History quiz [Archive] - Page 11

seireikhaan

11-01-2009, 05:08

Henry the Navigator.

Hey, famous is relative...
No.

Also, that hint refers to the grandfather, not the person himself that I'm looking for.

And, of course, famous is relative, but I think most(here anyways) would recognize the name.

Anyway, another hint, to help out.

- Not northwest Africa.

Ariovistus Maximus

11-01-2009, 05:09

I'm thinking of Mozambique and Vasco da Gama, but not quite able to put it together...

Possibly Ethiopia.

The famous grandfather thing is throwing me off a bit.

Columbus' son had connections with Portugal too... but that might be stretching it a little.

aimlesswanderer

11-01-2009, 06:30

I really have to say that question was exceedingly difficult. Being a Chinese national myself I have rarely heard of his name being mentioned, honestly he was only one of the many statesment/warlord of that turbulent era. His actions, however notesworthy, were always going be in the shadows of men such as Sun Yat Sen and Chen Duxiu, unfortunatly.

Never heard of him either, though my knowledge of that period is limited.

Quintus.JC

11-01-2009, 14:37

No.

Also, that hint refers to the grandfather, not the person himself that I'm looking for.

And, of course, famous is relative, but I think most(here anyways) would recognize the name.

Anyway, another hint, to help out.

- Not northwest Africa.

Bartolomeu Dias ?

seireikhaan

11-01-2009, 17:45

Not quite.

-Silver

al Roumi

11-02-2009, 11:09

Perhaps so. I didn't know of him myself until this semester's course in Chinese history.

Despite giving you a hard time over the question, I thank you for drawing attention to someone I knew little about. :2thumbsup:

Louis VI the Fat

11-03-2009, 00:59

I clueless.

I'm thinking a 15th century Portuguese explorer, or a 20th century Angolan or Mozambiquan. I can't work it out.

Fun game. Haven't played this in two years or so I think.

seireikhaan

11-03-2009, 07:01

-Angola

Ariovistus Maximus

11-03-2009, 17:08

Paulo Dias de Novais, first Captain-Governor of Angola. He founded a settlement at Sao Paulo, being attracted by the silver mines of Cambambe. :beam:

Quintus JC was so close.

Bartolomeu Dias was the grandfather.

seireikhaan

11-03-2009, 18:52

Correct.

You're turn, Ariovistivus.

Ariovistus Maximus

11-03-2009, 20:23

Thanks Yaseikhaan! :bow:

I also like Louis' format; keeps things interesting.

So let's begin. We'll start out vague and see how it goes. :beam:

-Person
-Anti-Soviet
-Army
-Chief of Staff

Prussian to the Iron

11-03-2009, 20:27

I'm guessing this is american.

I can think of the guy, he's somewhat famous, I just cant remember his name. gaaaah!!!!

to the history book!

Strike For The South

11-03-2009, 22:13

Thanks Yaseikhaan! :bow:

I also like Louis' format; keeps things interesting.

So let's begin. We'll start out vague and see how it goes. :beam:

-Person
-Anti-Soviet
-Army
-Chief of Staff

Omar Bradley

Louis VI the Fat

11-03-2009, 23:26

I like Ike!

Or, Dwight Eisenhower?

Decker

11-04-2009, 00:07

George C. Marshall

Ariovistus Maximus

11-04-2009, 01:09

You're on the wrong track. :mellow:

He's not American. :sneaky:

All those American generals, of course, would be anti-soviet.

But for this general, anti-soviet has a little more meaning, if you get my drift.

A Very Super Market

11-04-2009, 01:57

Kietel?

No, the OWK was even more anti-soviet.

Strike For The South

11-04-2009, 03:16

Alexander Kerensky

Subotan

11-04-2009, 13:06

Radola Gajda

Ariovistus Maximus

11-04-2009, 13:45

-Russian

Prussian to the Iron

11-04-2009, 13:59

Imran Zakhaev

_Tristan_

11-04-2009, 17:53

Andrei Vlasov ?

A Soviet general who defended Moscow in 1941, he got arrested by germany in 1942 and changed sides. He then created a Russian Liberation Army fighting alongside Nazi Germany.

or Bronislaw Kaminski, leader of the Kaminski Brigade, a unit of the Waffen-SS

Ariovistus Maximus

11-04-2009, 18:18

Excellent guesses, but no bannanna yet.

-1857-1918

Louis VI the Fat

11-04-2009, 18:22

In that case, Mikhail Vasilevitch.

_Tristan_

11-04-2009, 18:26

Mikhail Vasiliyevich Alekseyev

Prussian to the Iron

11-04-2009, 19:08

Imran Zakhaev

nobody noticed this yet?

Ariovistus Maximus

11-04-2009, 21:03

Mikhail Vasiliyevich Alekseyev

You got it. :2thumbsup:

I wanted to pick someone who was... less than a household name. :beam:

Yes, he held a number of important positions during WWI, and died of natural causes in 1918.

(Or, at least that's what they WANT us to think... :mellow:)

_Tristan_

11-05-2009, 11:52

I'll keep the format :

- Place
- Scandal
- Debauchery
- Dumas

Subotan

11-05-2009, 12:38

Devil's Island?
Via Dreyfus and J'accuse?

