No.
Just kidding. Of course- that’s the point of the thread, and the more the merrier.
A-ha! I just remembered the answer to #13!
- Vedroy, Vidreuy, Voodroy…something like that. The only time I’ve ever run across the name is on a video that I show my class each year. I’ve never seen it spelled out. Some bizarre French spelling, I’m sure.
- Who lead the United Irishmen and how did he die?
- Theobald Wolfe Tone? Suicide?
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This World War II Norwegian leader’s name became synonymous with traitor.
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What is the capital city of Madagascar?
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What is the capital city of Lichtenstein (spelling might be wrong!)?
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This geographical area of Germany was considered the most likely area for a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.
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What is the modern name for Konigsberg?
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Vidkun Quisling
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Lichtenstein City?
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The Fulda Gap
- Vaduz
- Bavaria.
- Kaliningrad.
- and 27. go to Silenus.
- and 29 go to Really Not.
- Antanarivo (sp?)
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Who led South Africa during World War II?
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What is the last word in the bible?
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“All changed, changed utterly, a terrible beauty is born.” Name the poet and the poem.
Zsofia, close enough on 25!
Milton, *Paradise Lost * (I think)
Nope.
It has to be Irish, of course! I think W.B. Yeats, and “Sailing to Byzantium”.
Just checked on the 'net – I got the poet right, but it’s a different poem. I’ll see if anyone else remembers which poem without Googling.
Hey no checking, hehe.
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What 18th Century war between England and Spain was caused by (and named after) a body part?
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What treaty legitimitized Lutheranism in the German states?
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The ugliest monument in Rome is one to this 1st King of a united Italy.
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Who was often refered to as “The Prince of Humanists?”
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Who was Dante’s guide through Purgatory in “The Divine Comedy?”
- Amen.
or AMEN.
isn’t it…?
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da Vinci
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For some reason I’m thinking of the Roman poet Virgil, but that’s too random be right, right?
The War of Johnson’s Ear?