View Full Version : I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
The_Doctor
07-25-2005, 10:51
My dad asked me to make up some question about history for a pub quiz.
So far I have two:
1. When was the Battle of Waterloo?
1815.
2. Who commanded the British fleet at the battle of Trafalgar?
Nelson.
Can you guys help me make up some more? ~:)
Al Khalifah
07-25-2005, 11:58
Who commanded the Spartans at Thermopylae?
Leonidas
Always a good one for some reason.
edyzmedieval
07-25-2005, 12:07
Who ruled the largest empire?!
Genghis Khan
The Stranger
07-25-2005, 12:12
who said, Forwards, Forwards till the last shot and the last drop of gasoline and then go forwards on foot.
:General Patton
________________________-
Wich terrorist organisation killed Arch Duke of Austria in 1914
The Black Hand
King Henry V
07-25-2005, 12:13
who created the Beefeaters? Henry VII. People usually assume its Henry VIII...
The Stranger
07-25-2005, 12:15
what was the name of the operation that took place on the 6th of June 1944
Operation Overlord, he is sure going to get alot of D-Day answered on this question
who created the Beefeaters? Henry VII. People usually assume its Henry VIII...
I would guess it was 'King Henry V'. ~D
about the Q's, *making up one*
- Which Samurai Warlord was the first Shogun after the Sengoku Jidai period?
* Tokugawa Ieyasu
A hard one, I know.
The Stranger
07-25-2005, 12:25
this one is the best.
Who is the greatest spammer on the .org after the JAG period.
Emperor umeu 1, Tough one, i know. ~D
this one is the best.
Who is the greatest spammer on the .org after the JAG period.
Emperor umeu 1, Tough one, i know. ~D
and with the same post he proves the answer ~D
The Stranger
07-25-2005, 15:29
ofcourse......nobody could do it better......maybe craterus could.....but he has retired.
Marcellus
07-25-2005, 17:36
How about...Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March of which year?
44BC
Geoffrey S
07-25-2005, 17:50
Q: In which year of the Second World War did the German forces possess the most tanks?
A: 1945 (plenty of tanks, no fuel)
Kaiser of Arabia
07-25-2005, 18:11
In the movie Zulu, what are the two largest historical errors.
A. They weren't a welsh regiment at the time, they were the Warwickshires, and B. They never sang Men of Harlech.
Kagemusha
07-25-2005, 18:15
Who was the first emperor of Rome?Augustus.I know many people who would answer Julius Caesar. :bow:
Steppe Merc
07-25-2005, 18:18
What was the surname (I think that's right, or would it be nickname?) of the Duke of Normandy who invaded England?
William the Bastard
The_Doctor
07-25-2005, 18:43
Thank you, there are some good ones. ~:cheers:
Can you dumb them down a bit down a bit. ~D
Taffy_is_a_Taff
07-25-2005, 19:21
look this one up:
some guy gave Charlemagne an elephant.
The question will be " what did person X give to Charlemagne?"
I got that a couple of years ago but my entire team was history undergrads and grads: we got it (we got 100% on the history section of that pub quiz).
discovery1
07-25-2005, 19:23
Don't do that. You want to shred egos...
Who was the Korean admiral whos innovatove methods sent the Japanese back to Japan?
Yi Sun-sin
Big King Sanctaphrax
07-25-2005, 20:27
Which model of the Spitfire was produced in the greatest quantities?
The Mk. XI. Well, the Lf. XI, if you're being picky.
Ianofsmeg16
07-25-2005, 20:31
how far in history do you want to go? cos i have some DAMN hard questions about dinosaurs tht NOBODY will get. You want them...if not then
Q.when was the first powered flight?
A. December 17th 1903
Kaiser of Arabia
07-25-2005, 20:40
What was the surname (I think that's right, or would it be nickname?) of the Duke of Normandy who invaded England?
William the Bastard
Surname's Plantagenet I beleive.
TheSilverKnight
07-25-2005, 21:42
Surname's Plantagenet I beleive.