Prussian to the Iron

11-05-2009, 14:25

Monte Cristo?
Elba?
Île Sainte-Marguerite?

I really hope I'm thinking fo the right Dumas.

Ariovistus Maximus

11-05-2009, 15:53

Chateu D'if?

Island of Monte Cristo?

Prussian to the Iron

11-05-2009, 16:06

Monte Cristo?

Island of Monte Cristo?

uuuuhhh....................

Ariovistus Maximus

11-05-2009, 16:08

uuuuhhh....................

Is that a... problem? :beam:

Not to worry; not to worry. You get credit for the first answer, should that be correct. I'm just participating, that's all.

Oh, by the way, my next 2 guesses are... :sneaky: :mellow:

Elba?
Île Sainte-Marguerite?

:laugh4: j/k

Prussian to the Iron

11-05-2009, 17:31

i lol'd!

_Tristan_

11-05-2009, 18:10

You got the right Dumas but not the right place...

I'll let you look for now and will give a clue in a few hours...

Prussian to the Iron

11-05-2009, 18:46

Bragelonne?
Bastille?
Belle Isle?
Beaufort?

wow....all my answers start with "B"......interesting...

_Tristan_

11-05-2009, 19:22

Wrong track... wrong period for most of those...

Prussian to the Iron

11-05-2009, 19:57

well......"Scandal" and "Debauchery", despite being pretty much the same thing with regards to a locations description.....Dumas will help a lot, and i guess location is required information.

but we need something other than "Scandal" and "Debauchery".those could be.........anywhere.

_Tristan_

11-05-2009, 22:20

I'll add :

Paris

Prussian to the Iron

11-06-2009, 00:05

its a place in paris?

_Tristan_

11-06-2009, 00:20

Yep

Ariovistus Maximus

11-06-2009, 01:48

A place in Paris characterized by scandal and debauchery?

Oh yeah, that narrowed it down a lot.

j/k of course. :laugh4:

_Tristan_

11-06-2009, 09:18

One more clue :

Two French princesses...

That should narrow it down... (and don't you get any ideas... )

Tristuskhan

11-06-2009, 14:09

place: Hotel de Nesle?

_Tristan_

11-06-2009, 15:59

I'll consider this a good answer though it was in fact the Tour de Nesle (Tower of Nesle) part of the Louvre fortifications.

Legend has it that Queen Marguerite de Bougogne met her lovers' there and had them killed afterwards and thrown in cloth bags in the Seine which flowed under the walls.

Truth has it that two of Philippe IV daughters in law met their lovers' there. They were discovered. One of the daughters was strangled after having been sent away. The second became a nun. Their male counterparts, two brothers, were questioned, avowed their crimes and were flayed alive.

Alexandre Dumas wrote a play about these events.

Prussian to the Iron

11-06-2009, 16:37

Subotan

11-06-2009, 16:55

The odd questions are the best questions.

Next odd question please :beam:

_Tristan_

11-06-2009, 18:09

anyone else notice that Tristuskhans post count is exactly 666?

please dont post anymore so we can all look at that post count number!!!

anyway: wow, that was......an odd question........never even heard of it.....

It is rather famous in France and is the basis for or incorporated in several old and more recent movies (The Queen Margot being the latest IIRC)

Prussian to the Iron

11-06-2009, 18:50

in france. exactly. in france. everyone knows america is the only country that amtters :D

JK of course

Subotan

11-06-2009, 23:36

Oh man, SFTS and Louis are gonna beat you up

Prussian to the Iron

11-07-2009, 03:13

*Readies self for french retribution*

and I thought SFTS was from Texas?

Ariovistus Maximus

11-07-2009, 03:23

anyone else notice that Tristuskhans post count is exactly 666?

Hotel de Nesle is indeed an evil place. :inquisitive:

It is a SIGN!

Subotan

11-07-2009, 15:09

and I thought SFTS was from Texas?

He is. But he's a Francophile

Snite

11-07-2009, 23:09

As a Texan, I say that no Texan should be a Francophile. It's like deciding that greatness is too good for you and so you want to lower and debase yourself or something. :clown:

Strike For The South

11-07-2009, 23:50

As a Texan, I say that no Texan should be a Francophile. It's like deciding that greatness is too good for you and so you want to lower and debase yourself or something. :clown:

Oh dear.

Tristuskhan

11-09-2009, 01:47

Oh dear.

Indeed...

So everyone saw my 666 post count? Nice, let me make it 667....

Trying to stick to the format:

-person
-heresy
-slave grandfather
-theory of evolution

Good luck!

Prussian to the Iron

11-09-2009, 03:59

Darwin

A Very Super Market

11-09-2009, 04:10

Al-Jahiz?

Forgive me, but it was simply from a wikipedia search.

Tristuskhan

11-09-2009, 07:17

Al-Jahiz?

Forgive me, but it was simply from a wikipedia search.

So soon??
You got it, AVSM...

A Very Super Market

11-09-2009, 07:39

He he, in this day and age....

