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I answered 
Probably got 2, but... 
Probably got 2, but... 
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LouLong
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pawpaw : 5.5
Plotinus : 5 (not yet, maybe next time !)
PrivateHudson : 5 (but if you REALLy prefer 2, we can find a solution
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Dragonlord : 4
Still one day !
Plotinus : 5 (not yet, maybe next time !)
PrivateHudson : 5 (but if you REALLy prefer 2, we can find a solution
)Dragonlord : 4
Still one day !
privatehudson
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Not bad since I didn't answer much more than 5 IIRC 
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Final Results :
pawpaw : 5.5
Plotinus : 5
PrivateHudson : 5
Banana Lee : 5
Dragonlord : 4
OK some people might wonder why they got an extra 0.5 but I gave 1 full point for a kind of correct answer. Now when someone gives me the best answer, full and complete, I am willing to give 1.5.
1. What gods is Serapis a combination of ?
Our local theologist could probably tell us more about it but this hellenistic god was a combination of Osiris, Apis (the bull-god), Zeus and Hades (the hell-god). Plotinus was surprised one could worhsip such a god.
Actually I think it was a step (missed by Greeks) towards monotheism.
2.What is shell shock ? When was it first encountered and recognized on a large scale ?
I was a bit surprised to have so tentative answers while I used the English language concept.
Anyway : shell shock was only really accepted during (and mostly at the end of) WWI. Indeed it applies to soldiers on the front line but is mostly correlated to the iron storms of the artillery (hence the "shell" that were definitely a new type of warfare. Often despised and considered as cowards, sometimes shot, the soldiers suffering from it were only midly accepted by psychologists as no fakers at the end of the conflict. Most were still treated with electricity.
The huge numbers of them made the officials realize it was more than just cowardice.
3. The ill-famed Maginot Line got its name from Maginot. What position did he hold to give his name to these fortifications ?
Minister of War (I also accepted Defense minister).
4. What celebration occurs (at least occured) on May 6 and November 6 around the Yasunuki shrine in Tokyo ?
Hommage to soldiers who died for Japan, mostly abroad. Only 1 good answer. I am surprised as celebrations at this shrine (or at the smaller sisters in other places) are famous since they usually heat up relationships between China and Japan.
5. After what conflict did Savoy get hold of Sicily ?
War of Spanish Succession (should have been easy since it was beforehand a SPanish holding).
6. In what modern day country was St Augustine living ?
Not too far from Carthage (Hippone) so Tunisia.
7. Why did Carthage attack the Greeks of Sicily during the Persian/Medic wars ?
This was not so much knowledge as thinking. Different possibilities then. The correct one was Tyr (Cartage's metropolis) under Persian rule and fighting against the Greeks asked Carthage to also attack the Greeks (but the Western ones) to keep them busy.
8. What was the treaty of Rapallo ?
Some quite good answers. Treaty between Germany and USSR that allowed USSR to come to the international scene (recognition of one another). It was also a real peace treaty where the ex-paria and ex-war loser could help one another.
A secret clause was indeed to allow the secret training of planes, tanks and maneuvers in the large Soviet lands as Germany was forbidden to train a real army. The Soviets were not so happy when they saw the long-term result (Barbarossa).
9. How did Venice disappear as a state ?
Napoleon at the treaty of Campo-Formio (IIRC) signed peace with Austria. In exchange for lands he had already occupied (Milano) or France wanted (Rhine), Napoleon decided to give Austria some of what she had long wanted : Venezia. Napoleon caused some riots that saw the killing of French soldiers. He therefore invaded the land and orgnaized a revolution protected by his armies but he only kept for them half of the land that was added to a new Italian Republik while the other one was digested by Austria.
The sad end of a 1000 years old Empire.
This is how Corfu became a French department for a few years after that.
10. England (the government) decided to take over a certain Trade company in 1773. Which one ?
East India Company by the Regulating Act. Result : India became part of the crown.
