New History Quiz

[willemvanoranje]

pfffff........I don't know that. Nicolas?

 

[Kasperus]

it is possible that Nicholaas I (you mean I guess) visited the Netherlands (maybe to pay a call to his sister), but he wasn`t the first one after Peter (and I cannot imagine him being interested in Zaandam - he was to stableminded for such sentiments )

 

[willemvanoranje]

oh yes, it's about Zaandam. Well then I most certainly don't know as I'm not aware of that many Russian czars. How about....Catherina?

 

[Kasperus]

neither the first nor the second one - at least not when she was already tsarina

 

[willemvanoranje]

is it considered cheating if your dad knows? otherwise I'll ask him. The right answer isn't Peter the Great is it? He came back you know.

 

[Kasperus]

eum... after Peter wouldmean after his death. At least if he is burried in Zaandam it would not be the right answer

 

[willemvanoranje]

naah, he came back some years later and paid rent he forgot to pay or something. Is the right answer czar Paul I?

 

[Kasperus]

nah, Paul was more interested in India
I was thinking about Alexander I, Paul`s son, elder brother of Nicholaas I

 

[willemvanoranje]

I was getting closer Post another question?

 

[Skyfish]

Is that a Dutchie quizz game ?

I AM IN !

 

[willemvanoranje]

it's not....officially. We're just dominating it, that's all.

 

[Skyfish]

Of course but that's too easy with all those americans...

How come you not watching hte Feyenoord game ? AHHAHAHHAHA

The main reason Peter the great loved Holland was for the Delft Blauw porcelain you know , the russians copied it all over..
Have you been to St Petersburg ?
It looks so much like the Grachtengordel you would not believe it...
Peter was Great !

 

[Skyfish]

Being a French Dutchie, let's have some Napoleon questions...
Where did the English & Russians unite to beat Nap ?
They tried to get the Dutch to join but they said no thanks, Nap's better than the aristocrats ruling us before he came, the Republic is just bliss !

 

[willemvanoranje]

I'm going to now I just finished my economics assignment on the CBS

 

[willemvanoranje]

Originally posted by Skyfish
Being a French Dutchie, let's have some Napoleon questions...
Where did the English & Russians unite to beat Nap ?
They tried to get the Dutch to join but they said no thanks, Nap's better than the aristocrats ruling us before he came, the Republic is just bliss !

Leipzig? Waterloo?

 

[Ancient Grudge]

waterloo was british with the crappy dutch belgian army and the prussians

 

[Kennelly]

In Leipzig and Waterloo I think troops from a dozen nations fought against Napoleon (Russian,British,Dutch,Prussian,Belgian,Austrian,Polish,Swedish etc.).
But I don't remember another battle with British troops Napoleon lost,so I say Leipzig as well?

 

[God]

Leipzig? Battle of the Nations.

 

[Ancient Grudge]

Originally posted by Kennelly
In Leipzig and Waterloo I think troops from a dozen nations fought against Napoleon (Russian,British,Dutch,Prussian,Belgian,Austrian,Polish,Swedish etc.).
But I don't remember another battle with British troops Napoleon lost,so I say Leipzig as well?

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ermm no russians fought at waterloo no austrains and no swedish although a swedish battilion did fight at ligny for napoleon. and no austrians.

her are the nations that fought at waterloo

prussia
france
britain

dutch
belgian these two nations armies where useless they ran away


polish a few lancer regiments i think

hanover
brunswickers

 

[Skyfish]

It was in Holland.

It is not as famous a battle as you named already, but not an unknown either for certified historians like you...

Ancient Grudge is right, the Dutch did not really have an army (remember they had just been the vassal of Spain for centuries) but they had 'armed citizens' that the English and Russians wanted to secure on their side.

it was more to do with the political status of Holland, and ennemy sides wanting to stir some **** into Napoleon's provinces.