New Cumulative General History Quiz

[Kafka2]

Okay (Well, not Siberia, but from the khanate called 'Sibir' and that is where the name 'Siberia' comes from)...

Adab, Akkad, Akshak, Bad-Tabira, Isin, Kish, Lagash, Larak, Larsa, Sippar, Umma, Ur, Uruk. Which of the aforementioned was not one of the "twelve Sumerian city-states"?

One in 13 shot at getting it right...

I think it's Akkad.

 

[jonatas]

im going with akkad

 

[Mongoloid Cow]

Kafka2 was first, it was Akkad (which was Akkadian). His turn now...

 

[Kafka2]

OK.

How many English kings have met their death due to violent anal trauma? Name them.

 

[Kafka2]

Stumped? OK- it's Edward II and Edmund Ironside. Open to the floor.

 

[jonatas]

ok, what was the "forged" document used by Rome in the middle ages to assert its independence from the Orthodox church?

 

[jonatas]

hmmm... no takers? im disappointed
the answer is "the donation of Constantine"

open to the floor

 

[pawpaw]

what country was the first to issue dog tags to its soldiers? and when

 

[Reno]

Not sure but...

US in 1906 during the Spanish-American war.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

It's been 5 days, since someone answered and pawpaw hadn't confirmed.

Time for a new question; first person to post gets to ask.

 

[BananaLee]

When the Trans-India Railway was first constructed, the Bombay-Calcutta line was advertised in England as the final great link crossing India. However, there was a section which wasn't completed.
Question is, in this time, from Bombay to Calcutta, where did the railway stop and where did is start again?

 

[pawpaw]

what country was the first to issue dog tags to its soldiers? and when

prussia,1870 franco-prussian war

 

[Knight-Dragon]

We need a new question (and an answer to the last one...).

First person to post gets to ask...

 

[thetrooper]

Historians refer to them as "The Big Three". Who were they?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt (sp?) (no particular order)...

 

[thetrooper]

Easy one. Correct XIII, you may ask the next question.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

What was the significance of Whampoa (old spelling) in modern Chinese history?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Whampoa for the KMT was its first military academy where the first (and successive) batch of military officers were trained, Western-styled. No idea about actual quality. It was first set up somewhere in Guangdong province, in the 20s. Today, it's in Taiwan.

Chiang Kaishek was its first commandant, which enabled him to forge a politico-military network (fr the graduates) to control the KMT later on.

Anyone can ask the next question...

 

[Gelion]

How many councils were there in ancient Roman Republic? Note this is a tricky one .

 

[Reno]

How many councils were there in ancient Roman Republic? Note this is a tricky one .

None?