Note: for the employers of the explorers, I want some detail (like King Steph the first), not simply a country.
Cumulative PM-based History Quiz III
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Innonimatu opens the score with 61 points.
Dutchfire has submitted an answer, but without trying to complete the missing info for question C and D, so I'm waiting for him to expand it before counting the points.
Dutchfire has submitted an answer, but without trying to complete the missing info for question C and D, so I'm waiting for him to expand it before counting the points.
When is the deadline? I can probably submit my first real entry tomorrow.
Update of the scores:
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
It seems the uniforms are puzzling everyone so far...
For the deadline, I have not set it yet, I wait to get some more answers... Are we in a hurry?
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
It seems the uniforms are puzzling everyone so far...
For the deadline, I have not set it yet, I wait to get some more answers... Are we in a hurry?
Someone just got a score > half the maximum!
Smidgey: 118 points.
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Smidgey: 118 points.
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Dragonlord
Fantasy Warlord
I second that! Verrrrry interesting - thanks for taking so much time for the answers!
Taking a look at Stephs quiz and will submit...
Sydhe takes 2nd place with 93 points. He did not answer all the questions, but his answers were almost all corect, so he can still improve his score I think.
Smidgey: 118 points.
Sydhe : 93 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Smidgey: 118 points.
Sydhe : 93 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Sydhe identify correctly a few more things, for 9 points, and ... found the common points between the famous character, for 10 more points.
He now has a total of 112 points... But still not enough to take first place.
Common, just find a few more things... And you'll be there.
Smidgey: 118 points.
Sydhe : 112 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Not many attempt to solve the uniforms...
He now has a total of 112 points... But still not enough to take first place.
Common, just find a few more things... And you'll be there.
Smidgey: 118 points.
Sydhe : 112 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Not many attempt to solve the uniforms...
A new competitor jumped directly at the second place.
Smidgey: 118 points.
BCLG100 : 114 points.
Sydhe : 112 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Smidgey: 118 points.
BCLG100 : 114 points.
Sydhe : 112 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Richard Cribb
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I don't think it would hurt anybody if the quizmaster showed some sign of life now.
It is questionable if it is such a great idea not to set a deadline for a quiz, even only a provisoric one. And as it seems like nobody is interested in this particular one anymore, perhaps the best would be to close the contest, present the answers and get the winner started on a new one.
It is questionable if it is such a great idea not to set a deadline for a quiz, even only a provisoric one. And as it seems like nobody is interested in this particular one anymore, perhaps the best would be to close the contest, present the answers and get the winner started on a new one.
I'm still alive, but I'm sulking as few people were interested in my quizz 
I'll post the answer friday, so that's the new deadline
I'll post the answer friday, so that's the new deadline
sydhe
King of Kongs
Hey, I once posted a quiz which only one person attempted. I'm still sulking over that.
I'm still alive, but I'm sulking as few people were interested in my quizz
Those questions about heraldry and unifroms might be the reason. Many people can't identify a single one, and since they are the first questions, they get the impression that the whole quiz is very hard. Maybe you should start with easier ones and then progress to harder questions.
I'll post a partial answer right now
BTW, would it be interesting to add unofficial competition of getting highest points below half of the maximum? Reward would be just the gloria. It seems that we have two class of competitors, and the lower one might be more interested, if they weren't competing just of not being the last.
And we have a new leader! That is, if everyone is making a 180° turn.
Atticus got one point by discovering that in E, all the people are men.
It may be right, but that's not the answer I was hoping for... So 1 point for a nice effort anyway.
Smidgey: 118 points.
BCLG100 : 114 points.
Sydhe : 112 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Atticus : 1 point
I'll post the answer at noon during lunch time, unless someone requires a delay
Atticus got one point by discovering that in E, all the people are men.
It may be right, but that's not the answer I was hoping for... So 1 point for a nice effort anyway.
Smidgey: 118 points.
BCLG100 : 114 points.
Sydhe : 112 points
Innonimatu : 61 points.
Olav: 57 points
Otkel : 28 points.
Atticus : 1 point
I'll post the answer at noon during lunch time, unless someone requires a delay
It is Friday, it is lunch time, so here are the answers.
Identify these 16 coats of arm, 3 points each.