Pawpaw's turn...
pawpaw : 5.5
Plotinus : 5
PrivateHudson : 5
Banana Lee : 5
Dragonlord : 4
OK some people might wonder why they got an extra 0.5 but I gave 1 full point for a kind of correct answer. Now when someone gives me the best answer, full and complete, I am willing to give 1.5.
1. What gods is Serapis a combination of ?
Our local theologist could probably tell us more about it but this hellenistic god was a combination of Osiris, Apis (the bull-god), Zeus and Hades (the hell-god). Plotinus was surprised one could worhsip such a god.
Actually I think it was a step (missed by Greeks) towards monotheism.
2.What is shell shock ? When was it first encountered and recognized on a large scale ?
I was a bit surprised to have so tentative answers while I used the English language concept.
Anyway : shell shock was only really accepted during (and mostly at the end of) WWI. Indeed it applies to soldiers on the front line but is mostly correlated to the iron storms of the artillery (hence the "shell" that were definitely a new type of warfare. Often despised and considered as cowards, sometimes shot, the soldiers suffering from it were only midly accepted by psychologists as no fakers at the end of the conflict. Most were still treated with electricity.
The huge numbers of them made the officials realize it was more than just cowardice.
3. The ill-famed Maginot Line got its name from Maginot. What position did he hold to give his name to these fortifications ?
Minister of War (I also accepted Defense minister).
4. What celebration occurs (at least occured) on May 6 and November 6 around the Yasunuki shrine in Tokyo ?
Hommage to soldiers who died for Japan, mostly abroad. Only 1 good answer. I am surprised as celebrations at this shrine (or at the smaller sisters in other places) are famous since they usually heat up relationships between China and Japan.
5. After what conflict did Savoy get hold of Sicily ?
War of Spanish Succession (should have been easy since it was beforehand a SPanish holding).
6. In what modern day country was St Augustine living ?
Not too far from Carthage (Hippone) so Tunisia.
7. Why did Carthage attack the Greeks of Sicily during the Persian/Medic wars ?
This was not so much knowledge as thinking. Different possibilities then. The correct one was Tyr (Cartage's metropolis) under Persian rule and fighting against the Greeks asked Carthage to also attack the Greeks (but the Western ones) to keep them busy.
8. What was the treaty of Rapallo ?
Some quite good answers. Treaty between Germany and USSR that allowed USSR to come to the international scene (recognition of one another). It was also a real peace treaty where the ex-paria and ex-war loser could help one another.
A secret clause was indeed to allow the secret training of planes, tanks and maneuvers in the large Soviet lands as Germany was forbidden to train a real army. The Soviets were not so happy when they saw the long-term result (Barbarossa).
9. How did Venice disappear as a state ?
Napoleon at the treaty of Campo-Formio (IIRC) signed peace with Austria. In exchange for lands he had already occupied (Milano) or France wanted (Rhine), Napoleon decided to give Austria some of what she had long wanted : Venezia. Napoleon caused some riots that saw the killing of French soldiers. He therefore invaded the land and orgnaized a revolution protected by his armies but he only kept for them half of the land that was added to a new Italian Republik while the other one was digested by Austria.
The sad end of a 1000 years old Empire.
This is how Corfu became a French department for a few years after that.
10. England (the government) decided to take over a certain Trade company in 1773. Which one ?
East India Company by the Regulating Act. Result : India became part of the crown.
Pawpaw's turn...
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Well I've not had a go in a while, plus I still think the answer to the Venice question should have been "David copperfield did some magic" 
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Ok,I'll post some tonight
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1) Who's last words made reference to Calais lying in her heart?
2) Which Scotish king was killed at the battle of Flodden?
3) Leaving aside troops drawn direct from the Duchy of Warsaw's army, what name was given to the legion serving in Spain during the peninsula war also consisting of Poles?
4) Who did Lee call his old war horse?
5) What is another name for EEMAP?
6) The Japanese battleship Mutsu sank in Hiroshma bay in 1943, why?
7) Who in history were known as Shinobi no mono
8) In which country were FREMLO mostly active and concerned with?
