Kinniken
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Thanks to questions submitted by CFC posters, I now have the twenty extra-hard questions required to open the Quiz!
So you think you know something of History?
So you think you know something of History?
Extra-hard History quiz!
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Standard test-You got 17 good answer(s) out of 20.
Easy test-You got 17 good answer(s) out of 20.
Hard test-You got 16 good answer(s) out of 20. it has to be said that the hard test only had 5 questions. The rest were just listet as correct after I finished. So I only had 1 out of 5.
Easy test-You got 17 good answer(s) out of 20.
Hard test-You got 16 good answer(s) out of 20. it has to be said that the hard test only had 5 questions. The rest were just listet as correct after I finished. So I only had 1 out of 5.
Kinniken
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Due to a typo in my script, going for the "hard" quiz in fact gave you the "extra-hard" one. And since there are only 5 questions who qualify for the extra-hard World Today quiz, you met that awful bug.It should be fixed now.
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ok now I made the real hard quiz-You got 12 good answer(s) out of 20.
going to try the history ones now...
going to try the history ones now...
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History standard test-You got 17 good answer(s) out of 20.
easy-You got 19 good answer(s) out of 20.
harder-You got 11 good answer(s) out of 20.
extra hard-You got 12 good answer(s) out of 20.
so who can do better
easy-You got 19 good answer(s) out of 20.
harder-You got 11 good answer(s) out of 20.
extra hard-You got 12 good answer(s) out of 20.
so who can do better
Kinniken
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Apparently no one... According to my log, the average at the Extra-Hard Quiz is now just below 7, and your twelve is the best score yet
I presume though that having tried the normal and harder tests before, you had already seen the answers to part of the Extra-Hard questions
To whoever signs Joe Gosnell: Thanks a lot! Email-me if you want to get the URL to the "hidden" pages listing all the questions and what people answered.
I presume though that having tried the normal and harder tests before, you had already seen the answers to part of the Extra-Hard questions
To whoever signs Joe Gosnell: Thanks a lot! Email-me if you want to get the URL to the "hidden" pages listing all the questions and what people answered.
Mongoloid Cow
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I got 17 on extra hard 
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What I got right: When did the french protestant Villegaignon establish a community in what would become Rio de Janeiro?, In which city were General Franco's headquarters located during the Spanish Civil War?, The Persian satrapy of Skudra included which two areas?, Which was not a Great Khan of Mongolia?, Which Khazar bek converted the country to Judaism?, The St Marco Campanile standing in Venice today is a copy. How and when was the original destroyed?, Which Hellenistic monarch was killed at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC?, Who lost the Battle of Tannenburg (or Grunwald) against Poland-Lithuania in 1410?, Who conquered the last of the Khwarazmian Empire, crossed and conquered the Caucasus and marched north into Russia defeating an army more than 12 times larger in only a few months?, In the late 17th century, the Scots attempted to found a colony in modern day Panama. What name is usually given to this ill-fated expedition?, The 'quinquennium Neronis', probably the first 5 years of Nero's reign, was said to have been a golden age. Who apparently said this?, When did Brunei become independent?, Which US political party was the first to use national conventions to nominate presidential candidates?, What was the most populous tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy?, What was the last Mongol state to be conquered by a foreign power?, Which ruler of the 'Rus' conquered the Jewish Turkic state known as Khazaria?, Which Theban leader is credited with the formation of the famous Sacred Band?.
What I got wrong: Who wrote the first version of the Dutch constitution as used today?, Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears?, Which of the following 19th century American figures was NOT nominated for the US Presidency by the Whig Party?
:What I got right: When did the french protestant Villegaignon establish a community in what would become Rio de Janeiro?, In which city were General Franco's headquarters located during the Spanish Civil War?, The Persian satrapy of Skudra included which two areas?, Which was not a Great Khan of Mongolia?, Which Khazar bek converted the country to Judaism?, The St Marco Campanile standing in Venice today is a copy. How and when was the original destroyed?, Which Hellenistic monarch was killed at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC?, Who lost the Battle of Tannenburg (or Grunwald) against Poland-Lithuania in 1410?, Who conquered the last of the Khwarazmian Empire, crossed and conquered the Caucasus and marched north into Russia defeating an army more than 12 times larger in only a few months?, In the late 17th century, the Scots attempted to found a colony in modern day Panama. What name is usually given to this ill-fated expedition?, The 'quinquennium Neronis', probably the first 5 years of Nero's reign, was said to have been a golden age. Who apparently said this?, When did Brunei become independent?, Which US political party was the first to use national conventions to nominate presidential candidates?, What was the most populous tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy?, What was the last Mongol state to be conquered by a foreign power?, Which ruler of the 'Rus' conquered the Jewish Turkic state known as Khazaria?, Which Theban leader is credited with the formation of the famous Sacred Band?.
What I got wrong: Who wrote the first version of the Dutch constitution as used today?, Which British officer was defeated at Isandlwana by Zulu troops armed with shield and spears?, Which of the following 19th century American figures was NOT nominated for the US Presidency by the Whig Party?
