Adler17 said:
Okay, here are my questions:
1. Who am I?
Who am I (25 pts.). What relation do have the pictures for me (5 pts. each)? Who were the opponent of picture #5 (5 pts.)? The ship has a certain name. Which one (10 pts)? Who was her commander (10 pts)? Who was my main companion (10 pts.)? Who was the commander of picture 7 (10 pts.)? Tell the legend concerning my death (15 pts). At last: Tell the motto of my "society" (5 pts.).
115 pts in total!
2. What fleet got the name Mad Dog Fleet (5 pts) and why (5 pts.)? Due to that incident something had to happen which never happened before. What (10 pts.)
20 pts.
3. Who were called the Dutch of the Mountains (10 pts.)? Who called them and what is this called in their language (10 pts each). What was the reason for that designation (10 pts.)? And at last who was the person to be called so (15 pts.). If he returned to that country he would have seen a dramatic change. Which one (10 pts.)? Who caused that change (10 pts.)?
65 pts.
4. Who were we? Name us so: A I. 1. a)
A. Moses Mendelsson
B. Wilhelm Frankl
C. Walter Rathenau
D. Gerson v. Bleichröder
E. Albert Mosse
I. I was a great philosopher of my time.
II. Due to my help and especially money a great man could act. (5 pts. bonus: who?)
III. I was introducing a new economy system in times of a great crise.
IV. I was a fighter ace and credited with the first victory over an opponent at night.
V. I was the first Jewish judge on a German Oberlandesgericht (Courts of appeals (. Bonus (5 pts.): Which one?)) and one of the leading commentator of the German HGB (Commerce Law).
1. 1846- 1925
2. 1822- 1893
3. 1729- 1786
4. 1893- 1917
5. 1867- 1922
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
15 points for each solved row. Sorry, but the row has to be fully solved!
85 pts.
5. Who was the legendary runner after the battle of Marathon (15 pts.)? When he started that run he was already exhausted. Why (20 pts.)? Also what error was made by the destination of the month of the battle (20 pts.)? At last who made that error (10 pts)?
65 pts.
6. What was in Naval Combat traditions a Gentlemen`s fight (15 pts)? And when did the last one take place and between whom (15 pts.)?
30 pts.
7. What is the name of the Aboriginal spiritual dimension (10 pts)? Name also the 7 tribes/ people of the Aboriginals (5 pts. each).
45 pts.
8. The Aborigines are not only another designation for the Aboriginals but also for a (mythical) people in another part of the world. Where (15 pts.)? And who is said to be descendent from these people (15 pts)?
30 pts.
Clarification: With Aboriginal people I meant the people designations given by the Aborigines for themselves: So one tribe family might call themselves Smith while another calls themselves Jones. So Smith and Jones are the answers.
9. The English wanted to pay François Charles Achard 100.000 Thaler. Why (15 pts.)? Despite his French name he was no French, but of French origin. Where did he live (10 pts)?
25 pts.
10. Who was the girl friend of Hernándo Cortéz (10 pts.)? What was her name in Spanish (15 pts.)? This Spanish name had also an equivalent in Nahuatl. Which one (15 pts.)? A tip: from this her now common name is derivated. It has also a suffix. Which one and what does it mean (10 pts.)?
50 pts.
11. What was the first western movie (10 pts.)? From which yerar (10 pts.)?
20 pts.
12. We all know the count down especially in Space travels. However it is also based in a sci- fi movie. Which one (20 pts.)? Who was the director (15 pts.)? And at last what famous sci- fi movie did he make also (15 pts)?
50 pts.
600 pts. in total.
Since I do not have much time I had to build up a quiz from certain ideas to questions I wanted to use in several quizzes. That´s why this quiz is very European based, too much I originally wanted. I am sorry for that but I did not want to let you wait for long. Also it is a bit more difficulty than I wanted. And since I have not much time now, the end of this quiz will be Tuesday February 28th 2006.
Have fun and good luck!
Adler
1. Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate, who lost his head in Hamburg, 1401.
The first picture shows someone drinking. It is said that Störtebeker got his name by drinking 4 liters of beer in one turn (Störtebeker= Stürz den Becher, den Becher stürzen means to drink hastly in one turn).
Störtebeker was one of the so called Viktualien- or also Vitalienbrüder (Vitalien= Lebensmittel= food). These sea men were hired by the dukes of Mecklenburg. Duke Albrecht von Mecklenburg was also king of Sweden and in war with Margarethe I. of Denmark who besieged Stockholm, which needed supplies. So the Vitalienbrüder brought supplies through the lines to Stockholm. Also they should attack Danish and Lübeck (Lübeck was an ally of Denmark) ships. They had great success and so many came to them.
