World History trivia quiz

[Siam Sam]

316. The Great Mutiny in India was in this year.
316. 1858.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

319. OSS = SOE

[Elendil's Heir]

317. Nicolas Chauvin

Also wrong. Good guess, though.

Siam Sam, IIRC the Great Mutiny was in 1857, as earlier guessed.

Tapioca Dextrin, correct, but what does SOE stand for?

325. This German general is perhaps best known for his command of the Afrika Korps.
326. English freebooters called their raids on Spanish shipping "______ the Spanish king's ______."
327. How was Kaiser Wilhelm II physically deformed?
328. This Spanish hero allegedly was lashed to his horse after he died, to inspire his troops.
329. This native woman notoriously assisted Cortes in his conquest of the Aztecs.

[OtakuLoki]

325. This German general is perhaps best known for his command of the Afrika Korps.

325. Erwin Rommel

[silenus]

326. Tweaking (or singing) the Spanish king's beard.
327. Whithered arm (wrenched out of its socket at birth)
328. El Cid

[Governor Quinn]

329. This native woman notoriously assisted Cortes in his conquest of the Aztecs.

329. La Malinche is the commonly-given name; will that do?

317. Grouchy.

[Cunctator]

Also wrong. Good guess, though.Hardly wrong then. Just not the answer that you had in mind when you wrote the question.

[Siam Sam]

Siam Sam, IIRC the Great Mutiny was in 1857, as earlier guessed.
Eh, sorry. I thought that had been judged incorrect, but it was the 1892 answer that was judged so. :smack:

[movingfinger]

319: SOE= Special Operations Executive

[Elendil's Heir]

All correct on all questions since my last post!

[Governor Quinn]

Adding some questions that I don't believe we've asked:

330. Who, in French politics, was "the man on the white horse?"

331. I've mentioned the Liberal Unionists in an earlier question; Why did they break away from the Liberal Party of the United Kingdom?

332. For most of 1919, a celebrity was head of government of a European state. Name him, where his celebrity came from, and the country.

333. Name the last new man (i.e., not counting previous incumbents) to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the House of Lords.

334. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system?

[Cunctator]

332. Paderewski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Paderewski), Prime Minister of Poland and well-known pianist and composer.

333. Alexander Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, and then Lord Home of the Hirsel.

[An Gadaí]

331. I'm guessing but I'd say that they broke away because the Liberal Party supported Home Rule for Ireland.

[Governor Quinn]

331. Correct.

332. Correct.

333. I should have phrased the question better. As Douglas-Home left the House of Lords more or less immediately after becoming Prime Minister, he wasn't what I was thinking of. I meant someone in the House of Lords who made no attempt to leave the House of Lords.

[5 time champ]

330. Who, in French politics, was "the man on the white horse?"
Napoleon III

[Governor Quinn]

330. Incorrect, and, before further questions are asked, I am looking for the one most commonly referred to by that sobriquet.

[Saratoga Sam]

Adding some questions that I don't believe we've asked:

330. Who, in French politics, was "the man on the white horse?"

333. Name the last new man (i.e., not counting previous incumbents) to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the House of Lords.

334. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system?

330. Napoleon Bonaparte

333. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

334. Italy, but can't remember name of inventor or broadcast system

[Elendil's Heir]

333. Lord Palmerston, in the 1860s.

The British monarchy.

335. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is "_____ _____ of the Church of England."
336. He was the last reigning British monarch to lead an army in battle.
337. Who was the first British monarch to hold the title "Emperor [or Empress] of India"?
338. Who was the last?
339. A military aide to the British sovereign is called what?

[silenus]

337. Queen Victoria

[OtakuLoki]

335. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is "_____ _____ of the Church of England."
337. Who was the first British monarch to hold the title "Emperor [or Empress] of India"?


335. Lady Protector?
337. Victoria

[Really Not All That Bright]

333. Lord Palmerston, in the 1860s.

The British monarchy.

335. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is "_____ _____ of the Church of England."
336. He was the last reigning British monarch to lead an army in battle.
337. Who was the first British monarch to hold the title "Emperor [or Empress] of India"?
338. Who was the last?
339. A military aide to the British sovereign is called what?
336. An Edward. IV?
338. George II
339. Lord-Marshal?

[Elendil's Heir]

335. Lady Protector?
337. Victoria

335. Incorrect
337. Correct (and silenus had it, too).

RNATB, incorrect on each. Sorry. A hint: the answer to question 339 is a single unhyphenated word.

[Really Not All That Bright]

335. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is "_____ _____ of the Church of England."
Defender of the Faith (Fide Deo); the reigning monarch was also "Supreme Head" of the Church starting with Henry VIII, then "Supreme Governor" starting with Elizabeth I - is that what you're looking for?

[Cunctator]

338. George VI

[5 time champ]

Who are they?
340. Gunpowder Plotter
341. Blue Pottery Maker
342. Chronometer Maker
343. Made the steel for the Chronometer Maker
344. Made the calculations to make Scotch Whiskey more efficiently.

[silenus]

340. Guido (Guy) Fawkes
341. Wedgwood
342. Harrison
343. Wilkinson
344. Crap, Burke talked about this guy in Connections.....

[OtakuLoki]

<shakes fist at Silenus> I knew Guy Fawkes. "The last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions."

[Governor Quinn]

330. Incorrect

333. Both answers given are incorrect.

334. Incorrect.

[Cunctator]

333. Lord Palmerston, in the 1860s.Viscount Palmerston sat in the Commons, not the Lords.

333. The Earl of Rosebery?

[Governor Quinn]

Viscount Palmerston sat in the Commons, not the Lords.

333. The Earl of Rosebery?


333. Correct.

[5 time champ]

340. Guido (Guy) Fawkes
341. Wedgwood
342. Harrison
343. Wilkinson
344. Crap, Burke talked about this guy in Connections.....
Fawkes Wedgwood & Harrison are correct, sounds like one tough law firm.

343. IIRC my Burke, it was not Wilkinson that made the coiled steel that John Harrison used to fabricate his chronometer.

344. You can't remember the Scotch guy? :)

[silenus]

Actually, I did remember him, but now am totally blanking on the steelmaker (It's been a few months since we watched that episode). He was based in Sheffield, IIRC.

344. The dude with the funny name: Joe Black

[Elendil's Heir]

Defender of the Faith (Fide Deo); the reigning monarch was also "Supreme Head" of the Church starting with Henry VIII, then "Supreme Governor" starting with Elizabeth I - is that what you're looking for?

Precisely. And Cunctator is correct about George VI being the last Emperor of India.

Who said it? Bonus points for context.

345. "It seems to me to be quite effectively concealed."
346. "This is the sort of errant pedantry up with which I will not put." (attrib.)
347. "Two nations... the rich and the poor."
348. "Pecavi."
349. "J'accuse!"

[Really Not All That Bright]

346. "This is the sort of errant pedantry up with which I will not put." (attrib.)
347. "Two nations... the rich and the poor."
348. "Pecavi."
346. Churchill, after being corrected on ending sentences with a preposition. I think Samuel Johnson said something similar, though.
347. Marx?
348. C.J. Napier, upon conquering Multan or some other bit of what is now Pakistan

ETA: To add to 348 that it was Sindh that he conquered, and "peccavi" was some sort of play on words - Latin for "I have sinned". I may not be remembering this correctly - Sindh might be a person, for all i know.

[silenus]

348. General Napier on the conquest of Sind. ("Peccavi" = "I have sinned.")
349. Emile Zola on the Dreyfuss Affair.

[Elendil's Heir]

346. Churchill, after being corrected on ending sentences with a preposition. I think Samuel Johnson said something similar, though.
347. Marx?
348. C.J. Napier, upon conquering Multan or some other bit of what is now Pakistan

ETA: To add to 348 that it was Sindh that he conquered, and "peccavi" was some sort of play on words - Latin for "I have sinned". I may not be remembering this correctly - Sindh might be a person, for all i know.

346. Correct. Never heard of it attributed to Johnson.
347. No.
348. Yes. One of the greatest historical puns ever.

Silenus has both right, as well.

