Maybe it's just the summer reducing participation.
Does anybody know why the animals in coats of arms so often stick out their tongues?
Does anybody know why the animals in coats of arms so often stick out their tongues?
Cumulative PM-based History Quiz III
- Thread starter Taliesin
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I think anyone that actively posts in the history part of the forum is not going to be put off by a long thread, actually anyone interested in history may be more likely to take part!
Sorry for not attempting the first two parts steph but i had absolutly no idea, at all!
Sorry for not attempting the first two parts steph but i had absolutly no idea, at all!
Smidgey
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1)
Match each of these authors and dates of publication to the following books (one point each):
a) John Locke
b) Frederich Nietszche
c) David Hume
d) Voltaire
e) Mary Wollstonecraft
f) Immanuel Kant
g) Karl Marx
h) René Descartes
i) Adam Smith
j) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
a) 1641
b) 1690
c) 1751
d) 1759
e) 1762
f) 1776
g) 1781
h) 1792
i) 1847
j) 1883
For a bonus one extra point per author, give what their nationality would be had they been born today.
Total: 30 points
2) Give the name of each of legal documents/codes - two point each (some have multiple names, one will suffice):
Total: 12 points
3) Give the name of the composer (2 points) and the title of the piece (one point).
Note: I will accept, for example, 'Handel, Messiah'. You don't need to say 'Handel, Messiah, act I, Comfort ye my People'.
a)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6LhU_P_WUo
b)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk32doTDs8c
c)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrQfhX88XKA
d)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n886-WulDd4
e)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2AUnjsuvOk
f)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAtJF0M7c2A
g)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOm2Id-IkAk
h)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrRsbyjAEsk
P.S. One composer appears more than once.
Total: 16 points
4) Name each of these classical-era people (one point each):
Total: 8 points
5) Give the names of the people who uttered the following quotes (for 2 points each).
a) You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
b) History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
c) Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
d) If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
e) The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.
f) Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
g) The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
h) All warfare is based on deception.
i) Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
j) I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you're only going to kill a man.
Total: 20 points
6) In the early and mid-20th century, a renowned Danish physicist created a new model for the structure of the atom, and laid the foundations for modern quantum physics as well as surveying the Manhattan Project. Name the physicist (2 points), his most famous student (3 points) and the person with whom he had intense and famous discussions and differing views concerning the nature of physics (2 points).
Total: 7 points
7) In which decade did the events of the Crimean War unfold (2 points), which countries were part of the war, (1 point each) and over authority of which territory did the conflict originally erupt (2 points)? For an extra 3 points, name the English nurse who became famous for her work during this war, thereby creating the concept of the modern army nurse.
Total: 12 points
Quiz total: 105 points
Match each of these authors and dates of publication to the following books (one point each):
a) John Locke
b) Frederich Nietszche
c) David Hume
d) Voltaire
e) Mary Wollstonecraft
f) Immanuel Kant
g) Karl Marx
h) René Descartes
i) Adam Smith
j) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
a) 1641
b) 1690
c) 1751
d) 1759
e) 1762
f) 1776
g) 1781
h) 1792
i) 1847
j) 1883
For a bonus one extra point per author, give what their nationality would be had they been born today.
Total: 30 points
2) Give the name of each of legal documents/codes - two point each (some have multiple names, one will suffice):
Total: 12 points
3) Give the name of the composer (2 points) and the title of the piece (one point).
Note: I will accept, for example, 'Handel, Messiah'. You don't need to say 'Handel, Messiah, act I, Comfort ye my People'.
a)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6LhU_P_WUo
b)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk32doTDs8c
c)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrQfhX88XKA
d)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n886-WulDd4
e)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2AUnjsuvOk
f)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAtJF0M7c2A
g)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOm2Id-IkAk
h)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrRsbyjAEsk
P.S. One composer appears more than once.
Total: 16 points
4) Name each of these classical-era people (one point each):
Total: 8 points
5) Give the names of the people who uttered the following quotes (for 2 points each).
a) You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
b) History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
c) Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
d) If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
e) The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.
f) Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
g) The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
h) All warfare is based on deception.
i) Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
j) I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you're only going to kill a man.