Someone else can go, I'm just in it for the guessing.

Decker

11-09-2009, 08:55

Alright this is kinda from the top of my head from a show I saw on TV (NGO):
Sex
Engravings
Book
Temples

Subotan

11-09-2009, 10:02

Kamra Sutra

Megas Methuselah

11-09-2009, 10:46

Kamra Sutra

Kama Sutra.

Subotan

11-09-2009, 11:50

I should still get that.

Prussian to the Iron

11-09-2009, 14:08

that is too easy. and yes subotan its yours if that is the answer (which we are just waiting confirmation of; think of a question you can ask)

Subotan

11-09-2009, 15:25

Person
Methodist
Anti-Communist
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Prussian to the Iron

11-09-2009, 15:35

he needs to confirm it. just wait a little while. dont wanna screw up the game do we?

Decker

11-09-2009, 18:05

Yeah it was and he did :2thumbsup:

Subotan

11-09-2009, 18:28

Awesome.

Anyone wanna guess?

Snite

11-09-2009, 20:20

dont wanna screw up the game do we?

?????

Subotan

11-10-2009, 11:30

...
No-one rises to the challenge?

_Tristan_

11-10-2009, 11:33

I'll admit I need a bit more info... There has been over 700 KGC in history... Quite a wide choice with so few clues...

Subotan

11-10-2009, 18:54

Ok, one more clue
-Generalissimo

seireikhaan

11-11-2009, 15:12

Chiang Kai Shek.

Subotan

11-11-2009, 15:20

Yep, that's right.
Your turn.
EDIT: Was it the Generalissimo that gave it away?

seireikhaan

11-11-2009, 17:02

Yep, that's right.
Your turn.
EDIT: Was it the Generalissimo that gave it away?
Not quite, but it did give me the inclination to check into Chiang to see if he was indeed a knight.

Anyways, I'll be back in a few hours with a new one.

seireikhaan

11-12-2009, 20:00

Actually, whoever wants to ask the next question can go ahead. I'm gonna be busier the next couple days.

Prussian to the Iron

11-13-2009, 01:05

And Prussian Uron swoops in and steals the kill!

What German word is in front of most German-made guns, shortened to simply "G" most of the time? This abbreviation has been in use since the late 19th century.

Subotan

11-13-2009, 01:09

Gewehr

A Very Super Market

11-13-2009, 01:44

Language questions should be avoided, as not everyone here speaks English exclusively. Hell, I've watched enough foreign films to know what "Gewehr" means.

Megas Methuselah

11-13-2009, 03:43

I'm going to ask a question demanding a Saulteaux word as an answer just to get back at PI.

Prussian to the Iron

11-13-2009, 04:01

Gewehr

damn! your question.

I'm going to ask a question demanding a Saulteaux word as an answer just to get back at PI.

which would be horrible, as ive never heard of salteaux :sweatdrop:

Prussian to the Iron

11-13-2009, 04:02

woops! double post. mod please delete this post

Subotan

11-13-2009, 16:09

-Person
-British
-18th Century
-Ear

Prussian to the Iron

11-13-2009, 16:14

ear? id say van gogh if i didnt know better.

A Very Super Market

11-13-2009, 16:46

Robert Jenkins?

Subotan

11-13-2009, 18:47

Robert Jenkins?

Ding Ding! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear)

Subotan

11-16-2009, 09:59

AVSM?

Snite

11-17-2009, 00:00

AVSM?

What?

Subotan

11-17-2009, 00:22

He hasn't set a question...

Centurion1

11-17-2009, 02:09

someone else take a whirl???

Snite

11-17-2009, 03:15

What's the standard for waiting?

Prussian to the Iron

11-17-2009, 03:18

lets give each person a 5-day waiting limit, and if they haven't taken it by the end of day 5, than anyone can take it.

thats pretty fair, considering you can post something on sunday and not have to ask another until friday.

Centurion1

11-17-2009, 03:18

Already passed, its been three days. Take it away snite.

A Very Super Market

11-17-2009, 03:18

I don't want to ask any questions, anyone else can go.

Snite

11-17-2009, 03:26

I started out a loyal colonist in love with my mother country and while everyone else in my homeland argued for independence I worked feverishly to suppress us even farther. It wasn't until later, when I saw how subservient the mother country expected us to be that I turned on her and threw my lot in with the independence side. Hundreds of years later I am regarded as a statesman heroic against the suppressive adversity of the mother country and my original loyalty to her is largely forgotten.

Who am I?

Sorry, couldn't think of a way to use the new format.

Strike For The South

11-17-2009, 05:13

Stephen Austin?

Snite

11-17-2009, 05:22

He wasn't so much loyal as just trying to be diplomatic and finding a peaceful solution.

... I guess his arrest for his efforts is why Texans are so averse to trying diplomacy first.

al Roumi

11-18-2009, 13:09

Er, George Washington?

Prussian to the Iron

11-18-2009, 15:03

thatd be too easy

al Roumi

11-18-2009, 16:01

thatd be too easy

yeah but it fits well enough afaik; Washington was a general in the British Colonial Army (or whatever it was called) before the war of independance. You don't get to general for not agreeing with your "masters"...

