Excellent, I've been waiting to take part in one of these for a while now!
Researchable PM-based history quiz
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sydhe
King of Kongs
There are going to be five more questions, then I'll set a deadline. I discovered today there's a limit of 15 pictures per post, so I need to think up a couple of text questions.
sydhe
King of Kongs
6) These three men independently made a very famous discovery, only to make another discovery that relegated them to being footnotes.
What are their names? (50 pts each) and what was the first discovery (50 points) and the second (50 pts)?
7)
a) What is the name given to this kind of structure? (100 pts)
b) What is the purpose of the structure? (50 pts)
c) Where is each located? (50 points each)
8) These are a set of British colonial badges from 1914.
a)
b)
c) and d)
75 points for each place you can identify.
9) I am a famous saint in my country best known for my military activities. After a disastrous invasion by one major power, I fought off two other major enemies, defeating each in a decisive battle. The three wars took place within a five-year period.
Who am I? (100 pts)
What were the three enemies? (50 pts each)
What were the two battles (50 points)?
10) Capital trivia:
a) Which non-european county has its seat of government in a former Danish fort? What is the current name of the fort? (50 pts each)
b) Which national capital was once named "The Capital of Willows"? (50 points)
c) Which national capital was founded (under a different name) by a prince on the orders of a seven-headed snake? (50 points)
d) Which national capital was founded in 1639. moved from place to place for over a century before it finally reached it's current location? (50 pts.)
e) What is the only Asian capital which does not have traffic lights? (50 pts)
f) Which national capital's name literally means something like "muddy join of rivers"? (50 pts)
g) The English name of this capital derives originally from the olive plum trees, but the short form of the native name could be translated as "The city of Los Angeles." (50 points)
Quiz completed.
What are their names? (50 pts each) and what was the first discovery (50 points) and the second (50 pts)?
7)
a) What is the name given to this kind of structure? (100 pts)
b) What is the purpose of the structure? (50 pts)
c) Where is each located? (50 points each)
8) These are a set of British colonial badges from 1914.
a)
c) and d)
75 points for each place you can identify.
9) I am a famous saint in my country best known for my military activities. After a disastrous invasion by one major power, I fought off two other major enemies, defeating each in a decisive battle. The three wars took place within a five-year period.
Who am I? (100 pts)
What were the three enemies? (50 pts each)
What were the two battles (50 points)?
10) Capital trivia:
a) Which non-european county has its seat of government in a former Danish fort? What is the current name of the fort? (50 pts each)
b) Which national capital was once named "The Capital of Willows"? (50 points)
c) Which national capital was founded (under a different name) by a prince on the orders of a seven-headed snake? (50 points)
d) Which national capital was founded in 1639. moved from place to place for over a century before it finally reached it's current location? (50 pts.)
e) What is the only Asian capital which does not have traffic lights? (50 pts)
f) Which national capital's name literally means something like "muddy join of rivers"? (50 pts)
g) The English name of this capital derives originally from the olive plum trees, but the short form of the native name could be translated as "The city of Los Angeles." (50 points)
Quiz completed.
sydhe
King of Kongs
Let's do the Ides of March (March 15) for the due date for the quiz. I'm going to see if I can post full-sized links to the structures in #7, since the details are hard to see.
Adler17
Prussian Feldmarschall
Erm, where are questions 1-7?
Adler
Adler
sydhe
King of Kongs
1-5 are post 460, 6- 10 are post 463. It took a few days to get the second part of the quiz done.
Adler17
Prussian Feldmarschall
Ooops!
Adler
Adler
sydhe
King of Kongs
I hope you like picture questions. Someday I may do one that's completely pictures. I'll have to figure out how to do collages.
EDIT: [Knock on head.] I have a scanner.
EDIT: [Knock on head.] I have a scanner.
thetrooper
Misanthrope
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Do you have access to Adobe Photoshop? Your computer, friends, work etc.
sydhe
King of Kongs
Some of the computer labs on campus have it. It's possible I may be able to get it free or at a discount as an employee in Information Technology.
thetrooper
Misanthrope
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I'm using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0.