Nope.
Plantagenet was the surname of the Angevin dynasty which came to the throne of England in 1154 upon the accession of Henry, Duke of Anjou, to the English throne. Before that, William I's (William the Bastard) family was surnamed de Normandie, after their duchy, Normandy, in Northern France. :book:
Evil_Maniac From Mars
07-25-2005, 23:46
Q: Which German created the Holy Roman Empire?
A: Otto the Great
Q: What was Otto outnumbered by at his victory at Lechfeld?
A: More than 5:1
Q: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was Emperor over Germany, parts of France, parts of Italy, and _______________
A: blank=Sicily
Geoffrey S
07-26-2005, 08:32
Can you dumb them down a bit down a bit. ~D
Q: Who was the mythic founder of Rome: Aeneas, Remus, or Romulus?
A: Romulus
swirly_the_toilet_fish
07-26-2005, 08:38
Q) Who was the mythic founder of Britain?
A) Brutus
King Henry V
07-26-2005, 10:06
Who commanded the Light Brigade during its fateful charge: Lord Cardigan.
Or was The Battle of Balaclava, at which the Charge of the Light Brigade, a victory or defeat for the British Army? Victory.
The Stranger
07-26-2005, 10:34
Wich king drowned due his own armour, on his way to Jeruzalem.
Barbarossa, Emperor Friedrich II
The Stranger
07-26-2005, 10:36
Who surrendered the german troops at stalingrad in winter 1943 (42)
General Paulus
The_Doctor
07-26-2005, 11:57
Ok, keep them coming. ~:)
Krusader
07-26-2005, 12:30
Q: Which Roman Emperor conquered Britain and added it to the empire?
A: Claudius
Q: When did the battle of Agincourt take place?
A: October 2th 1415
Q: When did Queen Victoria die?
A: January 22nd 1901
Q.which general of the roman republic defeated hannibal in north africa
A.Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Q.What emperor first banned the gladitorial games and events associated with it
A. Caligula (most people get this wrong, and say claudius)
Q.What nations began ww1
A. serbia, austria, prussia, russia (france and england were brought into the war by prussia attacking france)
Q: The Marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine started the English craze for which wine?
A: Claret. Bordeaux wines were made in Aquitaine.
Q: The names of which historical Kings are the sizes of large wine bottles?
A: Jeroboam (4 bottles), Rehoboam (6), Methuselah (8), Salmanazar (12), Balthazar (16), Nebuchadnezzar (20), Melchior (24).
The Stranger
07-26-2005, 13:40
where did Alexander defeated the persian empire of Darius 2.
Guagamala
What was the nickname of the 3rd ridge at Guadalcanal given by the USMC
Bloody Ridge
How did Nero died
suicide
Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
archimedes, damn i knew it was wrong but i couldnt find the good name.
thanx
Craterus
07-26-2005, 14:28
1. Name any three of Alexander the Great's closest friends.
Seleucus
Craterus
Hephaestion
Lysimachus
Leonnatus
Ptolemy
Perdiccas
Eumenes
Philotas
Geoffrey S
07-26-2005, 15:07
Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
Aristotle
Archimedes.
Craterus
07-26-2005, 19:42
Haha, nice one EU.
When did Italy invade Abyssinia leading up to the Second World War?
October 1935
swirly_the_toilet_fish
07-26-2005, 22:15
Q) Who succeeded Oda Nobunaga and brought an end to the Sengoku period, unifying Japan?
A) Toyotomi Hideyoshi, or Hideoyoshi
edyzmedieval
07-26-2005, 22:22
where did Alexander defeated the persian empire of Darius 2.
Guagamala
Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
Aristotle
It's Gaugamela not Guagamala( I'm surprised you didn't write Guatemala ~D )
And indeed,
It's Archimedes.
edyzmedieval
07-26-2005, 22:26
Q)
A) Toyotomi Hideyoshi, or Hideoyoshi
Or, much better
Saru (monkey) ~D
Who surrendered the german troops at stalingrad in winter 1943 (42)
General Paulus
Q.Of those that surrendered at Stalingrad how many survived the POW camps until the end of the war.
