World History trivia quiz

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[QUOTE=silenus]
119. Who was the founder of the “Council of Blood?”
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  1. I know it’s wrong, but it would be so delicious for the answer to have been Elizabet Bathori.

So, my addition:

  1. By what title is Elizabet Bathori most well known to posterity, and why would she have been a perfect founder of something called “The Council of Blood?”
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  1. This was the second VTOL-capable fighter to enter service.
  2. Although it never entered full scale production, the surviving prototype of this tank is the largest ever built.
  3. Who was the Captain (Kommandant) of the battleship Bismarck?
  4. Who directed the pro-Klan film Birth of a Nation?
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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]
124. By what title is Elizabet Bathori most well known to posterity, and why would she have been a perfect founder of something called “The Council of Blood?”
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She imprisoned local peasant girls and drew and drank their blood.

Dunno what she’s called, though - Countess Dracula?

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[QUOTE=silenus]
120. What was the first name of the ship Francis Drake sailed around the world?

  1. What family did Pope Leo X come from?
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  2. The Golden Hind?

  3. The Medicis

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
She imprisoned local peasant girls and drew and drank their blood.

Dunno what she’s called, though - Countess Dracula?
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Actually, she bathed in their blood, not drank it. But, certainly close enough.

As for the title, you’re incorrect, though I believe she was related to Vlad Tepes, certainly from the same general area.

And the name of the captain of the Bismark is hiding just out of reach in the back of my head, dammit. Maybe it’ll come to me before trying to remember drives me nuts today. :wink:

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
115. This was the codename of the never-implemented German plan to invade the UK during WW2.
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  1. Barbarossa?
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[QUOTE=silenus]
121. What family did Pope Leo X come from?
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  1. The Borgias?
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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
123. Who directed the pro-Klan film Birth of a Nation?
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  1. DW Griffith

As a follow-up question: 124. What was the name of DW Griffith’s follow-up film the next year, which he made in response to charges of racism in The Birth of a Nation?

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  1. Who was the first president of the Irish republic?
    Eamon deValera

  2. Who directed the pro-Klan film Birth of a Nation?
    DW Griffith

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121: The Medici family. (His name was Giovanni Medici, I think)

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
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124. What was the name of DW Griffith’s follow-up film the next year, which he made in response to charges of racism in The Birth of a Nation?
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Intolerance.

silenus is correct about Operation Sealion. OtakuLoki is correct about the Showa emperor.

My guesses:

  1. The foolishly gargantuan and ironically-named Nazi tank Maus.
  2. Lutjens.
  3. Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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[QUOTE=5 time champ]
122. Who was the first president of the Irish republic?
Eamon deValera

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It definitely wasn’t Eamon DeValera. Was it Douglas Hyde?

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We have got mixed up on numbers I do believe.

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
123. DW Griffith

As a follow-up question: 124. What was the name of DW Griffith’s follow-up film the next year, which he made in response to charges of racism in The Birth of a Nation?
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Correct.

Gentleman’s Agreement?

Please refer to the above questions as 124-127- simulpost.

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
121. The foolishly gargantuan and ironically-named Nazi tank Maus.
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Yes. (n/k/a question 125.)

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]

Gentleman’s Agreement?
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No.

So my question is #128?

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
120. The Golden Hind?
121. The Medicis
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No and yes.

[QUOTE=5 time champ]
122. Who was the first president of the Irish republic?
Eamon deValera
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No.

An Gadai got it right.

Elendil’s Heir got #123 correct.

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I’m going to take a wild-ass guess on #73 and say Graf Spee?

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[QUOTE=silenus]
I’m going to take a wild-ass guess on #73 and say Graf Spee?
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Nope. Wrong war.
129. Speaking of the Graf Spee - name one of her two sister ships.

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]
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129. Speaking of the Graf Spee - name one of her two sister ships.
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Hipper and Deutschland?