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Mouzafphaerre
10-04-2005, 06:18
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With a capital T. ~;)
On the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4305656.stm)
NB! There is no correct answer to number 4. They will be contacted soon. ~;)
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Meneldil
10-04-2005, 08:39
Got 8/12. I would have gotten 9 if I knew what are spatz and fez. 10 if we consider that question 4 has no answer ;)
AggonyDuck
10-04-2005, 08:49
9/12 ~d
Kongamato
10-04-2005, 09:13
10/12. They must have fixed question 4... I did a lot of inferring and guessing.
Mouzafphaerre
10-04-2005, 09:14
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About question 4...
None of the answers is the Turkish for mountain, which is dağ. The first two are names of mountains. So is the third but it's spelled differently ("Kafkas").
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Mouzafphaerre
10-04-2005, 09:16
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"Fez" is incorrect too. It's "fes" (as in Rudolf Hess). ~;)
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10/12. They must have fixed question 4... I did a lot of inferring and guessing.
Me too.
Kagemusha
10-04-2005, 11:30
10/12 I feel so stupid.Answered that Istanbul is the Capital.:embarassed:
LeftEyeNine
10-04-2005, 12:16
10/12 I feel so stupid.Answered that Istanbul is the Capital.:embarassed:
Similar to the Amsterdam-Hague stuff, I think (not the exact way though). It's soooooo normal that you think Istanbul is the capital. ~:)
Kagemusha
10-04-2005, 12:18
Yes m8,The Constantinopol option tricked me.~:)
L'Impresario
10-04-2005, 13:22
That was an easy test, but I made a mistake which wasn't my fault heh. That is question 3, in Greece at least Dardanella is more often mentioned with regards to the strait, with the sea usually referred to as Hellespont, both being tho interchangeable terms.
Either way, Dardanelles are mainly the name of a town, and in Turkish the words are quite different IIRC, çanakale boğaz must be for the Dardanelles straits..
Geoffrey S
10-04-2005, 13:47
10/12. Not difficult at all.
10/12. Could have been worse.
Craterus
10-04-2005, 16:38
8/12.
Gah!
Tricky Lady
10-04-2005, 17:04
Yay, got 10/12 too. Apart from question 4 I got the one about the fes wrong too.
Ianofsmeg16
10-04-2005, 19:55
11!!!!!! 11/12 !!!!
yeah, i know...
i rock harder than iron maiden!
You got 5 right!
Good, but not Kemal (perfect)
I need to brush up on my Turkish facts!
Taffy_is_a_Taff
10-04-2005, 20:20
where's the cranberry sauce?
Kaiser of Arabia
10-04-2005, 21:12
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"Fez" is incorrect too. It's "fes" (as in Rudolf Hess). ~;)
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So if I wear a fes (or Fez, whatever) I can be arrested? Sweet!
Uesugi Kenshin
10-04-2005, 22:10
9/12. A lot better than I thought I did, and I didn't have a clue about the Saint one, I don't really pay much attention to Christian lore....
Were the Fez banned because of the Janissaries? They did wear them iirc. Of course I could easily be waaaay off. Anyone enforce that law?
Strike For The South
10-04-2005, 23:01
9/12 sweet~:cheers:
LeftEyeNine
10-04-2005, 23:02
Janissaries did not wear fes. The Law of Attire was one of the reforms following the foundation of Turkish republic. Mustafa Kemal introduced the prohibition of fes by showing up to the public with his modern hat when he landed in Kastamonu.
Touristically maybe but fes can not be used as a component of public wear.
Kaiser of Arabia
10-04-2005, 23:24
Janissaries did not wear fes. The Law of Attire was one of the reforms following the foundation of Turkish republic. Mustafa Kemal introduced the prohibition of fes by showing up to the public with his modern hat when he landed in Kastamonu.
Touristically maybe but fes can not be used as a component of public wear.So...[cough]LeftEyeNine, ever been to a Turkish Prison?
LeftEyeNine
10-05-2005, 00:01
Ok it's 2 a.m. right now. And my neurons can not carry any more sarcastic impulses..:bow:
..Yarn..I don't get you KoA, what did you say ?..
Steppe Merc
10-05-2005, 00:05
I only got 6 right. Damn it, couldn't they ask more general Turk and Saljuq questions?
Uesugi Kenshin
10-05-2005, 01:12
Hmmmm I could have sworn I saw a picture of a Janissary wearing one, but the picture could have been of something else, I may not remember correctly, or it could have been wrong, I trust you're right. At least I got that question correct....
Mouzafphaerre
10-05-2005, 01:48
So if I wear a fes (or Fez, whatever) I can be arrested? Sweet!
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Practically, no. They sell it to tourists. But the law is out there, yes.
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Mouzafphaerre
10-05-2005, 01:52
That was an easy test, but I made a mistake which wasn't my fault heh. That is question 3, in Greece at least Dardanella is more often mentioned with regards to the strait, with the sea usually referred to as Hellespont, both being tho interchangeable terms.
Either way, Dardanelles are mainly the name of a town, and in Turkish the words are quite different IIRC, çanakale boğaz must be for the Dardanelles straits..
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Hellespontos: Çanakkale Boğazı (Straits of Dardanelles)
Propontis: Marmara
Bosporos: Istanbul or Karadeniz Boğazı (Straits of Istanbul or Black Sea)
Dardanelles: Çanakkale
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LeftEyeNine
10-05-2005, 04:24
Hmmmm I could have sworn I saw a picture of a Janissary wearing one, but the picture could have been of something else, I may not remember correctly, or it could have been wrong, I trust you're right. At least I got that question correct....
There is a small rate of possiblity, I guess, that the modernization of them may have effected their headwear turning to fes instead of that large woolen cloth. However I'm also doubtful that Nizam-i Cedid army that was organized in order to replace corrupted Janissary power were wearing fes. I think it was the Nizam-i Cedid army though I'm not sure.
Mouzafphaerre
10-05-2005, 04:31
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The Fes came into use in the "mainland" (it had been common practice in the mediterranean for long) well after the 1826 event. Can't recall the exact date though.
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Zalmoxis
10-05-2005, 07:48
I got two, the EEC one and the clothing one, wrong.
Louis VI the Fat
10-05-2005, 09:32
I got 'Saint Paul could hardly have done better'
I found this about the etymology of the Balkans:
Etymology and evolving meaning
The term Balkans is due to the Berlin geographer Johann August Zeune (1778-1853) who, in 1808, coined the term Balkanhalbinsel, which had a tremendous impact. Initially it was a purely geographical term, and referred to the mountainous regions of modern Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece. Note that, when the term was coined, all these countries were not independent, and therefore the term had no political connotations. The German word was based on Turkish balakan 'stone, cliff', which confirms the pure 'technical' meaning of the term]
Mouzafphaerre
10-05-2005, 14:27
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That word must be an archaic one, now apparently dead. Thanks for the info Louis IV the Fat.
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Uesugi Kenshin
10-05-2005, 22:41
Okay, thanks guys! I'll never get that question wrong again.
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