World History trivia quiz

The Game Room
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  1. OSS = SOE
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Also wrong. Good guess, though.

Siam Sam, IIRC the Great Mutiny was in 1857, as earlier guessed.

Tapioca Dextrin, correct, but what does SOE stand for?

  1. This German general is perhaps best known for his command of the Afrika Korps.
  2. English freebooters called their raids on Spanish shipping “______ the Spanish king’s ______.”
  3. How was Kaiser Wilhelm II physically deformed?
  4. This Spanish hero allegedly was lashed to his horse after he died, to inspire his troops.
  5. This native woman notoriously assisted Cortes in his conquest of the Aztecs.
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  1. Erwin Rommel
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  1. Tweaking (or singing) the Spanish king’s beard.
  2. Whithered arm (wrenched out of its socket at birth)
  3. El Cid
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  1. La Malinche is the commonly-given name; will that do?

  2. Grouchy.

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Hardly wrong then. Just not the answer that you had in mind when you wrote the question.

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Eh, sorry. I thought that had been judged incorrect, but it was the 1892 answer that was judged so. :smack:

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319: SOE= Special Operations Executive

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All correct on all questions since my last post!

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Adding some questions that I don’t believe we’ve asked:

  1. Who, in French politics, was “the man on the white horse?”

  2. I’ve mentioned the Liberal Unionists in an earlier question; Why did they break away from the Liberal Party of the United Kingdom?

  3. For most of 1919, a celebrity was head of government of a European state. Name him, where his celebrity came from, and the country.

  4. Name the last new man (i.e., not counting previous incumbents) to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from the House of Lords.

  5. The earliest surviving television broadcasts come from what country, and use what type of broadcasting system?

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  1. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland and well-known pianist and composer.

  2. Alexander Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, and then Lord Home of the Hirsel.

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  1. I’m guessing but I’d say that they broke away because the Liberal Party supported Home Rule for Ireland.
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  1. Correct.

  2. Correct.

  3. I should have phrased the question better. As Douglas-Home left the House of Lords more or less immediately after becoming Prime Minister, he wasn’t what I was thinking of. I meant someone in the House of Lords who made no attempt to leave the House of Lords.

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  1. Who, in French politics, was “the man on the white horse?”
    Napoleon III
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  1. Incorrect, and, before further questions are asked, I am looking for the one most commonly referred to by that sobriquet.
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  1. Napoleon Bonaparte

  2. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

  3. Italy, but can’t remember name of inventor or broadcast system

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  1. Lord Palmerston, in the 1860s.

The British monarchy.

  1. Among her many titles, Queen Elizabeth II is “_____ _____ of the Church of England.”
  2. He was the last reigning British monarch to lead an army in battle.
  3. Who was the first British monarch to hold the title “Emperor [or Empress] of India”?
  4. Who was the last?
  5. A military aide to the British sovereign is called what?
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  1. Queen Victoria
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  1. Lady Protector?
  2. Victoria