# 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:** 6
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/101 "2008-02-09T16:02:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 55. Winston Churchill said that the Iron Curtain ran between what two Eastern European cities? 56. Before the British Royal Family was called the House of Windsor, it was the House of \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_. [/QUOTE] 1. “From Stettin on the Baltic, to Trieste on the Adriatic…” 2. Stuart. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/102 "2008-02-09T16:03:57Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] I’d had the impression that in cases where the questioner had reason to doubt the accuracy of the intended answer Googling had been allowed, grudgingly, in the US History thread. [/QUOTE] Googling the answer to your _own_ question is fine - you don’t really have to share it unless it turns out there are fifty possible answers or something. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/103 "2008-02-09T16:31:25Z")
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**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:** [February 9, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/104 "2008-02-09T18:00:03Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 1. As thanks for aiding in his escape, Bonnie Prince Charlie gave the recipe for what to the MacKinnon family (supposedly)? [/QUOTE] 1. Drambuie ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/105 "2008-02-09T19:20:30Z")
Correct. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/106 "2008-02-09T22:55:04Z")
Correct answers as to the Khmer Rouge, Kampuchea, and the Tuol Sleng prison. Some more questions (limiting myself to five at a time, as in the other thread): 60. The Duke of Marlborough named his palace after a smashing victory he won. 61. This French officer was at the center of an anti-Semitic scandal in the late 1800s. 62. This great liberator of South America had an entire country named after him. 63. This man, of Indian heritage, was the first democratically-elected president of Mexico. 64. This Chinese admiral’s voyages took him as far as the African coast. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/107 "2008-02-09T22:59:41Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Correct answers as to the Khmer Rouge, Kampuchea, and the Tuol Sleng prison. Some more questions (limiting myself to five at a time, as in the other thread): 60. The Duke of Marlborough named his palace after a smashing victory he won. 61. This French officer was at the center of an anti-Semitic scandal in the late 1800s. 62. This great liberator of South America had an entire country named after him. . [/QUOTE] 1. Blenheim. 2. Alfred Dreyfus. 3. Simon Bolivar. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/108 "2008-02-09T23:11:35Z")
1. Benito Juarez ---
**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:** [February 9, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/109 "2008-02-09T23:22:45Z")
We are still missing correct answers for, or confirmation of correct answers to: 1. Who lead the United Irishmen and how did he die? 2. Who was often refered to as “The Prince of Humanists?” 3. There have been four lighthouses established on the Eddystone shoals near the mouth of the Thames. What happened to the first and second lighthouses? 4. Name the Holyday on which the earthquake happened. 5. What was the first legal distillery in Scotland? 6. Who led the translation of the Rosetta Stone? 7. Who was the last doge? The answer to #51 is Champollion. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/110 "2008-02-09T23:29:05Z")
Whoops, didn’t notice **Alessan** beat me. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/111 "2008-02-10T01:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] 60. Blenheim. 61. Alfred Dreyfus. 62. Simon Bolivar. [/QUOTE] All correct. And **silenus** is correct about Benito Juarez (after whom Ciudad Juarez is named). Since it’s been mentioned but not linked to, here’s the U.S. History trivia quiz thread: [U.S. History trivia quiz - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441644) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/112 "2008-02-10T01:38:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 64. This Chinese admiral’s voyages took him as far as the African coast. [/QUOTE] 1. Zheng He. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/113 "2008-02-10T03:04:27Z")
My as-yet unanswered question: 1. Who designed the iconic Porsche 911? I would give the answer but it was the first one in the thread and I want to see how far we get before someone gets it… And some new ones: 65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed? 66. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama? (looking for his given name, not agnomen). 67. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)? 68. How many verses make up the _Bhagavad Gita_? 69. Upon which of the Seven Hills was Rome originally founded, according to the story of Romulus and Remus? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/114 "2008-02-10T03:13:06Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 1. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama? (looking for his given name, not agnomen). [/QUOTE] That would be Scipio (at least according to Russell Crowe) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/115 "2008-02-10T03:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed? [/QUOTE] An eye? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/116 "2008-02-10T03:36:07Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] My as-yet unanswered question: 1. Who designed the iconic Porsche 911? I would give the answer but it was the first one in the thread and I want to see how far we get before someone gets it… And some new ones: 65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed? 66. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama? (looking for his given name, not agnomen). 67. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)? 68. How many verses make up the _Bhagavad Gita_? 69. Upon which of the Seven Hills was Rome originally founded, according to the story of Romulus and Remus? [/QUOTE] 1. Ferdinand Porsche? 2. Scipio the Younger (Africanus) 3. Capitoline? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/117 "2008-02-10T03:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **silenus** is correct about Benito Juarez (after whom Ciudad Juarez is named). [/QUOTE] as was Benito Mussolini. 1. Under which Roman emperor was St. Valentine martyred? What anatomical similarites did these people have in common? 71: Bela Lugosi & Lee Marvin 72: Mata Hari and Geronimo 73: impresario Billy Rose and King Farouk ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/118 "2008-02-10T03:44:59Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] 65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed? 67. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)? 68. How many verses make up the _Bhagavad Gita_? [/QUOTE] 1. Wasn’t it the Syrian Bull - a man-headed winged bull? 2. Anaeus No clue where he was from, though. 3. Lots and lots and lots 😉 4. RMS refers to what, when we’re talking about British merchant shipping? 5. Are there any remaining working RMS ships afloat today? (I’m using the word “working” to differentiate from any ships that may have the RMS designation solely for honorary reasons.) 6. The Turkish Dreadnought style battlecruiser _Yavuz_ is more famously known by another name. What was it? 7. What was the name of the other ship that became famous with the ship that would become the _Yavuz_? 8. Why is the wreck of the _HMS Victoria_ considered so unusual, and possibly unique? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/119 "2008-02-10T04:31:59Z")
1. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)? Aeneas fled the destruction of Troy ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/120 "2008-02-10T04:37:49Z")
They said it \*75. Bury the dead, feed the living. 1. The only place there is a vacuum is in Pascal’s head. 2. Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth. 3. An army marches on its stomach. [OK, attributed] 4. Paris is well worth a Mass.\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=7)