# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/641 "2008-03-17T22:31:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 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 \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_.” [/QUOTE] 1. I thought it was pink, not red. 2. . . . **Maxim** gun and they have not. ---
**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 18, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/642 "2008-03-18T00:23:15Z")
[QUOTE=Alive At Both Ends] The Baird 30-line electromechanical system. [/QUOTE] And **Alive At Both Ends** gets it. **Siam Sam** , **silenus** : It isn’t France. The Communists (IIRC) didn’t have any ministers in the Blum governments, and, while Communists have participated in several governments, they have never been the dominant force. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/643 "2008-03-18T02:31:21Z")
Two old ones from **silenus** that I don’t think anybody ever got. > [@](#): > > 1. Who was often refered to as “The Prince of Humanists?” Not sure about this one, but my best guess is Desiderius Erasmus. > [@](#): > > 1. What was the first name of the ship Francis Drake sailed around the world? This one I know for certain: the _Pelican_. ---
**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 18, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/644 "2008-03-18T04:34:24Z")
Yes to both for the double! ---
**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 18, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/645 "2008-03-18T09:39:31Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] 377. What did the Count de Chambord demand that may have been the reason he never became King of France? [/QUOTE] If I’ve got the right guy in mind, he was a few decades post-Revolution, and wanted France to abandon the Revolutionary _tricolor_ (Red White & Blue) flag and use his dynastic one. No dice. [QUOTE=Danimal] 407. Which war was settled by the Treaty of Shimonoseki? [/QUOTE] ISTR that this was a war between Japan and China at the end of the 19th Century _[I don’t remember if it had a catchier name than that, however…]_. The main result was that Korea was recognized by both parties as an independent country. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/646 "2008-03-18T12:35:01Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block] ISTR that this was a war between Japan and China at the end of the 19th Century _[I don’t remember if it had a catchier name than that, however…]_. The main result was that Korea was recognized by both parties as an independent country. [/QUOTE] You are correct. Although in reality, Korea was subjected to Japan and was formally annexed not too long after. Appropriately enough for a war between Japan and China, it is usually called the Sino-Japanese War. ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/647 "2008-03-18T14:40:15Z")
[QUOTE=Alive At Both Ends] 412. Red 413. “Whatever happens, we have got the Gatling Gun, and they have not.” 414. Rudyard Kipling 415. Leopold 416. Viceroy [/QUOTE] 1. Yes, although **Danimal** is correct that pink was also often used. 2. Almost. **Danimal** is right about the Maxim gun. 3. Righto. 4. Yup. 5. You got it. Some questions about T.E. Lawrence. 1. T.E. Lawrence won this nickname for his efforts during WWI. 2. This was his best-known book. 3. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened? 4. This American journalist most notably celebrated his exploits. 5. How did Lawrence die? ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/648 "2008-03-18T14:51:49Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 417. T.E. Lawrence won this nickname for his efforts during WWI. 418. This was his best-known book. 419. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened? 420. This American journalist most notably celebrated his exploits. 421. How did Lawrence die? [/QUOTE] 1. Lawrence of Arabia 2. Married off to the wife of a local headman, or somesuch? 3. Legionnaires’ disease (yes, WAG) ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/649 "2008-03-18T15:43:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] 400. How many double dissolutions have there been of the Commonwealth Parliament since federation? 401. And how many of them were followed by a joint sitting of both houses? [/QUOTE] 1. Two, I believe? 2. I’m quite sure there’s only been one. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/650 "2008-03-18T16:29:50Z")
1. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom 2. Motorcycle accident ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/651 "2008-03-18T17:55:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 419. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened? [/QUOTE] Rape? Some questions on the Vikings… 1. In the Viking pantheon, who was the god of mischief and chaos? 2. What new name did northeastern England receive during the early Middle Ages to reflect the dominance of Vikings from Denmark and their legal system? 3. What was the name of the Byzantine Emperor’s elite Viking mercenary unit? 4. What was the name for the Vikings’ pioneering naval hull-construction technique, consisting of overlapping strakes rather than edge-to-edge strakes? 5. Where was the last Viking invasion of England met and defeated? ---
**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 18, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/652 "2008-03-18T18:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=Danimal] 422. In the Viking pantheon, who was the god of mischief and chaos? 1. What new name did northeastern England receive during the early Middle Ages to reflect the dominance of Vikings from Denmark and their legal system? 2. Where was the last Viking invasion of England met and defeated? [/QUOTE] 3. Loki 4. The Danelaw 5. York ---
**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 18, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/653 "2008-03-18T20:25:14Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 417. Lawrence of Arabia 419. Married off to the wife of a local headman, or somesuch? 421. Legionnaires’ disease (yes, WAG) [/QUOTE] 1. Yes. 2. No. 3. No ( **Panurge** has it right, and 418 too). **Danimal** is right about 419, Lawrence’s alleged rape by his Ottoman captors. My sole guess this time… 1. Clinker-built? ---
**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 18, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/654 "2008-03-18T20:35:42Z")
1. The Varangian Guard (otherwise known today as the Keldara.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/655 "2008-03-18T21:31:32Z")
[QUOTE=Hypnagogic Jerk] 400. Two, I believe? [/quote] Incorrect > [@Hypnagogic Jerk](#): > > 1. I’m quite sure there’s only been one. Correct. The only joint sitting thus far has been the one following the double dissolution in 1974. ---
**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 18, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/656 "2008-03-18T22:09:27Z")
1. The Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/657 "2008-03-18T23:31:15Z")
By Odin, that didn’t take you all long! [QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 422. Loki 423. The Danelaw 426. York [/QUOTE] 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Er, half-credit. It was _near_ York, yes. [QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 425. Clinker-built? [/QUOTE] Right. **Silenus** is correct on Stamford Bridge and the Varangian Guard. Operations and codes of World War II… 1. Operation Moonlight Sonata was the German night bombing attack on what city? 2. What was the objective of Operation Fortitude? 3. “Climb Mount Niitaka” was the Japanese code word to attack what target? 4. By what name was Germany’s principal military cipher known? 5. What was the German codename for the never-implemented invasion plan against Czechoslovakia? ---
**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 18, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/658 "2008-03-18T23:37:27Z")
1. Coventry 2. Pearl Harbor 3. Enigma ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/659 "2008-03-19T00:14:12Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 427. Coventry 429. Pearl Harbor 430. Enigma [/QUOTE] Three for three! ---
**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 19, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/660 "2008-03-19T03:30:11Z")
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