Cumulative PM-based History Quiz III
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Dragonlord
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You were saying....?
As one talking from bitter experience regarding delays in this matter I must emphasize that making such quizzes is quite a strain for people with heavy schedules. Taliesin is a most excellent member of this board and has probably very good reasons for not having posted anything yet. People have to show understanding for this. After all, it is voluntary work.
I will return home tomorrow and on my hard disk there is about half a quiz. Perhaps I will be able to complete one until next week. If nobody else have stepped up until then I will post it.
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Please - I don't think a very gentle reminder after 2 weeks was excessive...
I just don't want this thread to die - and it looks like heading that way
I just don't want this thread to die - and it looks like heading that way
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OK, so here is the deal then.Please - I don't think a very gentle reminder after 2 weeks was excessive...
I just don't want this thread to die - and it looks like heading that way
I have returned home and am currently recovering from some jackass stunt I did a couple of weeks ago. I need about a week from now to recuperate and be off medication. I will try to put something up next Friday, which according to my calculation should be the 26th. Don't be disappointed though, if that quiz will be a bit short on exciting moments, I will however try to get a god mixture of difficult and hard...
True that.
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Richard Cribb said:
So, you've teamed up with Johnny Knoxville et al now?
Pray tell, what kind of stunt was this?
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By all means, I guess we have all deserved some light amusement after all the serious activities on this thread..So, you've teamed up with Johnny Knoxville et al now?
Pray tell, what kind of stunt was this?
It would seem like got inspired by my avatar, user name and location (forgetting completely that that sort of things should be left to constable Thackeray!) and rushed down a metal staircase. The problem was only that I rained heavily that day so the damn thing was slippery, to use an understatement. I consequently slid on it, lost my balance and landed not too softly quite directly on my spine. The result was a few broken ribs and one broken finger besided a certain amount of wounded pride. Quite a decent amount of work on one afternoon really.
But I must disappoint you all, this was but a guest appearance in the world of popular entertainment.
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My apologies people, but my schedule and personal condition didn't allow for finishing any quiz.
I will try to put one up before the end of the month. If not, I'll renounce on it and leave the floor open.
I will try to put one up before the end of the month. If not, I'll renounce on it and leave the floor open.
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My quiz is practically done, but I might go away for a few days in which case it will not be posted before Tuesday/Wednesday. If not, I will put it up on Sunday.
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What's the weather like up there in Malleus Minor, Mr. Cribb?
Certainly too hot to make history quizzes...
Certainly too hot to make history quizzes...
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Thanks friend. I am doing quite well, it takes more to get rid of me.
Pray don't ask.
The last two weeks downtown we have been virtually baked. Yesterday evening we went to a summer house in the mountains nearby for a few days, and guess what. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees and we are in for some quite heavy rain. For days to come even. I have only one word for that and that is not fit to print.
Not really. I will post one when I return to my own computer and when I have solved the issue with uploading photos.
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So finally, the waiting is over. I made this a bit easier on purpose, because I want more people than the usual suspects to take a stab on it.
1. Let's start back in ancient Mesopotamia.
1. What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
2. What two major languages was spoken in Bronze Age Mesopotamia?
3. How could one distinguish a slave from the free population?
4.Here is the beginning of the Babylonian creation myth.
What is its name? Also fill in the missing names in the text.
When on high heaven was not named,
And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name,
And the primeval _, who begat them,
And chaos, _, the mother of them both,
Their waters were mingled together,
And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen;
When of the gods none had been called into being.
5. The patron deity of Babylon is also mentioned in this myth. What was his name?
2 points for each correct answer, additionally 2 more points for filling in the two missing names in the text.
2. On which occasion did a badly wounded Ra have to flee but Ptah and Seth saved the day for a famous ruler? 2 points for giving the occasion, 2 more for naming the ruler.
3. In ancient Rome, what was:
1.A tonsor?
2.A quaestor?
3.An aedile?
4.An aquilifer?
5.A janitor?
2 points for each correct answer.
4.Which area did the mythical Zingh Empire cover (2 p), and when were it supposed to have existed (2 p)?
5.Which city was known as the "Athens" of the Americas ( 2)?
6.This is the flag of which country(2 p)?
The crown in the flag was added fairly recently. On which occasion (2 p), and why(2 p)?
7.Which was the smallest European state to be a colonial power(2 p), where was its colonial territory(2 p)and when did this state possess this colonial area(2 p)?
8.Who fought the War of Currents(2 p)?
9.Which country did name itself "a people's republic" for the longest period of time(2 p), and which period of time was this(2 p)?
10. What does it mean to bowdlerize (2 p)?
11.When you have a username like mine, you ought to have some knowledge of the Victorian underworld. I might not be the only one around here. Below are ten words which were used as slang in the Victorian era about people who pursued different activities either on the right or the wrong side of the law. What is a:
Beak
Bludger
Cracksman
Crusher
Dipper
Dollymop
Haymarket Hector
Lurker
Palmer
Screwsman
Trasseno
Each correct answer gives 1 point.