9) After the original 13 states, which joined the union next?
10) In which year was the ancient Cambodian city of Angkor sacked by Thai forces?
Answers to be given before 10pm Saturday (GMT)
2) Which Scotish king was killed at the battle of Flodden?
3) Leaving aside troops drawn direct from the Duchy of Warsaw's army, what name was given to the legion serving in Spain during the peninsula war also consisting of Poles?
4) Who did Lee call his old war horse?
5) What is another name for EEMAP?
6) The Japanese battleship Mutsu sank in Hiroshma bay in 1943, why?
7) Who in history were known as Shinobi no mono
8) In which country were FREMLO mostly active and concerned with?
9) After the original 13 states, which joined the union next?
10) In which year was the ancient Cambodian city of Angkor sacked by Thai forces?
Answers to be given before 10pm Saturday (GMT)
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Results so far:
Pawpaw: 5
Serutan: 2
Note please that question 4 is asking for a person, not an animal
Pawpaw: 5
Serutan: 2
Note please that question 4 is asking for a person, not an animal
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Guess it's answers time then
1) Mary I of England, Calais was lost to France during her reign after over 200 years of English rule.
2) James IV
3) Vistula Legion
4) James Longstreet!
5) The Warsaw Pact
6) Definately not due to allied interference, an explosion in number 3 turret blew her in two. No reason for the explosion was found at the time and it was put down to an accident. The issue was hushed up and the authorities quickly brought divers and salvage teams from across Japan to raise her. They found she was a total "write off" so to speak and the attempt was abbandonned. Later investigations suggested a disgruntled crew member may have sabotaged her by exploding one of the special incendary shells for AA fire.
7) Ninjas
8) Mozambique
9) Vermont
10) 1431
PawPaw it is I think?
1) Mary I of England, Calais was lost to France during her reign after over 200 years of English rule.
2) James IV
3) Vistula Legion
4) James Longstreet!
5) The Warsaw Pact
6) Definately not due to allied interference, an explosion in number 3 turret blew her in two. No reason for the explosion was found at the time and it was put down to an accident. The issue was hushed up and the authorities quickly brought divers and salvage teams from across Japan to raise her. They found she was a total "write off" so to speak and the attempt was abbandonned. Later investigations suggested a disgruntled crew member may have sabotaged her by exploding one of the special incendary shells for AA fire.
7) Ninjas
8) Mozambique
9) Vermont
10) 1431
PawPaw it is I think?
Well, I'm normally no good at these quizzes (because I don't know about wars), so I probably won't get a chance to do it again for a while. So I went mad and did 20 questions. And naturally I did them on what *I* know about! Sorry, boys, no war questions. But I think this should be a good mix of easy and hard. See how you get on.
(1) Moses speaking Attic Greek. Whom was the neo-Pythagorean philosopher Numenius talking about?
(2) By what name are the Poor Men of Lyon better known?
(3) Who was the only person to become prime minister of Britain on four separate occasions?
(4) The Platonists had the Academy. The Aristotelians had the Lyceum. The Stoics had the Porch. What did the Epicureans have?
(5) In 1324, a pilgrim appeared in Cairo, on his way to Mecca for hajj. He had with him a hundred camel-loads of gold and five hundred slaves, also weighed down with gold. During his stay in Cairo he distributed so much gold that he flooded the market and depressed prices. What was the name of this wealthy pilgrim?
(6) Who is the earliest British author whose writings are extant?
(7) The perpetual enemy of peace and virtue; a bold, bad man, whose hands were alternately polluted with gold, and with blood. Who was Edward Gibbon describing?
(8) Which Byzantine emperor had a false nose made of gold?
(9) Which Roman philosopher had his works translated by not one but two English monarchs, Alfred the Great and Elizabeth I?
(10) You are now going to burn a goose, but in a century you will have a swan which you can neither roast nor boil. Whose supposed last words? For an extra point, who would the swan have been if he was really prophetic?