[Cunctator]

348. C.J. Napier, upon conquering Multan or some other bit of what is now Pakistan

ETA: To add to 348 that it was Sindh that he conquered, and "peccavi" was some sort of play on words - Latin for "I have sinned". I may not be remembering this correctly - Sindh might be a person, for all i know.348. Yes. One of the greatest historical puns ever.I must check my copy of Brewer's when I get home tonight. I'm pretty sure that it attributes the original peccavi/Sindh pun to someone else (a woman whose name I don't recall) before Napier and claims that Napier just lifted it and that it has been incorrectly attributed to him ever since.

Of course, Brewer's isn't 100% reliable either.

[Elendil's Heir]

350. He was the first Governor-General of Canada.
351. This was the last British sovereign to use the Royal Veto.
352. This noted British polar explorer heroically saved all of his men after his ship was crushed in pack ice in the 1910s.
353. This was the (appropriate) name of his ship.
354. This animal was long used for criminal executions in Siam.

[OtakuLoki]

352. This noted British polar explorer heroically saved all of his men after his ship was crushed in pack ice in the 1910s.
353. This was the (appropriate) name of his ship.
354. This animal was long used for criminal executions in Siam.


352. Ernest, Lord Shackleton.
353. Endurance, which I always found more ironic than appropriate, considering that it couldn't endure.
354. Elephant




To give something back:

355. Who was first to reach the South Pole?
356. What was the name of the ship he used for that expedition?
357. Who said, "I'm going out for a walk. I may be a while."?
358. What were the circumstances?
359. Who lead a disastrous Royal Navy expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the late 1840s?

[silenus]

I must check my copy of Brewer's when I get home tonight. I'm pretty sure that it attributes the original peccavi/Sindh pun to someone else (a woman whose name I don't recall) before Napier and claims that Napier just lifted it and that it has been incorrectly attributed to him ever since.

Of course, Brewer's isn't 100% reliable either.

My copy of Brewer's attributes it to Napier.

[Elendil's Heir]

352. Ernest, Lord Shackleton.
353. Endurance, which I always found more ironic than appropriate, considering that it couldn't endure.
354. Elephant

To give something back:

355. Who was first to reach the South Pole?
356. What was the name of the ship he used for that expedition?
357. Who said, "I'm going out for a walk. I may be a while."?
358. What were the circumstances?
359. Who lead a disastrous Royal Navy expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the late 1840s?

352. Correct.
353. Ah, but the expedition endured! Correct, anyway.
354. Correct. They'd step on the heads of convicted bad guys. Ewwww.

355. Roald Amundsen.
356. Norge.
357. You got me there!
358. The guy was one of the last remaining men in Robert Falcon Scott's doomed "race to the South Pole" party. He knew he was a goner and didn't want to be a burden on the rest of the party, so he walked out into the night and was never seen again.

[OtakuLoki]

352. Correct.
353. Ah, but the expedition endured! Correct, anyway.
354. Correct. They'd step on the heads of convicted bad guys. Ewwww.

355. Roald Amundsen.
356. Norge.
357. You got me there!
358. The guy was one of the last remaining men in Robert Falcon Scott's doomed "race to the South Pole" party. He knew he was a goner and didn't want to be a burden on the rest of the party, so he walked out into the night and was never seen again.


Correct on 355, and 356. 358, you've got the circumstances mostly right - he was the first of the pole party to die, he was weakening faster than the others, and apparently decided to remove himself from being a burden in their attempt to walk back out of the interior.

[Saratoga Sam]

357. Who said, "I'm going out for a walk. I may be a while."?

359. Who lead a disastrous Royal Navy expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the late 1840s?

357. ? Owens

359. Frobisher? (There was a PBS special several years ago, about the finding of three crewmembers bodies preserved in the permafrost. Apparently the whole crew was driven insane by metal contaminents used for the solder of their tinned food.)

[Really Not All That Bright]

351. This was the last British sovereign to use the Royal Veto.
George II

[Elendil's Heir]

George II

Incorrect. But that is, oddly enough, the correct answer to a still-unanswered question from earlier in the thread. :D

[OtakuLoki]

357. ? Owens

359. Frobisher? (There was a PBS special several years ago, about the finding of three crewmembers bodies preserved in the permafrost. Apparently the whole crew was driven insane by metal contaminents used for the solder of their tinned food.)


These are both wrong, though the NOVA special you're talking about was about the three known graves from the expedition.

[Governor Quinn]

357. Lawrence "Titus" Oates

359. The Franklin Expedition

[OtakuLoki]

Both correct, Governor Quinn.

[Siam Sam]

354. Correct. They'd step on the heads of convicted bad guys. Ewwww.
I did not see this in time, or else I'd have guessed it. But ya know what? I've never really heard of this. I don't think it was common. Beheading seem to have been the rule.

[Cunctator]

I must check my copy of Brewer's when I get home tonight. I'm pretty sure that it attributes the original peccavi/Sindh pun to someone else (a woman whose name I don't recall) before Napier and claims that Napier just lifted it and that it has been incorrectly attributed to him ever since.Of course, Brewer's isn't 100% reliable either.My copy of Brewer's attributes it to Napier.I looked at my copy of Brewer's. In the entry under the phrase 'to cry Peccavi' it notes the standard attribution to Napier. It then goes on to say that this is incorrect and that the pun was actually the work of:
Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878), translator from the German of such familiar hymns as 'Now thank we all our God'. One day at school she remarked to her teacher that since Napier had been criticised in Parliament for his ruthless campaign, his despatch should have read "Peccavi". She sent her pun to Punch, which printed it in its edition of 18 May 1844 as a factual report, with the result that it came to be credited to Napier. The fourth edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1996) attributes the saying correctly.

[Cunctator]

351. Anne

[Elendil's Heir]

I did not see this in time, or else I'd have guessed it. But ya know what? I've never really heard of this. I don't think it was common. Beheading seem to have been the rule.

I learned about the head-squashing a few years ago in a documentary about elephants. Seemed like a well-researched, reputable show, FWIW.

Cunctator is correct about Queen Anne being the last British ruler to veto a bill.

[Siam Sam]

I learned about the head-squashing a few years ago in a documentary about elephants. Seemed like a well-researched, reputable show, FWIW.
Oh, I'm not doubting you. That just doesn't seem to be widely known here. I suspect it was used only for special occasions. Mostly it's been beheadings. But King Taksin was put in a velvet sack and beaten to death with sandalwood in 1782; the reason for that method was the belief that royal blood should not touch the ground.

In recent times, it's been by machine gun. They switched to lethal injection a few years ago.

[Elendil's Heir]

360. This chainsmoking author and dissident became president of Czechoslovakia after the collapse of the USSR.
361. The Shah of Iran sat upon the ______ Throne.
362. The Emperor of Japan sits upon the ______ Throne.
363. Korea used to be called the ______ Kingdom.
364. While under British rule, Sri Lanka was called ______.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

360 Vaclev Havel.
361 peacock
362 Chrysthanamum (no way I can spell that right)

364 Ceylon

[Elendil's Heir]

360 Vaclev Havel.
361 peacock
362 Chrysthanamum (no way I can spell that right)

364 Ceylon

All correct.

[Governor Quinn]

363. Hermit

[Elendil's Heir]

363. Hermit

Righto.

C'mon, sportsfans, you can/should be asking more questions, too!

365. This new type of hat was introduced during the Crimean War.
366. This article of clothing was named after a British general of that era, who allegedly invented it.
367. This nation experimented in the 19th C., unsuccessfully, with circular gunboats.
368. When a new pope has been elected, these two words traditionally begin the announcement in St. Peter's Square.
369. This was the Nazi labor and public works organization.

[5 time champ]

Well, ya stumped me on that quintet. I should know the answer about the new Pope- "We have a new Pope" in Latin?

Voltaire
With what line did Voltaire often close his correspondence?

Voltaire dedicated a church on his estate to whom, because he believed that no other church was so dedicated.

Voltaire dubbed this person "merde in a silk stocking"

Voltaire had an estate here, a short distance from the Swiss border, in case he needed to flee France quickly.

Voltaire wrote a dictionary of this.

