# 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:** 13
**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, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/241 "2008-02-13T05:28:45Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] **Elendil’s Heir** - I took that mean that **5 time champ** was going by his memory of those sources… [/QUOTE] OK, fine. Sorry - I don’t mean to keep playing threadcop, I just want everyone to be on the same level playing field. 1. This German military leader met up with the Duke of Wellington and helped him win at Waterloo. 2. A painting of that meeting is still featured in what notable British building? 3. How many times did J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, musical geniuses and contemporaries, personally meet? 4. What year of failed European social democratic revolutions led many Germans and Hungarians, in particular, to emigrate to the U.S.? 5. Stalin scoffed of the Pope, “How many \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ does he have?” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/242 "2008-02-13T05:30:39Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 124. This was the _second_ VTOL-capable fighter to enter service. [/QUOTE] IIRC, the Russians had one. Was it the Yak-38? ---
**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, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/243 "2008-02-13T05:31:53Z")
Who said it, and why? 142. “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.” 143. How did Will Durant spend his honeymoon? > [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > 1. Stalin scoffed of the Pope, “How many \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ does he have?” 1. Divisions. ---
**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, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/244 "2008-02-13T05:32:14Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Oh dear. I thought that only applied to answering questions, rather than asking them. [/QUOTE] Well, again, you’re the OP. It’s your call. But see posts 1, 22, 24, 28 and 30. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/245 "2008-02-13T05:39:34Z")
1. “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.” That was the British Commander at the Battle of Jutland. He was slightly upset at his ships (light cruisers or possibly battle cruisers) were exploding with depressing regularity. His name was … it was either Jellicoe or Beatty. I’ll guess Beatty. ---
**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, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/246 "2008-02-13T05:47:12Z")
**Tapioca Dextrin** , you’re right - it was Beatty, after a report that _another_ of his battlecruisers had blown up. ---
**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 13, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/247 "2008-02-13T12:03:23Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] OK, fine. Sorry - I don’t mean to keep playing threadcop, I just want everyone to be on the same level playing field. 1. This German military leader met up with the Duke of Wellington and helped him win at Waterloo. 2. A painting of that meeting is still featured in what notable British building? 3. How many times did J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel, musical geniuses and contemporaries, personally meet? 4. What year of failed European social democratic revolutions led many Germans and Hungarians, in particular, to emigrate to the U.S.? 5. Stalin scoffed of the Pope, “How many \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ does he have?” [/QUOTE] 6. Marshal Blucher 7. 1848 Edited cuz OtakuLoki beat me on 141 ---
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/248 "2008-02-13T18:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 138. A painting of that meeting is still featured in what notable British building? 141. Stalin scoffed of the Pope, “How many \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ does he have?” [/QUOTE] 1. 10 Downing Street? 2. Battalions. At least, I’ve always heard “battalions”, but I imagine he said it in Russian and I don’t know what the Russian word for “battalion” is. So - military units of 1000-ish. > [@](#): > > Well, again, you’re the OP. It’s your call. But see posts 1, 22, 24, 28 and 30. Ah. I see what you mean… didn’t notice the “or formulating” part of post #22. Okay, no looking up anything at all, guys. Except in the case of disputed answers, and then only the person posing the question originally. ---
**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 13, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/249 "2008-02-13T18:41:30Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] 85. Acre (though I don’t believe it was Israeli at the time…) [/QUOTE] Yeah, but saying “city in the Ottoman _Villaya_ of Damascus” doesn’t fall all that trippingly from the tongue. ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/250 "2008-02-13T20:02:26Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] 137. Marshal Blucher 1. 1848 Edited cuz OtakuLoki beat me on 141 [/QUOTE] All correct - and it was “divisions,” as I’ve always read it. \*\* Really Not All That Bright\*\*, no, it’s not 10 Downing Street. 1. Who chaired the Wannsee Conference? 2. What was his best-known nickname? 3. Where and by whom was he assassinated? 4. What was the codename of the operation which killed him? 5. What village was utterly destroyed in retribution for his assassination? ---
**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 13, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/251 "2008-02-13T20:57:43Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] All correct - and it was “divisions,” as I’ve always read it. \*\* Really Not All That Bright\*\*, no, it’s not 10 Downing Street. 1. Who chaired the Wannsee Conference? 2. What was his best-known nickname? 3. Where and by whom was he assassinated? 4. What was the codename of the operation which killed him? 5. What village was utterly destroyed in retribution for his assassination? [/QUOTE] 6. Reinhardt Heydrich 7. Heydrich the Hangman 8. By Czech resistance in Lidice 9. Lidice (Bohemia)…a town in Illinois promptly renamed itself Lidice when the news broke. ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/252 "2008-02-13T21:00:44Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I thought we were relying on our memories only? [/QUOTE] My memories from reading _The Story of Civilization_ twice through, though it has been more than ten years. I re-watced _Connections_ a couple months ago. I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, I have never consulted reference materials for questions or answers in either of the threads. ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/253 "2008-02-13T21:07:05Z")
1. How did Will Durant spend his honeymoon? Hot monkey sex with Ariel. ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/254 "2008-02-13T21:11:32Z")
[QUOTE=Saratoga Sam] 144. Reinhardt Heydrich 145. Heydrich the Hangman 146. By Czech resistance in Lidice 1. Lidice (Bohemia)…a town in Illinois promptly renamed itself Lidice when the news broke. [/QUOTE] 2. Yes (but drop the “t”). 3. Never heard of that - I was thinking of another, more common one. 4. Yes, by the Czech resistance, but not in Lidice. Half credit. 5. Yes. There are several other Lidices, too, in honor of the destroyed town. ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/255 "2008-02-13T21:22:13Z")
1. What year of failed European social democratic revolutions led many Germans and Hungarians, in particular, to emigrate to the U.S.? 1848 **Elendil** You read my mind on Reinhard Heydrich questions, he was going to be part of my “Name your [least] favorite Nazis” 1. What was his best-known nickname? The nickname I remember is Heyrich the Hangman, although that probably doesn’t alliterate in German or Czech. He also was referred to as The Butch of Prague, 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 13, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/256 "2008-02-13T21:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] …He also was referred to as The **Butch** of Prague, I think. [/QUOTE] That’s odd, I don’t remember seeing a rainbow ribbon on his SS uniform. 😕😛 Yes, “the Butcher of Prague.” He was evil to the core, but an interesting guy nevertheless. I’ve read two bios of him and he definitely bears closer study. Many historians think he could have succeeded Himmler and, maybe in time, Hitler himself. He was just that smart, cunning and ruthless. ---
**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 13, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/257 "2008-02-13T21:36:00Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] My memories from reading _The Story of Civilization_ twice through, though it has been more than ten years. I re-watced _Connections_ a couple months ago. I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, I have never consulted reference materials for questions or answers in either of the threads. [/QUOTE] I watch the entire Connections series, along with Connections[sup]2[/sup] and Connections[sup]3[/sup] with my students every year. I have those suckers memorized by now. ---
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/258 "2008-02-13T21:57:38Z")
The Nazis 149. Where did Hitler do time after the Beer Hall Putsch? 1. Armaments minister 2. This leader of the SA was purged after Hitler became Chancellor. 3. What did SS mean? 4. What is the origin of the word Gestapo? ---
**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 13, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/259 "2008-02-13T22:02:02Z")
1. Ernst Rohmer. ---
**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 13, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/260 "2008-02-13T22:06:41Z")
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