Total: 20 points
6) In the early and mid-20th century, a renowned Danish physicist created a new model for the structure of the atom, and laid the foundations for modern quantum physics as well as surveying the Manhattan Project. Name the physicist (2 points), his most famous student (3 points) and the person with whom he had intense and famous discussions and differing views concerning the nature of physics (2 points).
Total: 7 points
7) In which decade did the events of the Crimean War unfold (2 points), which countries were part of the war, (1 point each) and over authority of which territory did the conflict originally erupt (2 points)? For an extra 3 points, name the English nurse who became famous for her work during this war, thereby creating the concept of the modern army nurse.
Total: 12 points
Quiz total: 105 points
Smidgey
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Thanks for the quick responses. 
The current table goes like this:
Illdisposed: 71
Innonimatu: 55
Cheezy the Wiz: 34
Dutchfire: 31
I think some of you should at least guess the composers - they are all famous and I'm sure you have heard of them all. You could pick up a few points.
The current table goes like this:
Illdisposed: 71
Innonimatu: 55
Cheezy the Wiz: 34
Dutchfire: 31
I think some of you should at least guess the composers - they are all famous and I'm sure you have heard of them all. You could pick up a few points.
I will try next week when I'm back from Germany, I don't rellay have time now, and limited internet access
PM-based!!!
Richard Cribb
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This is quite a good quiz and I will take on it if it is still open when I return from my vacation on the 5th of August.
As with the previous one I think it might have been useful if the quizmaster could set a deadline for entries.
PS: My compliments for the new format in #3!
As with the previous one I think it might have been useful if the quizmaster could set a deadline for entries.
PS: My compliments for the new format in #3!
Smidgey
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Thanks for the compliments.
I think I will set the deadline as Thursday 7th of August 12am British time.
If anyone is on holiday and wishes for me to extend that a bit later so they can take part, then I can.
P.S. Sorry if I havn't marked any recently, I've been a bit busy. I should get around to marking the rest in my inbox later tonight.
I think I will set the deadline as Thursday 7th of August 12am British time.
If anyone is on holiday and wishes for me to extend that a bit later so they can take part, then I can.
P.S. Sorry if I havn't marked any recently, I've been a bit busy. I should get around to marking the rest in my inbox later tonight.
sydhe
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Thanks for all the compliments and replies guys.
Sorry I've not marked the current quiz answers in my PM box - but I am doing it now.
I've actually just realised that I've miscalculated the music question (doh!).
It should be out of 24 points, sorry.
Which brings the quiz total to 113.
Sorry I've not marked the current quiz answers in my PM box - but I am doing it now.
I've actually just realised that I've miscalculated the music question (doh!).
It should be out of 24 points, sorry.
Which brings the quiz total to 113.
Damn! I take the lead again! Argh!
You should have included less French people / events!
You should have included less French people / events!
Richard Cribb
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If the contest is still open I will be more than happy to try to take the burden off you.
Smidgey
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Sorry I havn't closed the quiz when I said I would - I think I chose a really bad time to close the quiz since I have been exceptionally busy with my birthday and work and such.
I'll set a new deadline of the 12th and I will have everyone marked and the results posted by then, if that is okay with everyone and there are no objections?
I'll set a new deadline of the 12th and I will have everyone marked and the results posted by then, if that is okay with everyone and there are no objections?
scienide09
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Do you still plan to close ithe quiz today? If so, no worries.
If not, I'd like to submit, but will need a few days to get to it. Still catching up all the things left to languish while I was on vacation.
If not, I'd like to submit, but will need a few days to get to it. Still catching up all the things left to languish while I was on vacation.
Smidgey
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Well, if you would like to submit then I can extend it once more.
I would certainly like to have it closed before I go on holiday though (but there is plenty of time before then).
If I close the quiz once you have submitted and I post the final results up then, then I'm sure everyone would be okay with that, unless there are objections?
I would certainly like to have it closed before I go on holiday though (but there is plenty of time before then).
If I close the quiz once you have submitted and I post the final results up then, then I'm sure everyone would be okay with that, unless there are objections?
Richard Cribb
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That's OK with me.
However, assuming that you received my PM yesterday, do you mind publishing my score?
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