I upload all the images I want to manipulate and use a feature called 'Create Photomerge'. Easy as a pie. I assume that other versions and other programs have equivalent features.
I upload all the images I want to manipulate and use a feature called 'Create Photomerge'. Easy as a pie. I assume that other versions and other programs have equivalent features.
Till
Adventurer
sydhe
King of Kongs
Here are better views of the first two pictures in question 7. I'm trying to figure myself out where I got the third one.
sydhe
King of Kongs
No answers yet. Many of the pictures and questions are on wikipedia if you know where to look. The colonial badges are not. The coats of arms in question #1 also appear on the flags of the locations.
Many, but not all, of the people pictured are scientists.
Many, but not all, of the people pictured are scientists.
jonatas
tropicalista
Here are better views of the first two pictures in question 7. I'm trying to figure myself out where I got the third one.
That's an amazing looking temple sydhe.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
That was in my mod.Here are better views of the first two pictures in question 7. I'm trying to figure myself out where I got the third one.
EDIT: i might participate in this thing
- but first i want to see some scores, to see how far behind the last guy i will be. 
Adler17
Prussian Feldmarschall
I do have little time. Also I made the last two quizzes, that's why I won't participate. I am sorry that not more participate.
Adler
Adler
sydhe
King of Kongs
Still no entries and the deadline is Thursday. Here are a few clues.
(1) I've already mentioned that these coats of arms appear on flags for the places. The flags all are variations on a well-known flag. I confess that I posed this question because I liked the coat of arms with the shrimp on it.
(2) The first sequence is more recognizable if you write it:
UUU UUU UUU UUU UUU ... UUU. The second one can be written
CAG CAG CAG CAG CAG ... CAG. The crucial number of CAGs here is 39.
(3) Not easy unless you know who wrote the book. This guy was well-known in his time for his monster concerts, much as Liszt was. I included the question because I know one of his descendants.
(4) Two of these shared what the other four did by themselves.
(5) You may not know her, but there's a 99% chance you've heard of her parents.
(6) This episode in the history of science made one man very famous and he's not of the three pictured.
(7) I've already given clues on this one.
(8) One of these is very easy. Look closely.
(9) The second battle is depicted in a famous movie.
(10) No clues. These are too much fun to spoil. They are all national capitals.
(1) I've already mentioned that these coats of arms appear on flags for the places. The flags all are variations on a well-known flag. I confess that I posed this question because I liked the coat of arms with the shrimp on it.
(2) The first sequence is more recognizable if you write it:
UUU UUU UUU UUU UUU ... UUU. The second one can be written
CAG CAG CAG CAG CAG ... CAG. The crucial number of CAGs here is 39.
(3) Not easy unless you know who wrote the book. This guy was well-known in his time for his monster concerts, much as Liszt was. I included the question because I know one of his descendants.
(4) Two of these shared what the other four did by themselves.
(5) You may not know her, but there's a 99% chance you've heard of her parents.
(6) This episode in the history of science made one man very famous and he's not of the three pictured.
(7) I've already given clues on this one.
(8) One of these is very easy. Look closely.
(9) The second battle is depicted in a famous movie.
(10) No clues. These are too much fun to spoil. They are all national capitals.
sydhe
King of Kongs
ozbenno submits the answers to 3 and 4 and the second sequence of 2, so takes the lead at 600 points. I expect him to get part of #1 momentarily.
I found a different photograph of the third tower in #8, so I added it to post 473. It's not the same one you'll find on wikipedia.
I found a different photograph of the third tower in #8, so I added it to post 473. It's not the same one you'll find on wikipedia.
sydhe
King of Kongs
Ozbenno is now up to 925, so the rest of you had better get cracking. He got four of the capitals (including the current name of the fort in the first one), and one of the badges.
Oh, and BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!
Oh, and BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!
