History Quiz!

Hairy Homer · 06-05-2003 9:15am

Catherine of Aragon Divorced
Anne Boleyn Beheaded
Jane Seymour Died
Anne of Cleves Divorced
Catherine Howard Beheaded
Catherine Parr Survived

I might have got the last two mixed up, but FFS there's only so many Catherines one can remember.

My Question (he said presumptuously):

By what name was the scheming long-serving French chief Minister of the early 17th Century Jean Armand du Plessis better known?

Hint: He appears under this name in a famous fictional work by Alexander Dumas

Manach · 06-05-2003 9:22am

Sir, you are speaking of my role mode, his eminence Cardinal Richeleau.

Totally misunderstood character.

My question, Greek 5th-4th Century Again again.
What is the name of the heavily armoured ancient Greek soldier type, named after the round shield they were equiped with, using a 9ft spear.

Hairy Homer · 06-05-2003 11:26am

Originally posted by Manach
Sir, you are speaking of my role mode, his eminence Cardinal Richeleau.
Totally misunderstood character.

So what have you got against Huguenots?
:-)

Manach · 06-05-2003 11:51am

Did not Richeleau show his ecumenical side by supporting the Protestant Powers in Germany's 30 year war.

Besides, how can anyone who dresses in a red robe be bad, Re: Santa Claus.

Hairy Homer · 06-05-2003 12:32pm

Originally posted by Manach
Did not Richeleau show his ecumenical side by supporting the Protestant Powers in Germany's 30 year war. .

Let me guess. He called it 'Operation Bohemian/Magdeburg/Danish Freedom' right? :-)

Here's a thought: was that the origin of, did he indeed coin, the phrase: 'L'ennemi de mon ennemi est mon ami' ?

This ain't a quiz question. I don't know the answer. It's just a thought.

richindub2 · 06-05-2003 5:19pm

What is the name of the heavily armoured ancient Greek soldier type, named after the round shield they were equiped with, using a 9ft spear.

phalanx(sp) possibly?

another russian history question from me - can anyone name Nicholas the second's tutor (and spell his name properly without using google? :P)?

PHB · 06-05-2003 6:56pm

Ifd its not phalanx its probably hoplite?

Also Rich, Ras Putin[spelt so wrong]

Mark · 06-05-2003 8:21pm

Rasputin acted as more of a filthy advisor afaik.

Im going for Popenstenodstev (Spelling may be dodgy)

Manach · 06-05-2003 9:34pm

PHB : Hoplite is indeed the answer.

PHB · 06-05-2003 9:46pm

Mad skills

When did the USSR lift its veto on ireland to join the U.N?

p.s. if anyones got an explanation for this I'd be grateful. I figure that Russia just didnt want another vote for the west in it.

Éomer of Rohan · 06-05-2003 9:47pm

While we are on armies, I will ask a question or two. How many cohorts in a full strength legion?

Victor · 06-05-2003 10:20pm

Originally posted by PHB
When did the USSR lift its veto on ireland to join the U.N?

circa 1956

Originally posted by PHB
p.s. if anyones got an explanation for this I'd be grateful. I figure that Russia just didnt want another vote for the west in it.

That is largely the answer (remember we were in our "communism is bad / a sin" phase), the USSR allowed Ireland join as a quid pro quo for Romania joining.

PHB · 06-05-2003 11:18pm

tis indded.
If I remember correctly its the 5th od December when we joined

Victor · 06-05-2003 11:25pm

Where in Ireland will you find a memorial to the Irish dead from the South African War (the Boer War).

Hairy Homer · 07-05-2003 11:53am

Originally posted by Victor
Where in Ireland will you find a memorial to the Irish dead from the South African War (the Boer War).

Traitor's Gate. It's to be found at the entrance to St Stephen's Green opposite Grafton St, Dublin 2.

OK. Seeing as a lot of people here like Russian Questions: Which Czar once worked in a London Shipyard?

Manach · 07-05-2003 2:04pm

How many cohorts in a full strength legion?