A typo I noticed on the easy quiz.....there was no 2002 presidential election, rather I think 2000 is the one you're looking for.
On World Today:
With that said, 19 out of 20 on the easy one.
Was wrong on which nations had deficits breaking the Stability Pact.
15 of 20 on the standard, messed up a question about which didn't have a monarch head of state, Chinese border wars, northernmost Chinese province, the Hangul, and the location of the Asian Development Bank. Needless to say, there isn't much emphasis on Asian facts where I am compared to, say, Europe.
14 of 20 on the hard, Castro's exile in 1953, who didn't adopt the Euro, wars over Kashmir (didn't pay attention to the over Kashmir part), representation in European parliament, headquarters of Franco during Spanish Civil War (which by the way, has a typo on Toledo). Also, got the Asian Bank wrong again, but I swore it said Tokyo, but it said Manila.
With that said, 19 out of 20 on the easy one.
Was wrong on which nations had deficits breaking the Stability Pact.
15 of 20 on the standard, messed up a question about which didn't have a monarch head of state, Chinese border wars, northernmost Chinese province, the Hangul, and the location of the Asian Development Bank. Needless to say, there isn't much emphasis on Asian facts where I am compared to, say, Europe.
14 of 20 on the hard, Castro's exile in 1953, who didn't adopt the Euro, wars over Kashmir (didn't pay attention to the over Kashmir part), representation in European parliament, headquarters of Franco during Spanish Civil War (which by the way, has a typo on Toledo). Also, got the Asian Bank wrong again, but I swore it said Tokyo, but it said Manila.
Mongoloid Cow
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On hard I got 19 - stupid Argentinian president 
Aramazd
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Easy-17 right
Standard-17 right
Hard-17 right
Standard-17 right
Hard-17 right
Originally posted by Mongoloid Cow
On hard I got 19 - stupid Argentinian president
Yeah, that was trickey, sice there were about 6 presidents in the short time between Menem and today (1999 to now).
Kinniken
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I just confirmed the 17 questions submitted during the night Good job everyone, with a mention for SeleucusNicator, who has become the biggest external contributor with 28 questions accepted, overtaking XIII's 20 questions.
Oh, and anyone knows who is Joe Gosnell? He submitted 10 questions in two block, but I have no idea of who he is...
I also corrected the typos mentioned in this thread.
Lastly, concerning balance between different parts of the world, people who submitted recently must have noticed that you are now ask to specify on which part of the world your question bear. This is currently used only to generate a statistics page which I use to see if a balance is maintained.
For World Today questions, I would (very roughly) like the most questions for Asia, a bit less for Europe, still a bit less for the US & Latin America, and less again for the Arab World & Black Africa.
Good job everyone, with a mention for SeleucusNicator, who has become the biggest external contributor with 28 questions accepted, overtaking XIII's 20 questions.Oh, and anyone knows who is Joe Gosnell? He submitted 10 questions in two block, but I have no idea of who he is...
I also corrected the typos mentioned in this thread.
Lastly, concerning balance between different parts of the world, people who submitted recently must have noticed that you are now ask to specify on which part of the world your question bear. This is currently used only to generate a statistics page which I use to see if a balance is maintained.
For World Today questions, I would (very roughly) like the most questions for Asia, a bit less for Europe, still a bit less for the US & Latin America, and less again for the Arab World & Black Africa.
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Originally posted by Kinniken
I presume though that having tried the normal and harder tests before, you had already seen the answers to part of the Extra-Hard questions
Kinniken
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You just submitted the following question:
Question 198: What was the capital of the Zulus?
Author: Mongoloid Cow - Category: Pure History
Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Black Africa
Not confirmed yet
kwa-Zulu - 0%
Ulundi - 0%
Zimbabwe - 0%
Bapedi - 0%
No answer picked: 0%
Giving the answer as being kwa-Zulu. A google search on "zulu capital" gave me both Ulundi and Bapedi as having been zulu capitals. Are you sure of your answer, or did you forget to select the correct answer?
Question 198: What was the capital of the Zulus?
Author: Mongoloid Cow - Category: Pure History
Difficulty: 4/5 - Zone: Black Africa
Not confirmed yet
kwa-Zulu - 0%
Ulundi - 0%
Zimbabwe - 0%
Bapedi - 0%
No answer picked: 0%
Giving the answer as being kwa-Zulu. A google search on "zulu capital" gave me both Ulundi and Bapedi as having been zulu capitals. Are you sure of your answer, or did you forget to select the correct answer?
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The zulu capital was Ulundi afaik
Kinniken
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Apparently the Zulus had a number of different capitals throughout their history. I ended up making the question more precise (What was the capital of the Zulus under King Cetshwayo?) and picking Ulundi as the answer.
Kinniken
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It is with great pleasure that I had to modify for the first time a question who had became obsolete: Eduard Shevardnadze is no longer president of Georgia, having agreed to resign peacefully. Question 194 was thus rephrased in the past tense
Mongoloid Cow
Great Khan
Hmm... well everyone here at CFC keeps saying that the Zulu's capital was kwa-Zulu so that's why I picked that one. I guess it is a good tough question though.
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