[Cunctator]

366. The cardigan, named for the 7th Earl of Cardigan.

368. Habemus Papam ("we have a Pope").

[Antonius Block]

Voltaire dubbed this person "merde in a silk stocking"Hmm, I'd always heard that it was Napoleon Bonaparte who said that of Talleyrand. Did he plagiarize it from Voltaire?

[5 time champ]

Hmm- I always thought it was Voltaire- but Talleyrand had a long career.

[Elendil's Heir]

Well, ya stumped me on that quintet. I should know the answer about the new Pope- "We have a new Pope" in Latin?

Voltaire
[370.] With what line did Voltaire often close his correspondence?

[371.] Voltaire dedicated a church on his estate to whom, because he believed that no other church was so dedicated.

[372.] Voltaire dubbed this person "merde in a silk stocking"

[373.] Voltaire had an estate here, a short distance from the Swiss border, in case he needed to flee France quickly.

[374.] Voltaire wrote a dictionary of this.

Right on the Pope.

Cunctator is right on both questions.

Numbers added to your questions for later reference.

[Danimal]

369. This was the Nazi labor and public works organization.

Organization Todt?

[Danimal]

336. He was the last reigning British monarch to lead an army in battle.

King George II. At Fontenoy, I think.

[Danimal]

313. Catherine the Great corresponded extensively with this Enlightenment philosopher.


Voltaire? If that's wrong, I have another guess.

[Danimal]

298. Lyndon Johnson hyperbolically compared this man to both George Washington and Winston Churchill.


Nguyen Van Thieu?

[Danimal]

288. Thou hast conquered, Galilean. [wrongfully alleged]


288. Julian the Apostate, the last pagan Roman emperor.

[Danimal]

224. The SS destroyed this French village in retribution for partisan attacks in the area; it was preserved as a war memorial.


224. Oradour-sur-Glane, destroyed by the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division, "Das Reich." IIRC, Rommel demanded the murderers be punished, only to be overruled by Hitler.

[Danimal]

82. What was the name of the knight who founded the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem to lie outside the city walls?


Wild guess: Bohemond of Taranto?

[An Gadaí]

365. Balaclava?

[Governor Quinn]

Some more questions, somewhat offbeat in nature:

375. The only Western European nation to be govern by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.)

376. This Eastern European country is of some notoriety for preserving the vast majority of its silent films, and as being a major source for the silent films of other countries.

377. What did the Count de Chambord demand that may have been the reason he never became King of France?

378. This island is regarded as being the most isolated inhabited place in the world.

379. What party has ruled Singapore since independence?

[5 time champ]

288. Julian the Apostate, the last pagan Roman emperor.
Correct

[5 time champ]

378. This island is regarded as being the most isolated inhabited place in the world.
The more I think about it, the more islands I come up with. Tristan da Cunha <sp>

[An Gadaí]

378. Grand Pitcairn?

[Governor Quinn]

5 time champ has 378.

[Cunctator]

379. The People's Action Party

[Danimal]

The Far East...

380. What is the title of Japan's first novel, written by the Lady Murasaki?

381. The Eight Banners composed the army organization of what dynasty that came to rule China?

382. What was the Central Asian capital city of the Great Khans, to whom all the other Mongol khans paid tribute?

383. What Burmese man served as Secretary General of the United Nations?

384. In the Sino-Japanese war, Japan robbed China of control over what tributary kingdom?

[Really Not All That Bright]

382. What was the Central Asian capital city of the Great Khans, to whom all the other Mongol khans paid tribute?

384. In the Sino-Japanese war, Japan robbed China of control over what tributary kingdom?
382. Samarkand

383. Okinawa

[Cunctator]

380. The Tale of Genji

[5 time champ]

382. What was the Central Asian capital city of the Great Khans, to whom all the other Mongol khans paid tribute?
Ulan Bator

383. What Burmese man served as Secretary General of the United Nations?
U Thant

384. In the Sino-Japanese war, Japan robbed China of control over what tributary kingdom?
Korea

[Siam Sam]

375. The only Western European nation to be govern by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.)

376. This Eastern European country is of some notoriety for preserving the vast majority of its silent films, and as being a major source for the silent films of other countries.

378. This island is regarded as being the most isolated inhabited place in the world.
375. Italy.

376. Hungary?

378. I would have thought this would be Hawaii, but that's more than one island. When I lived there, they were always pointing out how they were farther from anywhere than anywhere else.

[Elendil's Heir]

Danimal is correct as to Organization Todt, George II (and yes, it was at Fontenoy), Voltaire (already correctly guessed by someone else, though), Thieu and Oradour.

An Gadai is correct as to the Balaclava.

More militaria.

385. This French defeat marked the beginning of the end of their Indochina rule.
386. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed concerted military action by what three countries?
387. What did Bismarck say he'd do if the British landed their army on the Continent?
388. This was "Breaker" Morant's celebrated/notorious mounted unit.
389. This coastal city was the strategic focus of the Russo-Japanese War.

[Really Not All That Bright]

385. This French defeat marked the beginning of the end of their Indochina rule.
386. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed concerted military action by what three countries?
387. What did Bismarck say he'd do if the British landed their army on the Continent?
388. This was "Breaker" Morant's celebrated/notorious mounted unit.
389. This coastal city was the strategic focus of the Russo-Japanese War.
386. Britain, the United States and Israel
388. The Light Brigade?
389. Vladivostok

[Zsofia]

388. The Bushveldt Carbineers.

[5 time champ]

385. This French defeat marked the beginning of the end of their Indochina rule.
Dien Bien Phu

386. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed concerted military action by what three countries?
Britain, France and Israel. The U.S. stayed neutral in the matter.

[Elendil's Heir]

388. The Bushveldt Carbineers.

Correct. And 5 time champ is correct as to his two answers.

RNATB, alas, is incorrect as to his three answers.

[Alessan]

389. This coastal city was the strategic focus of the Russo-Japanese War.

389. Port Arthur.

[Elendil's Heir]

389. Port Arthur.

Quite so.

[Danimal]

382. What was the Central Asian capital city of the Great Khans, to whom all the other Mongol khans paid tribute?
Ulan Bator

383. What Burmese man served as Secretary General of the United Nations?
U Thant

384. In the Sino-Japanese war, Japan robbed China of control over what tributary kingdom?
Korea

Correct as to 383 and 384. Not correct on 382 (I think; Ulan Bator did not become the Mongol capital until after the lesser khanates fell).

Cunctator nailed 380, the Tale of Genji.

RNATB missed 382 and 383.

[Panurge]

382. Samarkand, Tamerlane's capital.

[Danimal]

382. Samarkand, Tamerlane's capital.

Did Tamerlane have lower Mongol khanates owing fealty to him? Do Tatars even count as Mongol? If so, then I suppose I must accept Samarkand as a right answer (though RNATB gave it first). Samarkand wasn't what I had in mind, though; I was thinking of the 13th-century capital of the Great Khans.

[An Gadaí]

Karakorum?

[Panurge]

re. 382: I am not sure of my answer, I just tried to qualify my guess by mentioning Samarkand's connection with Tamerlane. Otherwise the answer you are looking for might be Xanadu (Now Shang-Tu, I think).

[Elendil's Heir]

390. This British king purposefully excluded his wife from his coronation.
391. This royal house trained cheetahs to assist in hunting.
392. Einstein held this government post when he did much of his early writing.
393. Machiavelli's first name was _______.
394. Emperor Hirohito intervened in the deliberations of this body to bring about the Japanese surrender in 1945.

[Antonius Block]

392. Patent clerk
393. Niccolo

[want2know]

390. George IV (His wife was Caroline of Brunswick, IIRC)

394. The Diet

[Panurge]

391: The Indian Mughal dynasty

[Governor Quinn]

Cunctator has 379. Siam Sam is wrong on all three counts.

287. Bismarck said that he would call a policeman and have him arrest it.

[silenus]

382. Sarai

[Governor Quinn]

287. Bismarck said that he would call a policeman and have him arrest it.

That, of course, should be 387.

:smack:

[want2know]

375. The only Western European nation to be govern by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.)

Albania...Albania...you border on the A-dri-atic... :p

[Siam Sam]

375. That's odd. I could have sworn that Italy was governed by the Communist Party at one point. Was it France? I don't think Albania is really Western Europe.

