Cumulative PM-based History Quiz

[YNCS]

HMS Nubian was damaged by a Uboat torpedo. HMS Zulu run on a mine on November 8th 1916.

Here's what Colledge says in Ships of the Royal Navy:

HMS Zubian was a composite destroyer cobbled together—as was her name—from the forward end of HMS Zulu and the stern end of HMS Nubian. Originally built in 1909 and 1910, the Tribal-class destroyers were part of the Dover Patrol, a hard-pressed flotilla of smaller ships charged with protecting Allied shipping between England and the Continent from German submarines and destroyers operating out of Ostend and Zeebrugge, Belgium. Following a raid on the night of October 26-27, 1916, Nubian was dispatched with other destroyers to contact the Germans. Outmaneuvered by the faster German vessels, Nubian's bow was blown off by a torpedo. Taken in tow, the rope broke and she went aground off Dover, eventually losing the rest of her forepart. Twelve days later, HMS Zulu struck a mine in mid-Channel and lost her stern, the remainder being taken in tow by a French destroyer to Calais. The two halves were joined at Chatham in 1917, and Zubian served with distinction for the duration of the war. She was broken up at Sunderland in 1919.

Wikipedia says:

HMS Zubian was a First World War Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer constructed from the forward end of HMS Zulu and the rear and mid sections of HMS Nubian.

Nubian's bows had been destroyed by a torpedo from a German destroyer on the night of 26-27 October 1916 of Folkestone. She was taken in tow and run ashore near Dover. Zulu had her stern blown off by a mine near Dunkirk on 8 November 1916 and towed to Calais. Both wrecks were then towed to Chatham dockyard where Zubian was constructed out of them. She served until the end of the war, sinking the mine-laying U-boat UC-50 on 4 February 1918 off the coast of Essex, and was broken up at Sunderland in 1919.

 

[Adler17]

Then my source is wrong about Nubian.

Adler

 

[YNCS]

You corrected one of my errors, I originally said that both Nubian and Zulu were damaged at the same fight with German destroyers. I corrected one of your errors, showing that Nubian was damaged by a destroyer torpedo. So we both learned something from each other.

 

[Adler17]

Indeed.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

The score so far:
Short guy: 4.5 pts.
Serutan: 4 pts.
North King: 3.5 pts.
YNCS: 1 pt. (out of the score)

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Time over! Short Guy has 4.5 pts. and is the winner. Your questions. Solution of the quiz in the next post.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Solution:
1. New Swabia or Neuschwabenland in Antarctica. In 1938/39 a German expedition from the ship Schwabenland claimed the area of Neuschwabenland and the Wegener- plateau for Germany. Norway was shortly before claiming the area for themselves, but the Germans were faster. Norway disagreed so an international court should judge which claims are legal. WW2 stopped this action. After ww2 Germany didn´t renew the claim but the old claim still exist today since there was no solution in any way. However due to the Antarctica treaty all claims sleep, including the German and the (also not international accepted) Norwegian claim.
2. Dreamtime.
3. Hanno, a Carthagian captain, who drove south the west coast of Africa. He brought back a fur of a gorilla and some legends about it.
4. Bushido (way of the warrior). Katana and Wakizashi. Latter was not named by any of you.
5. The German fighter pilot Wilhelm Frankl from Hamburg, 20 victories, Pour le mérite. He is not very famous because he was a Jew and in Nazi times he was not mentioned.
6. None! The Royal Navy did not rescue any German soldier.
7. The alphabet of the Cherokee, to only Indian one to be developed north of Mexico.
8. Red Cloud. He was able to win his war. The Sioux for instance had to retreat to Canada, but Red Cloud was a complete winner.
9. The sewer system! A French soldier wondered shortly before the planned retreat why at a certain point it smelled, well not so good. He saw a hole in the wall and then climbed into the castle to open with some other soldiers the gates...
10. Lindisfarne, Northumbria, a monastry.

Adler

 

[North King]

I can't believe I forgot who Sequoyah was.

 

[shortguy]

Here are the questions. All the information contained herein is correct to the best of my knowledge. Having seen what some of you are capable of, I expect some high scores.

