World History trivia quiz

The Game Room
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  1. I thought it was pink, not red.
  2. . . . Maxim gun and they have not.
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And Alive At Both Ends gets it.

Siam Sam, silenus: It isn’t France. The Communists (IIRC) didn’t have any ministers in the Blum governments, and, while Communists have participated in several governments, they have never been the dominant force.

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Two old ones from silenus that I don’t think anybody ever got.

Not sure about this one, but my best guess is Desiderius Erasmus.

This one I know for certain: the Pelican.

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Yes to both for the double!

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If I’ve got the right guy in mind, he was a few decades post-Revolution, and wanted France to abandon the Revolutionary tricolor (Red White & Blue) flag and use his dynastic one. No dice.

ISTR that this was a war between Japan and China at the end of the 19th Century [I don’t remember if it had a catchier name than that, however…]. The main result was that Korea was recognized by both parties as an independent country.

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You are correct. Although in reality, Korea was subjected to Japan and was formally annexed not too long after.

Appropriately enough for a war between Japan and China, it is usually called the Sino-Japanese War.

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  1. Yes, although Danimal is correct that pink was also often used.
  2. Almost. Danimal is right about the Maxim gun.
  3. Righto.
  4. Yup.
  5. You got it.

Some questions about T.E. Lawrence.

  1. T.E. Lawrence won this nickname for his efforts during WWI.
  2. This was his best-known book.
  3. Lawrence wrote about what experience at the hands of the Ottoman Turks that most historians now believe never happened?
  4. This American journalist most notably celebrated his exploits.
  5. How did Lawrence die?
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  1. Lawrence of Arabia
  2. Married off to the wife of a local headman, or somesuch?
  3. Legionnaires’ disease (yes, WAG)
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  1. Two, I believe?
  2. I’m quite sure there’s only been one.
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  1. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
  2. Motorcycle accident
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Rape?

Some questions on the Vikings…

  1. In the Viking pantheon, who was the god of mischief and chaos?

  2. What new name did northeastern England receive during the early Middle Ages to reflect the dominance of Vikings from Denmark and their legal system?

  3. What was the name of the Byzantine Emperor’s elite Viking mercenary unit?

  4. What was the name for the Vikings’ pioneering naval hull-construction technique, consisting of overlapping strakes rather than edge-to-edge strakes?

  5. Where was the last Viking invasion of England met and defeated?

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  1. Loki
  2. The Danelaw
  3. York
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  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. No (Panurge has it right, and 418 too).

Danimal is right about 419, Lawrence’s alleged rape by his Ottoman captors.

My sole guess this time…

  1. Clinker-built?
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  1. The Varangian Guard (otherwise known today as the Keldara.) :smiley:
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Incorrect

Correct. The only joint sitting thus far has been the one following the double dissolution in 1974.

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  1. The Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
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By Odin, that didn’t take you all long!

  1. Yes.

  2. Yes.

  3. Er, half-credit. It was near York, yes.

Right.

Silenus is correct on Stamford Bridge and the Varangian Guard.

Operations and codes of World War II…

  1. Operation Moonlight Sonata was the German night bombing attack on what city?

  2. What was the objective of Operation Fortitude?

  3. “Climb Mount Niitaka” was the Japanese code word to attack what target?

  4. By what name was Germany’s principal military cipher known?

  5. What was the German codename for the never-implemented invasion plan against Czechoslovakia?

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  1. Coventry
  2. Pearl Harbor
  3. Enigma
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Three for three!

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  1. What was the German codename for the never-implemented invasion plan against Czechoslovakia?
    Case White?