# 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:** 30
**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 11, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/581 "2008-03-11T03:46:54Z")
1. What was the Central Asian capital city of the Great Khans, to whom all the other Mongol khans paid tribute? Ulan Bator 2. What Burmese man served as Secretary General of the United Nations? U Thant 3. In the Sino-Japanese war, Japan robbed China of control over what tributary kingdom? Korea ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/582 "2008-03-11T04:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 375. The only Western European nation to be govern by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.) 1. This Eastern European country is of some notoriety for preserving the vast majority of its silent films, and as being a major source for the silent films of other countries. 2. This island is regarded as being the most isolated inhabited place in the world. [/QUOTE] 3. Italy. 4. Hungary? 5. I would have thought this would be Hawaii, but that’s more than one island. When I lived there, they were always pointing out how they were farther from anywhere than anywhere else. ---
**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 11, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/583 "2008-03-11T15:31:25Z")
**Danimal** is correct as to Organization Todt, George II (and yes, it was at Fontenoy), Voltaire (already correctly guessed by someone else, though), Thieu and Oradour. **An Gadai** is correct as to the Balaclava. More militaria. 1. This French defeat marked the beginning of the end of their Indochina rule. 2. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed concerted military action by what three countries? 3. What did Bismarck say he’d do if the British landed their army on the Continent? 4. This was “Breaker” Morant’s celebrated/notorious mounted unit. 5. This coastal city was the strategic focus of the Russo-Japanese War. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/584 "2008-03-11T15:39:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 385. This French defeat marked the beginning of the end of their Indochina rule. 386. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed concerted military action by what three countries? 387. What did Bismarck say he’d do if the British landed their army on the Continent? 388. This was “Breaker” Morant’s celebrated/notorious mounted unit. 389. This coastal city was the strategic focus of the Russo-Japanese War. [/QUOTE] 1. Britain, the United States and Israel 2. The Light Brigade? 3. Vladivostok ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/585 "2008-03-11T15:55:06Z")
1. The Bushveldt Carbineers. ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/586 "2008-03-11T16:51:22Z")
1. This French defeat marked the beginning of the end of their Indochina rule. Dien Bien Phu 2. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed concerted military action by what three countries? Britain, France and Israel. The U.S. stayed neutral in the matter. ---
**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 11, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/587 "2008-03-11T17:51:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] 388. The Bushveldt Carbineers. [/QUOTE] Correct. And **5 time champ** is correct as to his two answers. **RNATB** , alas, is incorrect as to his three answers. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/588 "2008-03-11T19:58:01Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 1. This coastal city was the strategic focus of the Russo-Japanese War. [/QUOTE] 2. Port Arthur. ---
**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 11, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/589 "2008-03-11T20:30:43Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] 389. Port Arthur. [/QUOTE] Quite so. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/590 "2008-03-12T04:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 382. What was the Central Asian capital city of the Great Khans, to whom all the other Mongol khans paid tribute? Ulan Bator 1. What Burmese man served as Secretary General of the United Nations? U Thant 2. In the Sino-Japanese war, Japan robbed China of control over what tributary kingdom? Korea [/QUOTE] Correct as to 383 and 384. Not correct on 382 (I think; Ulan Bator did not become the Mongol capital until after the lesser khanates fell). **Cunctator** nailed 380, the Tale of Genji. **RNATB** missed 382 and 383. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/591 "2008-03-12T09:01:27Z")
1. Samarkand, Tamerlane’s capital. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/592 "2008-03-12T11:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=Panurge] 382. Samarkand, Tamerlane’s capital. [/QUOTE] Did Tamerlane have lower Mongol khanates owing fealty to him? Do Tatars even count as Mongol? If so, then I suppose I must accept Samarkand as a right answer (though **RNATB** gave it first). Samarkand wasn’t what I had in mind, though; I was thinking of the 13th-century capital of the Great Khans. ---
**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 12, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/593 "2008-03-12T12:31:30Z")
Karakorum? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/594 "2008-03-12T13:36:33Z")
re. 382: I am not sure of my answer, I just tried to qualify my guess by mentioning Samarkand’s connection with Tamerlane. Otherwise the answer you are looking for might be Xanadu (Now Shang-Tu, 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:** [March 12, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/595 "2008-03-12T13:58:56Z")
1. This British king purposefully excluded his wife from his coronation. 2. This royal house trained cheetahs to assist in hunting. 3. Einstein held this government post when he did much of his early writing. 4. Machiavelli’s first name was \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 5. Emperor Hirohito intervened in the deliberations of this body to bring about the Japanese surrender in 1945. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/596 "2008-03-12T14:44:44Z")
1. Patent clerk 2. Niccolo ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/597 "2008-03-12T16:14:09Z")
1. George IV (His wife was Caroline of Brunswick, IIRC) 2. The Diet ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/598 "2008-03-12T17:47:15Z")
391: The Indian Mughal dynasty ---
**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 12, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/599 "2008-03-12T22:17:56Z")
**Cunctator** has 379. **Siam Sam** is wrong on all three counts. 1. Bismarck said that he would call a policeman and have him arrest it. ---
**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 12, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/600 "2008-03-12T23:36:16Z")
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