Prussian to the Iron

11-18-2009, 16:44

al Roumi

11-18-2009, 17:05

actually.....he wasn't a general. i think he was a colonel in the french and indian war or something. but i know he was no british general.

and...what? you dont get to general for not agreeing with your masters? what does that....i dont understand that. trying to simplify it i came up with:

you get to general for agreeing with your masters

which...wouldn't fit this description at all. he said that the guy disagreed.

Re-read the text. It clearly says that to begin with, the person went along with whatever they were being asked to do by their "overlord", i.e. follow orders. Only after a crisis of conscience, or some other event did the person change their mind and reject their overlord/master and side with those in favour of independance.

I'm happy to be wrong about this, it's just that from the little I know of Washington, this could fit the bill. the n again, it could fit the bill of almost any Colonial-Military revolutionary, why not Simon Bolivar for instance?

Prussian to the Iron

11-18-2009, 19:05

whatever. its not that big of a deal.

InsaneApache

11-18-2009, 19:45

Ben Franklin.

Snite

11-18-2009, 20:28

Insane in the Membrane.

Prussian to the Iron

11-18-2009, 22:39

haha lol it took me a sec to understand that :P

Centurion1

11-19-2009, 03:45

gah.....

Megas Methuselah

11-19-2009, 09:17

John Adams? :dizzy2:

al Roumi

11-19-2009, 11:23

Idi Amin?

Prussian to the Iron

11-19-2009, 14:26

he just said it was insaneapache.

he could have worded it better...

al Roumi

11-19-2009, 15:24

ah yes, I didn't get it either. I was wondering if I should find a transcript of Cyprus hill lyrics in order to work that one out though...

Prussian to the Iron

11-19-2009, 16:46

"Whoooosh!!!"
"Whoa! What was that?!"
"Oh, that was just alh_p's joke going right over my head."

al Roumi

11-19-2009, 17:05

"Whoooosh!!!"
"Whoa! What was that?!"
"Oh, that was just alh_p's joke going right over my head."

:laugh4: oh dear, I was refering to this:

Insane in the Membrane.

And I wasn't joking... ~:confused:

Prussian to the Iron

11-19-2009, 18:12

I was wondering if I should find a transcript of Cyprus hill lyrics in order to work that one out though...

i...meant.....this wasn't a joke?............uh.......................................*drools*:wall:

Snite

11-19-2009, 19:59

he just said it was insaneapache.

he could have worded it better...

No, I could not.

Megas Methuselah

11-20-2009, 00:53

No, I could not.

I hate you.

Decker

11-20-2009, 01:41

So I'm the only one that got that :inquisitive:

Prussian to the Iron

11-20-2009, 02:18

I hate you.

oh meth, always jumping in with sitcom comments at innapropriate times. how i love meth!

Strike For The South

11-20-2009, 05:04

So I'm the only one that got that :inquisitive:

I really don't see what Cypress Hill has to do with Franklin. Unless I'm missing something blatant. Which I probably am.

Snite

11-20-2009, 05:31

He was gonna look up Cypress Hill lyrics because he thought that "Insane in the membrane" was a clue as to where to find the answer.

Why Meth? Why?

And bejeebus did I throw this thread into a snarl. I sincerly apologize.

InsaneApache

11-20-2009, 10:56

al Roumi

11-20-2009, 15:44

I really don't see what Cypress Hill has to do with Franklin. Unless I'm missing something blatant. Which I probably am.

Exactly why I was so confused. Did Cyprus hill ever rap about Benjamin Franklin???? lol :dizzy2:

al Roumi

11-20-2009, 16:04

I started work designing bi-planes. I progressed to mono-planes and eventually jets. I designed many famous aeroplanes of the 20th centuary. One of the planes I designed is still used by airforces today.

Who am I? :inquisitive:

Good question, i've just had a rewarding trawl through several wikipedia pages. I'm guessing you mean:

Igor Sikorsky

or, possibly:

John Carver Meadows Frost

InsaneApache

11-20-2009, 17:10

No.

E for effort though. :laugh4:

Louis VI the Fat

11-20-2009, 17:43

I started work designing bi-planes. I progressed to mono-planes and eventually jets. I designed many famous aeroplanes of the 20th centuary. One of the planes I designed is still used by airforces today.

Who am I? :inquisitive:The legendary Clive Sinclair, the great British eccentric, the man behind all of the greatest and funnest inventions of the 20th century.

:sweatdrop:

InsaneApache

11-20-2009, 18:05

:laugh4:

No.

Decker

11-20-2009, 19:56

I really don't see what Cypress Hill has to do with Franklin. Unless I'm missing something blatant. Which I probably am.
Just naming Insane Apache as the winner of the previous question ;)

And hmmmm.... James S. McDonnell or Aleksandr Sergeevich Yakovlev

InsaneApache

11-20-2009, 23:12

No.

aimlesswanderer

11-24-2009, 06:41

Umm, ok, let's go through the rest of the Russian names: Tupolev, Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG), Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Antonov?

InsaneApache

11-24-2009, 11:39

No.

