History Quiz III (with rules)

[jack merchant]

I am guessing you mean the battle of Marathon of 490 BC. The last man to die was the runner (whose name escapes me at the moment) who brought news to Athens of the victory and then dropped dead because of the exertion. Which was perhaps not surprising, because he had ran to Sparta earlier on to ask, unsuccessfully, for help.
The news had to come to Athens because only part of the Persian army had disembarked at Marathon (42kms and 195 meters away from Athens, of course ) and the city was told to hold out against the remaining part until the army could make its way back.

 

[polymath]

Good shot jack merchant
Your go.

 

[jack merchant]

Who was famously described by Napoleon as being a 'silk stocking full of sh*t' ?

 

[Constantine]

Marshall Murat

 

[Xen]

What politicle party was Julius Ceasar, and Gnaeus Pompey a part of?

 

[Kennelly]

Shouldn't it be Constantines turn (if it's correct,dunno)?

Anyway,the answer is Populars in contrast to Optimates.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Originally posted by jack merchant
Who was famously described by Napoleon as being a 'silk stocking full of sh*t' ?

Talleyrand.

 

[jack merchant]

SeleucusNicator has it

Your go, sir !

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Alright.

Rank the following figures from US History in terms of how many Electoral Votes (count only votes for President after 1801) they recieved in their lifetime, from most to least.

Strom Thurmond
John Adams
Al Gore
William Jennings Bryan
George McGovern
Henry Clay

 

[Serutan]

1. Al Gore
2. Henry Clay (ran multiple times).
3. W. J. Bryan
4. Strom Thurmond.
5. George McGovern
6. John Adams. (0, since he wasn't on any ballots after 1800).

 

[Thuloid]

1.Bryan (must be--he was runner-up like 3 times)
2.Gore
3.Clay
4.Thurmond
5.McGovern
6.Adams (as above)

 

[jack merchant]

Originally posted by polymath
Oh sorry,
What was the battle and who was (supposedly) the last man to do die because of it.

From the question above, and a minor threadjack (since it's already answered) but was the man's name Pheidippides ? Just occurred to me while I was twisting and turning & trying to get to sleep

 

[polymath]

Yup, in my head it's 'Phidipides' but I think the story is apocryphal.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Serathun, Thuloid, you misunderstand the question. Count all votes Adams ever recieved -- just don't count any Vice-Presidential votes for anybody after 1801. You can count any vote from before 1801.

 

[Serutan]

In that case:

1. Gore
2. Clay
3. Bryan
4. Adams
5. Thurmond
6. McGovern

 

[Xen]

Originally posted by Kennelly
Shouldn't it be Constantines turn (if it's correct,dunno)?

Anyway,the answer is Populars in contrast to Optimates.

didnt even know about the turn thing, just had a nice question your correct too

 

[Thuloid]

In that case,
1 Bryan
2 Gore
3 Adams
4 Clay
5 Thurmond
6 McGovern

 

[SeleucusNicator]

Correct, Thuloid.

 

[Thuloid]

In the 1904-1905 school year, two of the most influential figures of the 20th century attended school together as 14 year-olds in Linz, Austria. Name them.

 

[De Lorimier]

oops.