# 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:** 21
**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 20, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/401 "2008-02-20T03:44:39Z")
Here are some more… 1. This Indian prime minister gave his name to a fashionable jacket. 2. This wily political survivor is best known as a long-serving Soviet foreign minister, but last served as president of the USSR. 3. What was the nickname of British Gen. George Gordon, slain at Khartoum? 4. Who headed the army which slew him? 5. What inverted nickname did Great Britain’s then-prime minister earn from Gordon’s death? ---
**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 20, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/402 "2008-02-20T03:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Here are some more… 1. This Indian prime minister gave his name to a fashionable jacket. 2. This wily political survivor is best known as a long-serving Soviet foreign minister, but last served as president of the USSR. 3. What was the nickname of British Gen. George Gordon, slain at Khartoum? 4. Who headed the army which slew him? 5. What inverted nickname did Great Britain’s then-prime minister earn from Gordon’s death? [/QUOTE] 6. Jawaharlal Nehru ---
**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 20, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/403 "2008-02-20T05:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 257. This wily political survivor is best known as a long-serving Soviet foreign minister, but last served as president of the USSR. 258. What was the nickname of British Gen. George Gordon, slain at Khartoum? [/QUOTE] 257. Andrei Gromyko 258. “Chinese Gordon” ---
**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 20, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/404 "2008-02-20T09:04:53Z")
1. Which film(s) have received the most awards? [QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I think _LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring_ was one. I’m guessing _Titanic_ is another… and we’ll say… heck, _Gone With the Wind_. [/QUOTE] It wasn’t GWTW ---
**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 20, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/405 "2008-02-20T15:37:00Z")
1. Ben-Hur 2. The Mahdi ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/406 "2008-02-21T03:55:00Z")
Now that **The Game Room** has been opened, I am going to move this thread. ---
**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 21, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/407 "2008-02-21T04:15:48Z")
Well, here are a couple questions to christen the forum. Hope everyone can find it. 1. Why was the Japanese WWII fighter plane referred to as the “Zero”? 2. This WWI General insisted on a five-course afternoon dinner followed by a nap even as his country was falling apart. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/408 "2008-02-21T04:17:40Z")
1. IIRC the plane was more fully the four zero model, because it began service in the year 1940. But because there was another aircraft already known as the four, the Zero became known by the second number. ---
**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 21, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/409 "2008-02-21T04:31:25Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 256. Jawaharlal Nehru [/QUOTE] Correct, and **Antonius Block** is correct as to Gromyko and “Chinese” Gordon, as is **silenus** as to the Mahdi. Gromyko’s political adroitness was legendary. A late Soviet-era joke has it that Mikhail Gorbachev is deposed, the monarchy is restored and a new Tsar takes power in Moscow. Gorbachev calls the Kremlin, is put through to the Tsar, and asks to be allowed to keep his dacha and a little bit of land to grow vegetables for his family. The Tsar puts his hand over the receiver and thoughtfully says, “I don’t know… what do you think, Gromyko?” ---
**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 21, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/410 "2008-02-21T04:38:16Z")
Anchors aweigh! 1. This British ocean liner sank under somewhat mysterious circumstances in Hong Kong harbor about 40 years ago. 2. This French ocean liner caught fire at a New York City pier during World War II, raising concerns about sabotage. 3. 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. 4. Churchill sailed aboard this battleship to meet FDR off the Canadian coast in 1941. 5. This was the Japanese battleship _Yamato_’s sister ship. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/411 "2008-02-21T04:44:35Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 264. This French ocean liner caught fire at a New York City pier during World War II, raising concerns about sabotage. 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. 266. Churchill sailed aboard this battleship to meet FDR off the Canadian coast in 1941. 267. This was the Japanese battleship _Yamato_’s sister ship. [/QUOTE] 1. _Queen Elizabeth I_ 2. _S.S. Normadie_ 3. _Great Western_, at the time she was built, the largest ship in the world. Also, has a reputation for being monstrously unlucky, and persistent rumors of a riveter and his boy built into the hull followed her her whole service life. 4. _HMS Prince of Wales_ 5. _Musashi_ 6. When the S.S. Normadie was salvaged, she was also renamed for US service. What was her name for US service? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/412 "2008-02-21T04:47:06Z")
1. The loss of this ship in the Baltic has lead to a Scandinavian conspiracy theory industry almost as vibrant as the _Loose Change_ people. ---
**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 21, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/413 "2008-02-21T05:05:06Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 263. _Queen Elizabeth I_ 264. _S.S. Normadie_ 265. _Great Western_, at the time she was built, the largest ship in the world. Also, has a reputation for being monstrously unlucky, and persistent rumors of a riveter and his boy built into the hull followed her her whole service life. 266. _HMS Prince of Wales_ 267. _Musashi_… [/QUOTE] I’m really going to have to start taking off points for spelling. 😛 It was the _Queen Elizabeth_ and the _Normandie_, yes. However, _Great Western_ is close, but incorrect. HMS _Prince of Wales_ and IJNS _Musashi_ are correct. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/414 "2008-02-21T05:09:01Z")
The embarrassing thing for me is that my poor spelling is consistent. I misspelled _Normandie_’s name the same way both times I used it. :o ---
**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 21, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/415 "2008-02-21T05:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 247. Ben-Hur [/QUOTE] Yes. Three way tie with 11 gongs each. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/416 "2008-02-21T08:40:38Z")
1. Estonia ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/417 "2008-02-21T10:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=Panurge] 269. Estonia [/QUOTE] 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 21, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/418 "2008-02-21T14:53:10Z")
1. Great _Northern_ ---
**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 21, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/419 "2008-02-21T15:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 261. IIRC the plane was more fully the four zero model, because it began service in the year 1940. But because there was another aircraft already known as the four, the Zero became known by the second number. [/QUOTE] Yes, but I thought that 1940 was a centennial year in the Japanese Calendar. ---
**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 22, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/420 "2008-02-22T04:35:37Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 265. Great _Northern_ [/QUOTE] Well, that’s two points of the compass… but again wrong. 😉 Who most notably said it? Bonus points for context. 1. “Everyone likes flattery, and when dealing with royalty, one must lay it on with a trowel.” 2. “Publish and be damned!” 3. “I will back the masses against the classes every time.” 4. “Who is this man who is neither one thing nor the other?” 5. “Something must be done for these people.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=22)