Doc Tsiolkovski
Deity
Here we go:
1) We all know about the renaming of St. Petersburg (note the Russian name is Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterburg without the s) to Petrograd at start of WW1. But, this wasnt the first time the language of the city name was changed.
What other name was used, and when? (2pts)
Clarification: Of course, it was called Leningrad between 1924-1991. The question is about an earlier change. The language would suffice.
2) Leonardo da Vincis tank.
The existing drawings are highly detailed; thus, models and even a full-scale replica have been built in our times. Surprisingly, that thing does not work at all(*), if it is constructed according to the plans.
Whats wrong, and why does the plan contain such an obvious error? (1pt each)
3) Which famous text starts (and this shows what it is REALLY about
) with the following paragraph:
To hold him, who has taught me this art, as equal to my parents, and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage, and to teach them this art if they desire to learn it without fee and covenant; to give a share of ( ) instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me, and to pupils who have signed the covenant and who have taken an oath according to the ( ) law, but to no else.
(left out a few specific terms, to not make it too easy)
1pt for the reference, 1pt for another example of its hilarious content.
4) What exactly is so important about this painting?
(2pts)
5) This cross is the symbol for what/whom?
(2pts)
6) Like their English and French counterparts, the Dutch explorers and traders in the 16-18th century loved to name newly discovered/claimed/sighted lands for Dutch cities or provinces. New Zealand, New Holland (used for both Australia and the Recife region of Brazil), New Netherlands and New Amsterdam (New England/ New York),
Now, where is New Friesland?
(2pts; but Ill give 1pt for correctly guessing the explorer, which is a lot easier IMHO dont think there are more than like 3 choices; yes, it was one of the famous ones).
7) For a typical** Romanesque to Baroque church which orientation is correct?
(1pt for the correct answer, 1pt for the reasoning behind)
Oops, shrinked too much - North is up, of course!
(This is the cathedral of Speyer, the largest still existing Romanesque church, btw.)
8) What does the term Rotten Borough originally refer to? (2pts) ***
9) Surprisingly, Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany, last King of Prussia, grew up in the Hassian city of Kassel (which was Prussian in these days, of course), and not in Berlin or Potsdam.
However, Wilhelm wasnt the last important king to spent a crucial time of his life in Hassia Who do I mean?
10) Many inventions of the Industrial Age were called for those who constructed and developed them. Well, those two (unalligned)men each invented something that isnt only called for them, but literally sounds like them.
The left one is a Belgian, the right one an American; 1pt for each.
11) With all those nobilities the German particularism resulted in What was the highest genealogical number (like in Wilhelm II) ever used?
2pts for either the correct number, or the correct house; but Ill give 1pt for any estimate in the ±10% range.
Be assured this questions isnt easier to answer for a German
; and, that particular noble spent his/her entire (short) life in England anyway.
I'm indeed asking for any count/duke/elector/ [insert all aristocratic titles]/whatever. And not only actual rulers, all persons who hold a title in Germany until 1945.
And, I don't expect anyone to actually know the answer - but reasonable guesses. (Point is, one family had a completely weird naming rule, so it must be a member of that particular house; that's why I accept the house as correct answer as well)
Have fun!
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*The question how useful such a huge machine on a muddy battlefield may have been, or if it would caught fire upon using the cannons is something completely different
**As always, there are some exceptions to this rule; most notably St. Peter in Rome, which is orientated to the Tiber River.
**If that question is ridiculously easy for British members, then go ahead and include an example...
1) We all know about the renaming of St. Petersburg (note the Russian name is Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterburg without the s) to Petrograd at start of WW1. But, this wasnt the first time the language of the city name was changed.
What other name was used, and when? (2pts)
Clarification: Of course, it was called Leningrad between 1924-1991. The question is about an earlier change. The language would suffice.
2) Leonardo da Vincis tank.
The existing drawings are highly detailed; thus, models and even a full-scale replica have been built in our times. Surprisingly, that thing does not work at all(*), if it is constructed according to the plans.
Whats wrong, and why does the plan contain such an obvious error? (1pt each)
3) Which famous text starts (and this shows what it is REALLY about
) with the following paragraph: To hold him, who has taught me this art, as equal to my parents, and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage, and to teach them this art if they desire to learn it without fee and covenant; to give a share of ( ) instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me, and to pupils who have signed the covenant and who have taken an oath according to the ( ) law, but to no else.
(left out a few specific terms, to not make it too easy)
1pt for the reference, 1pt for another example of its hilarious content.
4) What exactly is so important about this painting?
(2pts)
5) This cross is the symbol for what/whom?
(2pts)
6) Like their English and French counterparts, the Dutch explorers and traders in the 16-18th century loved to name newly discovered/claimed/sighted lands for Dutch cities or provinces. New Zealand, New Holland (used for both Australia and the Recife region of Brazil), New Netherlands and New Amsterdam (New England/ New York),
Now, where is New Friesland?
(2pts; but Ill give 1pt for correctly guessing the explorer, which is a lot easier IMHO dont think there are more than like 3 choices; yes, it was one of the famous ones).
7) For a typical** Romanesque to Baroque church which orientation is correct?
(1pt for the correct answer, 1pt for the reasoning behind)
Oops, shrinked too much - North is up, of course!
(This is the cathedral of Speyer, the largest still existing Romanesque church, btw.)
8) What does the term Rotten Borough originally refer to? (2pts) ***
9) Surprisingly, Wilhelm II, last Emperor of Germany, last King of Prussia, grew up in the Hassian city of Kassel (which was Prussian in these days, of course), and not in Berlin or Potsdam.
However, Wilhelm wasnt the last important king to spent a crucial time of his life in Hassia Who do I mean?
10) Many inventions of the Industrial Age were called for those who constructed and developed them. Well, those two (unalligned)men each invented something that isnt only called for them, but literally sounds like them.
The left one is a Belgian, the right one an American; 1pt for each.
11) With all those nobilities the German particularism resulted in What was the highest genealogical number (like in Wilhelm II) ever used?
2pts for either the correct number, or the correct house; but Ill give 1pt for any estimate in the ±10% range.
Be assured this questions isnt easier to answer for a German
; and, that particular noble spent his/her entire (short) life in England anyway.I'm indeed asking for any count/duke/elector/ [insert all aristocratic titles]/whatever. And not only actual rulers, all persons who hold a title in Germany until 1945.
And, I don't expect anyone to actually know the answer - but reasonable guesses. (Point is, one family had a completely weird naming rule, so it must be a member of that particular house; that's why I accept the house as correct answer as well)
Have fun!
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*The question how useful such a huge machine on a muddy battlefield may have been, or if it would caught fire upon using the cannons is something completely different
**As always, there are some exceptions to this rule; most notably St. Peter in Rome, which is orientated to the Tiber River.
**If that question is ridiculously easy for British members, then go ahead and include an example...
And I thought I made it too easy...
), so I'll pass sorry. Not really my subject matter I guess.
) and the family in 11.
