# World History trivia quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 8, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759 "2008-02-08T02:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/201 "2008-02-12T15:46:10Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 119. Who was the founder of the “Council of Blood?” [/QUOTE] 1. I know it’s wrong, but it would be so delicious for the answer to have been Elizabet Bathori. So, my addition: 1. By what title is Elizabet Bathori most well known to posterity, and why would she have been a perfect founder of something called “The Council of Blood?” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/202 "2008-02-12T15:47:38Z")
1. This was the _second_ VTOL-capable fighter to enter service. 2. Although it never entered full scale production, the surviving prototype of this tank is the largest ever built. 3. Who was the Captain (Kommandant) of the battleship _Bismarck_? 4. Who directed the pro-Klan film _Birth of a Nation_? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/203 "2008-02-12T15:52:13Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 124. By what title is Elizabet Bathori most well known to posterity, and why would she have been a perfect founder of something called “The Council of Blood?” [/QUOTE] She imprisoned local peasant girls and drew and drank their blood. Dunno what she’s called, though - Countess Dracula? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/204 "2008-02-12T15:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 120. What was the _first_ name of the ship Francis Drake sailed around the world? 1. What family did Pope Leo X come from? [/QUOTE] 2. The Golden Hind? 3. The Medicis ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/205 "2008-02-12T15:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] She imprisoned local peasant girls and drew and drank their blood. Dunno what she’s called, though - Countess Dracula? [/QUOTE] Actually, she _bathed_ in their blood, not drank it. But, certainly close enough. As for the title, you’re incorrect, though I believe she was related to Vlad Tepes, certainly from the same general area. And the name of the captain of the Bismark is hiding just out of reach in the back of my head, dammit. Maybe it’ll come to me before trying to remember drives me nuts today. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/206 "2008-02-12T15:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 115. This was the codename of the never-implemented German plan to invade the UK during WW2. [/QUOTE] 1. Barbarossa? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/207 "2008-02-12T16:00:18Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 121. What family did Pope Leo X come from? [/QUOTE] 1. The Borgias? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/208 "2008-02-12T16:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 123. Who directed the pro-Klan film _Birth of a Nation_? [/QUOTE] 1. DW Griffith As a follow-up question: 124. What was the name of DW Griffith’s follow-up film the next year, which he made in response to charges of racism in _The Birth of a Nation_? ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/209 "2008-02-12T16:04:28Z")
1. Who was the first president of the Irish republic? Eamon deValera 2. Who directed the pro-Klan film Birth of a Nation? DW Griffith ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/210 "2008-02-12T16:05:19Z")
121: The Medici family. (His name was Giovanni Medici, I think) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/211 "2008-02-12T16:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] … 124. What was the name of DW Griffith’s follow-up film the next year, which he made in response to charges of racism in _The Birth of a Nation_? [/QUOTE] _Intolerance._ **silenus** is correct about Operation Sealion. **OtakuLoki** is correct about the Showa emperor. My guesses: 1. The foolishly gargantuan and ironically-named Nazi tank _Maus_. 2. Lutjens. 3. Giuseppe Garibaldi. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/212 "2008-02-12T16:32:50Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 122. Who was the first president of the Irish republic? Eamon deValera [/QUOTE] It definitely wasn’t Eamon DeValera. Was it Douglas Hyde? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/213 "2008-02-12T16:35:12Z")
We have got mixed up on numbers I do believe. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/214 "2008-02-12T16:37:45Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] 123. DW Griffith As a follow-up question: 124. What was the name of DW Griffith’s follow-up film the next year, which he made in response to charges of racism in _The Birth of a Nation_? [/QUOTE] Correct. _Gentleman’s Agreement_? > [@](#): > > 1. This was the second VTOL-capable fighter to enter service. > 2. Although it never entered full scale production, the surviving prototype of this tank is the largest ever built. > 3. Who was the Captain (Kommandant) of the battleship Bismarck? > 4. Who directed the pro-Klan film Birth of a Nation? Please refer to the above questions as 124-127- simulpost. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/215 "2008-02-12T16:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 121. The foolishly gargantuan and ironically-named Nazi tank _Maus_. [/QUOTE] Yes. (n/k/a question 125.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/216 "2008-02-12T16:53:21Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] _Gentleman’s Agreement_? [/QUOTE] No. So my question is #128? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/217 "2008-02-12T16:54:57Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 120. The Golden Hind? 121. The Medicis [/QUOTE] No and yes. [QUOTE=5 time champ] 122. Who was the first president of the Irish republic? Eamon deValera [/QUOTE] No. **An Gadai** got it right. **Elendil’s Heir** got #123 correct. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/218 "2008-02-12T17:00:35Z")
I’m going to take a wild-ass guess on #73 and say **Graf Spee**? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/219 "2008-02-12T17:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I’m going to take a wild-ass guess on #73 and say **Graf Spee**? [/QUOTE] Nope. Wrong war. 129. Speaking of the _Graf Spee_ - name one of her two sister ships. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/220 "2008-02-12T17:54:24Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] … 129. Speaking of the _Graf Spee_ - name one of her two sister ships. [/QUOTE] _Hipper_ and _Deutschland_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=12)