Cumulative PM-based History Quiz

[Gagliaudo]

Damn me...
I thought 1066 ( Edward, 'Harry' Godwinson, William) was too easy, and that there was a trick
...so i put 1483... This must teach me something: take it easy
... waiting for Private's quizz ...

 

[privatehudson]

1) When was the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France signed?

2) Where was JEB Stuart killed?

3) In the early days of the SS, men wishing to join were required to trace back Aryan ancestry to which year?

4) Who lead the British forces at the battle of New Orleans?

5) What was the meaning of the code-word "Ham and Jam" sent in 1944?

6) From which god did the oracle at Delphi claim guidance?

7) What two famous events happened on October 21st 1805?

8) Pompey illegally became a consul in 70 BC, why?

9) The Aztec emperor, Montezuma, had a nephew named Cuitlahac, what is the amusing meaning of that name?

10) Good King Wenceslas of Carol song fame was actually a real person, which country did he reign over?

 

[privatehudson]

Results so far:

Pawpaw: 8

Answers to be given tomorrow evening whenever I'm awake

 

[privatehudson]

Hmmm, guess I need to make my questions easier

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

Not just you Private Hudson.

 

[privatehudson]

I'm going to give Gagliado (errr probably spelt that wrong sorry! ) 4, some he wasn't precise on, others he was more precise on

 

[Gagliaudo]

In effects is GAGLIAUDO... but today, thinking to your quizz results,
you could call me...... "Paw" !!!

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Hmmm, guess I need to make my questions easier

I hadn't participated in a while because all the questions were beyond me, being mostly Western-related stuff...

 

[privatehudson]

Well we don't all know eastern history

 

[pawpaw]

Hmmm, guess I need to make my questions easier

i know, i have problems too, after all these quiz's it seems the only things that come to mind are way to easy or hard. it's like between all of us we've covered everything

 

[privatehudson]

Answers:

1) 1295
2) Yellow Tavern
3) Believe it or not, 1745!
4) General Pakenham
5) It indicated that the British had captured the bridges over the Orne river and Caen canal in Normandy by the British airborne
6) Appolo
7) The British smashed the French at Trafalgar, at the same time, Mack surrendered at Ulm (although some sources place the date as the 20th).
8) He was 6 years to young at the time amongst other things related to the senate
9) It literally means "pleanty of excrement" or non-literally "Full of Sh*t"
10) Bohemia/Czechslovakia

 

[pawpaw]

Answers:


3) Believe it or not, 1745!

what was the reason or event?

 

[privatehudson]

I don't know, I just picked it up on a trivia site somewhere

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

Yeah, but we all don't know relatively modern Western history

 

[privatehudson]

4 of the questions were Ancients-Rennaissance

 

[pawpaw]

my turn???????(10 characters)

 

[Gagliaudo]

@pawpaw: I think it's your turn, but... maybe , being me "Paw" (= half Pawpaw... ), I could post 5 quizzes in your place... groucho (sorry, here it's deep night...)

 

[pawpaw]

1--last english king to die in battle?

2--what dynasty built the great wall ( united the various fortications into one)?bonus; which dynasty built the majority of the wall?

3--what was the ottoman turks first foothold in europe?

4--i was best know ruler of a great state that included thessaly,macadonia,albania,serbia,bosnia and montergono in the 14th century? who am I?

5--byzantine emperor that saved it from extinction in the 7th century?

6--what was the "testament of augustus" ( what did it say)?

7--what was the immediate cause of the 1857 sepoy munity?

8--what was timur the lames relation to genghis khan?

9--who were the streltsy?

10-it was an association of merchants and cities that wheeled great influence in n. germany and the baltics from 12th -14th century?

 

[pawpaw]

steph--8
galiaudo--7.5
privatehudson--6.5
XIII--5
mongoliod cow--6
serutan--4.5

got to work tomorrow,i never work saturdays @%^&*+** , answers on sunday

 

[privatehudson]

Seems I'm not that bad on other histories too

Edit: Quick someone do better than Steph before we end up with more obscure French questions