[Elendil's Heir]

392. Patent clerk
393. Niccolo

Both correct.

want2know is correct about George IV (her non-invitation caused quite a scene when she tried to crash the coronation anyway), but incorrect as to the Japanese Diet.

Panurge is correct about the Mughals and their hunting cheetahs, as is Governor Quinn about Bismarck's sarcastic dismissal of the insignificant (to him) British Army.

[Alessan]

Wild guess: Bohemond of Taranto?
Nope.

Hint: it was much more recent than that.

[Zsofia]

391. I know Akbar the Great of India had tons and tons of cheetahs, is that it?

394. The Imperial Council?

[Elendil's Heir]

391. I know Akbar the Great of India had tons and tons of cheetahs, is that it?

394. The Imperial Council?

391. He was one of them, yes. Panurge got it earlier.
394. No.

Here are some more.

395. Samurai without lords were called ______.
396. Iwo Jima was returned to Japanese jurisdiction during the Presidency of this American leader.
397. The big guns of this fortified British-held city were pointing the wrong way when an enemy attacked during WWII.
398. This dish took its name from a month in the Revolutionary French calendar.
399. Oliver Cromwell was backed up by his ______ ______ Army.

[Really Not All That Bright]

395. Samurai without lords were called ______.
397. The big guns of this fortified British-held city were pointing the wrong way when an enemy attacked during WWII.
399. Oliver Cromwell was backed up by his ______ ______ Army.
395. Ronin
397. Somewhere near Israel/Palestine... Tyre?
399. New Model

[silenus]

397. Singapore
398. Lobster Thermidor

[Governor Quinn]

396. Nixon

[Cunctator]

Some Australian political history:

400. How many double dissolutions have there been of the Commonwealth Parliament since federation?
401. And how many of them were followed by a joint sitting of both houses?

[Danimal]

Karakorum?

That's right.

Some cursory research in Wikipedia tells me that Tamerlane did not claim the title Great Khan, only Emir. Ergo, I think Samarkand doesn't qualify as a capital of the Great Khans, unless somebody other than Tamerlane ruled from there with that title.

[Really Not All That Bright]

That's right.

Some cursory research in Wikipedia tells me that Tamerlane did not claim the title Great Khan, only Emir. Ergo, I think Samarkand doesn't qualify as a capital of the Great Khans, unless somebody other than Tamerlane ruled from there with that title.
According to this page, Kublai Khan established his capital at Tatu/Beijing, so that would count too, right?
http://www.voyagemongolie.com/Index_fichiers/History_Mongolia_mongolian_empire.htm
(I've actually forgotten what the wording of the original question was...)

[Elendil's Heir]

395. Ronin
397. Somewhere near Israel/Palestine... Tyre?
399. New Model

395. Correct.
397. Incorrect.
399. Correct.

Silenus and Governor Quinn were correct as to their answers.

[Danimal]

According to this page, Kublai Khan established his capital at Tatu/Beijing, so that would count too, right?
http://www.voyagemongolie.com/Index_fichiers/History_Mongolia_mongolian_empire.htm
(I've actually forgotten what the wording of the original question was...)

Looks like you're right, especially given that it says Kublai defeated his rival Great Khan from Karakorum.

It was a poorly phrased question. My apologies.

Some more, hopefully better questions...

402. Who was the head of Stalin's NKVD secret police during and after World War II?

403. What was the capital city of Grand Duke Vladimir, the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity?

404. What was the decisive battle of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden?

405. Who was the only Soviet premier to have previously served as director of the KGB?

406. What was the name of the treaty by which Lenin's Bolshevist government made peace with Germany in World War I?

[An Gadaí]

Looks like you're right, especially given that it says Kublai defeated his rival Great Khan from Karakorum.

It was a poorly phrased question. My apologies.

Some more, hopefully better questions...

402. Who was the head of Stalin's NKVD secret police during and after World War II?

403. What was the capital city of Grand Duke Vladimir, the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity?

404. What was the decisive battle of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden?

405. Who was the only Soviet premier to have previously served as director of the KGB?

406. What was the name of the treaty by which Lenin's Bolshevist government made peace with Germany in World War I?


406- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

[OtakuLoki]

402. Who was the head of Stalin's NKVD secret police during and after World War II?

403. What was the capital city of Grand Duke Vladimir, the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity?

405. Who was the only Soviet premier to have previously served as director of the KGB?


402. Wasn't this Beria?

403. Kiev, I think....

405. I'm going to guess Yuri Andropov. And ISTR the rumors running hard and fast for the link between that, and his death after such a short time in the top seat.

[Danimal]

402. Wasn't this Beria?

403. Kiev, I think....

405. I'm going to guess Yuri Andropov. And ISTR the rumors running hard and fast for the link between that, and his death after such a short time in the top seat.

Correct on all three (Lavrenti Beria, to be precise).

An Gadai is correct on the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

[silenus]

404. Poltava
405. Andropov

[Danimal]

404. Poltava
405. Andropov

404. Yes.

405. Correct, but OtakuLoki already got this one.

More treaties:

407. Which war was settled by the Treaty of Shimonoseki?

408. After World War I, what treaty required the newly independent nation of Hungary to cede Transylvania to Romania?

409. In the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War, Spain finally recognized the independence of what former imperial possession?

410. Whose succession to the throne of Austria was guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction?

411. What two foreign ministers signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?

[Themenin]

411. What two foreign ministers signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?

Molotov and Ribbentrop

[silenus]

409. The Netherlands
411. Molotov and......I forget the German's name.

[Danimal]

411. What two foreign ministers signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?

Molotov and Ribbentrop

Correct, Vyachezlav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

[Danimal]

409. The Netherlands


Correct.

[OtakuLoki]

407. Which war was settled by the Treaty of Shimonoseki?

407. I'm going to guess that this was the treaty that ended the 1905 Russo-Japanese War.

[5 time champ]

408. After World War I, what treaty required the newly independent nation of Hungary to cede Transylvania to Romania?
I'll go with the obvious, Treaty of Versailles

410. Whose succession to the throne of Austria was guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction?
Maria Theresa ?

[Danimal]

408. After World War I, what treaty required the newly independent nation of Hungary to cede Transylvania to Romania?
I'll go with the obvious, Treaty of Versailles

410. Whose succession to the throne of Austria was guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction?
Maria Theresa ?

408. Not so, I'm afraid.

410. You got it!

OtakuLoki, good guess, but wrong.

[Zsofia]

408. The Treaty of Trianon?

[Danimal]

408. The Treaty of Trianon?

Right!

[Governor Quinn]

Rather than post new questions, I have decided to repost every question that I have asked in this thread and have not received a correct answer for.

10. The British Army suffered two major defeats slightly a year apart from one another, in 1879 and 1880. What were they? (Note: Isandlwana is one of the answers, and has been guessed. What the other?)

221. For what group did Cecil Rhodes organize the Jameson Raid?

222. What were they doing in the South African Republic?

(I have altered wording of the previous two questions to make them clear and in response to correct answers.)

330. Who, in French politics, was "the man on the white horse?"

334. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system?

375. The only Western European nation to be governed by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.)

376. This Eastern European country is of some notoriety for preserving the vast majority of its silent films, and as being a major source for the silent films of other countries.

377. What did the Count de Chambord demand that may have been the reason he never became King of France?

If I receive no correct answers in the next few days, I will answer these questions myself.

[Zsofia]

334. I know there's some British stuff recorded on gramophone records. Is that what you're looking for?

[Governor Quinn]

334. I know there's some British stuff recorded on gramophone records. Is that what you're looking for?

Yes, the material is British, and on records. Now, what process of television broadcasting was being used?

[Zsofia]

Well, I don't know that!

[silenus]

375. The only Western European nation to be governed by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.)

France under Leon Blum (Popular Front).

I mentioned this in lecture Friday, so it may be regarded as "using references" as I refered to my class notes.

[Siam Sam]

I guessed France, too, as my second choice since it wasn't Italy but have not heard back. Post #603.

[Elendil's Heir]

Ah, Imperialism!

