Test your history knowledge!!! :D

[Kahran Ramsus]

2a) "Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred" refers to what military event?
Charge of the Light Brigade

2b) In what war did this occur?
Crimean War

5) Who was the leading ALLIED ace in WWI?
William Avery Bishop

 

[Bill Rogers]

5) Who was the leading ALLIED ace in WWI?

I believe it was Rene Fonck...

 

[Kublai-Khan]

In spanish you write it Cannas

 

[DingBat]

Originally posted by Kublai-Khan
In spanish you write it Cannas

Heh, I stand corrected. Good job.

/bruce

 

[DingBat]

Ok, here's another batch.

There's one question left from the first bunch. Here it is as a bonus:

1) In perhaps the Marines finest hour, the 1st Marine Division fought its way out of encirclement near what North Korean body of water?

2) Marshall Georgi Zhukov is well known from WWII, however he had an earlier success against the Japanese. Name the battle.

3a) Octavian ended a civil war and became Caesar Augustus after winning this battle in in 31BC.

3b) Which general did he defeat?

4) Nelson was made a Viscount after success at which battle?

5) The 1812 overture was written to commemorate which battle?

6) This pair of German generals combined to defeat the Russians at Tannenburg in August, 1914.

7) Alexander the Great was tutored by this famous scholar.

8) This English king was defeated by William the Conqueror.

9) The Hundred Years War was decided in Englands favour by what famous battle?

10) In Viet Nam, what did the nickname "Thud" refer to?

A little bit of everything.

/bruce

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Work Backwards:
10.) F-105 Thunderchief
9.) Agincourt 11415, except the war was not a conclusive English victory, if anything a French success when took Calais 1453
8.)Harold
7.) Aristotle
6.) Erich von Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg
5.) The Russian Victory over Napoleon. As for the specific battles, the final one at the border was at the Crossing of the Berezina
4.) One would think Trafalgar, with the Battle of the Nile the only other option
3.) He defeated Mark Anthony at the Battle of Actium
2.) Khalkan-Gol
1.)Inchon Landings or possibly the breakout from Chosin.

 

[DingBat]

Originally posted by Simon Darkshade
Work Backwards:
10.) F-105 Thunderchief
9.) Agincourt 11415, except the war was not a conclusive English victory, if anything a French success when took Calais 1453
8.)Harold
7.) Aristotle
6.) Erich von Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg
5.) The Russian Victory over Napoleon. As for the specific battles, the final one at the border was at the Crossing of the Berezina
4.) One would think Trafalgar, with the Battle of the Nile the only other option
3.) He defeated Mark Anthony at the Battle of Actium
2.) Khalkan-Gol
1.)Inchon Landings or possibly the breakout from Chosin.

Wow. That was quick. Maybe these were too easy.

All correct here except for #4.

#1 was the Chosin Resevoir breakout.

/bruce

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Of course! He was made a Baron at the Nile, and a Viscount at the Battle of Copenhagen. I didn't read that one properly!

 

[DingBat]

Ok, Simon made short work of the last batch. A few more:

1) Nelson was made a Viscount after success at which battle?

2) What was the name of the operation to relieve Khe Sanh?

3) The Yom Kippur War saw the introduction of what new weapon?

4) Grant's victory here was overshadowed by the victory at Gettysburg.

5) The commanding generals of both armies died during this battle which saw the British win control of North America (at least for a time).

6) This hard luck US ship, twice attacked and captured by the British, is the source of the phrase "Don't give up the ship".

7) This unit, the brainchild of General Wavell and Orde Wingate was officially known as the 77th Infantry Brigade.

8) This heavy cruiser ship, known as a "lucky" ship, actually survived two atomic blasts before finally being sunk at Kwajalein Atoll.

9) The doomed HMS Invincible took part in this battle against Admiral Graf Spee.

10) What did the term "Arc Light" mean?

/bruce

 

[willemvanoranje]

ANCIENT WORLD:

1.) Mongolian
2.) both Kublai and Genghis Kahn
3.) Tutanchamon
4.) Chartagan
5.) Imenhotep
6.) Celts?
7.) Cobra?
8.) Athena
9.) Thor
10.) -


MEDIEVAL WORLD
1.) -
2.) Samurai
3.) Edward I ?
4.) Crusades
5.) Bayern still excists, but you prbably call it Bavaria
6.) Humanism?
7.) -
8.) Angels
9.) -
10.) St. Joris


COLONIAL WORLD
1.) Louis XIV
2.) Filips II?
3.) -
4.) -
5.) -
6.) France
7.) Pizarro? No, eeeh......Cortez!
8.) captain Blood?
9.) Washington?
10.) -




INDUSTRIAL WORLD
1.) Karl Marx, -
2.) Maltese Cross?
3.) damn, I know it, I know it......
4.) -
5.) Whyatt Earp vs. the Clantons in Tombestone at O.K. Correl....and Lucky Luke started the gunfight.
6.) -
7.) -
8.) -
9.) Titanic?
10.) Manfred von Richthofen

MODERN WORLD
1.) Picasso?
2.) -
3.) -
4.) Eisenhower, or his rival.....eeer.....something like Patton?
5.) -
6.) States
7.) -
8.) Churhill?
9.) Cuban Missile Crisis
10.) Nixon, Johnson, whoever...