_Tristan_

11-24-2009, 17:25

William E. Boeing ?

InsaneApache

11-24-2009, 18:09

No.

Ariovistus Maximus

11-24-2009, 18:16

Anthony Fokker?

Willy Messerschmitt?

InsaneApache

11-24-2009, 19:25

No.

Louis VI the Fat

11-24-2009, 20:15

Dr. No? :idea2:

Prussian to the Iron

11-24-2009, 21:08

Dr. No? :idea2:

of course! hes been giving us the answer the entire time!!!

No.

No.

No.

its so simple!!!

Decker

11-25-2009, 01:07

Leroy Grumman if it's not this guy then the Wright Brothes :sweatdrop:

InsaneApache

11-25-2009, 10:37

No.

Give up yet?

_Tristan_

11-25-2009, 18:23

One more clue would be handy at this point...

Yet I'm gonna risk Howard Hughes ?

InsaneApache

11-25-2009, 18:47

No.

OK then another clue.

He was British. He worked for various firms in the 30s, 40s and 50s. These include the Hawker Aircraft Company, Hawker Siddeley and the British Aircraft Corporation. He was knighted in 1953. He died in 1966.

Samofrome

12-01-2009, 17:40

Beachey?

KukriKhan

12-01-2009, 18:25

Sir Sydney Camm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Camm).

KukriKhan

12-01-2009, 23:13

I'm 90% sure of my answer, so I pose one:

Who am I? I was a member of the Continental Congress as well as the Pennsylvania Assembly, the Stamp Act Congress, and later the Constitutional Congress and the Delaware Constitutional Congess. Even so, I did not sign the Declaration of Independence because I was very opposed to American Independence, and hoped for reconciliation with the UK.

G. Septimus

12-02-2009, 15:34

InsaneApache

12-02-2009, 16:53

Sir Sydney Camm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Camm).

:bow:

I was amazed when I first discovered that the bloke who designed the Hurricane also designed the Harrier jump jet. Outstanding.

KukriKhan

12-02-2009, 17:34

Edmund Burke??????:sweatdrop:

No, but I have to grant at least half-credit for that answer, since both Burke and my guy argued from their respective seats (Burke in Parliament, Mr X from the Continental Congress) AGAINST war between the UK and her colonies, and FOR reconciliation, based on what both saw as the fundamental "English-ness" of the 13 colonies.

Good answer, but incorrect.

I was amazed when I first discovered that the bloke who designed the Hurricane also designed the Harrier jump jet. Outstanding.

Finding and researching Sir Sydney was quite a challenge, and in the process, I learned more about early aviation than I ever knew. Thanks for that. :bow:

Strike For The South

12-02-2009, 21:01

John Dickinson

:smoking:

KukriKhan

12-02-2009, 22:11

John Dickinson

:smoking:

Ko-rec-ta-mun-do, cowboy. Dickinson did do his duty, serving in militias despite his loyalist views.

Your turn.

Strike For The South

12-03-2009, 16:31

I dropped out of West Point.
I was Commisonied as a Colonel
2 Counties in the south are named after me
I was massacered with my men

Prussian to the Iron

12-03-2009, 16:38

George Armstrong Custer?

EDIT: Just looked him up on Wikipedia (after I answered); he seems to qualify: graduated from westpoint, was a lieutenant (omg....i spelled that right on the first try!!!) colonel at his death, and lost al his men at little bighorn. and i'm sure there are some counties named after him.

Strike For The South

12-03-2009, 16:55

Prussian to the Iron

12-03-2009, 17:28

oh man! and here I was smugly thinking I would get some sort of jumbled response back like:

"Bu..how did you....uuh.....PI..your.....turn... *checks computer for viruses that have to do with "Prussian"*"

:P

Prussian to the Iron

12-03-2009, 17:33

oh hey, did you know that James Fannin is that guy that answers your question?

Strike For The South

12-03-2009, 17:37

oh hey, did you know that James Fannin is that guy that answers your question?

Colonel James Fannin ~:)

Your turn PI

Prussian to the Iron

12-03-2009, 17:52

:D

In this battle, Marie Pierre Koenig successfully delayed the enemy invasion of Libya for 16 days before retreating, inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders.

Name the battle, the war, the enemy forces, and the enemy commander.

Samofrome

12-03-2009, 20:54

Battle of Bir Hakeim, WW2, axis, General Erwin Rommel.
please

Prussian to the Iron

12-03-2009, 20:59

yep. your turn samofrome.

Samofrome

12-03-2009, 21:07

Where did the wings of a spitfire come from( the curved shape) and how many times did it win a race?

InsaneApache

12-04-2009, 12:10

seagull.

Samofrome

12-04-2009, 17:21

no, it came from a plane.

G. Septimus

12-06-2009, 08:04

no, it came from a plane.
P-40 Warhawk????(Their Wings look familliar)

Samofrome

12-06-2009, 09:16

could be, but not really what I had in mind,
this plane won the Schneider Trophy in 1934

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-07-2009, 04:16

The Supermarine S.6B? But I don't think that won in 1934.

Samofrome

12-07-2009, 09:01

well done, there was two, and you got one
your turn.

