# 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:** 26
**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:** [March 1, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/501 "2008-03-01T00:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 316. The Great Mutiny in India was in this year. [/QUOTE] 1. 1. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/502 "2008-03-01T03:20:04Z")
1. OSS = SOE ---
**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:** [March 2, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/503 "2008-03-02T03:19:34Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] 317. Nicolas Chauvin [/QUOTE] Also wrong. Good guess, though. **Siam Sam** , IIRC the Great Mutiny was in 1857, as earlier guessed. **Tapioca Dextrin** , correct, but what does SOE stand for? 1. This German general is perhaps best known for his command of the Afrika Korps. 2. English freebooters called their raids on Spanish shipping “\_\_\_\_\_\_ the Spanish king’s \_\_\_\_\_\_.” 3. How was Kaiser Wilhelm II physically deformed? 4. This Spanish hero allegedly was lashed to his horse after he died, to inspire his troops. 5. This native woman notoriously assisted Cortes in his conquest of the Aztecs. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/504 "2008-03-02T03:22:44Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 325. This German general is perhaps best known for his command of the Afrika Korps. [/QUOTE] 1. Erwin Rommel ---
**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:** [March 2, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/505 "2008-03-02T03:40:50Z")
1. Tweaking (or singing) the Spanish king’s beard. 2. Whithered arm (wrenched out of its socket at birth) 3. El Cid ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/506 "2008-03-02T03:50:33Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. This native woman notoriously assisted Cortes in his conquest of the Aztecs. [/QUOTE] 2. La Malinche is the commonly-given name; will that do? 3. Grouchy. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/507 "2008-03-02T04:29:49Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Also wrong. Good guess, though. [/QUOTE] Hardly wrong then. Just not the answer that you had in mind when you wrote the question. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/508 "2008-03-02T04:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Siam Sam** , IIRC the Great Mutiny was in 1857, as earlier guessed. [/QUOTE] Eh, sorry. I thought that had been judged incorrect, but it was the 1892 answer that was judged so. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/509 "2008-03-02T05:18:24Z")
319: SOE= Special Operations Executive ---
**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:** [March 2, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/510 "2008-03-02T22:32:29Z")
All correct on all questions since my last post! ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/511 "2008-03-03T01:28:55Z")
Adding some questions that I don’t believe we’ve asked: 1. Who, in French politics, was “the man on the white horse?” 2. I’ve mentioned the Liberal Unionists in an earlier question; Why did they break away from the Liberal Party of the United Kingdom? 3. For most of 1919, a celebrity was head of government of a European state. Name him, where his celebrity came from, and the country. 4. Name the last new man (i.e., not counting previous incumbents) to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the House of Lords. 5. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/512 "2008-03-03T01:40:54Z")
1. [Paderewski](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Paderewski), Prime Minister of Poland and well-known pianist and composer. 2. Alexander Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, and then Lord Home of the Hirsel. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/513 "2008-03-03T01:41:43Z")
1. I’m guessing but I’d say that they broke away because the Liberal Party supported Home Rule for Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/514 "2008-03-03T01:45:39Z")
1. Correct. 2. Correct. 3. I should have phrased the question better. As Douglas-Home left the House of Lords more or less immediately after becoming Prime Minister, he wasn’t what I was thinking of. I meant someone in the House of Lords who made no attempt to leave the House of Lords. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/515 "2008-03-03T01:48:05Z")
1. Who, in French politics, was “the man on the white horse?” Napoleon III ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/516 "2008-03-03T02:07:55Z")
1. Incorrect, and, before further questions are asked, I am looking for the one most commonly referred to by that sobriquet. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/517 "2008-03-03T04:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Adding some questions that I don’t believe we’ve asked: 1. Who, in French politics, was “the man on the white horse?” 2. Name the last new man (i.e., not counting previous incumbents) to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the House of Lords. 3. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system? [/QUOTE] 4. Napoleon Bonaparte 5. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 6. Italy, but can’t remember name of inventor or broadcast system ---
**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:** [March 3, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/518 "2008-03-03T18:59:50Z")
1. Lord Palmerston, in the 1860s. The British monarchy. 1. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is “\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ of the Church of England.” 2. He was the last reigning British monarch to lead an army in battle. 3. Who was the first British monarch to hold the title “Emperor [or Empress] of India”? 4. Who was the last? 5. A military aide to the British sovereign is called what? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/519 "2008-03-03T19:01:09Z")
1. Queen Victoria ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/520 "2008-03-03T19:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 335. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is “\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ of the Church of England.” 337. Who was the first British monarch to hold the title “Emperor [or Empress] of India”? [/QUOTE] 1. Lady Protector? 2. Victoria [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=27)