# 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:** 25
**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 28, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/481 "2008-02-28T14:20:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 310. As a young man, Churchill almost drowned when his rowboat drifted away from him while swimming in a lake in this country. 312. This was the codename for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. 314. You can find this tiny country in the mountains between France and Spain. [/QUOTE] 1. South Africa 2. Barbarossa 3. Andorra ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/482 "2008-02-28T14:32:42Z")
[QUOTE=Panurge] 313. Voltaire 314. Andorra [/QUOTE] Correct. ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/483 "2008-02-28T14:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 1. South Africa 2. Barbarossa 3. Andorra [/QUOTE] 4. Incorrect. 5. Correct. 6. 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 28, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/484 "2008-02-28T14:47:23Z")
1. Boycott. I believe his first name was Thomas. ---
**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 28, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/485 "2008-02-28T14:52:48Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 311. Boycott. I believe his first name was Thomas. [/QUOTE] Right on the last name, and I believe you’re right on the first as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/486 "2008-02-29T04:20:08Z")
1. Uganda? ---
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1. There’s an urban legend that he was rescued from drowning by Alexander Graham Fleming. No boats involved. ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] > [@silenus](#): > > 1. Boycott. I believe his first name was Thomas. Right on the last name, and I believe you’re right on the first as well. [/QUOTE] I believe his first name was Charles, actually. And if I recall correctly, he was the landlord’s agent. ---
**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 29, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/489 "2008-02-29T06:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] 310. Uganda? [/QUOTE] No. And the Fleming story is B.S. ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/490 "2008-02-29T16:05:20Z")
1. He is the best-known non-Muslim explorer to visit Mecca in the Victorian era. 2. The Great Mutiny in India was in this year. 3. Given his name, you’d think this marshal of Napoleon’s would be a rather unpleasant person. 4. Capt. Bligh of HMS _Bounty_ was assigned to evaluate what as a possible food source? 5. This was Churchill’s equivalent of the OSS. ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 316. The Great Mutiny in India was in this year. 318. Capt. Bligh of HMS _Bounty_ was assigned to evaluate what as a possible food source? 319. This was Churchill’s equivalent of the OSS. [/QUOTE] 1. 1892 2. Humans, no? 3. Bletchley Park, I suppose ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/492 "2008-02-29T16:10:20Z")
1. 1. ---
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Right on the last name, and I believe you’re right on the first as well. [/QUOTE] I think it’s Charles. ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/494 "2008-02-29T16:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 316. 1892 318. Humans, no? 319. Bletchley Park, I suppose [/QUOTE] All incorrect, sorry. **An Gadai** is right on question 316; it was 1857. The Boycott question having been asked and answered, I checked Wiki, and it was indeed Charles. ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/495 "2008-02-29T16:26:03Z")
1. He is the best-known non-Muslim explorer to visit Mecca in the Victorian era. Sir Richard Burton 2. Given his name, you’d think this marshal of Napoleon’s would be a rather unpleasant person. Marshal Ney ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/496 "2008-02-29T16:28:36Z")
Some more Irish ones since that’s all I know about lol. 320. Who was called the “uncrowned king of Ireland”? 321. What pre-Independence group’s motto was “We server neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland.”? 322. Where is Theobald Wolfe Tone buried? 323. In this part of County Cork Michael Collins was shot. 324. What symbol is on the back of all Irish Euro coins? ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/497 "2008-02-29T16:30:13Z")
1. Breadfruit 2. Harp ---
**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 29, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/498 "2008-02-29T16:33:45Z")
Correct on 324 **silenus**. 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/499 "2008-02-29T20:02:56Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 315. He is the best-known non-Muslim explorer to visit Mecca in the Victorian era. Sir Richard Burton 1. Given his name, you’d think this marshal of Napoleon’s would be a rather unpleasant person. Marshal Ney [/QUOTE] 2. Yes. 3. Hah! Hadn’t thought of him. Nice try, but guess again. **silenus** is right about Bligh and breadfruit. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/500 "2008-03-01T00:48:16Z")
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