LouLong
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LouLong
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I stop the quizz now because I haven't received any more answers lately and because I am not sure I will be able to give results tomorrow.
First I need to apologize. Sometimes my questions were not very clear and used some French "ways" that might have made the questions even more obscure.
1- in the "Chanson de Roland", who kills Roland ? (be careful there is a trick here).
The "Chanson de Roland" was an epic poem famous along the pilgrimage route to Santiago in NW Spain. It told the story of Roland, lord of Charlemagne who was leading the rearguard across the Pyrenees after a show of force against the Muslims of al Andalus. He was killed by Basques who were ferociously fighting both the Carolingians and the Muslims but the epic found more romantic to have him killed by Muslims. So here the answer was "Muslims" or Spanish muslims,... but not Basques albeit they would have been the true answer.
2- What is the original name of Parthians and why did they change names ?
The Parnii. They settled in the ex-satrapy of Parthia which, as someone shrewdly said, was a way of obtaining legitimity.
3- Who was Hedwige of Poland ?
She married a Jagellon, therefore uniting Poland and Lithuania, after giving garanties to the Polish nobility (which will eventually led to the the problems of Poland but that is another story).
4- Was the battle of Kadesh between the Egyptians and the Hittites a victory or a defeat for Ramses ?
Most got that right. It was a military defeat but 1/ the Hittites did not use their victory and remained in their Kadesh fortress 2/ followed a treaty sharing influence in the Middle-East (Yalta-like lol) 3/ Ramses used both to have written on the walls of Egyptian temples about his great victory (he was good at propaganda for future generations; in another sub-forum, most people still believe it was an Egyptian vicotry).
5- How many states did the Jutes create in the British Isles during the Great Invasions ? Can you name them ?
Well, I have a problem here. I expected one, Kent. Someone mentionned as well the Isle of Wight, which used to be a kingdom of its own and that I think was Jute (but I am not 100% sure) and I considered it small enough to be overlooked.
6- The Medicis are a well-known family of bankers and early capitalists of the Renaissance. Another family was as powerful but not Italian. Can you name them ?
The Fugger
7- Did England have to give back all Hong Kong territories in 1997 ? Why did they do so ?
Well, no. Hong Kong was made of two areas. One is the island and the southern tip of the Kowloon peninsula and it had been given forever to the UK. The other was "granted" in 1898 for 99 years. The problem is that the "frontier" between the two was across the urban area in 1997, a street called Boundary Street within one of the most heavily populated area of the territory was marking it. That would have meant cutting the territory in a very strnage way. If you add to that the fact water resources (as someone mentioned), small farms and an increasing part of the population were located in the New Territories, giving back only Northern Kowloon and the New Territories would have been a complete mess, England decided on giving back the whole.
8- What's the "Gabelle" ? (hint in another thread)
French salt tax probably started in the XIIth century
9- When was the Guo Ming Tang created ?
Albeit XIII does not agree with me, KMT was created by doctor Sun Yat Sen in Hong Kong in 1905 from where it "invaded" mainland China. Anyway its creation is prior to the 1911 "coup d'etat".
10- What country was the top beneficiary from the Marshall Plan after WWII ?
The Marshall Aid Plan was providing money and products (trains,...) to European countries to avoid 1/ the social problems that were considered to have cause the rise of facisms 2/ to avoid poverty and the likely influence of Communist parties. One can mention the Eastern countries were "forced" into refusing collectively (of course).
What can be surprising is that England was the actual top beneficiary from it and not France or Germany that laid mostly in ruins in 1945.
Pawpaw scored the highest so it is his turn.
And sorry again, I realize my questions were not that easy without checking.
First I need to apologize. Sometimes my questions were not very clear and used some French "ways" that might have made the questions even more obscure.
1- in the "Chanson de Roland", who kills Roland ? (be careful there is a trick here).
The "Chanson de Roland" was an epic poem famous along the pilgrimage route to Santiago in NW Spain. It told the story of Roland, lord of Charlemagne who was leading the rearguard across the Pyrenees after a show of force against the Muslims of al Andalus. He was killed by Basques who were ferociously fighting both the Carolingians and the Muslims but the epic found more romantic to have him killed by Muslims. So here the answer was "Muslims" or Spanish muslims,... but not Basques albeit they would have been the true answer.
2- What is the original name of Parthians and why did they change names ?
The Parnii. They settled in the ex-satrapy of Parthia which, as someone shrewdly said, was a way of obtaining legitimity.
3- Who was Hedwige of Poland ?
