8 respondents. # in parenthesis is # of right answers.
1. Who formed the first Chinese government after the fall of the Qing (Manchu)
dynasty?
Sun Yat Sen (8)
2. What organization was formed by Ivan the Terrible, and disbanded by Peter
the Great?
The Streltsi (2) It was a standing army, IIRC one of the first in Europe.
3. Measured by percentage, which American Civil War general had the
highest casualties?
Robert E. Lee (1) My trick question
4. ~500BC, three famous philosophers/religious figures could have, in
theory, met face to face. Who were they?
Confucius, Pythagoras, Buddha (1); most got 2 of 3 Socrates was 50 years
too late; Zoroaster's was (probably) much earlier, but no one knows for sure.
5. Name the 5 rivers associated with the most ancient civilizations.
Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Yellow (5) 3 got 4 of 5
6. After the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets withdrew their
missiles from Cuba. But the Americans also made a withdrawal.
What?
We withdrew missiles from Turkey (5)
7. Who faced Napoleon at Borodino?
Kutuzov (5) Since I didn't say "What General", I also accepted "Russians"
8. Over what city did 18 Rabbit rule?
Copan (1) 18 Rabbit was a Mayan king. They just had some peculiar (to us)
names.
9. What two houses formed the opposing sides in the War of the Roses?
York and Lancaster (8)
10. Whose name is associated with the first known code of laws?
Hammurabi (8)
Pawpaw got the most right, but he has informed me that he will skip his turn.
So LouLong is up, with Constantine up if LouLong is unavailable.
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