History quiz

[Tabuu]

Yes but I didn't feel like answering this one. Just wanted to rest the old melon before it malfunctioned again.

[Ibrahim]

alright then, lets see if anyone knows this:

I was beheaded for treason in the aftermath of the seven years war-the only thing I really did was fail to hold on to a French colony.

[BasharCaptWill]

Do you have Louis XVI of France in mind?

[Ibrahim]

Do you have Louis XVI of France in mind?

no.

he's not a monarch. and remember, I said the person was beheaded for losing a colony-which in that case counted as treason. he's also the only one who lost his head over a colony.

[Lord of Lent]

François V de Beauharnais?

[Tabuu]

Yes he was the governor of Martinique which was a french colony at the same time period of Martinique's independence. Lord could be right.

[Lord of Lent]

I should be... Hehe...

[Ibrahim]

I should be... Hehe...

tragically, no.

1-he was not executed for the SYW. (unlike the person I have in mind)
2-wrong part of the world.

and no, he wasn't a lord, but a count; he wasn't even a born frenchmen IIRC. though he was born in France.

[Tabuu]

Barnacles!

[Ibrahim]

Barnacles!

:laugh4:

I'll wait a couple of days; if no one gets it, I'll post the answer.

[The Lurker Below]

Thomas Arthur

sorry, will throw in a de Lally there for ya

[Ibrahim]

Thomas Arthur

last name?

you got the first name right, I can tell ye that. but you know I can't say if its correct until I see his full name, you know. :clown:

[Tabuu]

Lurker got 90% of it. Is it Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally?

[Ibrahim]

Lurker got 90% of it. Is it Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally?

that's the one!

he was the "French" commander in India, assigned to defending French interests there. needless to say, he failed, and was executed as a scapegoat (his failure actually being the fault of his poor govt, and worse navy. his personality didn't help matters either).

he even had a regiment of his own (http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Lally_Infanterie), the regiment de Lally

[Tabuu]

Ahhh the government. Your Best friend.

My turn!: I became king of Scotland at the age of 7. I was regarded as one of Scotland's greatest rulers and I brought about a period of peace and prosperity in the country. After attempts to bear an heir to my throne, I suffered a mysterious death by falling off my horse. Who am I?

[Lord of Lent]

Alexander III of Scotland?

[Tabuu]

wow first try. Good job, bro!

[Lord of Lent]

This one should be easy...

During the Vietnam War my village was bombed with napalm. A famous fotograph was taken and I was taken to the hospital afterwards.
Who am I?

[Azathoth]

Phan Thị Kim Phúc.

[Lord of Lent]

Right! Over to you!

[Tabuu]

Takin a little while there, Azathoth. Are you one of those people that just comes on every once in a while to check his posts?

[Louis VI the Fat]

In the absense of Azatoth, here is the new question:



What and where? Bonus points for getting the building style too.




https://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8136/tourf.jpg


https://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8868/40175496364a6533d5d2.jpg

[Tabuu]

This is off the top o my head: a certain basilica in Gibralter and 11th century?

[Louis VI the Fat]

This is off the top o my head: a certain basilica in Gibralter and 11th century?Gibraltar is close! :balloon2:

11th century is off by a few centuries. Nor is it an ecclasiastical building.



/Sorry about Japan losing. Awesome game against Denmark though. Toyota Kawasaki Honda is genius!

[gaelic cowboy]

Tower of St Vincent in Lisbon using what my guide book says is Portugeese Late Gothic style

It is a defensive tower on the Tagus for Lisbon

Lovely holiday that was too remenber it well

[Louis VI the Fat]

That is correct!


Belém Tower (in Portuguese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language) Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁ(ɨ) dɨ bɨˈlɐ̃ȷ̃] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Portuguese)) or the Tower of St Vincent[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m_Tower#cite_note-Watson-0) is a fortified tower located in the Belém (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m,_Lisbon) district of Lisbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon), Portugal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal). It is an UNESCO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO) World Heritage Site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site) (along with the nearby Jerónimos Monastery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimos_Monastery))[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m_Tower#cite_note-UNESCO-1) because of the significant role it played in the Portuguese maritime discoveries of the era of the Age of Discoveries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discoveries).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m_Tower#cite_note-UNESCO_eval-2) The tower was commissioned by King John II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_Portugal)[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m_Tower#cite_note-Torre_History-3) to be both part of a defense system at the mouth of the Tagus River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagus_River) and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m_Tower#cite_note-UNESCO_eval-2)
The tower was built in the early 16th century and is a prominent example of the Portuguese Manueline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manueline) style

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m_TowerLisbon is a great city to visit.