She married a Jagellon, therefore uniting Poland and Lithuania, after giving garanties to the Polish nobility (which will eventually led to the the problems of Poland but that is another story).
4- Was the battle of Kadesh between the Egyptians and the Hittites a victory or a defeat for Ramses ?
Most got that right. It was a military defeat but 1/ the Hittites did not use their victory and remained in their Kadesh fortress 2/ followed a treaty sharing influence in the Middle-East (Yalta-like lol) 3/ Ramses used both to have written on the walls of Egyptian temples about his great victory (he was good at propaganda for future generations; in another sub-forum, most people still believe it was an Egyptian vicotry).
5- How many states did the Jutes create in the British Isles during the Great Invasions ? Can you name them ?
Well, I have a problem here. I expected one, Kent. Someone mentionned as well the Isle of Wight, which used to be a kingdom of its own and that I think was Jute (but I am not 100% sure) and I considered it small enough to be overlooked.
6- The Medicis are a well-known family of bankers and early capitalists of the Renaissance. Another family was as powerful but not Italian. Can you name them ?
The Fugger
7- Did England have to give back all Hong Kong territories in 1997 ? Why did they do so ?
Well, no. Hong Kong was made of two areas. One is the island and the southern tip of the Kowloon peninsula and it had been given forever to the UK. The other was "granted" in 1898 for 99 years. The problem is that the "frontier" between the two was across the urban area in 1997, a street called Boundary Street within one of the most heavily populated area of the territory was marking it. That would have meant cutting the territory in a very strnage way. If you add to that the fact water resources (as someone mentioned), small farms and an increasing part of the population were located in the New Territories, giving back only Northern Kowloon and the New Territories would have been a complete mess, England decided on giving back the whole.
8- What's the "Gabelle" ? (hint in another thread)
French salt tax probably started in the XIIth century
9- When was the Guo Ming Tang created ?
Albeit XIII does not agree with me, KMT was created by doctor Sun Yat Sen in Hong Kong in 1905 from where it "invaded" mainland China. Anyway its creation is prior to the 1911 "coup d'etat".
10- What country was the top beneficiary from the Marshall Plan after WWII ?
The Marshall Aid Plan was providing money and products (trains,...) to European countries to avoid 1/ the social problems that were considered to have cause the rise of facisms 2/ to avoid poverty and the likely influence of Communist parties. One can mention the Eastern countries were "forced" into refusing collectively (of course).
What can be surprising is that England was the actual top beneficiary from it and not France or Germany that laid mostly in ruins in 1945.
Pawpaw scored the highest so it is his turn.
And sorry again, I realize my questions were not that easy without checking.
o.k. lets go
1) who was alexander the greats tutor?
2) name the 5 "good emperors " of the pax romana
3) what was the inventor callinicus famous for?
4) name the battle in which the most victoria crosses were
awarded.
5) the knights of malta were originally know as the what?
6) name the 2 foreign dynasties that ruled all of china.
7) who were the albigenses?
8) why did rome hold a parade every year celibrating a golden
goose?
9) the juan-juan empire was destroyed in 522a.d.--by whom, and
how were the suviviors better know as when they reached the
west?
10) in 549a.d. something ended that had been going on for a
1000 years in the circus maximus?
hopefully a good mix of hard/easy/middle of the road
1) who was alexander the greats tutor?
2) name the 5 "good emperors " of the pax romana
3) what was the inventor callinicus famous for?
4) name the battle in which the most victoria crosses were
awarded.
5) the knights of malta were originally know as the what?
6) name the 2 foreign dynasties that ruled all of china.
7) who were the albigenses?
8) why did rome hold a parade every year celibrating a golden
goose?
9) the juan-juan empire was destroyed in 522a.d.--by whom, and
how were the suviviors better know as when they reached the
west?
10) in 549a.d. something ended that had been going on for a
1000 years in the circus maximus?
hopefully a good mix of hard/easy/middle of the road
whoa you all answered within 15 minutes of each other
so far:
sertan-7.5
loulong-6.5
XIII -6.5
seleucusnicator-5.5
mongolid cow-5.5
oda nobonga-5.0
aaminion00--4.0
pkmink--2.5
we'll wait on XIII, constantine and pkmink ( and any others ) to get a chance
so far:
sertan-7.5
loulong-6.5
XIII -6.5
seleucusnicator-5.5
mongolid cow-5.5
oda nobonga-5.0
aaminion00--4.0
pkmink--2.5
we'll wait on XIII, constantine and pkmink ( and any others ) to get a chance
Nooooo!