(11) In 652 a treaty called the baqt was established between which two countries?
(12) Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz both claimed to have made a great discovery first. The controversy between them and their followers simmered for decades and, it has been claimed, set back British science by many years. What was the discovery?
(13) Averroism, or the doctrine of double truth, was a contentious subject in thirteenth-century France. What did the doctrine state?
(14) In 1954, Elvis Presley had his first hit with Thats All Right Mama, thereby ushering in the era of rock and roll. The author of this song was never paid a penny for its use by another artist. What was his name?
(15) In 1760, Joseph Merlin showed off his brilliant new invention at a party and was almost seriously injured by it. What was the invention?
(16) Why are William Burke and William Hare famous?
(17) In 1917, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths made some of the worlds first fake photographs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was completely taken in and wrote two pamphlets and a book supporting them. What did the photos apparently show?
(18) Who was the only Englishman to become Pope?
(19) How did the 1930s blues singer Tommy Johnson claim to have acquired his musical powers?
(20) The wisest fool in Christendom. Who said it, and of whom?
(1) Moses speaking Attic Greek. Whom was the neo-Pythagorean philosopher Numenius talking about?
(2) By what name are the Poor Men of Lyon better known?
(3) Who was the only person to become prime minister of Britain on four separate occasions?
(4) The Platonists had the Academy. The Aristotelians had the Lyceum. The Stoics had the Porch. What did the Epicureans have?
(5) In 1324, a pilgrim appeared in Cairo, on his way to Mecca for hajj. He had with him a hundred camel-loads of gold and five hundred slaves, also weighed down with gold. During his stay in Cairo he distributed so much gold that he flooded the market and depressed prices. What was the name of this wealthy pilgrim?
(6) Who is the earliest British author whose writings are extant?
(7) The perpetual enemy of peace and virtue; a bold, bad man, whose hands were alternately polluted with gold, and with blood. Who was Edward Gibbon describing?
(8) Which Byzantine emperor had a false nose made of gold?
(9) Which Roman philosopher had his works translated by not one but two English monarchs, Alfred the Great and Elizabeth I?
(10) You are now going to burn a goose, but in a century you will have a swan which you can neither roast nor boil. Whose supposed last words? For an extra point, who would the swan have been if he was really prophetic?
(11) In 652 a treaty called the baqt was established between which two countries?
(12) Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz both claimed to have made a great discovery first. The controversy between them and their followers simmered for decades and, it has been claimed, set back British science by many years. What was the discovery?
(13) Averroism, or the doctrine of double truth, was a contentious subject in thirteenth-century France. What did the doctrine state?
(14) In 1954, Elvis Presley had his first hit with Thats All Right Mama, thereby ushering in the era of rock and roll. The author of this song was never paid a penny for its use by another artist. What was his name?
(15) In 1760, Joseph Merlin showed off his brilliant new invention at a party and was almost seriously injured by it. What was the invention?
(16) Why are William Burke and William Hare famous?
(17) In 1917, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths made some of the worlds first fake photographs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was completely taken in and wrote two pamphlets and a book supporting them. What did the photos apparently show?
(18) Who was the only Englishman to become Pope?
(19) How did the 1930s blues singer Tommy Johnson claim to have acquired his musical powers?
(20) The wisest fool in Christendom. Who said it, and of whom?
if out of 10
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I think I might be able to have a stab later tonight at maybe just over half 
The latest update:
Pawpaw - 7.5
Dragonlord - 3
North King - 2, plus an extra point for shame-faced embarrassment!
Private Hudson - 10!
Mongoloid Cow - 2.5
So Private Hudson has scorched into a surprise lead. I'll give you another day or so to see if any more answers are forthcoming.
Pawpaw - 7.5
Dragonlord - 3
North King - 2, plus an extra point for shame-faced embarrassment!
Private Hudson - 10!
Mongoloid Cow - 2.5
So Private Hudson has scorched into a surprise lead. I'll give you another day or so to see if any more answers are forthcoming.
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