World History trivia quiz

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
310. As a young man, Churchill almost drowned when his rowboat drifted away from him while swimming in a lake in this country.
312. This was the codename for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
314. You can find this tiny country in the mountains between France and Spain.
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  1. South Africa
  2. Barbarossa
  3. Andorra
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[QUOTE=Panurge]
313. Voltaire
314. Andorra
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Correct.

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]

  1. South Africa

  2. Barbarossa

  3. Andorra
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  4. Incorrect.

  5. Correct.

  6. Correct.

484
  1. Boycott. I believe his first name was Thomas.
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[QUOTE=silenus]
311. Boycott. I believe his first name was Thomas.
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Right on the last name, and I believe you’re right on the first as well.

486
  1. Uganda?
487
  1. There’s an urban legend that he was rescued from drowning by Alexander Graham Fleming. No boats involved.
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Right on the last name, and I believe you’re right on the first as well.
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I believe his first name was Charles, actually. And if I recall correctly, he was the landlord’s agent.

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[QUOTE=Cunctator]
310. Uganda?
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No. And the Fleming story is B.S.

490
  1. He is the best-known non-Muslim explorer to visit Mecca in the Victorian era.
  2. The Great Mutiny in India was in this year.
  3. Given his name, you’d think this marshal of Napoleon’s would be a rather unpleasant person.
  4. Capt. Bligh of HMS Bounty was assigned to evaluate what as a possible food source?
  5. This was Churchill’s equivalent of the OSS.
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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
316. The Great Mutiny in India was in this year.
318. Capt. Bligh of HMS Bounty was assigned to evaluate what as a possible food source?
319. This was Churchill’s equivalent of the OSS.
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  1. 1892
  2. Humans, no?
  3. Bletchley Park, I suppose
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493

[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]
Right on the last name, and I believe you’re right on the first as well.
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I think it’s Charles.

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]
316. 1892
318. Humans, no?
319. Bletchley Park, I suppose
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All incorrect, sorry.

An Gadai is right on question 316; it was 1857. The Boycott question having been asked and answered, I checked Wiki, and it was indeed Charles.

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  1. He is the best-known non-Muslim explorer to visit Mecca in the Victorian era.
    Sir Richard Burton

  2. Given his name, you’d think this marshal of Napoleon’s would be a rather unpleasant person.
    Marshal Ney

496

Some more Irish ones since that’s all I know about lol.
320. Who was called the “uncrowned king of Ireland”?
321. What pre-Independence group’s motto was “We server neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland.”?
322. Where is Theobald Wolfe Tone buried?
323. In this part of County Cork Michael Collins was shot.
324. What symbol is on the back of all Irish Euro coins?

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  1. Breadfruit
  2. Harp
498

Correct on 324 silenus. :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=5 time champ]
315. He is the best-known non-Muslim explorer to visit Mecca in the Victorian era.
Sir Richard Burton

  1. Given his name, you’d think this marshal of Napoleon’s would be a rather unpleasant person.
    Marshal Ney
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  2. Yes.

  3. Hah! Hadn’t thought of him. Nice try, but guess again.

silenus is right about Bligh and breadfruit.

500
  1. Nicolas Chauvin