New Cumulative General History Quiz

[Lord_Sidious]

Now it's my turn

 

[Lord_Sidious]

When did Vasco da Gama find the sea route to India

 

[SanPellegrino]

The Battle of Artemisium

well, actually it was the battle of Himera where the sicilan greeks beat the carthaginians, supposedly on the same day in the year 480 BC as the "greek" greeks beat the Persians at Salamis. don't know if Artemisium is the greek name though.

 

[mitsho]

1498 - he travelled with 3 ships.

does this suffice?

btw. @Rolo Master Do you speak German? I'm asking because in your sig you have a song text of Rammstein, and perhaps without speaking German, the message could be easily misunderstood. (I suppose, because that's the idea you get by just listening to the music )

mfG mitsho

 

[Lord_Sidious]

well i think that it means "to africa comes Santa Claus, in front of Paris is Mickey Mouse" i think.

 

[Adler17]

Better I don´t ask for the sense in this Rammstein text...

Adler

 

[mitsho]

Erm, right, that's what it means. The whole song is an anti-american song. (against the American cultural Imperialism, etc.) but that's not the topic of this thread?

Were I right, Rolo Master? So, am I up to asking another question?

mfG mitsho

 

[mitsho]

Well, seems that this needs to go on. I assume I were right so it's my turn to ask a question.

Which battle ended the Swiss expansionism in the 16th century?
Bonus question: Why did the Swiss lose there?

Giving the place of the battle is enough for me!

mfG mitsho

 

[Lord_Sidious]

the Battle of Marignano in 1515.
Marignano established the superiority of artillery and cavalry over the until then invincible tactics of Swiss infantry.

 

[mitsho]

Well, right. I didn't think that this question was easy, but ok. you're right. The reason why The Swiss League lost? The Swiss League consisted of many many different troops with different commanders (as always - and this had also caused many 'brother wars'). So, the oppenent commander bribed some of the Swiss partners. And so, over night, some (I think the Friburgians, Swyss and some others) left!
This is one story about this battle. At least it was a Pyrrhus win for the French.

So, the floor is open now. This thread shouldn't become dominated by us two!

mfG mitsho

 

[Lord_Sidious]

In which battle in the 14th century a Portuguese 8'000 men army won (or crushed it is better) a 25'000 Castillian (Spanish) army.
Bonus question: why did Portugal won?

 

[mitsho]

@Rolo_Master

Procedures :-
1) A asks a question, the rest will try to answer.
2) A must confirm which answer is correct.
3) Person (say B) with confirmed correct answer then asks the next question.
4) A cannot play again until B's turn is over (to prevent the thread turning into a 2 person spam party).
5) Repeat.
6) If person asking question doesn't login to confirm answers within 72 hrs of his question being posted, any one can ask a new question.
7) If no one can answer question within 72 hrs or can't get the right one, questioner can ask again.
8) Preferably no Net or book searches.

You see, point 4) makes sense...

mfG mitsho

 

[Lord_Sidious]

oh..... i see... but this time is an special case

 

[Lord_Sidious]

no one answers?

 

[Serutan]

Ok, it's been 3 days, so I'll restart this puppy...

Name 2 of the first 3 men to go to the moon. Note the phrasing.

 

[nonconformist]

Neil Armstrong, Richard Aldwin.

 

[Serutan]

Neil Armstrong, Richard Aldwin.

Nope. They were the first on the Moon, but they were the seventh and eighth to the Moon.

 

[Andu Indorin]

So, you're referring to Borman, Lovell, and what's his name?

 

[Serutan]

Anders. Apollo 8 was the first mission to the Moon, and
I've always thought it was as much if not more important
than Apollo 11. Oh, yeah, #s 4,5, and 6 were on Apollo 10.

Your question, Andu.

 

[Andu Indorin]

Well, I cannot think of any really good history questions at the moment ...

So, who were the first recorded Europeans to climb a mountain higher than 15,000 ft./4500m? (And, for the "history" angle, why the devil did they do it?)