Fr the KMT website... And the Three Principles were only adopted in 1924...
http://www.kmt.org.tw/Aboutus/English/Aboutus-12-1.html
I'd rather that a set time be given so that any interested, shy, posters will also participate - rather than a set no of expected participants...
Come on, guys, join in! Don't worry about scores; I'm used to scoring 0s and 1s myself...
LouLong
In love with Rei Ayanami
XIII we have (or probably you think I have 
) a problem here.I don't know if I failed victim to Hong Kong propaganda or whether this is an easy approach of the question for foreigners but I was sure it was the gathering of the different parties in 1905 that gave birth to the actual KMT.
Sorry for that, and for the scores it induced then
No problem; just for discussion. It's hard to set a date in any case, since Sun's organization kept changing; so depending on which criteria you'd use to define what's the KMT, it can be 1894, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1919 or my fave, 1924.
It's your decision...
o.k.
1) who was alexander the greats tutor? aristotle
2) who were the 5 good emperors of the pax romana? the pax romana is generaly concidered to run 96ad to 180ad with nerva,trajan,hadrian,antoninus pius and marcus aureius.
3) what was the inventor callinicus famous for? he invented the famous greek fire
4) name the battle in which the most victoria crosses were awarded? rorke's drift in 1879 vs. the zulu's ( 11)
5) the knights of malta were originally know as what? they were the knights of st. johns hospitaller, then the knights of rhodes, then knights of malta. took either early name
6) name of the 2 foreign dynasties that ruled all of china? the yuan ( mongol) and qing ( manchu )
7) who were the albigenses? they were a heritic christian sect in southern france that were only surpressed by a papal crusade in the late middle ages
8) why did rome hold a parade every year celibrating a golden gosse? this was to honor the sacred geese who's warning in 390bc saved the romans during the sack of rome by the gauls
9) the juan-juan empire was destroyed in 532ad-by whom and how were the suviviors know better know when they reached the west? the slaves and serfs of the empire rose up and destroyed it and called themselves the turks. the juan fled to eastern europe and carved a new empire out as the avars
10) in 549ad something ended that had been going on for 1000 years in the circus maximus? the last chariot race there was held
serutan was high score
1) who was alexander the greats tutor? aristotle
2) who were the 5 good emperors of the pax romana? the pax romana is generaly concidered to run 96ad to 180ad with nerva,trajan,hadrian,antoninus pius and marcus aureius.
3) what was the inventor callinicus famous for? he invented the famous greek fire
4) name the battle in which the most victoria crosses were awarded? rorke's drift in 1879 vs. the zulu's ( 11)
5) the knights of malta were originally know as what? they were the knights of st. johns hospitaller, then the knights of rhodes, then knights of malta. took either early name
6) name of the 2 foreign dynasties that ruled all of china? the yuan ( mongol) and qing ( manchu )
7) who were the albigenses? they were a heritic christian sect in southern france that were only surpressed by a papal crusade in the late middle ages
8) why did rome hold a parade every year celibrating a golden gosse? this was to honor the sacred geese who's warning in 390bc saved the romans during the sack of rome by the gauls
9) the juan-juan empire was destroyed in 532ad-by whom and how were the suviviors know better know when they reached the west? the slaves and serfs of the empire rose up and destroyed it and called themselves the turks. the juan fled to eastern europe and carved a new empire out as the avars
10) in 549ad something ended that had been going on for 1000 years in the circus maximus? the last chariot race there was held
serutan was high score
Serutan
Eatibus Anythingibus
Ok, I'll try to follow pawpaw's example, and mix easy ones with more obscure ones...
1. What Emporer's name is associated with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate?
2. What did President Roosevelt try to do in 1939 to get a friendlier Supreme Court?
3. What event ended Plantagenet rule in England?
4. In the Chinese maritime expeditions of the 15th century, what
special qualification (or attribute, if you will) did the captains have?
5. Under which Emporer did Rome achieve its greatest size (land area)?
6. What 1665-6 event caused Isaac Newton to flee to the countryside, and develop calculus and classical mechanics?
7. What Paris landmark was saved from destruction in the early 20th century because it made a good radio tower?
8. What scandal is the Harding Adminstration most strongly associated with?
9. What 1851 event in Austrailia helped speed the end of the system of transporting criminals there?
10. What catastrophe struck the Byzantine Empire in 1204?
BTW, real world considerations will keep me away until tomorrow night (in GMT-7), so be patient.