412. The British Empire was usually shown on maps of the period in which color?
413. Complete this imperialist doggerel: "Whatever happens, we have got the ______ _____, and they _____ _____."
414. He was called the "poet laureate of imperialism."
415. The minions of this king shockingly exploited the Belgian Congo.
416. The top British civil official in India held this title.

[Alive At Both Ends]

Yes, the material is British, and on records. Now, what process of television broadcasting was being used?
The Baird 30-line electromechanical system.

[Alive At Both Ends]

412. Red
413. "Whatever happens, we have got the Gatling Gun, and they have not."
414. Rudyard Kipling
415. Leopold
416. Viceroy

[Really Not All That Bright]

416. The top British civil official in India held this title.
Governours-general. The Viceroys were all drawn from the peerage.

[Cunctator]

Governours-general. The Viceroys were all drawn from the peerage.Not all of them. Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy from 1864 to 1869, was not a peer during his term as Viceroy. He was raised to the peerage after his term was finished.

[Danimal]

Ah, Imperialism!

412. The British Empire was usually shown on maps of the period in which color?
413. Complete this imperialist doggerel: "Whatever happens, we have got the ______ _____, and they _____ _____."


412. I thought it was pink, not red.
413. . . . Maxim gun and they have not.

[Governor Quinn]

The Baird 30-line electromechanical system.

And Alive At Both Ends gets it.

Siam Sam, silenus: It isn't France. The Communists (IIRC) didn't have any ministers in the Blum governments, and, while Communists have participated in several governments, they have never been the dominant force.

[Danimal]

Two old ones from silenus that I don't think anybody ever got.

35. Who was often refered to as "The Prince of Humanists?"

Not sure about this one, but my best guess is Desiderius Erasmus.

120. What was the first name of the ship Francis Drake sailed around the world?

This one I know for certain: the Pelican.

[silenus]

Yes to both for the double!

[Antonius Block]

377. What did the Count de Chambord demand that may have been the reason he never became King of France?If I've got the right guy in mind, he was a few decades post-Revolution, and wanted France to abandon the Revolutionary tricolor (Red White & Blue) flag and use his dynastic one. No dice.

407. Which war was settled by the Treaty of Shimonoseki?ISTR that this was a war between Japan and China at the end of the 19th Century [I don't remember if it had a catchier name than that, however...]. The main result was that Korea was recognized by both parties as an independent country.

[Danimal]

ISTR that this was a war between Japan and China at the end of the 19th Century [I don't remember if it had a catchier name than that, however...]. The main result was that Korea was recognized by both parties as an independent country.

You are correct. Although in reality, Korea was subjected to Japan and was formally annexed not too long after.

Appropriately enough for a war between Japan and China, it is usually called the Sino-Japanese War.

[Elendil's Heir]

412. Red
413. "Whatever happens, we have got the Gatling Gun, and they have not."
414. Rudyard Kipling
415. Leopold
416. Viceroy

412. Yes, although Danimal is correct that pink was also often used.
413. Almost. Danimal is right about the Maxim gun.
414. Righto.
415. Yup.
416. You got it.

Some questions about T.E. Lawrence.

417. T.E. Lawrence won this nickname for his efforts during WWI.
418. This was his best-known book.
419. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened?
420. This American journalist most notably celebrated his exploits.
421. How did Lawrence die?

[Really Not All That Bright]

417. T.E. Lawrence won this nickname for his efforts during WWI.
418. This was his best-known book.
419. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened?
420. This American journalist most notably celebrated his exploits.
421. How did Lawrence die?
417. Lawrence of Arabia
419. Married off to the wife of a local headman, or somesuch?
421. Legionnaires' disease (yes, WAG)

[Hypnagogic Jerk]

400. How many double dissolutions have there been of the Commonwealth Parliament since federation?
401. And how many of them were followed by a joint sitting of both houses?
400. Two, I believe?
401. I'm quite sure there's only been one.

[Panurge]

418. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
421. Motorcycle accident

[Danimal]

419. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened?


Rape?

Some questions on the Vikings...

422. In the Viking pantheon, who was the god of mischief and chaos?

423. What new name did northeastern England receive during the early Middle Ages to reflect the dominance of Vikings from Denmark and their legal system?

424. What was the name of the Byzantine Emperor's elite Viking mercenary unit?

425. What was the name for the Vikings' pioneering naval hull-construction technique, consisting of overlapping strakes rather than edge-to-edge strakes?

426. Where was the last Viking invasion of England met and defeated?

[Really Not All That Bright]

422. In the Viking pantheon, who was the god of mischief and chaos?

423. What new name did northeastern England receive during the early Middle Ages to reflect the dominance of Vikings from Denmark and their legal system?

426. Where was the last Viking invasion of England met and defeated?
422. Loki
423. The Danelaw
426. York

[Elendil's Heir]

417. Lawrence of Arabia
419. Married off to the wife of a local headman, or somesuch?
421. Legionnaires' disease (yes, WAG)

417. Yes.
419. No.
421. No (Panurge has it right, and 418 too).

Danimal is right about 419, Lawrence's alleged rape by his Ottoman captors.

My sole guess this time....

425. Clinker-built?

[silenus]

424. The Varangian Guard (otherwise known today as the Keldara.) :D

[Cunctator]

400. Two, I believe?Incorrect401. I'm quite sure there's only been one.Correct. The only joint sitting thus far has been the one following the double dissolution in 1974.

[silenus]

426. The Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.

[Danimal]

By Odin, that didn't take you all long!

422. Loki
423. The Danelaw
426. York

422. Yes.

423. Yes.

426. Er, half-credit. It was near York, yes.

425. Clinker-built?

Right.

Silenus is correct on Stamford Bridge and the Varangian Guard.

Operations and codes of World War II...

427. Operation Moonlight Sonata was the German night bombing attack on what city?

428. What was the objective of Operation Fortitude?

429. "Climb Mount Niitaka" was the Japanese code word to attack what target?

430. By what name was Germany's principal military cipher known?

431. What was the German codename for the never-implemented invasion plan against Czechoslovakia?

[silenus]

427. Coventry
429. Pearl Harbor
430. Enigma

[Danimal]

427. Coventry
429. Pearl Harbor
430. Enigma

Three for three!

[5 time champ]

431. What was the German codename for the never-implemented invasion plan against Czechoslovakia?
Case White?

[Governor Quinn]

If I've got the right guy in mind, he was a few decades post-Revolution, and wanted France to abandon the Revolutionary tricolor (Red White & Blue) flag and use his dynastic one. No dice.


Yep, that's the one, and that's the reason.

To answer a question, 420. is Lowell Thomas.

[Danimal]

431. What was the German codename for the never-implemented invasion plan against Czechoslovakia?
Case White?

Afraid not. Case White was the plan to invade Poland, which was executed, regrettably.

[Danimal]

131 This famous author fought in the Battle of Lepanto.


Did anybody ever answer this? It's Miguel de Cervantes. Who lost several fingers from his right hand in the fight, and wrote that it was "to the greater glory of the left." (Cervantes could be hard-core!)

[Antonius Block]

428. What was the objective of Operation Fortitude?Memo from Allies to Hitler, before June 1944:
Well, you know we're going to invade Fortress Europe, but you probably don't know just where. Oh look, there's Patton and his 1st Army, massing near Dover for a crossing to the Pas de Calais [don't look too closely at the tanks, however...]. That's probably where we'll invade, for sure. Or perhaps Norway.

But definitely not Normandy. No way, nosiree! Nothing to see there...

[5 time champ]

Did anybody ever answer this? It's Miguel de Cervantes. Who lost several fingers from his right hand in the fight, and wrote that it was "to the greater glory of the left." (Cervantes could be hard-core!)
Correct.

[Elendil's Heir]

...To answer a question, 420. is Lowell Thomas.

Yes. They gave the American reporter a different, fictitious name in the Peter O'Toole movie.

Antonious Block, your Allied memo to Hitler is a keeper. LOL! :p

[Danimal]

Memo from Allies to Hitler, before June 1944:
Well, you know we're going to invade Fortress Europe, but you probably don't know just where. Oh look, there's Patton and his 1st Army, massing near Dover for a crossing to the Pas de Calais [don't look too closely at the tanks, however...]. That's probably where we'll invade, for sure. Or perhaps Norway.

