World History trivia quiz

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Elendil's Heir

55. Winston Churchill said that the Iron Curtain ran between what two Eastern European cities?
56. Before the British Royal Family was called the House of Windsor, it was the House of ____ _____ _____.

55. “From Stettin on the Baltic, to Trieste on the Adriatic…”
56. Stuart.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@OtakuLoki

I’d had the impression that in cases where the questioner had reason to doubt the accuracy of the intended answer Googling had been allowed, grudgingly, in the US History thread.

Googling the answer to your own question is fine - you don’t really have to share it unless it turns out there are fifty possible answers or something.

[silenus]

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[Saratoga_Sam]

@silenus

47. As thanks for aiding in his escape, Bonnie Prince Charlie gave the recipe for what to the MacKinnon family (supposedly)?

47. Drambuie

[silenus]

Correct.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Correct answers as to the Khmer Rouge, Kampuchea, and the Tuol Sleng prison.

Some more questions (limiting myself to five at a time, as in the other thread):
60. The Duke of Marlborough named his palace after a smashing victory he won.
61. This French officer was at the center of an anti-Semitic scandal in the late 1800s.
62. This great liberator of South America had an entire country named after him.
63. This man, of Indian heritage, was the first democratically-elected president of Mexico.
64. This Chinese admiral’s voyages took him as far as the African coast.

[Alessan]

@Elendil's Heir

Correct answers as to the Khmer Rouge, Kampuchea, and the Tuol Sleng prison.

Some more questions (limiting myself to five at a time, as in the other thread):
60. The Duke of Marlborough named his palace after a smashing victory he won.
61. This French officer was at the center of an anti-Semitic scandal in the late 1800s.
62. This great liberator of South America had an entire country named after him.
.

60. Blenheim.
61. Alfred Dreyfus.
62. Simon Bolivar.

[silenus]

63. Benito Juarez

[silenus]

We are still missing correct answers for, or confirmation of correct answers to:

23. Who lead the United Irishmen and how did he die?

24. Who was often refered to as “The Prince of Humanists?”

25. There have been four lighthouses established on the Eddystone shoals near the mouth of the Thames. What happened to the first and second lighthouses?

26. Name the Holyday on which the earthquake happened.

27. What was the first legal distillery in Scotland?

28. Who led the translation of the Rosetta Stone?

29. Who was the last doge?

The answer to #51 is Champollion.

[Indistinguishable]

Whoops, didn’t notice Alessan beat me.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Alessan

60. Blenheim.
61. Alfred Dreyfus.
62. Simon Bolivar.

All correct. And silenus is correct about Benito Juarez (after whom Ciudad Juarez is named).

Since it’s been mentioned but not linked to, here’s the U.S. History trivia quiz thread: U.S. History trivia quiz - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board

[Siam_Sam]

@Elendil's Heir

64. This Chinese admiral’s voyages took him as far as the African coast.

64. Zheng He.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

My as-yet unanswered question:

1. Who designed the iconic Porsche 911?

I would give the answer but it was the first one in the thread and I want to see how far we get before someone gets it…

And some new ones:
65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed?
66. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama? (looking for his given name, not agnomen).
67. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)?
68. How many verses make up the Bhagavad Gita?
69. Upon which of the Seven Hills was Rome originally founded, according to the story of Romulus and Remus?

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

@Really Not All That Bright

66. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama? (looking for his given name, not agnomen).

That would be Scipio (at least according to Russell Crowe)

[Siam_Sam]

@Really Not All That Bright

65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed?

An eye?

[silenus]

@Really Not All That Bright

My as-yet unanswered question:

1. Who designed the iconic Porsche 911?

I would give the answer but it was the first one in the thread and I want to see how far we get before someone gets it…

And some new ones:
65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed?
66. Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama? (looking for his given name, not agnomen).
67. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)?
68. How many verses make up the Bhagavad Gita?
69. Upon which of the Seven Hills was Rome originally founded, according to the story of Romulus and Remus?

1. Ferdinand Porsche?

2. Scipio the Younger (Africanus)

3. Capitoline?

[Slithy_Tove]

@Elendil's Heir

silenus is correct about Benito Juarez (after whom Ciudad Juarez is named).

as was Benito Mussolini.

70. Under which Roman emperor was St. Valentine martyred?

What anatomical similarites did these people have in common?
71: Bela Lugosi & Lee Marvin
72: Mata Hari and Geronimo
73: impresario Billy Rose and King Farouk

[OtakuLoki]

@Really Not All That Bright

65. What image was at the top of the stele on which Hammurabi’s Code was displayed?
66. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)?
67. How many verses make up the Bhagavad Gita?

65. Wasn’t it the Syrian Bull - a man-headed winged bull?

66. Anaeus No clue where he was from, though.

67. Lots and lots and lots

68. RMS refers to what, when we’re talking about British merchant shipping?

69. Are there any remaining working RMS ships afloat today? (I’m using the word “working” to differentiate from any ships that may have the RMS designation solely for honorary reasons.)

70. The Turkish Dreadnought style battlecruiser Yavuz is more famously known by another name. What was it?

71. What was the name of the other ship that became famous with the ship that would become the Yavuz?

72. Why is the wreck of the HMS Victoria considered so unusual, and possibly unique?

[5_time_champ]

67. Who was the hero of the epic poem which the Roman poet Virgil became known for, and where was he from (the hero)?
    Aeneas fled the destruction of Troy

[5_time_champ]

They said it
*75. Bury the dead, feed the living.

76. The only place there is a vacuum is in Pascal’s head.

77. Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.

78. An army marches on its stomach. [OK, attributed]

79. Paris is well worth a Mass.*