A. 5-10 percent
Q Who invented the internet?
A Al Gore
I dare ya to use that 1 ~D
Evil_Maniac From Mars
07-27-2005, 02:02
A. serbia, austria, prussia, russia (france and england were brought into the war by prussia attacking france)
Actually:
1: Serb assasinates Austrian Crown Prince
2: Austria declares war on Serbia
3: Russia comes to aid of Serb allies.
4: England comes to Russia's aid
5: Austria appeals to Germany for help, Germany accepts.
NOTE: It was NOT Prussia, it was the Hohenzollern Empire.
Azi Tohak
07-27-2005, 04:51
What was Byzantine Emperor Basil II nickname?
The Bulgarslayer (10 points if they say Bulgaroctonus)
Tamerlane is a contraction of Tamer with what other word?
Lame
Charlemage is a contraction of Charles and what other word?
Magnus (great)
Who ruled the Roman Empire at its greatest extent?
Trajan (why do I think this one is going to get some arguments?)
Name either the victor or vanquished from the battle of Manzikert in 1071.
Alp Arslan (won) Romanus IV Diogenes (lost...and far more than just a battle...)
Who founded Constantinople?
Constantine the Great
That is all I have for now...
Azi
Ironside
07-27-2005, 08:27
New York's original name.
New Amsterdam
Who won the battle of Jankov? (1645, one of the most important battles during the 30-years war)
The Swedes
Who is Apicius?
A very famous gormet that spended so much on food that when he found out that he only had a few millions sestertius left, he considered it too little to live on, so he comitted suecide.
What was the Greek name on the Roman goddess Vesta?
None, as it was one of the few gods indigenous to the Romans.
The Stranger
07-27-2005, 10:26
It's Gaugamela not Guagamala( I'm surprised you didn't write Guatemala ~D )
And indeed,
It's Archimedes.
that 1st was a typing mistake, the other was wrong.
i know what guatemala is.
The Stranger
07-27-2005, 10:29
Actually:
1: Serb assasinates Austrian Crown Prince
2: Austria declares war on Serbia
3: Russia comes to aid of Serb allies.
4: England comes to Russia's aid
5: Austria appeals to Germany for help, Germany accepts.
NOTE: It was NOT Prussia, it was the Hohenzollern Empire.
austria and germany had a pact a long time before that germany would help austria in war, italy was in it too, but they backed out when the war started. to join the allies in 1915 (not sure about the date)
The_Doctor
07-27-2005, 12:31
Guys, please make them easier, this is for the local tennis club not Mensa.
The Stranger
07-27-2005, 13:15
oke, who was president before bush....
Clinton.
The_Mark
07-27-2005, 14:11
Guys, please make them easier, this is for the local tennis club not Mensa.
That's what you get when you ask about history here :grin:
okay, when was jesus born?
7-4 bc? but most say 1AD.
Flavius Clemens
07-28-2005, 23:31
These are from a St George's Day quiz I ran at work a couple of years ago - so all the questions had some (loose) connection with England - a mix of difficulty levels, and era:
What is the modern name of the city where Constantine was proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops,
York
Which politician wrote the "History of the English Speaking People."
Winston Churchill.
King James I of England was what number King of Scotland.
VI.
Which North East saint wrote "The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation" completed in 731.
Venerable Bede.
What year was the Spanish Armada defeated by the English fleet?
1588
Who gave the signal "England expects that every man will do his duty"
Nelson
What started on September 1st 1666 in Pudding Lane?
Great Fire of London
In 1991, who became the first English person in Space
Helen Sharman
Six "martyrs" from where were sentenced to transportation to Australia for trying to start "The Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers".
Tolpuddle
who killed Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip
What was he doing when he saw Franz Ferdinand?
Buying something to eat (more specifically a sandwich.)
Who founded the tetrachy?
Diocteclan
who set up the themata system for the Byzantines?
Heraklios
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