# 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:** 31
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/601 "2008-03-12T23:37:11Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 1. Bismarck said that he would call a policeman and have him arrest it. [/QUOTE] That, of course, should be 387. :smack: ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/602 "2008-03-12T23:59:14Z")
1. The only Western European nation to be govern by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.) _Albania…Albania…you border on the A-dri-atic…_😛 ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/603 "2008-03-13T02:50:42Z")
1. That’s odd. I could have sworn that Italy was governed by the Communist Party at one point. Was it France? I don’t think Albania is really Western Europe. ---
**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 13, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/604 "2008-03-13T03:51:57Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] 392. Patent clerk 393. Niccolo [/QUOTE] Both correct. **want2know** is correct about George IV (her non-invitation caused quite a scene when she tried to crash the coronation anyway), but incorrect as to the Japanese Diet. **Panurge** is correct about the Mughals and their hunting cheetahs, as is **Governor Quinn** about Bismarck’s sarcastic dismissal of the insignificant (to him) British Army. ---
**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 13, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/605 "2008-03-13T07:00:27Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] Wild guess: Bohemond of Taranto? [/QUOTE] Nope. Hint: it was much more recent than that. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/606 "2008-03-13T21:52:56Z")
1. I know Akbar the Great of India had tons and tons of cheetahs, is that it? 2. The Imperial Council? ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/607 "2008-03-14T18:04:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] 391. I know Akbar the Great of India had tons and tons of cheetahs, is that it? 1. The Imperial Council? [/QUOTE] 2. He was one of them, yes. **Panurge** got it earlier. 3. No. Here are some more. 1. Samurai without lords were called \_\_\_\_\_\_. 2. Iwo Jima was returned to Japanese jurisdiction during the Presidency of this American leader. 3. The big guns of this fortified British-held city were pointing the wrong way when an enemy attacked during WWII. 4. This dish took its name from a month in the Revolutionary French calendar. 5. Oliver Cromwell was backed up by his \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ Army. ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/608 "2008-03-14T18:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 395. Samurai without lords were called \_\_\_\_\_\_. 397. The big guns of this fortified British-held city were pointing the wrong way when an enemy attacked during WWII. 399. Oliver Cromwell was backed up by his \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ Army. [/QUOTE] 1. Ronin 2. Somewhere near Israel/Palestine… Tyre? 3. New Model ---
**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 14, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/609 "2008-03-14T18:14:40Z")
1. Singapore 2. Lobster Thermidor ---
**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 15, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/610 "2008-03-15T01:30:25Z")
1. Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/611 "2008-03-15T05:40:59Z")
Some Australian political history: 1. How many double dissolutions have there been of the Commonwealth Parliament since federation? 2. And how many of them were followed by a joint sitting of both houses? ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/612 "2008-03-15T16:36:02Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Karakorum? [/QUOTE] That’s right. Some cursory research in Wikipedia tells me that Tamerlane did not claim the title Great Khan, only Emir. Ergo, I think Samarkand doesn’t qualify as a capital of the Great Khans, unless somebody other than Tamerlane ruled from there with that title. ---
**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 15, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/613 "2008-03-15T18:16:43Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] That’s right. Some cursory research in Wikipedia tells me that Tamerlane did not claim the title Great Khan, only Emir. Ergo, I think Samarkand doesn’t qualify as a capital of the Great Khans, unless somebody other than Tamerlane ruled from there with that title. [/QUOTE] According to this page, Kublai Khan established his capital at Tatu/Beijing, so that would count too, right? [http://www.voyagemongolie.com/Index\_fichiers/History\_Mongolia\_mongolian\_empire.htm](http://www.voyagemongolie.com/Index_fichiers/History_Mongolia_mongolian_empire.htm) (I’ve actually forgotten what the wording of the original question was…) ---
**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 15, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/614 "2008-03-15T18:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 395. Ronin 397. Somewhere near Israel/Palestine… Tyre? 399. New Model [/QUOTE] 1. Correct. 2. Incorrect. 3. Correct. **Silenus** and **Governor Quinn** were correct as to their answers. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/615 "2008-03-15T20:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] According to this page, Kublai Khan established his capital at Tatu/Beijing, so that would count too, right? [http://www.voyagemongolie.com/Index\_fichiers/History\_Mongolia\_mongolian\_empire.htm](http://www.voyagemongolie.com/Index_fichiers/History_Mongolia_mongolian_empire.htm) (I’ve actually forgotten what the wording of the original question was…) [/QUOTE] Looks like you’re right, especially given that it says Kublai defeated his rival Great Khan from Karakorum. It was a poorly phrased question. My apologies. Some more, hopefully better questions… 1. Who was the head of Stalin’s NKVD secret police during and after World War II? 2. What was the capital city of Grand Duke Vladimir, the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity? 3. What was the decisive battle of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden? 4. Who was the only Soviet premier to have previously served as director of the KGB? 5. What was the name of the treaty by which Lenin’s Bolshevist government made peace with Germany in World War I? ---
**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 15, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/616 "2008-03-15T20:57:41Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] Looks like you’re right, especially given that it says Kublai defeated his rival Great Khan from Karakorum. It was a poorly phrased question. My apologies. Some more, hopefully better questions… 1. Who was the head of Stalin’s NKVD secret police during and after World War II? 2. What was the capital city of Grand Duke Vladimir, the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity? 3. What was the decisive battle of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden? 4. Who was the only Soviet premier to have previously served as director of the KGB? 5. What was the name of the treaty by which Lenin’s Bolshevist government made peace with Germany in World War I? [/QUOTE] 406- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/617 "2008-03-15T21:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 402. Who was the head of Stalin’s NKVD secret police during and after World War II? 1. What was the capital city of Grand Duke Vladimir, the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity? 2. Who was the only Soviet premier to have previously served as director of the KGB? [/QUOTE] 3. Wasn’t this Beria? 4. Kiev, I think… 5. I’m going to guess Yuri Andropov. And ISTR the rumors running hard and fast for the link between that, and his death after such a short time in the top seat. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/618 "2008-03-16T01:39:09Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] 402. Wasn’t this Beria? 1. Kiev, I think… 2. I’m going to guess Yuri Andropov. And ISTR the rumors running hard and fast for the link between that, and his death after such a short time in the top seat. [/QUOTE] Correct on all three ( **Lavrenti** Beria, to be precise). **An Gadai** is correct on the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. ---
**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 16, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/619 "2008-03-16T02:07:04Z")
1. Poltava 2. Andropov ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/620 "2008-03-16T12:56:10Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 404. Poltava 405. Andropov [/QUOTE] 1. Yes. 2. Correct, but **OtakuLoki** already got this one. More treaties: 1. Which war was settled by the Treaty of Shimonoseki? 2. After World War I, what treaty required the newly independent nation of Hungary to cede Transylvania to Romania? 3. In the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years’ War, Spain finally recognized the independence of what former imperial possession? 4. Whose succession to the throne of Austria was guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction? 5. What two foreign ministers signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=32)