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-07-2009, 22:11

During the Battle of Berlin, two Soviets burst into this German general's headquarters and killed four of his staff. He proceeded to kill one with a pistol and the other with a knife. Who was he?

Prussian to the Iron

12-07-2009, 22:44

jesus.....that guy must've been a badass............

uhh.......

it's not Himmler is it?

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-08-2009, 01:20

Nope. To my recollection, he was not a Nazi.

Prussian to the Iron

12-08-2009, 03:10

a WWII german general...who isn't nazi? that's.......hmm.....

A Very Super Market

12-08-2009, 03:41

Himmler wasn't really a general anyways.

Now, of all people you would assume to be nazis, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb) would be top of the list. The guy was apparently an ardent critic of it.

As for my answer, it would be Hasso von Manteuffel.

If it's accepted, anyone else can go in my place.

Azathoth

12-08-2009, 03:53

a WWII german general...who isn't nazi? that's.......hmm.....

Didn't we have the "not all Germans were Nazis" talk back in March or February?

Prussian to the Iron

12-08-2009, 14:49

Didn't we have the "not all Germans were Nazis" talk back in March or February?

yeah, but think about it. if you're a soldier, you don't necessarily believe in what you're doing. a general is really important. you'd have trouble finding a non-nazi german WWII general besides the one in AVSM's post.

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-08-2009, 18:55

As for my answer, it would be Hasso von Manteuffel.

Yes. He was a tank general and the defense critic for the Free Democratic Party after the war.

yeah, but think about it. if you're a soldier, you don't necessarily believe in what you're doing. a general is really important. you'd have trouble finding a non-nazi german WWII general besides the one in AVSM's post.

Actually, it isn't as hard as you might think. The Wehrmacht was a hotbed of anti-Nazi conspiracies, with prominent anti-Nazi generals including Erwin Rommel, Ludwig Beck, Erwin von Witzleben, Werner von Fritsch, Johannes Blaskowitz (who personally wrote to high command vilifying the SS for war crimes), and Henning von Tresckow among others.

Prussian to the Iron

12-08-2009, 19:31

did you just write down the conspirators of Operation Valkyrie?

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-08-2009, 20:46

did you just write down the conspirators of Operation Valkyrie?

No. Some of those men were involved, such as Beck and Witzleben, but Rommel and Blaskowitz, for example, were not, or at least not directly. Lots of the anti-Nazi generals in the Second World War were at least somehow involved or connected to those who were involved in the many plots to kill Hitler.

Strike For The South

12-08-2009, 21:42

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-08-2009, 21:44

Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Not a general. ~;)

Strike For The South

12-08-2009, 21:45

Not a general. ~;)

Herrmann Karl Robert Henning von Tresckow

A Very Super Market

12-08-2009, 22:03

A lot of the old aristocratics hate Hitler and his policies with a vengeance. Frido von Senger... Hans-Jurgen von Arnim....

Prussian to the Iron

12-08-2009, 22:24

Yes. He was a tank general and the defense critic for the Free Democratic Party after the war.

didnt he just confirm AVSM's answer?

A Very Super Market

12-08-2009, 22:29

Yes. Ask a question if you want, because I got nothing.

Decker

12-08-2009, 23:37

I'll take it:

I was the leader of a brutal party that suppressed my entire country. Under my leadership intellectuals, artists, etc. were jailed, executed, or forced into dreadful labor conditions. Thousands of people were murdered under my reign, others starved to death or fled the country. I had a great power backing me as we fought our neighbors though I eventually lost. Who am I, what is the name of my party, what country, and which great power backed me in my war? (That last one is E.C. btws)

Prussian to the Iron

12-09-2009, 00:43

hitler, nazi party, germany

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-09-2009, 00:59

Pol Pot, Communist Party of Kampuchea, Soviet Union?

Decker

12-09-2009, 02:09

Pol Pot, Communist Party of Kampuchea, Soviet Union?:furious3: at least I finally stumped one person :2thumbsup:
Anyways you got it right. As for the main power supporting Pol Pot during the war with Vietnam was China, although the US is claimed to have done so as well. But yes, Evil got it right.

Evil_Maniac From Mars

12-09-2009, 04:08

I just took a wild guess at that one, it really could have been any of the Soviet satellite states and many more besides I suppose. Somebody else can have a turn at asking a question. ~:)

Prussian to the Iron

12-09-2009, 04:23

:furious3: at least I finally stumped one person :2thumbsup:

oh i wasn't stumped, i took a totally uninformed, passive, and uncaring guess, knowing it wasn't so easy and that i wouldnt get it anyway.

Decker

12-09-2009, 07:06

I just took a wild guess at that one, it really could have been any of the Soviet satellite states and many more besides I suppose. Somebody else can have a turn at asking a question. ~:)Well that was a nice guess.

oh i wasn't stumped, i took a totally uninformed, passive, and uncaring guess, knowing it wasn't so easy and that i wouldnt get it anyway.
Eh... Nice guess anyways. I didn't have that in mind at all but I can see your logic there :2thumbsup:

Snite

12-09-2009, 11:43

Since EMFM is giving it away:

What US state when admitted to the Union found it's western and northern lands under military occupation by the US Army with threats that any and all officials sent to enquire would be hung and the US President declared that he was prepared to use military force should said state continue to lay claims to the land under occupation, all while the US Army refused to risk combat with the Native Americans despite the explicit clause in the annexation treaty that it would do so resulting in over 200 citizens of the state being scalped that year due to lack of protection.

