# 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:** 12
**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, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/221 "2008-02-12T18:11:44Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _Hipper_ and _Deutschland_? [/QUOTE] Hipper, no. Deutschland/Lutzow, yes. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/222 "2008-02-12T18:37:47Z")
Outstanding questions (well, mine): 124. This was the _second_ VTOL-capable fighter to enter service. 126. Who was the Captain (Kommandant) of the battleship _Bismarck_? I’m going to give the answer for #1 now because it occurs to me that it has technically been answered correctly (Who designed the Porsche 911?): Somebody said Ferdinand Porsche; there have been three Ferdinand Porsches involved in the designed and manufacture of Porsche cars - Ferdinand Sr., Ferdinand “Ferry” Jr., and Ferdinand Alexander, “Butzi” (the nephew of Ferd Sr.) Butzi was the correct answer, but since his real name was Ferdinand Porsche we’ll take it. ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/223 "2008-02-12T19:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] …Outstanding questions (well, mine): 124. This was the _second_ VTOL-capable fighter to enter service. 126. Who was the Captain (Kommandant) of the battleship _Bismarck_?.. [/QUOTE] 1. The Hawker Harrier? 2. Lutjens or Leutjens? ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/224 "2008-02-12T20:06:36Z")
A couple three odd questions 1. This battle in the Napoleonic Wars gave us the name of this food dish. [The food itself, not the dish you eat it from] 131 This famous author fought in the Battle of Lepanto. 132 Who was the central character in Barbara Tuchman’s _A Distant Mirror_? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/225 "2008-02-12T20:10:37Z")
Here some questions of mine from two pages ago that have yet to be answered: 1. What was the name of the knight who founded the first neighborhoods in Jerusalem to lie outside the city walls? 2. Which general conquered Jerusalem in WW1? 3. What Israeli city managed to withstand a two-month seige by Napoleon Bonaparte? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/226 "2008-02-12T20:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 132 Who was the central character in Barbara Tuchman’s _A Distant Mirror_? [/QUOTE] 1. Henry de Cucy? ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/227 "2008-02-12T20:21:03Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 130. This battle in the Napoleonic Wars gave us the name of this food dish. [The food itself, not the dish you eat it from] [/QUOTE] The Battle of Marengo gave us Chicken Marengo (Thank you, James Burke!). ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/228 "2008-02-12T20:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 124. The Hawker Harrier? 126. Lutjens or Leutjens? [/QUOTE] The Harrier was the first - want the second (not including the Harrier GR2, etc.) Lutjens was the Admiral in charge of the _Bismarck_’s first (and only) mission, not her captain. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/229 "2008-02-12T20:32:20Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] 83. Which general conquered Jerusalem in WW1? [/QUOTE] General Allenby. These questions all relate to the same voyage: [133] What was the name of the first ship to circumnavigate the world? [134] What was its port of departure / return? [135] Who was in charge of the expedition when it set sail? [136] Who was in charge of the ship when it finally returned “home”? ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/230 "2008-02-12T20:54:37Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] [134] What was its port of departure / return? [135] Who was in charge of the expedition when it set sail? [/QUOTE] 1. Lisbon? 2. Ferdinand Magellan, but he was killed by marauding natives in Java (I think). ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/231 "2008-02-12T20:58:42Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 130. This battle in the Napoleonic Wars gave us the name of this food dish. [The food itself, not the dish you eat it from] [/QUOTE] 1. When you started talking about a special dish, I thought you were referring to Beef Wellington, which was concocted to honor Wellington after his victory at Waterloo, but I suspect this is wrong. > [@Antonius Block](#): > > [133] What was the name of the first ship to circumnavigate the world? > [134] What was its port of departure / return? > [135] Who was in charge of the expedition when it set sail? > [136] Who was in charge of the ship when it finally returned “home”? 1. The Golden Hind 2. Lisbon (?) 3. Ferdinand Magellan 4. Someone else, since Magellan didn’t finish his voyage, being killed in the Philippines. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/232 "2008-02-12T21:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] General Allenby. [/QUOTE] Very good. ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/233 "2008-02-12T22:42:50Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] The Battle of Marengo gave us Chicken Marengo (Thank you, James Burke!). [/QUOTE] That was the one I was going for. I will be getting a lot of my questions & answers from James Burke, and Will Durant’s _Story of Civilization_ [QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 1. This battle in the Napoleonic Wars gave us the name of this food dish. [The food itself, not the dish you eat it from] 2. When you started talking about a special dish, I thought you were referring to Beef Wellington, which was concocted to honor Wellington after his victory at Waterloo, but I suspect this is wrong. [/QUOTE] But I guess that one is true also. ---
**Author:** ![Saratoga\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Saratoga\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saratoga_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/234 "2008-02-12T23:04:28Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Here some questions of mine from two pages ago that have yet to be answered: 1. What Israeli city managed to withstand a two-month seige by Napoleon Bonaparte? [/QUOTE] 2. Acre (though I don’t believe it was Israeli at the time…) ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/235 "2008-02-12T23:19:07Z")
**Really Not All That Bright** and **OtakuLoki** : 1. The Golden Hind ----- _[No, sorry.]_ 2. Lisbon (?) ------------- _[No, sorry.]_ 3. Ferdinand Magellan - **[Yes!]** 4. Someone else… ----- _[While this is **strictly** correct, I was rather hoping for a name 😉]_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/236 "2008-02-13T00:38:54Z")
[QUOTE=Panurge] 105. And Rushdie is correct, too. Jinnah it is. [/QUOTE] I believe my answer, therefore, is also correct. I merely went with the Pakistani name, seeing as it was Pakistani money we were jawin’ about. ---
**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 13, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/237 "2008-02-13T03:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] 132. Henry de Cucy? [/QUOTE] Yes, can’t remember his first name, he was known as the Sieur de Coucy. ---
**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 13, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/238 "2008-02-13T04:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] … I will be getting a lot of my questions & answers from James Burke, and Will Durant’s _Story of Civilization_… [/QUOTE] I thought we were relying on our memories only? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/239 "2008-02-13T04:51:37Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** - I took that mean that **5 time champ** was going by his memory of those sources. (grinning) I’d already added Connections to my Netflix queue, so I know what he means when he credits James Burke with filling one with a goodly amount of trivia. ---
**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 13, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/240 "2008-02-13T05:26:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I thought we were relying on our memories only? [/QUOTE] Oh dear. I thought that only applied to answering questions, rather than asking them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=13)