Actually, I’d heard that he and Ariel spent much of their honeymoon working on the next volume of their history.
So far, so good,
BTW, I think Burke’s best series is The Day the Universe Changed.
That must be a pretty cool class to be able to watch James Burke for half a semester.
@ Elendil’s Heir The Butch of Prague 
, why do I even bother previewing :smack: .
Qu’est-ce c’est Connections?
My biggest score this year was finding The Day The Universe Changed on DVD. My tapes were getting rather worn.
Never fear: The Butch of Prague.
- Schutzstaffel.
- A contraction of (my German is very bad, forgive me) Geheime Staatspolizei, or the like.
- Landsbau?
I believe that’s actually Geheimnisse Staatspolizei, or “Secret State Police.”
Okay, I worried that this might be too esoteric, so I think I will go ahead and tell you the answer: Henri Mouhot.
The funny thing is, a French missionary wrote of Angkor Wat a decade before Mouhot did, but his report did not even raise an eyebrow. (There had been other reports over the centuries, too, including by a Japanese pilgrim who drew detailed diagrams but actually thought he was in India!) Mouhot’s report caused quite a sensation. Must have been a better writer, but he also included lots of good illustrations. Paris went wild toasting him. Alas! He was already dead, having died near the old Lao royal capital of Luang Prabang.
And in one of those ironic twists of history, Mouhot’s tomb outside of Luang Prabang was itself lost, only to be rediscovered in 1990 by an NGO worker. I’ve taken some good photos of it. Looks like something out of, say, Time Bandits, like this huge white-marble tomb just landed in the middle of all this jungle from some portal.
BTW: Myself, I’ve been acting on the premise that even the questions should come from memory and not be looked up. Isn’t that what we’ve been doing in the US History thread?
Dang I was close, stupid er.
Some easy ones now.
- In which country is the world’s largest pyramid?
- Name six Celtic languages.
- How many provinces does Ireland have?
- What is the largest lake in the UK?
- What was the main battle in the Fenians’ abortive invasion of Canada?
- How old is the Eiffel Tower?
- What is the French term for the English Channel?
- In what country was science fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback born?
- What was Sojourner Truth’s first language?
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Mexico?
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26 + 6
- Welsh, Irish, Cornish, Manx, Gaelic, and Breton.
- I’m going to take a wild guess and say none. (Trick question? Doesn’t Ireland have “counties,” not “provinces”?)
I still have what I think is #124 out (although there was some confusion about numbering; may be a different number): 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?
This one I’m not giving up the answer so easily. There MUST be someone among us who knows.
See post #211
Ah yes, thank you. I completely missed that.
Elendil’s Heir, *Intolerence * is correct.
- Dutch. I have no idea how I know that.
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At a guess, five: Munster, Leinster, Ulster, Meath, and ?
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La manche
[157] Lough Neagh (Northern Ireland)
[159] 1889 [I remember the centennial as being 1989.]
[160] La Manche (“The Sleeve”)
[161] Luxembourg
and for cleanup on 146 (I don’t think this was cleared up), Heydrich was assassinated in Prague.
157- Correct
158- I asked how old it is, not year it was built but you’re correct!
160- Correct
161- Correct again!
Saratoga Sam got 160 too.
Zsofia you’re correct on 162
Governor Quinn got 155 correct.
Silenus got 154 correct.
Which leave 156 not answered correctly yet and 158 not answered at all yet.
Here’s one: 163. What actor, a 10 year Navy vet, and former star of a naval sit-com, was recently (2003-2006, somewhere in there) awarded an honorary promotion to CPO?