But Albrecht lost the war and in the end the Vitalienbrüder were becoming pirates. They had the motto: Gottes Freund, aller Welt Feind (God´s friend, foe of the world). Gotland (pic. 2) was their base until the Teutonic order under Konrad von Jungingen attacked them. Störtebeker, one of their leaders, went to Friesland and then to Helgoland (pic. 3). There in 1401 Simon von Utrecht, commander of the Hamburgian fleet (pic. 3 shows the their flagship, the cog "Bunte Kuh" (colored cow)) attacked the pirates and destroyed their ships and base. Störtebeker and his fellows were arrested and executed on the Grasbrook off the gates of Hamburg. It is said, that Störtebeker had a last wish. If he can go next to his fellows after loosing his head these should be free. The mayor promised that. In the legend after loosing his head he went headless next to twelve fellows until the hangman made him falling down. The mayor did not keep his promise so all died.
2. The Russian fleet. They attacked British fishing vessels in the North sea en route to Tsushima, because they thought they were Japanese torpedo boats. One boat was sunk and three British died. The British were furious. They followed the Russian fleet and did not allow to coal in their ports. So that the Russians had to coal on high seas supplied by German coilers. The supply on high sea was the first time made here.
3. In Japan the word Jama Hollanda, mountain Dutch or wild Dutch, was made to describe the origin of Shiboruto- san, Phillipp Franz von Siebold, a German medician and Japan discoveror. He was one of the last who visited the old Tokugawa era Japan and his works are still important for that periode. As German he spoke Dutch with an accent and so the Dutch had to declare about that. So they said he was no one from the Netherlands, no low German speaking but High German, so a mountain Dutch! Siebold died in 1866. So he did not see the Meiji- restauration (or better: revolution).
4.
A. I. 3. e)
B. IV. 4. b); Bismarck
C. III. 5. a)
D. II. 2. d)
E. V. 1. c); OLG Königsberg
5. Pheidippides, Philippides, Diomedon. He was the messanger who died exhaustedly after arriving and warning Athens after the battle of Marathon. He had run to Sparta before asking for help, but because of an oracle they said the Spartans had to wait until the Karneia was over, so he run back to Athens and then Marathon. But the battle was already won, so his message was superflicious. But since the Persians were on the way to attack Athens by sea he had to warn the city. He did so but he died after that.
August Bökh, a German historian, gave the date of the battle: 12th September 490 BC. He made the error by not recognizing that the Spartan calendar did start later, than the Athenian. So indeed the byttle took place already in August 490 BC.
6. A gentleman´s fight in Naval war was for centuries a fight arranged by the commanders or other officials of enemy warships which arrived a neutral port. In the Franco German war two of these fights were arranged but due to heavy weather only one occured really: SMS Meteor against Bouvet off Kuba. The aviso Bouvet was badly damaged by the German gunboat, which also had damages, and retreated into the port.
7. Dream time. Yolngu, Murri, Noori, Nanga, Nyunga, Palawa, Wonghi. With these names the Aborigines describe themselves.
8. The Aborigines are also the mythical fore fathers of the Latiners, who lived in Rome. Some say they came from Troy. However also the Taiwanese forefathers are called Aborigines. This I did not know before but was a valid answer, too.
9. François Charles Achard was a Prussian. He had invented a method how to make sugar from the sugar beet. The English had a monopol on sugar and so they wanted to pay him for not publishing it. They were not successful.
10. Malinche. She is described as Marina or Dona Marina by the Spanish. Her Nahuatl name is Malinalli, as the Nahuatl didn´t know the R. Malintzin is another name for her, but the suffix -tzin means only Lady or Master (female). Like the -san in Japan. Malinalli is also the name of the twelfth dayin the Atztecic (sp?) calender. it can also mean "gras" or "like a wild animal".
11. The Great train robbery, 1903.
12. Die Frau im Mond, by Fritz Lang 1929, Metropolis, 1926. In Woman in the Moon a rocket ship should start. To make it more exciting he introduced a count down, which was later adopted by NASA and all other space agencies.
This was a difficult quiz indeed. But it was solveable.
Adler
) if all of them had a relation with a serious topic from the above, like the battle of Marathon and the Median Wars had. Without it Alexander would've never made it to India and the world would surely not have been so Eurocentric 
. I myself haven't found out about this quiz only a couple of days ago and therefore didn't have much time to read through it anyway. So these were my first impressions when I first saw it and it was suppossed to be some constructive criticism. That's all. Keep up the good work.
