History Quiz!

Mark · 25-04-2003 11:59am

Ok lets say 5 hours before the guv asks his question or its an open one.

Answer is 'J'Accuse' written by Emile Zola

Hairy Homer · 25-04-2003 12:04pm

Well go on then. You're right. You know you're right. I know you're right. Don't make us wait five hours for a question. :-)

Mark · 25-04-2003 12:29pm

Ok so.

In 1810 Russia directly went against Napoleans demands , precipitating the war in 1812. Russia refused to do what?

Hairy Homer · 25-04-2003 4:17pm

Hmm good one. Long time since I did history O-level. And I'm buggered if I'm going to read through War & Peace to rediscover it.

Was it that they refused to participate in a trade embargo with Britain?

The phrase Continental System rings a muffled bell.

Mark · 25-04-2003 5:32pm

The man knows his stuff!

Thats indeed correct, Napoleon had forcibly imposed the Continental System on mainland Europe to counter the British trade blockade (rhyming is fun) and Russia, in their typical fashion:), ended up telling him to bugger off.
Napoleon was slightly miffed, and we ended up with the Russian invasion in 1812 and the destruction of the Grand Armée.

Your question Homer

PHB · 27-04-2003 6:36pm

It doesn't seem there is any question from Hairy Homer so far so Ill pop the question

[ Lets get a little Irish history ]

What was the first name of Padraig Pearse's brother who was executed?

Mark · 27-04-2003 7:00pm

Hehe that always stuck in my head because I always felt for the poor guv

(basically executed because he was P.P's brother).

William Pearse, and my question:

The modern game of snooker was invented by a Colonel in 1875 in India. This Colonel shared his name with which 20th century British Prime Minister?

DadaKopf · 27-04-2003 7:25pm

Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain (no relation to the World War II Prime Minister).

Mark · 27-04-2003 10:25pm

That is indeed correct. 2 hours before it becomes an open question if you dont put one up Dada.

DadaKopf · 27-04-2003 11:23pm

Ok, oddly phrased question:

What famous rock band invented a revolutionary farming contraption in 1701?

Manach · 28-04-2003 9:17am

I'll take a swing at this.
A> Jethro Tull?

DapperGent · 28-04-2003 9:57am

Yeah I think that's right.

Somthing to do with seeds wasn't it?

What was the bands famous song? I can't remember.

Manach · 28-04-2003 10:21am

My question:
in 49BC, Caesar is said to have crossed what river to invade Italy?

Mark · 28-04-2003 11:09am

The Rubicon

During World War I, the most famous German ace was Manfred von Richthofen, more often called The......?

DapperGent · 28-04-2003 11:26am

Red Baron.

How and where was the Graf Spee sunk?

Hairy Homer · 28-04-2003 11:39am

The Movie was on TV last week.

Scuttled by its captain (Peter Finch) in the mouth of the River Plate, Montevideo.

DapperGent · 28-04-2003 11:47am

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
The Movie was on TV last week.

Scuttled by its captain (Peter Finch) in the mouth of the River Plate, Montevideo.

Correct.

I've never seen the film (Battle of the River plate isn't it?), is it any good? It's a great story for starters.

Hairy Homer · 28-04-2003 2:23pm

Originally posted by DapperGent
Correct.

I've never seen the film (Battle of the River plate isn't it?), is it any good? It's a great story for starters.

Special effects were not the same in the 1950s but even so, this was clearly done on the cheap. The ships looked like old Airfix models, probably because they were. But it's not a bad yarn.

You'll be wanting a question.

Who was the last Hapsburg king of Spain, who was so inbred (his parents were an uncle and niece) the poor bugger couldn't chew his food properly because of a grotesquely misshapen jaw, and was so infirm he couldn't possibly perform his husbandly duties? No surprises the line petered out after his death, which gave rise to the war of the Spanish Succession.

PHB · 28-04-2003 11:04pm

I think it was Charles the second, (possibly the third)

Hairy Homer · 29-04-2003 10:44am

Mmm. Little bit of hedging there, methinks.

Yes it was Carlos the Second, also known as Carlos the Bewitched. Poor bastard. I blame the parents. And the grandparents. Who were occasionally the same people.

They were a wierd lot those Hapsburgs.

Gi's a question.

richindub2 · 29-04-2003 5:10pm

hmmm, i go away for a week and i miss all the fun tsk :P

seeing as there arent any current questions floating about, how about who was the (rather inept) leader of the whites in the East of the country during the Russian civil war?

DapperGent · 29-04-2003 5:25pm

Only one I can remember was General Denikin but I don't know if he was in the east.

Must.. resist.... urge... to... google so as to appear smart.

Mark · 29-04-2003 5:56pm

seeing as there arent any current questions floating about, how about who was the (rather inept) leader of the whites in the East of the country during the Russian civil war?