But definitely not Normandy. No way, nosiree! Nothing to see there...

Haha! Yes, that's the answer. Although Patton's fictional command was actually the First U.S. Army Group, FUSAG, rather than Omar Bradley's 1st Army.

[Antonius Block]

...Patton's fictional command was actually the First U.S. Army Group, FUSAG, rather than Omar Bradley's 1st Army.Damn, the deception really worked, since it even fooled me 64 years after the fact! ;)

Since we're playing WWII-era Spy vs. Spy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_vs_spy), here's a quid pro quo:

About one year prior to the aforementioned "Operation Fortitude", a body -- wearing the uniform of a British military officer -- washed up on a beach on the Southwest (Atlantic) coast of Spain, near Huelva.

432. What was in the briefcase that was found attached to the body? [The answer should contain the names of at least two islands.]

433. There was a film made about this. What was it called?

434. Describe one of the (several, IIRC) post-D-Day events that fortuitously ended up as a "reverse-psych" due to the success of the deliberate "psych" referred to in Questions 432-433.

[Really Not All That Bright]

432. What was in the briefcase that was found attached to the body? [The answer should contain the names of at least two islands.]
432. Plans for a (fake) Allied marine assault on Italy via Corsica and Sardinia. (the first part I'm 100% on, the islands and target not so much)

[Elendil's Heir]

...
433. There was a film made about this. What was it called?

434. Describe one of the (several, IIRC) post-D-Day events that fortuitously ended up as a "reverse-psych" due to the success of the deliberate "psych" referred to in Questions 432-433.

433. A Man Called Intrepid.
434. Hitler insisting on personal control over the panzer divisions in Western France in mid-1944?

More Nazi questions.

435. He was Heydrich's top aide at the Wannsee Conference, and was later captured by the Israelis, tried and executed.
436. He was Hitler's personal photographer.
437. He was called "Hitler's commando," and rescued Mussolini in a daring raid.
438. He placed the briefcase bomb that unfortunately failed to kill the Fuhrer.
439. What was Albert Speer's first paid task for Hitler?

[silenus]

437. Skorzeny
438. von Stauffenberg

[Elendil's Heir]

437. Skorzeny
438. von Stauffenberg

Correct. Bonus points for first names.

[silenus]

Otto and Klaus.


Middle names I'm not too sure of. (Guess where I am in the AP Euro syllabus this week.) :D

[5 time champ]

435. He was Heydrich's top aide at the Wannsee Conference, and was later captured by the Israelis, tried and executed.
Adolph Eichmann

439. What was Albert Speer's first paid task for Hitler?
Speer is some kind of architectural work for Hitler.

[Elendil's Heir]

435. He was Heydrich's top aide at the Wannsee Conference, and was later captured by the Israelis, tried and executed.
Adolph Eichmann

439. What was Albert Speer's first paid task for Hitler?
Speer [did] some kind of architectural work for Hitler.

435. Correct.
439. Yes, but what, exactly?

silenus, correct as to the first names.

[Really Not All That Bright]

439. What was Albert Speer's first paid task for Hitler?
Design of the Berghof (his mountain villa thingy)?

[Elendil's Heir]

Design of the Berghof (his mountain villa thingy)?

Good guess, but no.

[5 time champ]

dog house for Blondi?

[Antonius Block]

432. Plans for a (fake) Allied marine assault on Italy via Corsica and Sardinia. (the first part I'm 100% on, the islands and target not so much)Correct! The actual invasion took place on Sicily (which was in fact the obvious place to go in, hence the great need for the deception), and the planted briefcase held plans for fake invasions on Corsica, Sardinia and mainland Greece, as well as saying -- in a stroke of sheer genius -- that there would be also a diversionary invasion of Sicily.

Hitler swallowed the ruse hook, line, and sinker, and diverted Panzer divisions from the eastern front to Greece (so the plan ended up helping the Soviets as well). Even after the (real) Sicily landings took place, Hitler believed that they would prove to be just a diversion and kept the needed reinforcements tied up for invasions that never took place.

433. A Man Called Intrepid.Sorry, no.
434. Hitler insisting on personal control over the panzer divisions in Western France in mid-1944?Sorry, that's not what I was thinking of.

[Elendil's Heir]

dog house for Blondi?

Heh. Also wrong.

Let's talk about Scouting.

440. This man founded the international Scouting Movement.
441. He first won military glory during the siege of this city.
442. When spying on German fortifications during peacetime, what did he pretend to be, and how specifically did this aid him in his espionage?
443. The first Scout encampment was in what park?
444. What was this man's Scouting title at the time of his death?

[Tapioca Dextrin]

440 Lord Baden Powell
441. Mafeking
442.
443. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour
444. Chief Scout of the World.

[Danimal]

433. There was a film made about this. What was it called?

36 Hours?

[Governor Quinn]

433. The Man Who Never Was

[Antonius Block]

Correct on 433, Governor Quinn.

[Danimal, I'd never heard of 36 Hours (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36_Hours) before your post. It looks interesting, but there's no corpse, it's clearly totally fictional, and the deception is the wrong way round...]

442. When spying on German fortifications during peacetime, what did he pretend to be, and how specifically did this aid him in his espionage?A lepidopterist. IIRC, Baden-Powell was a gifted sketch artist , and would "hunt for butterflies" near fortifications, then incorporate military intel in the fine details of the butterfly drawings that he made. Perfect cover for a binocular-wielding eccentric English gentleman abroad, and the epitome of practical Scouting!

[Elendil's Heir]

440 Lord Baden Powell
441. Mafeking
442.
443. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour
444. Chief Scout of the World.

All correct - excellent. And Antonius Block has 442 on the nose.

[OtakuLoki]

445. What does the term "Wavy Navy" reference?

[Governor Quinn]

Rather than post new questions, I have decided to repost every question that I have asked in this thread and have not received a correct answer for.

10. The British Army suffered two major defeats slightly a year apart from one another, in 1879 and 1880. What were they? (Note: Isandlwana is one of the answers, and has been guessed. What the other?)

221. For what group did Cecil Rhodes organize the Jameson Raid?

222. What were they doing in the South African Republic?

(I have altered wording of the previous two questions to make them clear and in response to correct answers.)

330. Who, in French politics, was "the man on the white horse?"

375. The only Western European nation to be governed by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.)

376. This Eastern European country is of some notoriety for preserving the vast majority of its silent films, and as being a major source for the silent films of other countries.

If I receive no correct answers in the next few days, I will answer these questions myself.

No one having answered these questions correctly, I shall now provide answers:

10. Maiwand.

221. Nominally, on behalf of the uitlanders, or non-Boer white residents of the Boer Republics.

222. They had come with the gold rush around Johannesburg.

330. Boulanger

375. San Marino

376. The Czech Republic.

[movingfinger]

445: I think this refers to reserve officers of the Royal Navy. The RN rank insignia consisted of stripes around the cuffs, much as those of our American naval officers, but reservists had wavy lines instead of straight horizontal ones. I'll leave the explanation of that to one of our British dopers.

[OtakuLoki]

movingfinger - Correct. AIUI the Wavy Navy refers to the whole of the Royal Navy Reserves, but yes, it was named for the wavy lines on the officer's boards, and I think similar lines on the petty officer's rank emblems.

[Elendil's Heir]

No one having answered these questions correctly, I shall now provide answers:

10. Maiwand....

:smack: I should have known this. That's the one in which... well, why don't I just make it a question?

446. What fictional character was badly wounded and barely escaped from the Battle of Maiwand?
447. The stars on the New Zealand flag are what color?
448. A dragon appears on the national flag of what Asian country?
449. The UN Charter was signed in what city?
450. What UN Secretary-General died in a plane crash?

[silenus]

446. Dr. John Watson
447. Red?
448. Nepal
449. San Francisco
450. Dag Hammarskold (?)

[Cunctator]

In case anyone's interested in the correct answer:400. How many double dissolutions have there been of the Commonwealth Parliament since federation?There have been six double dissolutions since federation: 1914, 1951, 1974, 1975 (the Whitlam government dismissal), 1983 and 1987.

