Cumulative PM-based History Quiz

[Knight-Dragon]

Questions...

1) What happened in 1071 to the Byzantines?

2) The Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt for a while. Where's their capital?

3) Who's Friedrich von Paulus?

4) Stalin was fr which nationality?

5) Prior to American takeover, Cuba was a colony of which nation?

6) What's the capital of the Northern Song dynasty of China?

7) In what year did India become independent?

8) How did California come under US rule?

9) What happened to the Viking settlement of Greenland?

10) Wu Sangui was Ming Chinese general who 'let' the Manchus entered China proper. From which part of China was he?

 

[aaminion00]

Originally posted by Mongoloid Cow
Aren't Czech and Bosnian the true languages of no vowels? (In Welsh, IIRC both 'y' and 'w' are vowels) Likewise isn't Ethiopian the language of no consonents? Anyway, someone better come up with a quiz soon

You've been reading too much of the Onion . I can't really speak for Czech (even though it's so similar to Bosnian that I can often understand it), but the three main Yugoslavian languages are among the most phonetic (is that the right word?) in the world.. that is to say, if you see a word for the first time, you immediatly know how it's pronounced, and vice versa. English (no offense to the English) is completely off in this respect and this poses a huge problem for foreigners trying to learn it. There are plenty of vowels, it's just that when you can easily pronounce brzljakszija there's not as much of a need to have one every other letter.

Now on to the quiz.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Results so far... from the 'usual suspects'...

LouLong - 9
alex994 - 8.5
Mongoloid Cow - 8
pawpaw - 7.5
aaminion00 - 7
Serutan - 6.5
pkmink - 4

Mongoloid Cow was the only who guessed the last one correctly.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

LouLong - 9
alex994 - 8.5
Mongoloid Cow - 8
pawpaw - 7.5
aaminion00 - 7
Serutan - 6.5
Constantine - 5.5
pkmink - 4
RegentMan - 3.5

LouLong has the next one ; answers to follow...

 

[Knight-Dragon]

1) What happened in 1071 to the Byzantines?
Battle of Manzikert; lost to Seljuk Turks and lost central Anatolia.

2) The Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt for a while. Where's their capital?
Avaris.

3) Who's Friedrich von Paulus?
Commander of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.

4) Stalin was fr which nationality?
Georgian.

5) Prior to American takeover, Cuba was a colony of which nation?
Spain.

6) What's the capital of the Northern Song dynasty of China?
Kaifeng.

7) In what year did India become independent?
1947.

8) How did California come under US rule?
After the Mexican War in 1848, given to the US.

9) What happened to the Viking settlement of Greenland?
Nobody knows really; but probable causes were climatic change and bad relations with the Inuits.

10) Wu Sangui was Ming Chinese general who 'let' the Manchus entered China proper. From which part of China was he?
Liaodong province; south Manchuria.

 

[LouLong]

Since I made the earlier quizz and to avoid the two-people syndrom, I step down to let alex994 do the next quizz. That will bring new blood.
I think we should consider that kind of organization in the future: the person who asked the former quizz can answer (and score) but his/her results can not be taken into account for "winning" the quizz. Waht do you think ?

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

Sounds good. I just abstained from answering, but your idea is better.

 

[alex994]

Sry, i won't be availble for the next few days...

 

[aaminion00]

So it's Paw Paw's turn again?

 

[pawpaw]

Originally posted by aaminion00
So it's Paw Paw's turn again?

i'll go but i want to hear other opinions--don't want to jump the gun

 

[LouLong]

Go ahead !

 

[pawpaw]

1) what was the pragmatic sanction of 1713?

said all hapsburg lands would pass to 1 heir and a woman could inherit if no male was available. 4 out of 8

2) the treaty of westphalia ended what war?

30 years war 8 out of 8

3) who were the condottieri?

professional mercanaries who ruled italian warfare during the renaissance era. 4 out of 8

4) gonzales de cordoba's victory at the battle of cerignola was hailed as the first for what?

first battle totally won by gunpower weapons 1 out of 8

5) what was richard neville, earl of warwicks nickname in the war of the roses?

the kingmaker 3 out of 8

6) in america it was "queen annes war", in europe " the war of spanish successions", what was it in india?

1st carnatic war 0 out of 8

7) how was emperor constantine XI dragases body indenified after the fall of constantinople in 1453?

his imperial purple leather boots 1 out of 8

8) what was the babylonian captivity ( 2 answers )

the jewish captivity in babylon and the period of the avignon papacy 7 out of 8 for part 1, 1 out of 8 for part 2

9) what did the treaty of tordesillas do?


split the new world into portugal and spain spheres of influence 5 out of 8

10) where did the early greek heros go after death?

elsyian fields 2 out of 8

 

[pawpaw]

so far

loulong--5 1/2
oda nobunaga-5
seleucus nicator-4
constantine-3 1/2
mongoloid cow-3 1/2
wladislaw-3
XIII-2 1/2
redtooth-2



loulong is high score

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by LouLong
Since I made the earlier quizz and to avoid the two-people syndrom, I step down to let alex994 do the next quizz. That will bring new blood.
I think we should consider that kind of organization in the future: the person who asked the former quizz can answer (and score) but his/her results can not be taken into account for "winning" the quizz. Waht do you think ?

Sure, good idea. Much like the standard rule in the quizzes.

I'll add it to the 1st post.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

It's been some days. Not sure if pawpaw's around...

Can LouLong or maybe Oda Nobunaga reboot and start on the next quiz?

 

[LouLong]

1/ How come England and Scotland became united in 1603 ?

2/ Who was Wallenstein ?

3/ During the era of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain (Dark Ages), a "wall" was built to protect mostly Mercia from Wales. How was it called ?

4/ What is the name of "Louisiane" coming from ?

5/ Small Albania broke with the USSR soon after WWII, what other country's communism did it try to follow ?

6/ Can you name two out of the three "Barabrian" Germanic tribes that controlled at least for a while a part of the Iberian peninsula during the Great Invasions ? Bonus : name the 3.

7/ The Greeks had a commercial colony in the Nile delta prior to the Macedonian conquest. What was its name ?

8/ What battle was the last (defeat) stand of Red Indians vs the US army ? Bonus : what weapon enabled the US army to cause an easy massacre ?

9/ What colonia power controlled Ceylan for the longest part of the XVIIth century ? Bonus : from which other power did they took it ?

10/ Where was the opium sent to China (cf. the Opium wars) by Britain cultivated ?

 

[pawpaw]

Originally posted by XIII
It's been some days. Not sure if pawpaw's around...

Can LouLong or maybe Oda Nobunaga reboot and start on the next quiz?

answers posted yesterday--its loulongs turn

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by pawpaw
answers posted yesterday--its loulongs turn

Maybe you shld post it as a new post, to indicate new activity in the thread, rather than edit your old questions post...

But never mind, the quiz continues!

 

[LouLong]

I am happy. It seems a quizz of mine is actually popular this time.

Serutan: 8.5
Pawpaw : 8.5
Karhgath : 8
Parmenion : 7.5
Mongoloid Cow : 7
aaminion00 : 7
XIII : 6.5
Constantine : 6.5
Redtooth : 3

At the moment Serutan is leading since his score includes less bonus points than Pawpaw.

 

[LouLong]

Still a few hours to go.

Try your luck before tonight's Great Opening !