1. Toulouse
2. Greece
3. Florence
4. Guyenne
5. Monaco
6. Poland
7. Leon
8. Saxony
9. Denmark
10. Savoy
11. Scotland
12. Austria
13. Sarkozy -Nagy Bosca (the old family of the current French president)
14. Brabant
15. Serbia
16. Jerusalem
It wasn't very easy, as I included some "old" versions of the coat of arm that amy not be very well known, like for Savoy (it's not the most recent one)
B)Uniforms
Identify these uniform of the Napoleonic wars. 2 points for correct country, 1 point for correct type of regiment.
Almost no one tried this one... I'm a bit disappointed, it took quite some time to prepare
1. Prussian dragoon, 1809.
2. Austrian line infantry, Hungarian regiment (as the blue trousers tell)
3. Russian dragoon, 1803-1807
4. Danish royal life guard
5. French Chevaux Leger lancier
6. Austrian Cuirassier, 1803-1809
7. France, Chasseur à Cheval of the Guard
8. Austrian line infantry, German regiment (as the white trouser can tell)
9. Bavarian fusiliier
10. French Cuirassier 1812
11. Prussian Ulhan 1810
12. Danish grenadier 1808-1813
13. French Horse grenadier of the guard
14. French artillery, 1808-1811
C) The explorers
Associated the Explorer name, with his dates of birth/death (1point) and his main discovery (1 point) and then give his country of origin (1 point), and the name of his employer (1 point). By employer, I mean the name of a king (for instance), not just a country.
Marco Polo, Venetian, 1254-1324, travel to China for Pope Gregory X
John Cabot, 1450-1498, Italian, explored North America for King Henry VII,
Amerigo Vespucci, 1454-1512, Florence- Italy, explored South American coast for King Ferdinand
Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1475-1519, Spanish reached the South Sea, by crossing thePanama Isthmus, for King Ferdinand II,
Ferdinand Magellan, 1480-1521, Portuguese, working for King Charles V, Circumnavigation
Giovanni de Verrazzano, 1485-1528, Italian, explored the North America east coast for King Francis I of France
Jacques Cartier, 1491-1557, French, discovered Canada for King Francis I of France
Abel Tasman, 1603-1659, Dutch, working for the Dutch East India Company, discovered New Zealand
Vitus Bering, 1681-1741, Danish, discovered Bering strait for Peter the Great
Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928, Norwegian, worked for King Haakon VII, first to each the South Pole
D) The inventors
Associate to each name : the discovery (1 point) and the date of discovery (1 point), and then tive the country the inventor is from (1 point)
Roger Bacon, England, 13th, Magniying glass
Edwin Beard Budding, 1830 UK, lawnmover
Georges Claude, 1910, France, Neon lamp
Douglas Engelbart, 1963, USA, computer mouse
Johan Maria Farina, Germany, 1709, Eau de Cologne
Otton Von Guericke, Germany, 1650, Vacuum pomp
Felix Hoofman, Germany, 1897, Aspirin
Whitcomb Judson, USA, 1893, zipper
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, France, 1869, Margarine
Nicolae Paulescu, Romania, 1922, Insuline
Baltzar von Platen, Sweden 1922, Refrigerator
Sergei Lebedev, Russia, 1928, Synthetic rubber
Juan de la Cierva, Spain, 1919, Autogyro
Gionavni Luppis, Austria, 1860, Torpedo
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexico, 1951, Oral Contraceptive
E)What do they have in common?
Identify these people (2 points each) and then find what they have in common (10 points)
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Kuznetsov
3. Cavour
4. De gaulle
5. Clemenceau
6. Eisenhower
7. Garibaldi
8. Zeppelin
9. La Fayette
10. Reagan
Common point: they all have an aircraft carrier named after them
F)Who said that?
For each quote, find who said it (3 points each)
1)I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
2)A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
3)The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
Mark Twain
4)Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Charles de Gaulle
5)I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Winston Churchill
6) The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.
Goerge W. Bush
7) I'll be back
Schwarzie as Terminator
8) First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
Gandhi
9) As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.
Adolf Hitler
10) No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
Vladimir Putin
Identify these 16 coats of arm, 3 points each.
1. Toulouse
2. Greece
3. Florence
4. Guyenne
5. Monaco
6. Poland
7. Leon
8. Saxony
9. Denmark
10. Savoy
11. Scotland
12. Austria
13. Sarkozy -Nagy Bosca (the old family of the current French president)
14. Brabant
15. Serbia
16. Jerusalem
It wasn't very easy, as I included some "old" versions of the coat of arm that amy not be very well known, like for Savoy (it's not the most recent one)
B)Uniforms
Identify these uniform of the Napoleonic wars. 2 points for correct country, 1 point for correct type of regiment.