1. Socrates is reported to have saved the life of Alcibiades at what battle in 432 BC?

2. Name the King of Pontus who, legend has it, ingested poison every day in order to gain immunity to it.

3. Pyrrhus, of “pyrrhic victory” fame, was from which city-state?

4. Boudicca was a member of what tribe?

5. Give the name of Leif Erikson’s brother who, lore has it, died in the New World.

6. Miguel de Cervantes, famous writer of Don Quixote, was wounded at what famous battle in 1571?

7. Name the Russian Tsar who died in 1605 and is the subject of one of the most famous Russian Operas, written by Modest Mussorgsky.

8. Please give the speaker, addressee, and situation of the following quote: "Shift that fat ass, Harry. But slowly, or you'll swamp the damned boat."

9. What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?

10. What did Dorothy Parker reportedly say when she heard that President Coolidge was dead?

You have until around midnight Friday night.

EDIT: I made an error in question one. It has now been fixed, but I will throw it out for scoring purposes..

 

[Richard Cribb]

Quite nice quiz!
Since I know most of the answers, I gave it a shot, but I will not be surprised if somebody will top me.

 

[shortguy]

Only two submissions so far. Still time left!

 

[pawpaw]

Only two submissions so far. Still time left!

suprised, one of the more easy ones lately--whats the scores

 

[shortguy]

Time is up. Here are the answers:

1. Socrates is reported to have saved the life of Alcibiades at what battle in 432 BC?
Potidaea Made a mistake in the original post (wrong year, which may have misled the first two), so this one won't be counted for scoring purposes (didn't matter anyway)

2. Name the King of Pontus who, legend has it, ingested poison every day in order to gain immunity to it?
Mithridates VI (the Great)

3. Pyrrhus, of “pyrrhic victory” fame, was from which city-state?
Epirus

4. Boudicca was a member of what tribe?
Iceni

5. Give the name of Leif Erikson’s brother who, lore has it, died in the New World.
Thorvald

6. Miguel de Cervantes, famous writer of Don Quixote, was wounded at what famous battle in 1571?
Lepanto

7. Name the Russian Tsar who died in 1605 and is the subject of one of the most famous Russian Operas, written by Modest Mussorgsky.
Boris Godunov

8. Please give the speaker, addressee, and situation of the following quote. "Shift that fat ass, Harry. But slowly, or you'll swamp the damned boat."
George Washington, speaking to his rather rotund artillery commander, Henry Knox, at the crossing of the Delaware River, night of December 25-26, 1776.

9. What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo

10. What did Dorothy Parker reportedly say when she heard that President Coolidge was dead?
“How can you tell?”


The scores: (of 9)

pawpaw: 9
luceafaurl: 8
Gagliaudo: 5 (got the first one, too)

And pawpaw is up!

 

[pawpaw]

Blahhhhh, my mind is blank----someone go.

 

[Richard Cribb]

Fair enough, I can take it. I will post a new quiz tonight or most probably early tomorrow.

 

[Richard Cribb]

I apologize, but the quiz will be one day delayed due to some other priorities.
It will be posted Tuesday.

 

[Richard Cribb]

Here is a hopefully interesting and not too hard quiz, this time I expect floods of PMs!

1. What was the Skamander group?

2. Who used the pseudonym Corno di Bassetto?

3. What was a villein?

4. What is the LaTene style?

5. What was the Thranitt movement?

6. Who was Dorothea Erxleben?

7. What was the last words of Henrik Ibsen?

8. What does it mean to trollopize and what is the origin of this verb?

9. Who composed the first German opera and what was the title of it?

10. Who wrote this: "The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labor -- not by force, but on the whole in faithful compliance with legally established rules. In this respect, it is important to realize that the means of production -- that is to say, the entire productive capacity that is needed for producing consumer goods as well as additional capital goods -- may legally be, and for the most part are, the private property of individuals."?

11.What title granted by the pope was given to among others Janos Hunyady, Stefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great)[ and Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg?

12. Who did Elisabeth I of England call Eyes?

13. What was the Somersett Case?

14. What sort of book is Compendium Fercolorum?

15. Who was Phaleas of Chalcedon?

16. What topic was discussed in A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, Called the Metamorphosis of Ajax from 1596?

The time limit is Friday 08.04, CET 15.00

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

I only know 2 / 16. I have no idea on the other 14 (couldn't even give a wild guess) so I won't answer

 

[pawpaw]

I only know 2 / 16. I have no idea on the other 14 (couldn't even give a wild guess) so I won't answer

you know 2 more than me

 

[privatehudson]

Ditto for 10 chars