# 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:** 2
**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 8, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/21 "2008-02-08T15:27:02Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 9. Which European state spent a little over four months as a Communist state in 1919, and who was the _de facto_ head of government? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that **Slithy Tove** had the correct answer, but I could also mention that there were several other Communist outposts post WWI. There was the Bavarian Soviet Republic (6th April - 3rd May 1919), the Alsace Soviet Republic (9-22 November 1918) and the Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (2nd January - 25 August 1919) ---
**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 8, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/22 "2008-02-08T15:47:13Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] … There was the Bavarian Soviet Republic (6th April - 3rd May 1919), the Alsace Soviet Republic (9-22 November 1918) and the Lithuanian-Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (2nd January - 25 August 1919) [/QUOTE] Either you have a particularly good memory, which I envy, or you’re looking things up. A question for our OP, **Really Not** : if this is “just like” the U.S. History thread, is research forbidden either in formulating or answering questions? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/23 "2008-02-08T15:48:56Z")
1. I believe it was a Coast Watcher who got Kennedy’s message out. BTW, RE: #7, the stirrup and the Huns, I thought that it had been the Mongols that pioneered the stirrup, not the Huns. ---
**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 8, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/24 "2008-02-08T15:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Either you have a particularly good memory, which I envy, or you’re looking things up. A question for our OP, **Really Not** : if this is “just like” the U.S. History thread, is research forbidden either in formulating or answering questions? [/QUOTE] You tell us. I started the thread, but you started the movement, brutha. ---
**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 8, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/25 "2008-02-08T15:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 15. It was an Edward, but not the Confessor. . [/QUOTE] Edward II. The person behind the assasination was his wife, and the method was chosen because of his sexual orientation. ---
**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 8, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/26 "2008-02-08T15:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Thanks for starting this, **Really Not All That Bright**! I just hope it doesn’t cannibalize the U.S. History trivia thread. My answer: 10. Khartoum, last stand of Gen. George “Chinese” Gordon. New questions. 13. Who was Montcalm’s boss, the last governor of New France? 14. An Australian of this profession helped JFK and his crew after PT-109 was sunk. 15. This English king was legendarily assassinated by the insertion of a red-hot poker into his anus. 16. What did the Soviets call their far-flung Siberian prison system? 17. He led a successful slave uprising on what is now Haiti. [/QUOTE] 1. Toussaint L’ouverture, the black napoleon. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/27 "2008-02-08T16:01:07Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] Edward II. The person behind the assasination was his wife, and the method was chosen because of his sexual orientation. [/QUOTE] Also because it left no visible wound (if you used a funnel as well as the poker) ---
**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 8, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/28 "2008-02-08T17:03:40Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 14. I believe it was a Coast Watcher who got Kennedy’s message out… [/QUOTE] Right you are. **Alessan** and **An Gadai** are also correct about Edward II and L’ouverture. **Really Not** , I personally think it’s more fun and challenging if we all have to rely on our memories rather than simply having this be a test of Google and Wiki skills. That’s the rule in the other thread, but this one’s all yours, baby. I’ll abide by your decision, whatever it is. ---
**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 8, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/29 "2008-02-08T17:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] Also because it left no visible wound (if you used a funnel as well as the poker) [/QUOTE] I remember reading the main reason was because it was believed the blood of kings should not be shed, and this cauterized as it went in. ---
**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 8, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/30 "2008-02-08T17:24:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Really Not** , I personally think it’s more fun and challenging if we all have to rely on our memories rather than simply having this be a test of Google and Wiki skills. That’s the rule in the other thread, but this one’s all yours, baby. I’ll abide by your decision, whatever it is. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I don’t see the point of the thread if everyone just looks it up. So remember people, your Googlu Fu is no good here! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/31 "2008-02-08T17:48:35Z")
OK, I’ll add a few questions. 1. Who was the last Governour-General of India? 2. What was the name of the Inter-War treaty that attempted to legislate European disarmament in the 1920s. 3. What was the name of the meeting that set the canon for the Christian Bible as we know it today? ---
**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 8, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/32 "2008-02-08T17:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] 19. What was the name of the Inter-War treaty that attempted to legislate European disarmament in the 1920s. 1. What was the name of the meeting that set the canon for the Christian Bible as we know it today? [/QUOTE] 2. One of the many Treaties of Paris? 3. The Council/Diet of Niciea (sp?) ---
**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 8, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/33 "2008-02-08T17:56:20Z")
1. Lord Louis Mountbattan 2. The Kellog-Briand Pact 3. Council of Nicea? ---
**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 8, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/34 "2008-02-08T18:01:18Z")
1. What meeting, presided over by Emperor Charles V, was called to address the issues raised by Martin Luther? 2. Who was Benjamin Disraeli’s chief rival (and counterpart in the Liberal Party)? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/35 "2008-02-08T18:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 11. Which Australian Prime Minister, after his service as PM, later entered the United Kingdom House of Commons? [/QUOTE] George “Yes-No” Reid. (He got his nickname from his sitting on the fence about whether Australia should become a federation while Premier of New South Wales in the 1890s). ---
**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 8, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/36 "2008-02-08T18:11:01Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 1. Who was Benjamin Disraeli’s chief rival (and counterpart in the Liberal Party)? [/QUOTE] Gladstone? ---
**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 8, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/37 "2008-02-08T19:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 21. What meeting, presided over by Emperor Charles V, was called to address the issues raised by Martin Luther? 1. Who was Benjamin Disraeli’s chief rival (and counterpart in the Liberal Party)? [/QUOTE] 2. The Diet Of Worms? ---
**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 8, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/38 "2008-02-08T19:08:49Z")
Gladstone and the Diet of Worms are both correct. I just love that name “Diet of Worms”. Even made me sit up and pay attention in class until I realized a diet was a meeting and not a meal plan… ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/39 "2008-02-08T19:13:59Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I just love that name “Diet of Worms”. Even made me sit up and pay attention in class until I realized a diet was a meeting and not a meal plan… [/QUOTE] Yes – the [Diet of Japan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Japan) does not consist of sushi, onigiri and noodle soup. ---
**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 8, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/40 "2008-02-08T19:15:04Z")
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