12.Which famous artistic duo is associated with these pictures? (2 p) Also, 2 p each for naming correctly the persons on picture 3 and 4.
1.
2.
2.
3.
4.
13. Here are 6 persons. Who are they (1 points for each correct answer)? and what do they have in common (3 points).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
14. What is this?
It is made from a part of a plant.
Its name might be derived from a city or from a word meaning a sort of drink.
According to a apocryph story, an Ethiopian goatherd discovered it in the 8th century.
The earliest knowledge of it being used comes from Yemen in the 15th century.
It has been banned in both Ethiopia and Turkey for different reasons.
It came to Europe during the 16th century, and the first public house serving it opened in 1645.
A famous composer wrote a song play about it.
2 points for answering what it is, one additional point for naming the famous composer.
15. Why is the connection between an Ukrainian football club and the result 5-3 a tragic one (2 p)?
16. And finally, what is this?
Provisoric deadline for submitting answers is 1.8. Nobody should be surprised if more time will be allotted eventually. Good luck.
1. Let's start back in ancient Mesopotamia.
1. What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
2. What two major languages was spoken in Bronze Age Mesopotamia?
3. How could one distinguish a slave from the free population?
4.Here is the beginning of the Babylonian creation myth.
What is its name? Also fill in the missing names in the text.
When on high heaven was not named,
And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name,
And the primeval _, who begat them,
And chaos, _, the mother of them both,
Their waters were mingled together,
And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen;
When of the gods none had been called into being.
5. The patron deity of Babylon is also mentioned in this myth. What was his name?
2 points for each correct answer, additionally 2 more points for filling in the two missing names in the text.
2. On which occasion did a badly wounded Ra have to flee but Ptah and Seth saved the day for a famous ruler? 2 points for giving the occasion, 2 more for naming the ruler.
3. In ancient Rome, what was:
1.A tonsor?
2.A quaestor?
3.An aedile?
4.An aquilifer?
5.A janitor?
2 points for each correct answer.
4.Which area did the mythical Zingh Empire cover (2 p), and when were it supposed to have existed (2 p)?
5.Which city was known as the "Athens" of the Americas ( 2)?
6.This is the flag of which country(2 p)?
The crown in the flag was added fairly recently. On which occasion (2 p), and why(2 p)?
7.Which was the smallest European state to be a colonial power(2 p), where was its colonial territory(2 p)and when did this state possess this colonial area(2 p)?
8.Who fought the War of Currents(2 p)?
9.Which country did name itself "a people's republic" for the longest period of time(2 p), and which period of time was this(2 p)?
10. What does it mean to bowdlerize (2 p)?
11.When you have a username like mine, you ought to have some knowledge of the Victorian underworld. I might not be the only one around here. Below are ten words which were used as slang in the Victorian era about people who pursued different activities either on the right or the wrong side of the law. What is a:
Beak
Bludger
Cracksman
Crusher
Dipper
Dollymop
Haymarket Hector
Lurker
Palmer
Screwsman
Trasseno
Each correct answer gives 1 point.
12.Which famous artistic duo is associated with these pictures? (2 p) Also, 2 p each for naming correctly the persons on picture 3 and 4.
1.
2.
2.
3.
4.
13. Here are 6 persons. Who are they (1 points for each correct answer)? and what do they have in common (3 points).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
14. What is this?
It is made from a part of a plant.
Its name might be derived from a city or from a word meaning a sort of drink.
According to a apocryph story, an Ethiopian goatherd discovered it in the 8th century.
The earliest knowledge of it being used comes from Yemen in the 15th century.
It has been banned in both Ethiopia and Turkey for different reasons.
It came to Europe during the 16th century, and the first public house serving it opened in 1645.
A famous composer wrote a song play about it.
2 points for answering what it is, one additional point for naming the famous composer.
15. Why is the connection between an Ukrainian football club and the result 5-3 a tragic one (2 p)?
16. And finally, what is this?
Provisoric deadline for submitting answers is 1.8. Nobody should be surprised if more time will be allotted eventually. Good luck.
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BananaLee gets on the scoreboard first with 23p.
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vogtmurr 39
BananaLee 26
dutchfire 8
BananaLee 26
dutchfire 8
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sydhe just squeezes into the lead with 40 p.
I can't say that I am overwhelmed with the interest and enthusiasm this time. If people don't want to participate, some feedback on the thread at least wouldn't do any harm.
I can't say that I am overwhelmed with the interest and enthusiasm this time. If people don't want to participate, some feedback on the thread at least wouldn't do any harm.
I intend to participate, although at first glance I don't hope to gather even half of the points - just haven't found the time yet. The quiz does look great however - congrats on its completion.
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