# 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:** 8
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/141 "2008-02-10T19:36:25Z")
1. This top Nazi flew to the UK on a harebrained peace mission. That would be Rudolf Hess 2. This French finance minister was a key supporter of the American Revolution. Colbert ? or am I 100 years too early 3. After capturing it, what did the North Vietnamese rename Saigon? Ho Chi Minh City ---
**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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/142 "2008-02-10T19:53:25Z")
AKA [I think everything is spelled close enough to be correct] 92 Ras Tasfari 93 Temijen 94 Timbur the Lame 95 Marie Francois Arouet 96 George Gordon ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/143 "2008-02-10T19:54:54Z")
[QUOTE=Alessan] 88. Goebbels. He ended up in the Tower of London. [/QUOTE] Goebbels committed suicide in Hitler’s bunker. The correct answer is Rudolf Hess, who ended up in Spandau prison in Berlin. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/144 "2008-02-10T19:56:21Z")
[QUOTE=bmoak] 90) Roald Asmussen? [/QUOTE] Roald Amundsen. ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/145 "2008-02-10T20:11:40Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] AKA [I think everything is spelled close enough to be correct] 92 Ras Tasfari 93 Temijen 94 Timbur the Lame 95 Marie Francois Arouet 96 George Gordon [/QUOTE] 1. Helie Selassie 2. Ghengis Khan 3. 4. Voltaire 5. 6. Jacques Necker ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/146 "2008-02-10T20:23:41Z")
1. Tamerlane ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/147 "2008-02-10T20:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 71. Then I’d say no, the Royal Mail is entirely carried by train, truck or airplane nowadays. [/QUOTE] 1. Incorrect, again. This is a huge corner case, though. There is one ship, _RMS St. Helena_, which is the only regular, scheduled link between the outside world and the Island of St. Helena. I will admit, however, that she is going to be retired in a few short years, when the airstrip on the island is finished. ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/148 "2008-02-10T23:04:07Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Yes, but I need his first name too. There were two Roman generals of note named Scipio - Africanus, the famous one we’re looking for, and a less well known fellow who led a legion in Britain. [/QUOTE] Jeez, make me break out my reference books, why don’t you? **Publio Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus**. Happy? 😃 Oh, and 96. **Lord Byron**. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/149 "2008-02-10T23:20:48Z")
1. Orde Wingate. 2. The Duke of London. ---
**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 11, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/150 "2008-02-11T01:11:46Z")
Correct about the Duke of London, Rudolf Hess, Roald Amundsen, and Ho Chi Minh City. Incorrect about the French finance minister. A hint: a town in Vermont is named after him. **silenus** , you’re just joking about looking in reference books, right? :dubious: 1. “Chinese” ---
**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 11, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/151 "2008-02-11T01:20:31Z")
If this were a school day, “maybe.” All my reference books are in my classroom, I’m afraid. 😃 ---
**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 11, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/152 "2008-02-11T03:30:20Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Incorrect about the French finance minister. A hint: a town in Vermont is named after him. [/QUOTE] 1. Montpelier? ---
**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 11, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/153 "2008-02-11T03:37:07Z")
AKA: 92-96 are all correctly answered ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/154 "2008-02-11T03:43:34Z")
1. Ferdinand Porsche’s kid. Junior? Fred? Frank? New question: 1. Who was the curiously named military leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Every damn main boulevard in every podunk town in Chile seems to be named after the guy. ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/155 "2008-02-11T04:17:37Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] 97. Who was the curiously named military leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Every damn main boulevard in every podunk town in Chile seems to be named after the guy. [/QUOTE] That **has** to be Bernardo O’Higgins. ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/156 "2008-02-11T04:27:17Z")
1. This Italian born French Queen is credited with introducing the fork to common tablesettings. 2. What was the name given to Bismarck’s “war” against the Catholic Church’s influence in Germany? 3. The “Final Solution” to the Jewish Problem was decided at what conference? ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/157 "2008-02-11T04:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] 98. This Italian born French Queen is credited with introducing the fork to common tablesettings. [/QUOTE] 1. Catherine de Medicis, wife of I think it was Henry II. ---
**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 11, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/158 "2008-02-11T05:13:09Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] 89. Montpelier? [/QUOTE] No. 1. The Wannsee Conference. ---
**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 11, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/159 "2008-02-11T05:16:00Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] No. 1. The Wannsee Conference. [/QUOTE] Burlington? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759/160 "2008-02-11T05:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] That **has** to be Bernardo O’Higgins. [/QUOTE] You are correct, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-history-trivia-quiz/436759.md?page=9)