 

[Knight-Dragon]

3) Surface to Air missiles?
5) The Battle for Quebec during the Seven Yrs' War. Something bout Heights?
7) The Chindits, operating in Burma against the Japs during WW2.
9) The Battle of the River Plate?

 

[willemvanoranje]

The leading Allied ace was Rene Fonck. He had 76 (or was it 79?) official victories, but because he liked to fly alone, other kills weren't counted. He probably had more than Manfred von Richthofen.

 

[DingBat]

Originally posted by willemvanoranje
The leading Allied ace was Rene Fonck. He had 76 (or was it 79?) official victories, but because he liked to fly alone, other kills weren't counted. He probably had more than Manfred von Richthofen.

I knew this was going to be a bone of contention.

I've seen sources that list Bishop, Mannock, and Fonck as the leading allied ace. All had scores in the mid seventies. I'm not sure about Mannock but Bishop was also a "loner" and presumably suffered the same handicap as Fonck.

/bruce

 

[DingBat]

Originally posted by Knight-Dragon
3) Surface to Air missiles?

Nope

5) The Battle for Quebec during the Seven Yrs' War. Something bout Heights?

So close.

7) The Chindits, operating in Burma against the Japs during WW2.

Yup.

9) The Battle of the River Plate?
Nope. Wrong war.

/bruce

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Ah! Sehr Gut! Die nachste zet of qvestions!
Ve vill ansver ze qvestions!

1.) Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
2.) Operation Pegasus
3.) The Sagger anti tank missile - looked like the Egyptian infantry were lugging suitcases about.
4.) The only battle that comes to mind is Vicksburg in May 63, as Gettysburg was in June/July
5.) One would think the Battle of Quebec, or the Height of Abraham, as both Wolfe and Montcalm died at that battle.
6.) Twer the dying words of Captain Lawrence, and the ship was the Lawrence at the Battle of Lake Erie, an twer Oliver Perrys battle flag. They transferred to the Niagara.
7.) Chindits
8.)That ex-playmate of the Bismarck, the 'Prinz Eugen'
9.) The Dec. 7 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, sinking the Scharnhorst and Gneisnau
10.) Twas a 1965 Guam to Vietnam B52 bombing raid, 3000 miles non stop.

 

[DingBat]

Simon does it again. He missed one though and it's included below:

1) This hard luck US ship, twice attacked and captured by the British, is the source of the phrase "Don't give up the ship".

2) This fortress was stormed by the Germans in WWII in what could be called the first special forces operation ever.

3) <If you'll pardon a non-military, Canadian oriented question>
This British explorer served as a midshipman with Captain Cook.

4) In what year did the Berbers first invade Spain?

5) This aviator has a maneuver named after him.

6) In a turning point of the Yom Kippur War, this battle eventually resulted in the isolation of the Egyptian 3rd Army.

7) This crisis in 1974 almost resulted in war between NATO allies.

8) This plucky destroyer rammed the German cruiser Hipper in Norwegian waters.

9a) The first air to air missile kill was recorded in what year?

9b) Who were the combatants?

10) The term commando originated in which war?


Some of these are soft lobs. Have fun.

/bruce

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

2 Ebben Emael( or something) on the Albert canal in Belgium

4 711 ad by Tariq ibn Ziyad

5 Immelmann

7 Cyprus: Turkey vs Greece

10 WWII?

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Very well, I'll have a quick go:

10.) Boer War
9.) Hmm. Possibly in the late 1950s...Have to think on it...
8.)HMS Glowworm, British destroyer
7.)Turkey and Greece, conflict over Cyprus
6.) Possibly the Battle of Chinese Farm. The actual crossing of the Suez Canal prior to this also comes up as an idea.
5.)Oberleutnant Max Immelmann, of the "Immelmann Turn" fame
4.) 711 AD
3.) Captain George Vancouver
2.) The glider borne storming of the fortress of Eben Emael by the Fallschirmjager
1.) Possibly the Chesapeake?

 

[willemvanoranje]

2) As my fellow country-man stated, this must be Eben-Emael, it was taken by paratroopers on May 11th 1940.

4) 800?

5) Max Immelmann

6) no idea, Sinai?

7) maybe some oil thing

 

[DingBat]

Originally posted by Simon Darkshade
Very well, I'll have a quick go:

10.) Boer War
9.) Hmm. Possibly in the late 1950s...Have to think on it...
8.)HMS Glowworm, British destroyer
7.)Turkey and Greece, conflict over Cyprus
6.) Possibly the Battle of Chinese Farm. The actual crossing of the Suez Canal prior to this also comes up as an idea.
5.)Oberleutnant Max Immelmann, of the "Immelmann Turn" fame
4.) 711 AD
3.) Captain George Vancouver
2.) The glider borne storming of the fortress of Eben Emael by the Fallschirmjager
1.) Possibly the Chesapeake?

Very good. I'm off on vacation so I'll give the answer for #9 here.

In 1958, Sidewinder armed Taiwanese F-86's recorded the first air to air missile kills against several PRC Mig 15's.

/bruce