[Governor Quinn]

I hope these questions haven't been asked:

451. Name at least three of the predecessor parties of the Liberal Party of Australia.

452. What Canadian third party long controlled Alberta and British Columbia and was prominent in rural Quebec into the late 1970s?

453. Towards the end of apartheid, these white political parties opposed the ruling National Party from the left and right.

454. Two federated states in British colonies were set up in the late 1950s and collapsed in the early 1960s. What were they?

[Elendil's Heir]

446. Dr. John Watson
447. Red?
448. Nepal
449. San Francisco
450. Dag Hammarskold (?)

All correct. Well done!

[Cunctator]

451. The United Australia Party; the Nationalist Party; the Free Traders. I think. Early federal party boundaries weren't always clearly defined.

454. The Malaysian Federation? Singapore withdrew in 1965, although I don't know whether this would count as a "collapse". As for the other - I'm not sure, but I'd guess somewhere in Africa.

[OtakuLoki]

454. The Malaysian Federation? Singapore withdrew in 1965, although I don't know whether this would count as a "collapse". As for the other - I'm not sure, but I'd guess somewhere in Africa.


Perhaps Zimbabwe/Biafra?

[Governor Quinn]

Cunctator: Correct with 451 (I would have also accepted the Commonwealth Liberal Party of the 1910s and the Protectionist Party). 454 is not one I was thinking of, thought one of the two was African (I can't say where the other is without giving it away.)

OtakuLoki: Modern Zimbabwe (but not under that name) was part of one of the answers to 454. Biafra wasn't.

[Cunctator]

Elendil's Heir, did we ever get an answer for question 310?310. As a young man, Churchill almost drowned when his rowboat drifted away from him while swimming in a lake in this country.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Elendil's Heir, did we ever get an answer for question 310?
*ahem*

I thought I'd remembered something odd about this, so I looked it up (having already ventured a guess)... and it appears that the story is apocryphal. (http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp)

[Elendil's Heir]

*ahem*

I thought I'd remembered something odd about this, so I looked it up (having already ventured a guess)... and it appears that the story is apocryphal. (http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.asp)

No, that's a different incident. The rowboat thing really happened; I read about it years ago in World Book Encyclopedia. A young Churchill was alone in a rowboat on a lake in Switzerland and decided to hop out and take a dip. The wind then blew his boat away, just out of reach, and after awhile he, although very fatigued, finally caught up with it. He saved himself; Alexander Fleming played no role in it. I agree that is an UL.

More British historical trivia.

455. This royal aide yearly pounds on the door to the British House of Commons to summon the MPs to hear the Queen's Speech.
456. Churchill decided to mark the Commons's being damaged during the Blitz in what way?
457. If these ever leave the Tower of London, it is said, Great Britain will fall.
458. A sex scandal involving this Cabinet minister shook the British government in the early 1960s.
459. These sociopathic criminal brothers terrorized London in the Sixties.

[Panurge]

459. The Piranha brothers :D

[OtakuLoki]

457. If these ever leave the Tower of London, it is said, Great Britain will fall.

I think we've had this one. It's the ravens.

[5 time champ]

458. A sex scandal involving this Cabinet minister shook the British government in the early 1960s.
John Profumo

[Cunctator]

455. Black Rod

459. The Kray twins

[Really Not All That Bright]

455. Black Rod

459. The Kray twins
Extra credit:

Technically, the "Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod".

First names of the Kray twins: Reggie and Ronnie.

[Cunctator]

Technically, the "Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod".Even when Black Rod is a woman? :)

[Really Not All That Bright]

Even when Black Rod is a woman? :)
In such instances, "Bitch with big stick! Run!"

I don't there had been a female Black Rod when I was in school, so this was never addressed during History.

[Cunctator]

In such instances, "Bitch with big stick! Run!" :) I don't there had been a female Black Rod when I was in school, so this was never addressed during History.There may not have been in the UK. In the Australian Senate the Usher of the Black Rod is currently a woman. Some of the state parliaments could well have women in the role too.

[Hypnagogic Jerk]

452. What Canadian third party long controlled Alberta and British Columbia and was prominent in rural Quebec into the late 1970s?
Read my sig. :D

[Governor Quinn]

Read my sig. :D

Well played, and quite right.

(Social Credit, for those reading the thread years from now.)

[Hypnagogic Jerk]

400. Two, I believe?Incorrect
I don't think anyone gave the right answer, so I checked on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_electoral_system#Double_Dissolutions), and it turns out it's happened much more often than I thought. So the answer is no less than six times.

[Elendil's Heir]

Extra credit:

Technically, the "Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod".

First names of the Kray twins: Reggie and Ronnie.

All correct, as were the earlier answers by Cunctator, 5 time champ and OtakuLoki.

[Cunctator]

I don't think anyone gave the right answer, so I checked on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_electoral_system#Double_Dissolutions), and it turns out it's happened much more often than I thought. So the answer is no less than six times.As I noted earlier (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9607340&postcount=692).

Australian states:

460. Which state voted in 1933 to secede from Australia?
461. Which is the only state to have abolished its upper house of Parliament?

[Really Not All That Bright]

460. Which state voted in 1933 to secede from Australia?
I'll take a stab at Tasmania.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
461. Which is the only state to have abolished its upper house of Parliament?

461. Nebraska. ;)

Who said it? Bonus points for context.

462. "How can anyone hope to rule a nation with over 400 kinds of cheese?"
463. "We are not amused." (attrib.)
464. "Paint me as I am, warts and all."
465. "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
466. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

[Really Not All That Bright]

463. "We are not amused." (attrib.)
464. "Paint me as I am, warts and all."
465. "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
466. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
463. Queen Victoria
464. Elizabeth I posing for a portrait shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, I think.
465. Henry II referring to then-Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas More, who refused to go along with his scheme to steal all the Church's stuff. I've always heard it as "turbulent priest", though.
466. Karl Marx in The Communist Manifesto.

[Elendil's Heir]

463. Queen Victoria
464. Elizabeth I posing for a portrait shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, I think.
465. Henry II referring to then-Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas More, who refused to go along with his scheme to steal all the Church's stuff. I've always heard it as "turbulent priest", though.
466. Karl Marx in The Communist Manifesto.

463. Yes
464. No
465. Oooooo, so close, but no cigar
466. Yes, although the ghost of Friedrich Engels tells me he insists on coauthor credit

[Cunctator]

I'll take a stab at Tasmania.I'm afraid not.461. Nebraska. :) Très amusant. But no.

464. Oliver Cromwell

[5 time champ]

465. Henry II referring to then-Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas More, who refused to go along with his scheme to steal all the Church's stuff. I've always heard it as "turbulent priest", though.
.
Wrong Thomas, RNATB, it was Thomas a Becket. And it was another question of royal divorce, IIRC.

[Elendil's Heir]

...
464. Oliver Cromwell

Correct. And 5 time champ is right about Thomas Becket (or a' Becket, in some older sources).

[Really Not All That Bright]

Correct. And 5 time champ is right about Thomas Becket (or a' Becket, in some older sources).
So I had the right Henry?

[5 time champ]

Yes, you the right Henry- Henry II.

Henry II had his Thomas a'Becket
Henry VIII had his Thomas More

That's all I'll say in order to not spoil any more questions :)

[Governor Quinn]

460. Which state voted in 1933 to secede from Australia?
461. Which is the only state to have abolished its upper house of Parliament?

460. This wasn't some stunt of Lang's in New South Wales, was it?

461. Queensland.

[Cunctator]

460. This wasn't some stunt of Lang's in New South Wales, was it?No461. Queensland.Correct

[Hypnagogic Jerk]

As I noted earlier (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9607340&postcount=692).
Sorry, didn't see it.

460. Which state voted in 1933 to secede from Australia?
Western Australia

[Cunctator]

Western AustraliaCorrect

[Elendil's Heir]

Here are questions which I posed earlier which haven't yet, I think, been correctly answered. After a few days, I'll post the answers.

89. This French finance minister was a key supporter of the American Revolution (Hint: a town in Vermont, but not Montpelier or Burlington, is named after him).

