Cumulative History Quiz

[GenghisK]

I'm just taking again several points:
Russia did NOT win so many battles (especially over Hitler army, lead by Von Paulus, or Napoleon). It's only their terrible icy winter who decimated their foe army. For Hitler: Staline made the mistake to murder all his greatest and most talentuous generals because he always feared to be overthrown. When Hitler army came, there were no more good general left to defend. And the scenario is always the same. They tried to resist until the winter came... It's not really a tactic but since it works!
Concerning the mongols, the only 2 countries they couldn't conquer were Japan and... Vietnam. I'm not joking. Japan is like UK. It's lucky to be naturally insulated. And as mongol navy is quite poor compared with their cavalry. For Moscow, I'd rather think that it's the Kubilai Khan who conquered it.

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[Micah]

This cumalative quiz seems to be in shambles with several questions out there at once. I believe the answer to the voting question is the former USSR. Once I get confirmation on that then I'll pose a new question.

 

[Mongol Horde]

Originally posted by Micah:
This cumalative quiz seems to be in shambles with several questions out there at once. I believe the answer to the voting question is the former USSR. Once I get confirmation on that then I'll pose a new question.

I wouldn't bother someone will steal in there and ask your question for you.

 

[willemvanoranje]

First weimar president? Eeehm.. I dunno. Is it Bismarck maybe?

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[Az]

Hum....guys....

What hapened to question 18?


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[animepornstar]

correct weimar_republic. karl XII of sweden.

in 1610 jakob de la gardie lead the swedish army into moscow.

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Originally posted by Az:
Question 18:

Which is the first country in the world to have given the right to vote to EVERY male citizen over 18 years old with no discrimination resulting from one's level of education, wealth, etc...?

Could it be Sweden?

Seriussly I don't have any idea wich coutry it might be.


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[Az]

Re Question 18:

I told you that you would never find it. It's written in no book...

So the country is........GREECE. In 1864 Greece was the 1rst country in the world to adopt universal sufrage! Long before France, Sweden, U.K., US, etc...

I'll leave someone else to ask a question although I have a good one...

So Question 19 is....

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[SunTzu]

Well it's not the US cause 21 was the voting age until 1973--? When all of the soldiers in vietnam were fighting and they were only 18-20 years old most of them anyways and they couldn've even vote for president.

My answer is .....

 

[weimar_republic]

AZ, France had universial sufferage in 1792, before napoleon... but ok.

the only question that I see as open is who the first president of the Weimar Republic was, no one has got it yet

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[Az]

nonono

Universal means E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y (exept women at that time) and in 1972 only 7.000.000 voted in france

1rst president of the Weimar Republic Herman Muler:

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[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by animepornstar:
napoleon and hitler was number 2 and 3. number one tried in early the 18th century. moscow was plundered by the swedish army 1610, but i want a later (when russia was powerful nation) serious atempt to take moscow with a big army.

The only other serious invasions of Russia by large armies that I can think of were the Germans in WWI (under various German leaders, including Wilhelm II, Ludendorf, etc.); and Pilsudski's Polish Invasion of 1920. But neither came close to Moscow. Am I missing some other invasion???

As for tactics, one oft used description is "sacrificing space for time" combined with a "scorched earth policy" designed to prevent the enemy from living off the lands, and thus extending their supply and logistics to the breaking point.

If this happens to be an answer to an ambiguous question, how about a simple one: Who was last Emperor of the Aztec Empire?

 

[Loaf Warden]

Originally posted by Az:
So the country is........GREECE. In 1864 Greece was the 1rst country in the world to adopt universal sufrage! Long before France, Sweden, U.K., US, etc...

Given who asked the question, I sort of assumed the answer would turn out to be Greece. I didn't say anything because I thought it seemed too obvious. That'll teach me to second-guess myself.

 

[stormerne]

Originally posted by Andu Indorin:
Who was last Emperor of the Aztec Empire?

Cuahtemoc was the last Aztec Emperor.

Now another easy one...

One particular King of England had the surname "Godwinsson". How did he die?



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[Magnus]

skirting back to Russia for a bit - did any foreign troops end up in Moscow during the Russian Civil War (1918-1920)?

 

[TimTheEnchanter]

Originally posted by stormerne:
One particular King of England had the surname "Godwinsson". How did he die?
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Shot through the eye with an arrow, Hastings, 1066.


Let's look at world-wide events into one big picture: Put the following events in chronological order. (feel free to give dates if you want)

(a) Reign of Kublai Khan begins
(b) Signing of Magna Carta
(c) Rudolph I of Habsburg named King
(d) Beginning of Inquisition



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[Az]

Let's look at world-wide events into one big picture: Put the following events in chronological order. (feel free to give dates if you want)

(a) Reign of Kublai Khan begins
(b) Signing of Magna Carta
(c) Rudolph I of Habsburg named King
(d) Beginning of Inquisition

b, a, d, c.

not sure at all

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[TimTheEnchanter]

not quite

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[animepornstar]

b,a,c,d?

 

[Andu Indorin]

Originally posted by Magnus:
skirting back to Russia for a bit - did any foreign troops end up in Moscow during the Russian Civil War (1918-1920)?

Most of them didn't get too far from the ports they occupied -- with the exception of the foreign troops that occupied Vladivostok. But it's long, long way from Vladivostok to Moscow. Pilsudski's Poles made the furthest advances against the Bolsheviks (excluding Germany's advances made after the Armistice of Brest Listovsk).