They don't teach this stuff in history class.

Prussian to the Iron

12-09-2009, 14:06

new mexico? texas?

KukriKhan

12-09-2009, 15:34

Strike For The South

12-09-2009, 16:24

Texas. He's talking about the lands that now make up Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Azathoth

12-09-2009, 23:58

What US state when admitted to the Union found it's western and northern lands under military occupation by the US Army with threats that any and all officials sent to enquire would be hung and the US President declared that he was prepared to use military force should said state continue to lay claims to the land under occupation, all while the US Army refused to risk combat with the Native Americans despite the explicit clause in the annexation treaty that it would do so resulting in over 200 citizens of the state being scalped that year due to lack of protection.

Texas? There were a lot of Indians in the northern and Western region, and ear;y in its history Texas claimed large amounts of land that would later be part of the New Mexico territory.

I don't think its Utah, wasn't Utah admitted in 1896? After the polygamy scandal had ended, anyway, and the Indians were finished by then.

Snite

12-10-2009, 06:34

PI was first to say Texas.

Subotan

12-10-2009, 12:30

He made two guesses. :stare:

Prussian to the Iron

12-10-2009, 15:20

i figured it was texas, i just didnt think it would be that easy so i went for NM. i knew it was in the southwest.

Here:

This leage, consisting of The Papal States, France, The Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and the Duchy of Ferrara, formed an alliance against Venice. Over the 8 years of war, many of the original league changed sides, and new nations joined the league. At the end, Venice and France won an astounding victory, and secure the original cities in question for the Franco-Venetian alliance.

However, the Italian Wars reignited after only 5 years, after the new pope was elected, lasting another 9.

What was the original league, what was the war, and who was the pope elected that re-started the Italian Wars?

Subotan

12-10-2009, 16:46

League of Cambrai, War of the League of Cambrai, Adrian VI.

...That was all on the frontpage of Wikipedia today...

Prussian to the Iron

12-10-2009, 16:50

...That was all on the frontpage of Wikipedia today...

you cannot be serious? that...sucks. i cant believe i missed that; i woulda asked something different.

Decker

12-10-2009, 18:22

you cannot be serious? that...sucks. i cant believe i missed that; i woulda asked something different.

It is :shame:

On this day... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) from Wiki front page

1508 – The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.

Prussian to the Iron

12-10-2009, 19:36

:wall: :shame: :furious3: :embarassed:

*facepalm*

Subotan

12-10-2009, 20:02

Hehe. Funnily enough, I was reading all about it prior to reading your question, so I didn't really cheat.
Anyway, my question

- King
- French
- Native American
- Lawyer

I wanted another challenging one :D

Prussian to the Iron

12-10-2009, 21:38

king in the sense of "here is the king of france!" or king like "Larry King"?

Subotan

12-10-2009, 23:12

King as in it's a quiz, work it out yourself

Prussian to the Iron

12-10-2009, 23:34

i take it thats a name...

Meneldil

12-11-2009, 00:16

D'oh, that's a hard one.

The closest I could find is Louis Riel, though he's not king, not french, not native and not lawyer.

Louis VI the Fat

12-11-2009, 00:38

My guess is Smelly Sergio of the Rue de Clichy. He too is neither a king, nor french, nor native, nor a lawyer.

Subotan

12-11-2009, 01:14

D'oh, that's a hard one.

The closest I could find is Louis Riel, though he's not king, not french, not native and not lawyer.
Good guess. You're on the right track, but it's not Canada.

My guess is Smelly Sergio of the Rue de Clichy. He too is neither a king, nor french, nor native, nor a lawyer.
Not a good guess :shame:

Ironside

12-11-2009, 16:11

Orélie-Antoine de Tounens?

French, lawyer, king and leader of native americans (although not by blood from what I can gather).

G. Septimus

12-12-2009, 02:21

Joseph Brant???? (Random Answer)
he's a native, lawyer, not king, and not :france:

Meneldil

12-12-2009, 11:21

My guess is Smelly Sergio of the Rue de Clichy. He too is neither a king, nor french, nor native, nor a lawyer.

Tsk tsk, at least my proposal meant something.
Louis Riel was a canadian metis of french origins who led (though he wasn't king) the natives of Saskatchewan (IIRC) in a rebellion against the canadian governement. He also had a pretty good education, though he was clerk and not a lawyer.

I think Ironside found it, but Subotan is banned :no:

Fisherking

12-12-2009, 16:46

Well, right or wrong (my guess is that he is right).

Since Subotan wont be around for a bit might I suggest that Ironside
continue the game?

:embarassed:

Snite

12-12-2009, 19:52

Subotan got banned?

miotas

12-13-2009, 02:35

Yeah, he's in the sin bin for few days, he'll probably be back in a day or two.

