# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Themenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@Themenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themenin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/621 "2008-03-16T14:17:44Z")
1. What two foreign ministers signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939? Molotov and Ribbentrop ---
**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, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/622 "2008-03-16T14:18:01Z")
1. The Netherlands 2. Molotov and…I forget the German’s name. ---
**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, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/623 "2008-03-16T14:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=Themenin] 411. What two foreign ministers signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939? Molotov and Ribbentrop [/QUOTE] Correct, Vyachezlav Molotov and Joachim von Ribbentrop. ---
**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, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/624 "2008-03-16T14:30:24Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 409. The Netherlands [/QUOTE] Correct. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/625 "2008-03-16T14:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 407. Which war was settled by the Treaty of Shimonoseki? [/QUOTE] 1. I’m going to guess that this was the treaty that ended the 1905 Russo-Japanese War. ---
**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 16, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/626 "2008-03-16T15:29:44Z")
1. After World War I, what treaty required the newly independent nation of Hungary to cede Transylvania to Romania? I’ll go with the obvious, Treaty of Versailles 2. Whose succession to the throne of Austria was guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction? Maria Theresa ? ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/627 "2008-03-16T18:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 408. After World War I, what treaty required the newly independent nation of Hungary to cede Transylvania to Romania? I’ll go with the obvious, Treaty of Versailles 1. Whose succession to the throne of Austria was guaranteed by the Pragmatic Sanction? Maria Theresa ? [/QUOTE] 2. Not so, I’m afraid. 3. You got it! **OtakuLoki** , good guess, but wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/628 "2008-03-16T20:04:15Z")
1. The Treaty of Trianon? ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/629 "2008-03-16T22:00:14Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] 408. The Treaty of Trianon? [/QUOTE] Right! ---
**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 17, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/630 "2008-03-17T00:38:02Z")
Rather than post new questions, I have decided to repost every question that I have asked in this thread and have not received a correct answer for. 1. The British Army suffered two major defeats slightly a year apart from one another, in 1879 and 1880. What were they? (Note: Isandlwana is one of the answers, and has been guessed. What the other?) 2. For what group did Cecil Rhodes organize the Jameson Raid? 3. What were they doing in the South African Republic? (I have altered wording of the previous two questions to make them clear and in response to correct answers.) 1. Who, in French politics, was “the man on the white horse?” 2. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system? 3. The only Western European nation to be governed by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.) 4. 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. 5. What did the Count de Chambord demand that may have been the reason he never became King of France? If I receive no correct answers in the next few days, I will answer these questions myself. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/631 "2008-03-17T00:44:01Z")
1. I know there’s some British stuff recorded on gramophone records. Is that what you’re looking for? ---
**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 17, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/632 "2008-03-17T00:46:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] 334. I know there’s some British stuff recorded on gramophone records. Is that what you’re looking for? [/QUOTE] Yes, the material is British, and on records. Now, what process of television broadcasting was being used? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/633 "2008-03-17T01:59:19Z")
Well, I don’t know _that_! ---
**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 17, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/634 "2008-03-17T04:12:50Z")
1. The only Western European nation to be governed by Communists. (Hint: It has already shown up in this thread.) France under Leon Blum (Popular Front). I mentioned this in lecture Friday, so it may be regarded as “using references” as I refered to my class notes. ---
**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 17, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/635 "2008-03-17T04:16:54Z")
I guessed France, too, as my second choice since it wasn’t Italy but have not heard back. Post #603. ---
**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 17, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/636 "2008-03-17T14:22:32Z")
Ah, Imperialism! 1. The British Empire was usually shown on maps of the period in which color? 2. Complete this imperialist doggerel: “Whatever happens, we have got the \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_, and they \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_.” 3. He was called the “poet laureate of imperialism.” 4. The minions of this king shockingly exploited the Belgian Congo. 5. The top British civil official in India held this title. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/637 "2008-03-17T14:37:46Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Yes, the material is British, and on records. Now, what process of television broadcasting was being used? [/QUOTE] The Baird 30-line electromechanical system. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/638 "2008-03-17T14:48:01Z")
1. Red 2. “Whatever happens, we have got the Gatling Gun, and they have not.” 3. Rudyard Kipling 4. Leopold 5. Viceroy ---
**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 17, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/639 "2008-03-17T15:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 416. The top British civil official in India held this title. [/QUOTE] Governours-general. The Viceroys were all drawn from the peerage. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/640 "2008-03-17T21:41:31Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Governours-general. The Viceroys were all drawn from the peerage. [/QUOTE] Not all of them. Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy from 1864 to 1869, was not a peer during his term as Viceroy. He was raised to the peerage after his term was finished. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=33)