1. What Emporer's name is associated with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate?
2. What did President Roosevelt try to do in 1939 to get a friendlier Supreme Court?
3. What event ended Plantagenet rule in England?
4. In the Chinese maritime expeditions of the 15th century, what
special qualification (or attribute, if you will) did the captains have?
5. Under which Emporer did Rome achieve its greatest size (land area)?
6. What 1665-6 event caused Isaac Newton to flee to the countryside, and develop calculus and classical mechanics?
7. What Paris landmark was saved from destruction in the early 20th century because it made a good radio tower?
8. What scandal is the Harding Adminstration most strongly associated with?
9. What 1851 event in Austrailia helped speed the end of the system of transporting criminals there?
10. What catastrophe struck the Byzantine Empire in 1204?
BTW, real world considerations will keep me away until tomorrow night (in GMT-7), so be patient.
Serutan
Eatibus Anythingibus
1. What Emporer's name is associated with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate?
Meji / Mushiharo
2. What did President Roosevelt try to do in 1939 to get a friendlier Supreme
Court?
He tried to get Congress to add more justices.
3. What event ended Plantagenet rule in England?
The battle of Bosworth Field, 1485, when Richard III was killed, and
Henry VII (the first Tudor) took the throne.
4. In the Chinese maritime expeditions of the 15th century, what special qualification
(or attribute, if you will) did the captains have?
They were eunuchs.
5. Under which Emporer did Rome achieve its greatest size (land area)?
Trajan.
6. What 1665-6 event caused Isaac Newton to flee to the countryside, and
develop calculus and classical mechanics?
The plague.
7. What Paris landmark was saved from destruction in the early 20th century
because it made a good radio tower?
Eiffel Tower.
8. What scandal is the Harding Adminstration most strongly associated with?
Teapot Dome
9. What 1851 event in Austrailia helped speed the end of the system of
transporting criminals there?
The discovery of gold. To paraphrase "The Fatal Shore", people in Britain
didn't see why they should give criminals a free trip to El Dorado.
10. What catastrophe struck the Byzantine Empire in 1204?
Capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade, and subsequent
establishment of the Latin States.
Results :
Pawpaw - 7
Selecus Nicator - 8
XIII - 6
Mongoloid Cow - 4
Lou Long - 5
aanimion00 - 5
Selecus Nicator has the highest score, so it's his turn.
Meji / Mushiharo
2. What did President Roosevelt try to do in 1939 to get a friendlier Supreme
Court?
He tried to get Congress to add more justices.
3. What event ended Plantagenet rule in England?
The battle of Bosworth Field, 1485, when Richard III was killed, and
Henry VII (the first Tudor) took the throne.
4. In the Chinese maritime expeditions of the 15th century, what special qualification
(or attribute, if you will) did the captains have?
They were eunuchs.
5. Under which Emporer did Rome achieve its greatest size (land area)?
Trajan.
6. What 1665-6 event caused Isaac Newton to flee to the countryside, and
develop calculus and classical mechanics?
The plague.
7. What Paris landmark was saved from destruction in the early 20th century
because it made a good radio tower?
Eiffel Tower.
8. What scandal is the Harding Adminstration most strongly associated with?
Teapot Dome
9. What 1851 event in Austrailia helped speed the end of the system of
transporting criminals there?
The discovery of gold. To paraphrase "The Fatal Shore", people in Britain
didn't see why they should give criminals a free trip to El Dorado.
10. What catastrophe struck the Byzantine Empire in 1204?
Capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade, and subsequent
establishment of the Latin States.
Results :
Pawpaw - 7
Selecus Nicator - 8
XIII - 6
Mongoloid Cow - 4
Lou Long - 5
aanimion00 - 5
Selecus Nicator has the highest score, so it's his turn.
SeleucusNicator
Diadoch
Huzzah! I beat out the elite such as pawpaw and XIII.
Let's see what I can put together for my turn.
Let's see what I can put together for my turn.
I might be good at Chinese history, but I am medicore, at best, in world history.
Looking forward to your quiz.
Looking forward to your quiz.
SeleucusNicator
Diadoch
Alright, here goes.
1. Shortly before he died, former US President Andrew Jackson said that his two biggest regrets were not hanging ______ and not shooting ______. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate 19th century US politicans.
2. Who won the battle of Curupedium in 281 BCE?
3. Who was Baybars?
4. The Habsburgs took much pride in their status as sovereigns of the Order of the Golden Fleece. From which part of their empire did they inherit this title?
5. Who won the 1930 World Cup?
6. Which Spanish priest is considered one of the first great Chess players? He developed an opening that remains in common use to this day.