[gaelic cowboy]

Seeing as were using pictures I upload one too

Who is this women and why is she famous

https://img812.imageshack.us/img812/8959/whoisshe.jpg

[Tabuu]

Florence Nightingale. Famous for serving on the battlefields of the Crimean War and considered the founder of modern nursing.

[The Lurker Below]

googled images of women canadian mounties. if she's one of them the uniform sure has changed a lot. in some cases the newer uniforms are flat out HOT!

[gaelic cowboy]

She is not a mountie and she is not Florenece Nightingale

Clue

House of Commons

[Louis VI the Fat]

It's Maggie Thatcher when she served in the Boer War. :book:

[gaelic cowboy]

:laugh4: :laugh4:

[Tabuu]

Is it Countess Constance Markiewicz?

[gaelic cowboy]

Yes it is indeed her she was the first women elected to the house of commons




sorry for the delay I busted me hand and being laying off the tinterweb

[Tabuu]

well sorry about THIS delay since I'm down in Stanford at ID tech camps. Regardless of close connections to the internet I still only have this post as close as can be to you guys. Anyway, here's the next one:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_E_o_0Bdm4GA/SoJb_kNlbpI/AAAAAAAAam8/0rGdduR0uEI/s400/Marc+Chagall+2.jpg This is _____________. He is a famous artist toward whom art critic Robert Hughes referred as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century." Who is he?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Marc Chagall.


In his work as well as in his personal life, he does represent the quintessential 20th century Jewish experience.

He walked from Russia all the way to Paris, seeking freedom in his life as well as in his art. Later, as the rest of Europe slowly descended from reactionary politics and figurative art, to an even worse modernist totalitarian art and politics, Chagall and Paris inspired each other to avant-garde art. Then the lights went out in 1940. That failed art student and his dreadful figurative art went on a crusade against freedom and degenerate / Jewish / abstract art.
Paris, the last bastion of democracy and of a liberal artistic climate fell.

Paris would never regain the crown it had held for so long, New York and America took the titles of both champion of liberty and of art. :cry:



Opéra Garnier:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1323/1000713088_b43acd3c74.jpg

[Tabuu]

Very nice. On to you, my exhalted fat one.

~Tabuu (No offense.:clown:)

[Louis VI the Fat]

Another picture question!


Which city is this?


Around 1890:

https://img805.imageshack.us/img805/6844/oldpictureofelizabethst.jpg


1927:

https://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9097/oldpictureofflinderssts.jpg



In the 1880's this city was one of the largest and wealthiest in the world. Although many traces of its marvellous past have been demolished, the city is still full of gorgeous architecture of its boom years.

[gaelic cowboy]

Is that Melbourne.

I say because I think Ive see the train station from the 1927 before see it on Home and Away once I think ha ha


ha ha it is indeed Melbourne (http://journals.worldnomads.com/sl0ggs/story/17774/Australia/Melbourne")

[Louis VI the Fat]

Is that Melbourne.

I say because I think Ive see the train station from the 1927 before see it on Home and Away once I think ha ha


ha ha it is indeed Melbourne (http://journals.worldnomads.com/sl0ggs/story/17774/Australia/Melbourne%22)Oi, correct, mate.

I've unfortunately never visited Australia. I was surprised to find out that Melbourne had such a long history, that so much Victorian architecture has been preserved. The city reminds me a bit of San Fransisco.


In the 1880's Melbourne was, after London, the second largest city in the British Empire, and the richest too. In 1836, Melbourne had only 177 inhabitants...


The train station was the world's busiest in 1927, when that picture was taken.

[gaelic cowboy]

There is a bit to much high faluting history with wars and famous people every week so here is summit more peasant based

Why would my Grandfather or any person mix Copper Sulphate an Washing Soda in a 40 gallon barrel of water.

Simple enough if this is not got ye should be ashamed of yerselves

[Louis VI the Fat]

Why would my Grandfather or any person mix Copper Sulphate an Washing Soda in a 40 gallon barrel of water. The Irish brew ales from it to supply foreign Irish Pubs?

[Lord of Lent]

To make Burgundy Mixture and get rid of fungi.

Burgundy mixture was one of the first fungicides and very effective to spray potatoes.

