Pop quiz for just history

ireland4euro

well thought id set up a pop quiz just for history ?? for revision ?
What was the anschullus

orriray59

Good thread.
Hm. I'm not too sure. I think they had something to do with Hitler? Blah, I'm just guessing.

Lor1963

ireland4euro wrote: »

well thought id set up a pop quiz just for history ?? for revision ?
What was the anschullus

Hitler's plan to unite Austria and Germany

Who founded the blueshirts?

JCHelp

Lor1963 wrote: »

Hitler's plan to unite Austria and Germany

Who founded the blueshirts?

Eoin O Duffy

What was de Valera's pro-British policy

DaleHyland

Eoin O Duffy.

What was the peristylium?

ButtonBox

Perisylium was a walled garden in the Domus (home) of a Patrician in Roman times?

What were the stages of becoming an artist?

Lor1963

Apprentice,journeyman and master?

What was the Saar Plebicite?

ireland4euro

sorry i have never even heard of it :P what was the diet of worms .???

orriray59

The Diet of Worms was where Martin Luther was asked to attend an audience to explain his religious beliefs. I said that kind of wrong, but anyway.

What is a fulacht fia?

Pen Rua

orriray59 wrote: »

The Diet of Worms was where Martin Luther was asked to attend an audience to explain his religious beliefs. I said that kind of wrong, but anyway.

What is a fulacht fia?

A pit dug in a hole and filled with water. Stones were heated and put in the pit to bring the water to boil and then used to cook food. Used in Ancient Ireland.

Who founded the Sinn Fein party?

graeme157

Arthur Criffith founded Sinn Fein in 1905.

Which british political party supported Home Rule for Ireland? Who was their party leader?

ButtonBox

graeme157 wrote: »

Arthur Criffith founded Sinn Fein in 1905.

Which british political party supported Home Rule for Ireland? Who was their party leader?

The conservative party?>
And John Redmond was the leader of the Home Rule party.

What did sailors eat while they were at sea during the Age of Exploration?

OwlYouNeed

Biscuits called hard tack. They didn't eat much fruit or veg while on voyages, so scurvy was common.

What was the Phoney War?

2creator

OwlYouNeed wrote: »

Biscuits called hard tack. They didn't eat much fruit or veg while on voyages, so scurvy was common.

What was the Phoney War?

The period in world war 2 between the end of 1939 to the beginning of 1940 when no actual fighting takes place.

Give an example of a Neolithic site.

Lor1963

Lough gur ..... The sar plebscite was when the saar,an oil producing region in Germany which had been given to France in the treaty of versailles had a referendum our plebscite where the voted to join Germany rather than stay within France

Lor1963

Lough gur ..... The sar plebscite was when the saar,an oil producing region in Germany which had been given to France in the treaty of versailles had a referendum our plebscite where the voted to join Germany rather than stay within France

Who was the leader of the first inter party government?

2creator

Lor1963 wrote: »

Lough gur ..... The sar plebscite was when the saar,an oil producing region in Germany which had been given to France in the treaty of versailles had a referendum our plebscite where the voted to join Germany rather than stay within France

Who was the leader of the first inter party government?

John A. Costello?

Who introduced free secondary education in Ireland?

if832uspx4eogt

I know none of these answers :eek:

Lor1963

2creator wrote: »

Lor1963 wrote: »

Lough gur ..... The sar plebscite was when the saar,an oil producing region in Germany which had been given to France in the treaty of versailles had a referendum our plebscite where the voted to join Germany rather than stay within France

Who was the leader of the first inter party government?

John A. Costello?

Who introduced free secondary education in Ireland?

Donough O Malley and Lemass was taoiseach!
Who founded the SDLP?

ButtonBox

John Hume? Or Gerry Fitt? Or neither. XD

In a tuath, what was the royal family called?

Sophieee

ButtonBox wrote: »

John Hume? Or Gerry Fitt? Or neither. XD

In a tuath, what was the royal family called?

The derbhfine.

This is really good revision, just reading the answers!

Who was the first to circumnavigate the world, and what country financed his voyage?

Lor1963

Sophieee wrote: »

ButtonBox wrote: »

John Hume? Or Gerry Fitt? Or neither. XD

In a tuath, what was the royal family called?

The derbhfine.

This is really good revision, just reading the answers!

Who was the first to circumnavigate the world, and what country financed his voyage?

Magellan.Spain.

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Poliana.xo

Lor1963 wrote: »

Magellan.Spain.

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

were they the ones that deprived Jews from the citizenship?

What happened on the night of the broken glass?

Sophieee

Poliana.xo wrote: »

were they the ones that deprived Jews from the citizenship?

What happened on the night of the broken glass?

I actually think it was Portugal, not Spain. Columbus was Spain.

On the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) The Germans attacked the Jews. They killed 90 Jews and took thousands to concentration camps. Jewish shops and synagogues were burned.

History is the only exam I'm looking forward to!

Lor1963

Poliana.xo wrote: »

Lor1963 wrote: »

Magellan.Spain.

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

were they the ones that deprived Jews from the citizenship?

What happened on the night of the broken glass?

Hitler's SA attacked Jews their shops snd synagogues sfter a Polidh Jew killed a diplomat in Paris

What wss the statue of west minster?

Lor1963

Sophieee wrote: »

Poliana.xo wrote: »

were they the ones that deprived Jews from the citizenship?

What happened on the night of the broken glass?

I actually think it was Portugal, not Spain. Columbus was Spain.

On the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) The Germans attacked the Jews. They killed 90 Jews and took thousands to concentration camps. Jewish shops and synagogues were burned.

History is the only exam I'm looking forward to!

