General Knowledge Quiz

Guffy

was just thinking obviously had to be rome and Jerusalem and guessed antioch from total war games and crusader docs as being a major city down there, just couldn't put my finger on constantinople. I never bothered with it in the games i guess

stoneill

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feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem I think

A question please.

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem I think

A question please.

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Rome, Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem I think

A question please.

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

A question please.

Working all day and only had minimal internet access on phone. Anyhoo, here goes.

Which Byzantine emperor lost Antioch to the Arabs?

donegal_man

donegal_man wrote: »

Working all day and only had minimal internet access on phone. Anyhoo, here goes.

Which Byzantine emperor lost Antioch to the Arabs?

Okay since nobody seems to have gotten the last one, it was Heraclius.
Here's an easier one

Hagia Sophia was the seat of which Patriarch?

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

Okay since nobody seems to have gotten the last one, it was Heraclius.
Here's an easier one

Hagia Sophia was the seat of which Patriarch?

Patriarch of Constantinople.

donegal_man

feargale wrote: »

Patriarch of Constantinople.

You're up

feargale

donegal_man wrote: »

You're up

Who was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople?

im invisible

Constantine XI Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453)

what is the swedish for 'ungoogleable'

feargale

im invisible wrote: »

Constantine XI Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453)

what is the swedish for 'ungoogleable'

Ogooglebar
Or, if you prefer, there is no word for ungoogleable in the Swedish language, since the Swedish Language Council, under pressure from Google, has dropped the word from its dictionary,

feargale

im invisible wrote: »

Constantine XI Palaiologos, Latinized as Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος ΙΑ' Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453)

what is the swedish for 'ungoogleable'

A big step fom Constantine XI to ungoogleable! Did Mehmed the Conqueror try to google Constantine before he took Constantinople?

feargale

Besides Sweden and Finland, name a European country where the Swedish language enjoyed official status in parts of that country at local government level between the two world wars.

Guffy

With Norway being the obvious choice I'm gona guess Denmark....


If that's wrong the faroes.

After that I don't know.

rufty

feargale wrote: »

Besides Sweden and Finland, name a European country where the Swedish language enjoyed official status in parts of that country at local government level between the two world wars.

Estonia?

feargale

rufty wrote: »

Estonia?

Correct. Estonia has since the 13th century had a small Swedish minority, now close to extinction, but perhaps recovering a little in post-Soviet Estonia. Your turn.

rufty

feargale wrote: »

Correct. Estonia has since the 13th century had a small Swedish minority, now close to extinction, but perhaps recovering a little in post-Soviet Estonia. Your turn.

Must admit, it was an educated guess based on diaspora levels.

Okay: During Soviet times in Estonia, what town had a newspaper who's title translated to "Kill the Communists" and why did they get away with it?

(aside: they eventually did change the name of the paper but the new name translated to "Keep killing". Again the Soviets didn't have a problem.)

feargale

rufty wrote: »

Must admit, it was an educated guess based on diaspora levels.

Okay: During Soviet times in Estonia, what town had a newspaper who's title translated to "Kill the Communists" and why did they get away with it?

(aside: they eventually did change the name of the paper but the new name translated to "Keep killing". Again the Soviets didn't have a problem.)

Tartu?

rufty

feargale wrote: »

Tartu?

Nope.

donegal_man

rufty wrote: »

Must admit, it was an educated guess based on diaspora levels.

Okay: During Soviet times in Estonia, what town had a newspaper who's title translated to "Kill the Communists" and why did they get away with it?

(aside: they eventually did change the name of the paper but the new name translated to "Keep killing". Again the Soviets didn't have a problem.)

Narva, the only Estonian town I can name other than Tallinn

Skrynesaver

I heard about this years ago, an army base that translates as killing, Tapper? the local paper was called the Tapper Communist or similar, they changed it to Tapper Onward or some such

rufty

Skrynesaver wrote: »

I heard about this years ago, an army base that translates as killing, Tapper? the local paper was called the Tapper Communist or similar, they changed it to Tapper Onward or some such

So close I'll give it to you. The town is Tapa which is from the Estonian verb Tapper - "to kill".

Your turn.

Skrynesaver

The Spanish "pimento padrone" is a popular Tapas dish, what makes it intersting?

Lingua Franca

It's tasty sweet green peppers, but about 1 in 10 is really hot!

feargale

Lingua Franca wrote: »

It's tasty sweet green peppers, but about 1 in 10 is really hot!

Question, please.

Lingua Franca

Ah, so sorry. Got distracted by unexpected vistors and then the Boston marathon bombing.



For how many years has the Boston marathon been running?

Guffy

116 years

When did the Boston tea party take place?

Bannasidhe

gufc21 wrote: »

116 years

When did the Boston tea party take place?

16th Dec 1773.

Which king were they rebelling against?

feargale

Bannasidhe wrote: »

16th Dec 1773.

Which king were they rebelling against?

George III