History Quiz!

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)

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

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