7. Who directly preceeded Gorbachev as Soviet premier?
8. Who wrote the book "The Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonweath Ecclesiasticall and Civil"?
9. Complete the following statement made by the last king of Egypt upon his removal by Nasser et al: "There shall soon be only five kings left: kings of hearts, kings of spades, kings of diamonds, kings of clubs, and kings of ______."
10. Which ancient Greek society could be identified by the five-pointed star they used as a symbol?
1. Shortly before he died, former US President Andrew Jackson said that his two biggest regrets were not hanging ______ and not shooting ______. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate 19th century US politicans.
2. Who won the battle of Curupedium in 281 BCE?
3. Who was Baybars?
4. The Habsburgs took much pride in their status as sovereigns of the Order of the Golden Fleece. From which part of their empire did they inherit this title?
5. Who won the 1930 World Cup?
6. Which Spanish priest is considered one of the first great Chess players? He developed an opening that remains in common use to this day.
7. Who directly preceeded Gorbachev as Soviet premier?
8. Who wrote the book "The Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonweath Ecclesiasticall and Civil"?
9. Complete the following statement made by the last king of Egypt upon his removal by Nasser et al: "There shall soon be only five kings left: kings of hearts, kings of spades, kings of diamonds, kings of clubs, and kings of ______."
10. Which ancient Greek society could be identified by the five-pointed star they used as a symbol?
SeleucusNicator
Diadoch
post rendered redundant
SeleucusNicator
Diadoch
Current standings:
calgacus - 9
pawpaw - 3.5
XIII - 3
aaminion - 2
LouLong - 1
Given the average score, calgacus looks hard to beat, but I'll leave this open until tomorrow morning.
calgacus - 9
pawpaw - 3.5
XIII - 3
aaminion - 2
LouLong - 1
Given the average score, calgacus looks hard to beat, but I'll leave this open until tomorrow morning.
LouLong
In love with Rei Ayanami
BTW it is LouL"o"ng.
SeleucusNicator
Diadoch
Alright. I'll end this a few hours early, because I have much to do later today. The answers:
1. Shortly before he died, former US President Andrew Jackson said that his two biggest regrets were not hanging John C. Calhoun and not shooting Henry Clay.
2. Who won the battle of Curupedium in 281 BCE?
Seleucus Nicator
3. Who was Baybars?
Mamluk General and later Sultan who defeated the Mongols and Crusaders
4. The Habsburgs took much pride in their status as sovereigns of the Order of the Golden Fleece. From which part of their empire did they inherit this title?
Burgundy
5. Who won the 1930 World Cup?
Uruguay
6. Which Spanish priest is considered one of the first great Chess players? He developed an opening that remains in common use to this day.
Ruy Lopez
7. Who directly preceeded Gorbachev as Soviet premier (this was a bad question; the position in question is actually General Secretary?
Konstantin Chernenko
8. Who wrote the book "The Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonweath Ecclesiasticall and Civil"?
Thomas Hobbes; the book is also known as "Leviathan"
9. Complete the following statement made by the last king of Egypt upon his removal by Nasser et al: "There shall soon be only five kings left: kings of hearts, kings of spades, kings of diamonds, kings of clubs, and kings of England."
10. Which ancient Greek society could be identified by the five-pointed star they used as a symbol?
The Pythagoreans
Calgacus, your turn!
1. Shortly before he died, former US President Andrew Jackson said that his two biggest regrets were not hanging John C. Calhoun and not shooting Henry Clay.
2. Who won the battle of Curupedium in 281 BCE?
Seleucus Nicator
3. Who was Baybars?
Mamluk General and later Sultan who defeated the Mongols and Crusaders
4. The Habsburgs took much pride in their status as sovereigns of the Order of the Golden Fleece. From which part of their empire did they inherit this title?
Burgundy
5. Who won the 1930 World Cup?
Uruguay
6. Which Spanish priest is considered one of the first great Chess players? He developed an opening that remains in common use to this day.
Ruy Lopez
7. Who directly preceeded Gorbachev as Soviet premier (this was a bad question; the position in question is actually General Secretary?
Konstantin Chernenko
8. Who wrote the book "The Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonweath Ecclesiasticall and Civil"?
Thomas Hobbes; the book is also known as "Leviathan"
9. Complete the following statement made by the last king of Egypt upon his removal by Nasser et al: "There shall soon be only five kings left: kings of hearts, kings of spades, kings of diamonds, kings of clubs, and kings of England."
10. Which ancient Greek society could be identified by the five-pointed star they used as a symbol?
The Pythagoreans
Calgacus, your turn!
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