Oh God I thought I said Portugal I love history

A7XGirl

Statue of Westminister: Allowing Ireland to change any laws imposed on it by Britian.

Give two effects of World War 2.

2creator

A7XGirl wrote: »

Statue of Westminister: Allowing Ireland to change any laws imposed on it by Britian.

Give two effects of World War 2.

It led to the cold war between America and Russia.
Loss of human life and destruction (obviously)

Who was the Russian leader during the Cuban missile crisis 1962?

xTwizLaH

2creator wrote: »

It led to the cold war between America and Russia.
Loss of human life and destruction (obviously)

Who was the Russian leader during the Cuban missile crisis 1962?

Kruschev

Who was the American Leader?

Recoil12

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Name two patrons during the renaissance.

puttuporshutup

Lorenzo de Medici
Pope Julius II

Who were the squadristi?

2creator

Recoil12 wrote: »

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Name two patrons during the renaissance.

Lorenzo de Medici and Pope Julius II.

Name one of Galileo's discoveries.

2creator

puttuporshutup wrote: »

Lorenzo de Medici
Pope Julius II

Who were the squadristi?

Mussolini's secret police?

My previous question still stands.

xTwizLaH

2creator wrote: »

Lorenzo de Medici and Pope Julius II.

Name one of Galileo's discoveries.

Galileo discovered that the earth spins around the sun

Mark !

What parties were in the first Inter-Party government?
1)
2)
3)

2creator

Mark ! wrote: »

What parties were in the first Inter-Party government?
1)
2)
3)

1) Labour
2) Fine Gael
3) Clann na Poblachta

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Mark !

2creator wrote: »

1)

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Hitler's three-pronged invasion of Russia, targeting cities e.g Stalingrad


What was meant by Fallow in farming?

orriray59

Gabriella Rapid Album wrote: »

I know none of these answers :eek:

I'm the same, lol.
But these random tidbits of information aren't going to help you a whole bunch.

Recoil12

Mark ! wrote: »

Hitler's three-pronged invasion of Russia, targeting cities e.g Stalingrad


What was meant by Fallow in farming?

A stage in medieval crop rotation when a field wasn't planted for a year to let it become fertile again.

Who brought in cooperative shops,housing and schools for the workers children during the industrial revolution.

Lor1963

Recoil12 wrote: »

Mark ! wrote: »

Hitler's three-pronged invasion of Russia, targeting cities e.g Stalingrad


What was meant by Fallow in farming?

A stage in medieval crop rotation when a field wasn't planted for a year to let it become fertile again.

Who brought in cooperative shops,housing and schools for the workers children during the industrial revolution.

Robert Peel.....name two celtic festivals?

Slow Show

Lor1963 wrote: »

Robert Peel.....name two celtic festivals?

Think that was Robert Owen actually. Robert Peel was the British Prime Minister during the Famine, he imported maize from India to Ireland as aid and it was very hard and difficult to digest, earning it the nickname 'Peel's Brimstone'. The more you know...

Lughnasa, Samhain

Not sure why I'm taking part in this...:p Err...name the five beaches that were targeted as part of Operation Overlord.

2creator

Slow Show wrote: »

Lor1963 wrote: »

Robert Peel.....name two celtic festivals?

Think that was Robert Owen actually. Robert Peel was the British Prime Minister during the Famine, he imported maize from India to Ireland as aid and it was very hard and difficult to digest, earning it the nickname 'Peel's Brimstone'. The more you know...

Lughnasa, Samhain

Not sure why I'm taking part in this...:p Err...name the five beaches that were targeted as part of Operation Overlord.

Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah, Gold

2creator

What was the Knight of the Long Knives?

Mark !

2creator wrote: »

What was the Knight of the Long Knives?

When Hitler used the SS to kill the leadership of the SA , led by Ernest Rohm. This secured Hitler's authority

Who led the United Nations forces in the Korean War?

Sophieee

Mark ! wrote: »

When Hitler used the SS to kill the leadership of the SA , led by Ernest Rohm. This secured Hitler's authority

Who led the United Nations forces in the Korean War?

General MacArthur, a war hero.

Who invented the Spinning Jenny and Selective Breeding?

2creator

Sophieee wrote: »

Mark ! wrote: »

When Hitler used the SS to kill the leadership of the SA , led by Ernest Rohm. This secured Hitler's authority

Who led the United Nations forces in the Korean War?

General MacArthur, a war hero.

Who invented the Spinning Jenny and Selective Breeding?

Spinning Jenny - Owen Hargreaves
Selective Breeding - Robert Bakewell

Name one religious reformer besides Martin Luther.

graeme157

2creator wrote: »

Spinning Jenny - Owen Hargreaves
Selective Breeding - Robert Bakewell

Name one religious reformer besides Martin Luther.

John Calvin

How much civil rights protesters did british paratroopers shoot dead in Derry on 'Bloody Sunday' 1972?

Shane Gillespie

graeme157 wrote: »

John Calvin

How much civil rights protesters did british paratroopers shoot dead in Derry on 'Bloody Sunday' 1972?

13,with one to die four months later

Name two disadvantages of the open field method of farming

if832uspx4eogt

1) Farmers spent lots of time going from plot to plot
2) Diseases between animals spread quickly

Name 2 rooms in an Roman house.

Junokevv

Gabriella Rapid Album wrote: »

1) Farmers spent lots of time going from plot to plot
2) Diseases between animals spread quickly

Name 2 rooms in an Roman house.

Atrium and Vomitorium.

Who was in charge of the Red Army during Opperation Barbarossa ?

Sophieee

2creator wrote: »

Spinning Jenny - Owen Hargreaves
Selective Breeding - Robert Bakewell

Name one religious reformer besides Martin Luther.

James Hargreaves actually,