Almost no one tried this one... I'm a bit disappointed, it took quite some time to prepare
1. Prussian dragoon, 1809.
2. Austrian line infantry, Hungarian regiment (as the blue trousers tell)
3. Russian dragoon, 1803-1807
4. Danish royal life guard
5. French Chevaux Leger lancier
6. Austrian Cuirassier, 1803-1809
7. France, Chasseur à Cheval of the Guard
8. Austrian line infantry, German regiment (as the white trouser can tell)
9. Bavarian fusiliier
10. French Cuirassier 1812
11. Prussian Ulhan 1810
12. Danish grenadier 1808-1813
13. French Horse grenadier of the guard
14. French artillery, 1808-1811
C) The explorers
Associated the Explorer name, with his dates of birth/death (1point) and his main discovery (1 point) and then give his country of origin (1 point), and the name of his employer (1 point). By employer, I mean the name of a king (for instance), not just a country.
Marco Polo, Venetian, 1254-1324, travel to China for Pope Gregory X
John Cabot, 1450-1498, Italian, explored North America for King Henry VII,
Amerigo Vespucci, 1454-1512, Florence- Italy, explored South American coast for King Ferdinand
Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 1475-1519, Spanish reached the South Sea, by crossing thePanama Isthmus, for King Ferdinand II,
Ferdinand Magellan, 1480-1521, Portuguese, working for King Charles V, Circumnavigation
Giovanni de Verrazzano, 1485-1528, Italian, explored the North America east coast for King Francis I of France
Jacques Cartier, 1491-1557, French, discovered Canada for King Francis I of France
Abel Tasman, 1603-1659, Dutch, working for the Dutch East India Company, discovered New Zealand
Vitus Bering, 1681-1741, Danish, discovered Bering strait for Peter the Great
Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928, Norwegian, worked for King Haakon VII, first to each the South Pole
D) The inventors
Associate to each name : the discovery (1 point) and the date of discovery (1 point), and then tive the country the inventor is from (1 point)
Roger Bacon, England, 13th, Magniying glass
Edwin Beard Budding, 1830 UK, lawnmover
Georges Claude, 1910, France, Neon lamp
Douglas Engelbart, 1963, USA, computer mouse
Johan Maria Farina, Germany, 1709, Eau de Cologne
Otton Von Guericke, Germany, 1650, Vacuum pomp
Felix Hoofman, Germany, 1897, Aspirin
Whitcomb Judson, USA, 1893, zipper
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, France, 1869, Margarine
Nicolae Paulescu, Romania, 1922, Insuline
Baltzar von Platen, Sweden 1922, Refrigerator
Sergei Lebedev, Russia, 1928, Synthetic rubber
Juan de la Cierva, Spain, 1919, Autogyro
Gionavni Luppis, Austria, 1860, Torpedo
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexico, 1951, Oral Contraceptive
E)What do they have in common?
Identify these people (2 points each) and then find what they have in common (10 points)
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Kuznetsov
3. Cavour
4. De gaulle
5. Clemenceau
6. Eisenhower
7. Garibaldi
8. Zeppelin
9. La Fayette
10. Reagan
Common point: they all have an aircraft carrier named after them
F)Who said that?
For each quote, find who said it (3 points each)
1)I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
2)A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
3)The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
Mark Twain
4)Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
Charles de Gaulle
5)I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Winston Churchill
6) The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.
Goerge W. Bush
7) I'll be back
Schwarzie as Terminator
8) First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
Gandhi
9) As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.
Adolf Hitler
10) No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
Vladimir Putin
sydhe
King of Kongs
I'd eliminated Jerusalem because of the red background. I usually see it as white. Mad at myself for not recognizing Greece. Or Herr Zeppelin for that matter.
Smidgey
Warlord
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Great! 
I would never have gotten the aircraft carrier answer.
I think I can get the next quiz up sometime early next week - say Monday or Tuesday.
Also, I've noticed that a lot of interest has died off in these quizes. I have a suggestion. I was wondering if maybe starting a new thread would help? Often new people are put off trolling through a really large thread. Should I start the next quiz in a new thread or just keep it in this one?
I would never have gotten the aircraft carrier answer.
I think I can get the next quiz up sometime early next week - say Monday or Tuesday.
Also, I've noticed that a lot of interest has died off in these quizes. I have a suggestion. I was wondering if maybe starting a new thread would help? Often new people are put off trolling through a really large thread. Should I start the next quiz in a new thread or just keep it in this one?
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