Kolchak was in the east wasnt he? Im not sure about this one, him and Denikin as Dapper guessed above are the only ones I know

CCCP^ · 29-04-2003 11:22pm

Admiral Aleksandr V. Kolchak

Mark answered it correctly first, I was just giving the full name. Your go Mark

Mark · 29-04-2003 11:33pm

Thankeh to CCCP for clearing that up.

Easy one for now:

Name the Emperor of Abyssinia in 1935

Hairy Homer · 30-04-2003 9:52am

Haile Selaissie aka Ras Tafari

(excuse the spelling, but I refuse to Google for the correct one) :-)

Hairy Homer · 30-04-2003 9:55am

Being presumptuous here, but then I know I was right for the last one. \

Question: Abyssinia was one of only two African countries that were ruled independently of a European imperial power in the year 1900.

Name the other one.

Manach · 30-04-2003 10:59am

A guess here at Liberia, a state set up by the Americans for ex-slaves?

DadaKopf · 30-04-2003 11:55am

Only country I can think of is Italy, guessing that following WWI, they had it robbed from them by the allied powers.

Hairy Homer · 30-04-2003 12:32pm

Er, I think you misunderstood the question. Italy is not an African country.

Manach is right. Liberia is the answer. All the rest of Africa was at that time owned by the British, French, Spanish, Italians, Germans, Belgians, and Portugese.

Manach · 30-04-2003 1:50pm

Ok, a nasty one from my OU history course.
Name one of the two Greek Citys whose troops fought at the end at Thermoplyae, along side the 300 Spartans & helots, in 490BC.

PHB · 30-04-2003 2:23pm

Againist the Persians?

Athens and Plataea?

Manach · 30-04-2003 3:38pm

It was against the Persians.
Nope - it was Athens and Plataea at Marathon though.
BTW the date should be 480BC, sorry.

simon_partridge · 30-04-2003 3:55pm

There seems to be no question out at the moment so can I have a go -

How many of his 35 years in power did English King Henry II actually spend in England?

DapperGent · 30-04-2003 4:18pm

Originally posted by Manach
Name one of the two Greek Citys whose troops fought at the end at Thermoplyae, along side the 300 Spartans & helots, in 490BC.

Thebes?

Manach · 30-04-2003 4:45pm

Correct, Thebes and Thespia (though only the Thespians were volunteers).
Your turn.

DapperGent · 30-04-2003 6:45pm

What was the name of the man who took over Magellan's voyage after he was killed in the Philippines, later completing the first circumnavigation of the world?

loismustdie · 30-04-2003 9:13pm

sebastian elcano?

loismustdie · 30-04-2003 9:18pm

if that's right the next question is:
what was joseph stalins real name?

Victor · 30-04-2003 9:20pm

Sebastian del Cano

Victor · 30-04-2003 9:21pm

Joseph Vissariononich Dzhugashvili

Victor · 30-04-2003 9:22pm

When did public railways come to Ireland? And between which points?

DapperGent · 30-04-2003 9:41pm

I haven't a clue about the date but I have a vague intimation that the first line was Dublin - Waterford.

Hairy Homer · 01-05-2003 3:34pm

Nobody answered the question: what was Jethro Tull's most famous song?

(Wryly amused to ponder the fact that this is quite justifiably a history
question:-))

It could have been

Thick as a Brick
Bungle in the Jungle
Locomotive Breath
Minstrel in the Gallery

or perhaps several more. The early 70s, remember (well most of you probably don't) was the era of the concept album and the 'commercial' single that 'progressive' bands refused to compromise their integrity by releasing.

Victor · 01-05-2003 3:45pm

Originally posted by DapperGent
I haven't a clue about the date but I have a vague intimation that the first line was Dublin - Waterford.

Pearse (Westland Row) to Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown / "Old Dunleary"- old station) open c. 1834. There had been a small number of short / private tramways before that.

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
Nobody answered the question: what was Jethro Tull's most famous song?

Not sure if it constitutes "history".

Hairy Homer · 01-05-2003 4:19pm

Originally posted by Victor
Not sur eif it constitutes "history".

Why not? It's old enough. :-)

PHB · 03-05-2003 1:51pm

This is a very subjetive question.

Livin in the past?

Zachary Taylor · 04-05-2003 5:28pm

PHB's right, Jethro Tull killed the quiz. I move to strike the question infavour of: Name the seven Democratic (party) US Presidents who served during the 20th Century.

sceptre · 04-05-2003 6:03pm

Hmmm, Rooseveldt (the second one), Truman, Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, Johnson, Wilson

sceptre · 04-05-2003 6:36pm

Question, question. Can't think of a hard one so...

Name Henry VIII's six wives (surnames or suffixes would be good too)

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