10 cohorts.

Which Czar once worked in a London Shipyard?

Am guessing at Peter the Great?

Victor · 07-05-2003 6:13pm

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
Traitor's Gate.

Excuse me? You mean the the South African War Memorial Arch.

Zachary Taylor · 07-05-2003 6:15pm

uh--and also, Dude, Traitors' Gate is not the preferred nomenclature, uh. . . Fusiliers Arch, Please.

richindub2 · 07-05-2003 6:21pm

Originally posted by Mark
Rasputin acted as more of a filthy advisor afaik.

Im going for Popenstenodstev (Spelling may be dodgy)

yup, was konstantin popen...etc

i thought it was in a shipyard in holland that peter the great worked in? my memory is horribly dodgy though so..

Hairy Homer · 08-05-2003 12:01pm

Originally posted by Zachary Taylor
uh--and also, Dude, Traitors' Gate is not the preferred nomenclature, uh. . . Fusiliers Arch, Please.

No. Traitor's Gate may not be your preferred nomenclature.

It is, or was, a popular epithet to generations of Dubliners, however.

The facts of history are indisputed. 'There is a memorial at the corner of St Stephen's Green and Grafton St, to Irish Soldiers who fought for the Empire in the Boer War .'

How we interpret that is open to debate.

And yes. Peter the Great was the Czar who worked in a London dockyard

Zachary Taylor · 08-05-2003 6:33pm

Ok but Henry XIII didn't have three wives called Cat. Accuracy is important, if only because it avoids posts like ours. Who has a question?

I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line you do not, uh--

Hairy Homer · 08-05-2003 11:27pm

I've a question:

Who is/was Henry the Thirteenth? I've never heard of him.

Was he anything to Henry the Eighth of England who DID have three wives called Catherine?

Here's another:

Two of the seven signatories to the 1916 proclamation of Independence were born outside Ireland. Which two and where?

Éomer of Rohan · 08-05-2003 11:30pm

Just goes to show how appalling my Irish History really is when I ask was one Eamonn De Valera? And in which case he was born in the USA, right? The other, I don't know but as for nationality, I'd say a safe bet is English?

PHB · 09-05-2003 9:23am

Well Dev obviously in the USA, but the other one. hmm, I'd take a guess at Kent and england since thats an english name

Hairy Homer · 09-05-2003 10:47am

Wrong and wrong, I'm afraid.

Dev wasn't a signatory (they were all shot, remember) and Kent was Irish born.

PHB · 09-05-2003 1:05pm

Lets see.

Clarke
Mac Diarmada [must be irish born]
MacDonagh [must be irish born]
Pearse [Born un Dublin]
Ceannt [must be irish born]
Connolly [I'd gues hes Irish since he was the commandant general of dublin]
Plunkett

So lest go with Clarke and Plunett

Both from England :P

Hairy Homer · 09-05-2003 1:10pm

Half right. Thomas Clarke was born in the Isle of Wight.

Plunkett was Irish born.

Actually, I would have thought Clarke was the harder of the two to get.

PHB · 09-05-2003 1:13pm

I dont know, process of elimation

Anyway, a question, [took 5 minutes to think up],

Who was the Unionist who defeated Oscar Wilde in a libel case, which resulted in Oscar going to jail for 2 years?

Hairy Homer · 09-05-2003 2:26pm

Originally posted by PHB
I dont know, process of elimation

Anyway, a question, [took 5 minutes to think up],

Who was the Unionist who defeated Oscar Wilde in a libel case, which resulted in Oscar going to jail for 2 years?

Edward Carson, but you haven't fully answered the last question.

PHB · 09-05-2003 3:39pm

, so I havn't.

Havn't a clue tbh, It must be one of these 3
Mac Diarmada
MacDonagh
Connolly

I could keep guessing

funktastic · 09-05-2003 3:46pm

Marquess of Queensbury?

funktastic · 09-05-2003 3:47pm

Only read that properly now! Ignore that

Hairy Homer · 09-05-2003 4:06pm

Originally posted by PHB
, so I havn't.

