Cumulative History Quiz

Az · May 7, 2001

Give us a clue man that's a hard one...

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Micah · May 7, 2001

Weimar, I believe you are referring to Poland right before its partitioning. Thanks for the tip-off that you mentioned it before.

Is there presently a communist party in the United States?

Andu Indorin · May 7, 2001

Originally posted by weimar_republic:
now, heres a good one for everoyne, I said it elsewhere in the forum:

which naiton, in 1772, became the modern world's FIRST democracy. beating the USA by 3 years, and France by 20 years.

Poland sound's about right. (I usually argue the Althing in Iceland, 11 century a.d.; but that's stretching it abit.

Håkon · May 7, 2001

Athens <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/lol.gif" border=0> No, honestly, everybody was in voting at 300 BC. But weimar_republic meant Poland, so I'll answer that

This is probably too easy, but all the same...
10. What was the name of the German cruiser that was sunk by the British fleet in the Barents Sea in 1943?

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stormerne · May 7, 2001

Andu Indorin: I wouldn't agree about the Althing. For a start, it existed before the 11th century as it was probably founded around 930. Secondly you might possibly say it is the mother of parliaments, but not the mother of democracy.

Loaf Warden: Yes you were right about question 8, it was Cornelius Tacitus. He wrote those words in his important work Germania. As translator Harold Mattingly said, "He can never have dreamed of the terrible abuses which would grow out of his simple statement."

Thunderfall and CornMaster: These cumulative threads are very interesting, especially this one. Close the word association threads by all means, but we're all learning stuff here.

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stormerne · May 7, 2001

Answer to question 10: the "Scharnhorst".

Question 11: It's a humorous one... please bear with me...

I live in an East Anglian town which first received its Town Charter from King John in the year 1199. To help celebrate the 800th anniversary of this event, and as we are notorious topers, we invented a new cocktail consisting of equal measures of dark rum and mead.

Your history question is: Why did we call this cocktail "Bad King John"?

Clue: to answer this you need to know the most famous thing about King John, and where and how his "badness" was curbed.

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Az · May 7, 2001

I really don't know Stormerne...

But I'll post Question 12 anyway...

Which is the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity as it's official religion?

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SunTzu · May 7, 2001

I believe the first country to adopt Christianity as the official religion is the Roman Empire....Emperor Constantine

xeven_god_of_helsibahr · May 7, 2001

Yeaj, I agree with Sun Tzu, I think it was the (Holy) Roman Empire

weimar_republic · May 7, 2001

since there are no new questions...

Who was the longest reigining ruler EVER in the WROLD

hint: he ruled for 92 years and died at age 98

hint: he lived in the BC's

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xeven_god_of_helsibahr · May 7, 2001

Thats easy, duh, Ramesis the Great.

What was the name of the first government of the US?

HINT: It was NOT the Constitution!

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weimar_republic · May 7, 2001

uh... no, its not ramsies, anyone want to try again?

Hint: he IS egyption though

Hint: He ruled somewhere between the 6-9th dynasty... I think...

Hint: he was the second, ____ II

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xeven_god_of_helsibahr · May 7, 2001

Ramsies II?

weimar_republic · May 7, 2001

no... he is not famous. it took me 2 months to find the answer. if no one gets it in 48 hours, I will post it. for now, lets go with your question, xeven.

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xeven_god_of_helsibahr · May 7, 2001

I know it's The Act's of something, I don't know the full name, I'd have to check in my book...

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weimar_republic · May 7, 2001

know what sux, I just learnt that in school not a week ago!

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Loaf Warden · May 8, 2001

I don't think you're supposed to just post new questions until the previous one has been answered. Right now we're supposed to be speculating on the "Bad King John" drink.

Runnymede. Rum and mead. (Runny mead?) It'll be something along those lines. Anyway, that's where King John's badness was curbed, and it makes an amusing name for a drink.

Loaf Warden · May 8, 2001

Oh, and xeven, are you referring to the Continental Congress, or to the Articles of Confederation? Only the former could be called a government, but the latter was an earlier counterpart to the Constitution, which you specifically mentioned as not being the answer.

stormerne · May 8, 2001

Originally posted by Loaf Warden:
I don't think you're supposed to just post new questions until the previous one has been answered. Right now we're supposed to be speculating on the "Bad King John" drink.
Runnymede. Rum and mead. (Runny mead?) It'll be something along those lines. Anyway, that's where King John's badness was curbed, and it makes an amusing name for a drink. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/smile.gif" border=0>

Absolutely right Loaf Warden!

For those who don't understand, the thing that King John of England is mostly remembered for is signing Magna Carta, arguably the nearest thing that England has come to a written constitution or at least a charter of civil liberties.

Signing this in the year 1215 on the island of Runnymede (Rum and Mead), King John finally agreed to the demands of his own Barons. He authorized that handwritten copies of Magna Carta be prepared on parchment, affixed with his seal, and publicly read throughout the realm. In doing so he bound not only himself but his "heirs, for ever" to grant "to all freemen of our kingdom" the rights and liberties the "great charter" described. With Magna Carta, King John placed himself and England's future sovereigns and magistrates forever within the rule of law. Thus was his badness curbed.

Winston Churchill said of this defining moment: "here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it."

Runnymede is now simply a meadow in the Thames valley, not too far from Windsor Castle. By the way, "Bad King John" tastes very good!

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Az · May 8, 2001

SunTzu

I believe the first country to adopt Christianity as the official religion is the Roman Empire....Emperor Constantine

Nope. wrong.

Shall I give the answer or you wanna try again?

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