106. Long before the American Civil War, crude ironclad warships were first used by what Asian nation?

119. Hitler said he'd rather do what than ever meet with Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco again?

138. A painting of [Blucher and the Duke of Wellington’s Waterloo] meeting is still featured in what notable British building? (Not 10 Downing Street, as earlier guessed)

139. How many times did J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, musical geniuses and contemporaries, personally meet?

147. What was the codename of the operation which killed [Reinhard Heydrich]?

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
186. "Winston Churchill would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises."

210. One honorific which Churchill accepted after WW2 was "Lord Admiral of the ______ ______."

211. Before Henry VIII took the prefix "Your Majesty," English monarchs were typically called "______ ______."

244. These pair of twin-brother freedom fighters were later honored on Vietnamese postage stamps.

260. What inverted nickname did Great Britain's then-prime minister earn from [Gen. George “Chinese”] Gordon's death?

265. This white elephant of a ship, underpowered and too big for its time, flopped as a passenger ship but was eventually used to lay the first trans-Atlantic cable. (Previous wrong guesses: the Great Northern or the Great Western).

Who most notably said it? Bonus points for context.
270. "Everyone likes flattery, and when dealing with royalty, you must lay it on with a trowel."
273. "Who is this man who is neither one thing nor the other?"

278. Warships from this country visited U.S. ports during the Civil War.

279. This German commerce raider did the most damage and had the most remarkable voyage during WWI.

309. A Scottish parliamentarian recently caused a stir in referring to the British Union Flag (or Union Jack) as "the ________'s ________."

339. A military aide to the British sovereign is called what?

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
345. "It seems to me to be quite effectively concealed."
347. "Two nations... the rich and the poor."

350. He was the first Governor-General of Canada.

365. This new type of hat was introduced during the Crimean War.

367. This nation experimented in the 19th C., unsuccessfully, with circular gunboats.

394. Emperor Hirohito intervened in the deliberations of this body to bring about the Japanese surrender in 1945.

397. The big guns of this fortified British-held city were pointing the wrong way when an enemy attacked during WWII.

436. He was Hitler's personal photographer.

439. What was Albert Speer's first paid task for Hitler?

456. Churchill decided to mark the [House of] Commons's being damaged during the Blitz in what way?

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
462. "How can anyone hope to rule a nation with over 400 kinds of cheese?"

[OtakuLoki]

265. This white elephant of a ship, underpowered and too big for its time, flopped as a passenger ship but was eventually used to lay the first trans-Atlantic cable. (Previous wrong guesses: the Great Northern or the Great Western).

278. Warships from this country visited U.S. ports during the Civil War.

367. This nation experimented in the 19th C., unsuccessfully, with circular gunboats.

397. The big guns of this fortified British-held city were pointing the wrong way when an enemy attacked during WWII.

Who said it? Bonus points for context.
462. "How can anyone hope to rule a nation with over 400 kinds of cheese?"


265. Great Eastern (dammit I still think it's some kind of direction for that name.)

278. CSA? (Though that causes all sorts of problems. Not simply the belligerent status, but that per US doctrine the CSA was not a country.)

367. Russia. I've seen a picture of one of those gunboats. They are reported to have been incredibly poorly seaworthy. And spun when the guns were fired. :eek:

397. Singapore

462. I think this is Charles DeGalle, but I can't give a specific instance for when he said it.

[Elendil's Heir]

265. Great Eastern (dammit I still think it's some kind of direction for that name.)

278. CSA? (Though that causes all sorts of problems. Not simply the belligerent status, but that per US doctrine the CSA was not a country.)

367. Russia. I've seen a picture of one of those gunboats. They are reported to have been incredibly poorly seaworthy. And spun when the guns were fired. :eek:

397. Singapore

462. I think this is Charles DeGalle, but I can't give a specific instance for when he said it.

All correct except 278. DeGaulle said it in the early 1950s, IIRC.

[An Gadaí]

106. China

[Elendil's Heir]

106. China

Close but no cigar.

[Governor Quinn]

106. Long before the American Civil War, crude ironclad warships were first used by what Asian nation?

139. How many times did J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, musical geniuses and contemporaries, personally meet?

210. One honorific which Churchill accepted after WW2 was "Lord Admiral of the ______ ______."

309. A Scottish parliamentarian recently caused a stir in referring to the British Union Flag (or Union Jack) as "the ________'s ________."

394. Emperor Hirohito intervened in the deliberations of this body to bring about the Japanese surrender in 1945.


106. Korea

139. Never?

210. Cinque Ports

309. Alex Salmond?

394. The Imperial Diet

[OtakuLoki]

All correct except 278. DeGaulle said it in the early 1950s, IIRC.


My father commented to me once, that DeGaulle deserved to be president of the New French Republic. They were the only people obstreperous enough to punish him for his own ostreperousness. ;)

[Siam Sam]

Odd, but I thought 397 -- Singapore -- had been answered correctly before. That's one I definitely know, and I thought someone beat me to it. Not going back through all the pages to check, though!

106. Long before the American Civil War, crude ironclad warships were first used by what Asian nation?
Japan?

[silenus]

I got #397 several pages ago.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

365 The Balaclava

[Siam Sam]

I got #397 several pages ago.
Side note: An excellent fiction novel about that time, about life in Singapore on the verge of its fall to the Japanese, is JG Farrell's The Singapore Grip.

[Elendil's Heir]

106. Korea

139. Never?

210. Cinque Ports

309. Alex Salmond?

394. The Imperial Diet

106. Yup
139. True, alas
210. Righto!
309. I'm not looking for the guy's name, but what he said.
394. Nope.

Sorry that I'd missed your correct Singapore answer(s), silenus and Siam Sam.

Tapioca Dextrin is correct as to the Balaclava.

[Cunctator]

Re question 210 - I thought the title was Lord Warden (not Lord Admiral) of the Cinque Ports.

[Alive At Both Ends]

211. Your Grace.

It was actually Richard II, not Henry VIII, who switched to "Your Majesty".

[Really Not All That Bright]

211. Your Grace.

It was actually Richard II, not Henry VIII, who switched to "Your Majesty".
I thought "Your Grace" was for dukes...?

[Alive At Both Ends]

I thought "Your Grace" was for dukes...?
It is used for non-royal dukes, and it's also used for Anglican bishops. It used to be for kings as well.

[Elendil's Heir]

Re question 210 - I thought the title was Lord Warden (not Lord Admiral) of the Cinque Ports.

From my tour of Chartwell, Churchill's country home, some years ago, I remembered it as Lord Admiral (he had a big heraldic banner for it hanging in one room).

IIRC, it was Henry VIII who first took the form "Your Majesty," but if not, I stand corrected.

[Alive At Both Ends]

IIRC, it was Henry VIII who first took the form "Your Majesty," but if not, I stand corrected.
I'm sure I've read more than once that it was Richard II, but I can't find an online cite. Wikipedia says it was Henry, but that's hardly proof of anything. I'll look in my history book collection.

[Elendil's Heir]

Just don't go looking for more questions that way! ;)

[Alive At Both Ends]

I've found this (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/richardii_reign_10.shtml) on the BBC website, where it says of Richard: Richard's personal confidence was growing. At court, he insisted on being called Majesty. No-one could look the king in the eye and all deferred to him in a public and effusive way.

[Cunctator]

From my tour of Chartwell, Churchill's country home, some years ago, I remembered it as Lord Admiral (he had a big heraldic banner for it hanging in one room).Sir Robert Menzies, Churchill's successor in the role, used the term Warden. The Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Warden_of_the_Cinque_Ports) gives both, but implies that the main title is Warden.

[Governor Quinn]

Identify the following British politicians:

467. Name the "Gang of Four".

468. The only politician to be Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

469. The last Liberal Party member to serve at Cabinet rank.

470. The last Liberal Unionist MP; one son was executed as a traitor, and he himself lost his seat in the 1945 General Election.

471. The last National Liberal MP; possibly best remembered for storming out of a television interview over the subject of his retirement.

[Really Not All That Bright]

469. The last Liberal Party member to serve at Cabinet rank.
Wasn't Paddy Ashdown briefly a member of the Thatcher government?

[Elendil's Heir]

468. Stanley Baldwin?