The main dark areas, which were given the names of bodies of water, were, proceeding eastward from the Herculis Columnae (Columns of Hercules) in the extreme west: Mare Sirenum (Sea of Sirens), Mare Cimmerium (Sea of the Cimmerians), Mare Tyrrhenum (Tyrrhenian Sea), Mare Hadriaticum (Adriatic Sea), Syrtis Major (Gulf of Sidra), Sinus Sabaeus, Margaritifer Sinus (Pearl-bearing Gulf, the old name for the rich coast of India), Aurorae Sinus (Bay of the Dawn), and Solis Lacus (Lake of the Sun, recalling the legend according to which the Sun rises "in the baths of the ocean"). The bright areas were named for lands. Thus Ausonia (Italy) was separated from Libya by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and other lands included Hellas (Greece), Aeria, Arabia, Eden, Chryse, Tharsis, and Elysium, names which have since become a rich part of Martian lore.

See, for example,
The Planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery.

 

[Az]

Appollo, no the Pirate Wars were not in the mediteranean,

Andu you are right, Schiaparelli also used greek names

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Is it the one in the Carribean when English pirates like Francis Drake kept attking and capturing Spanish galleons on their way home fr the Spanish American empire?

 

[G-Man]

Was it the british in the Persian gulf?

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

Wern't the pirate wars fought around the fillipines ,with spain against the Moros? (i think the 18-19th century)

 

[Az]

Originally posted by SKM
Is it the one in the Carribean when English pirates like Francis Drake kept attking and capturing Spanish galleons on their way home fr the Spanish American empire?

To be more precise the Pirate Wars were fought between the Spanish and Pirates who were payed by France and Britain, whose colonial empires were at that time a lot weaker that the spanish one.

But you got it.



Question 8 is yours!

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Oops.

I suppose I am to ask a question? Here's an easy one then (easy to me at least ) : -

The Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party - 1920s to present) was originally organized along the lines of which organization?

 

[duke o' york]

Was it the Communist International organisation?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Close but not quite. You are getting there.

 

[Andu Indorin]

I know that the Kuomintang Party advocated a parliamentary system for China; but as for internal organization, I haven't the foggiest idea.

 

[joespaniel]

I dont know.

I think I read something about Confuscius and the 'name' of the Koumintang... Kemin=Revolution?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

The Min character for Kemin and Kuomin is different (I think; having NEVER studied Chinese in school so not that sure). Kemin, like you said, means revolution although I don't know why you connect it with Confucius. Kuo means country, state, nation etc. Min means people. Tang means party. So in overall meaning, means the Nationalist Party. The Min in Kemin is something else, not really sure.
Anyway, my question is the KMT was originally organised along the lines of which political organisation?

 

[joespaniel]

I guess some American party, just because that would be ironic in a way.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

I think it's the furthest thing fr an American political party. Duke of york almost got it right.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Since it's been some time and nobody has answered, the correct answer is the Bolshevik party i.e. the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Here's another question, to continue the quiz : -

How did Cyprus the Great (of the Persians) died?

 

[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by SKM
How did Cyrus the Great (of the Persians) died?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Andu, if you don't put words in your post, I can't read them. Neither can I read your mind.
I will rephrase my question. What was Cyprus the Great doing when he passed away?

 

[joespaniel]

SKM - Its Cyrus, not Cyprus. ( You know, like 'whales' )

Cyrus 'bit the dust' during a military campaign against an eastern tribe. I dont know the name.