Ironside

12-13-2009, 13:04

Very well, I'll give the next question:

What was the last Swedish possession (as in colony or simular) and when was it officially lost?

Subotan

12-14-2009, 01:38

Ironside was correct :2thumbsup:

And as a random guess, I'm inclined to say... Swedish Gold Coast.

Fisherking

12-14-2009, 08:12

Saint Barthélemy

Sold to France in 1878

Ironside

12-14-2009, 08:55

Saint Barthélemy

Sold to France in 1878

Wrong. That was the last colony though.

Subotan

12-14-2009, 11:48

As in, territory officially ceded?

Fisherking

12-14-2009, 16:47

Then do you mean the breaking of the Swedish-Norwegian Union in 1905?
:inquisitive:

Ironside

12-14-2009, 17:10

Then do you mean the breaking of the Swedish-Norwegian Union in 1905?
:inquisitive:

Nope, even if the year is closer. Came under Swedish rule 1648 (that should give a fair hint of location).

Prussian to the Iron

12-14-2009, 17:18

MEXICO!!!!

seireikhaan

12-14-2009, 17:37

Wismar.

Subotan

12-14-2009, 20:13

Probably some island in the Baltic.

Prussian to the Iron

12-14-2009, 20:16

Probably some island in the Baltic.

Or "The brooding forests of the Baltic, home to the Old Pagan Gods..."

whoops...had an M2 hallucination there :laugh4:

Ironside

12-14-2009, 23:07

Wismar.

Correct, 1903.

Your turn.

KingKnudthebloodthirsty

12-15-2009, 01:55

Just a quick question: Have any of you guys ever made it far into the National Geography Bee. I won the school competition and narrowly made it to 10th place in the State Competition. Made a stupid mistake on a question I knew but I got nervous and blanked out.

WOOPS, I asked in the wrong thread. SORRY! Feel free to delete this post

Azathoth

12-15-2009, 01:55

I've never even heard of the National Geographic Bee.

Prussian to the Iron

12-15-2009, 02:58

I've never even heard of the National Geographic Bee.

its stupid. no one but the biggest ass-kissing teachers pet makes it far.

no offense :sweatdrop:

Quintus.JC

12-15-2009, 18:10

its stupid. no one but the biggest ass-kissing teachers pet makes it far.

no offense :sweatdrop:

Fail. :sweatdrop:

Subotan

12-15-2009, 18:30

That's right, let's knock people down for knowing stuff about Geography.

Prussian to the Iron

12-15-2009, 18:52

That's right, let's knock people down for knowing stuff about Geography.

oh its not about geography. its boring, menial, and not fun.

seireikhaan

12-16-2009, 04:47

I'll pass the question on.

G. Septimus

12-16-2009, 12:45

So, who's gonna start teh new Question??????

Prussian to the Iron

12-16-2009, 14:38

Ivan the terrible had many secret police, who were feared by even members of the royal court. who were these police?

seireikhaan

12-16-2009, 15:59

The Oprichniki/oprichniks.

Prussian to the Iron

12-16-2009, 16:47

D'oh!

i meant to ask a question about the Streltsy. oh well.

go.

seireikhaan

12-17-2009, 03:41

Right. Uh.... I'll pass it again.

A Very Super Market

12-17-2009, 04:02

I'll swipe my chance then.

This general was notorious for the abuse he levelled on his subordinates. He commanded a low-priority area, and felt overshadowed at all times by other fronts, even when he captured a capital city. His constant frustration led to great breakdown in efficiency in his command, but he proved himself a competent enough leader by the end of the war.

Subotan

12-17-2009, 11:32

Montgomery?

Prussian to the Iron

12-17-2009, 14:27

Fisherking

12-17-2009, 20:09

It sounds more like Arthur Wesley, later Wellesley, later Wellington.

Subotan

12-17-2009, 20:18

He would have mentioned his Preimership, were it Wellington

Quintus.JC

12-17-2009, 23:15

Blücher?

A Very Super Market

12-18-2009, 03:00

My question is too vague... Hm....

He was subordinate to a rather passive commanding officer, and would constantly quarrel with his counterpart in the other army in his theatre. Said counterpart would be promoted and shipped off to a different area later on.

Prussian to the Iron

12-18-2009, 04:00

i assume himmler is the counterpart.

uh.......no idea but i think that fits.

Snite

12-18-2009, 04:38

I think I know who you're talking about. Didn't one of his officer's die from exhaustion during an assault up a mountain? Gonna look up his name now.

This is the second time Himmler's name's been thrown arounds as that of a military commander in action. Himmler never saw military action a day of his life.

A Very Super Market

12-18-2009, 08:17

Mountains are quite hot, depending on the local climate...

Meneldil

12-18-2009, 13:07

i assume himmler is the counterpart.

uh.......no idea but i think that fits.

Wut?

Snite

12-19-2009, 00:04

Mountains are quite hot, depending on the local climate...

That hint has thrown me off. You're now obviously talking about somewhere other than Italy when I thought you were talking about the guy who was originally given a Pour le'Merit for what was Rommel's accomplishment in WWI.