Havn't a clue tbh, It must be one of these 3
Mac Diarmada
MacDonagh
Connolly

I could keep guessing

Well you've narrowed it down. It's been up for 16 hours. At what point do I print the right answer, though I suspect that anyone who really wants to know will have googled it by now.?

Hairy Homer · 09-05-2003 9:16pm

And if they haven't, the answers are:

Thomas Clarke, born Isle of Wight, raised variously in Ireland, Britain and the USA.

and

James Connolly, born in Scotland. Didn't come to Ireland until he was posted here during his time in the British Army. Apparently had a thick Scottish accent until the day he died.

PHB · 10-05-2003 2:36pm

Lets think of a new question

Hmm,
What was the name for the funky system of politics that went on in Italy between 1870-1914?

Zachary Taylor · 10-05-2003 3:39pm

transformismo?

Mark · 10-05-2003 7:38pm

Since PHB seems to be aweh, I may as well tell j0o you're right Zachary.

Take yer question

Zachary Taylor · 11-05-2003 1:10pm

In 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War, the French people returned a monarchist majority in a general election, but the leader of the Bourbons, the Compte de Chombarde, ruined his and their chances by making an extremely unpopular, but remarkably insightful suggestion. What was his suggestion?

Supplementary Question: Who was Zachary Taylor?

Hairy Homer · 12-05-2003 2:03am

Originally posted by Zachary Taylor
In 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War, the French people returned a monarchist majority in a general election, but the leader of the Bourbons, the Compte de Chombarde, ruined his and their chances by making an extremely unpopular, but remarkably insightful suggestion. What was his suggestion?

Supplementary Question: Who was Zachary Taylor?

Zachary Taylor was a nineteenth Century American General and later president of the US. Did he die in office after a relatively brief reign?

As to the Compte de Chombrade - haven't a clue.

Zachary Taylor · 12-05-2003 6:12pm

You're right about Zachary Taylor. He died on July 9th 1850 of pneumonia. It is thought that he ate too much watermellon at an Independence Day celebration five days earlier.

The Compte de Chombarde question is pretty tough. Take a question if you like.

Hairy Homer · 12-05-2003 6:16pm

Patrick Maurice McMahon became president of which country in the 1870s?

Victor · 12-05-2003 7:51pm

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
Patrick Maurice McMahon became president of which country in the 1870s?

Eh, is this the French guy - Patrice Maurice de McMahon (1808 - 1893). But was he president or prime minister?

spaczed · 12-05-2003 8:02pm

ok, i'm not trying to jump into the thread here, but just as an aside:

did the count de chamborde say that he would only take power if he could change back from the republican tricolour to his ancenstral royal flag?

Hairy Homer · 13-05-2003 9:27am

Originally posted by Victor
Eh, is this the French guy - Patrice Maurice de McMahon (1808 - 1893). But was he president or prime minister?

Google verifies that he was indeed president.

Byzantine · 13-05-2003 12:48pm

Alexander 2,3,ivan 4,peter 2......ah ah ...alexei???

Hairy Homer · 13-05-2003 1:11pm

Well, Ol' Rough 'n Ready doesn't seem to be answering the question about the Comte de Wotsit, so Victor should be giving us another question soon for knowing all about President Mac Mah Hong (as the French pronounce it)

Hit it, Victor.

Victor · 13-05-2003 3:58pm

OK, another railway question. When were the main railway stations in Irish cities renamed after 1916 personalities? (Connolly, Heuston, Kent, etc.)

Hairy Homer · 13-05-2003 4:29pm

This is a guess. Was it on the golden jubilee of the rising, in 1966?

Victor · 13-05-2003 4:39pm

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
This is a guess. Was it on the golden jubilee of the rising, in 1966?

Correct.

Byzantine · 13-05-2003 5:19pm

What was the name of the Grand master of the Knights Hospitalers when the turks invaded malta in 1565?
(hint.......capital)

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