[Tabuu]

On with the questions, yes? I believe it was on to gaelic cowboy.

[Lord of Lent]

Yes and I answered his question! I'm waiting for he response...

[gaelic cowboy]

Correct my good man Beskar

copper sulphate or bluestone mixed with water and washing soda in a barrel to prevent The Blight.
The prevention of blight having maybe a slight connection to Ireland as you know.

[Cyclops]

Sorry for the random necro but this caught my eye:


1927:

https://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9097/oldpictureofflinderssts.jpg

In the 1880's this city was one of the largest and wealthiest in the world. Although many traces of its marvellous past have been demolished, the city is still full of gorgeous architecture of its boom years.

There's a story that the design for the Fliners street railway was intended for Bombay and the plans were mixed up en route but IIRC thats a furphy.

Its a favourite meeting place , under the row of little clocks in that big arched entrance. Just opposite is a grand old pub with a pretty nude painting upstairs, another familiar meeting place in town.

Can anyone tell me the name of the girl in the painting?

[drone]

Can anyone tell me the name of the girl in the painting?
Do you want the painting's name, or the model's?

[Cyclops]

Bonus balloon if you get both.

[drone]

The girl's name is Chloe, the model's name was Marie.

[Cyclops]

The girl's name is Chloe, the model's name was Marie.

Right on both counts.

The urban myth is that she posed for the french painter, used the money she made to throw a lovely party and then commited suicide poor thing.

Your go.

[Lord of Lent]

History quiz anybody?

[Louis VI the Fat]

History quiz anybody?Swell idea.


I suggest that you can start by posing a fine question for us wannabe history buffs! (Unless Drone comes in here real quick - technically it's his turn!)

[Montmorency]

How many pretzels did you eat in 2009?

[drone]

Feel free to ask away. :bow:

[Veho Nex]

How many men died to noncombat related ailments during Napoleons march on Russia?

[Cheetaiean]

...

[Sarmatian]

...


If you want to resurrect this, feel free. Just come up with a good question.

[The Lurker Below]

rock chalk jayhawk KU. i'll be rooting for wildcats.

what is the origination of the term jayhawk?

[CountArach]

A bird of prey that crossed the road illegally?

[gaelic cowboy]

It's supposed to be some sort of noturnal bird or flying thingy that kills birdeens and robs theres nests in Ireland. Although the only noctunal bird in Ireland is an owl so it's probably just a racial memory of something far far older I bet.

Incidently no one would even remember it as a term now except for the fact it came back across the atlantic from America by way of Hollywood.

[The Lurker Below]

jaywalk! am giggling atm thanks for that response. here on my side of the state line we can't stands us some jayhawks and any derogatory remarks for them is golden.

gaelic cowboy you have the correct answer, however your answer is interesting. am not understanding what you mean with the hollywood thing? in my neighborhood (Kansas/Missouri state line) a jayhawker had quite the well known reputation starting around 1858 till 1864. had anticapated answer that referred to that jayhawk. the irish bird myth was the answer i was looking for.

[gaelic cowboy]

The term jayhawk as Americans came to understand it eventually, would only now be heard in Ireland on telly in some American tv programme or movie.

So nowadays an Irish person might here the term but assume it was a purely American phrase, the same way trick or treating at halloween is an American invention sent back to us.

We gave you halloween as an idea but you americans sent us back trick or treating as YOU understand it, this activity was incorporated and adopted in Irelands idea of halloweeen probably through the influence of television.

[The Lurker Below]

ah i see. you quiz us now?

[gaelic cowboy]

What is the origin of the surname Walker

[The Lurker Below]

the finishing process of wool now known as fulling used to be called waulking, or walking. so the same process has given us both the Fullers and the Walkers. Other woolen guilds included those wonderful Dyers as well as the Weavers.

[gaelic cowboy]

indeed fire away with your own question.

[The Lurker Below]

the boys of summer are back on the field. they aspire that their successful play might someday get them an invitation to Cooperstown, home of the baseball hall of fame, from whom/what does Cooperstown get it's name?

- the U.S. senator that named Cooperstown had a son who lived most of his adult life in Paris, continuing to publish best selling fiction novels in English as well as nearly every European language.

[xxrulerofswedenxx]

:furious2::disappointed::rifle::rifle::rifle: i don't know tell us

[The Lurker Below]

James Fennimore Cooper was a best selling novelist in France and England, as well in the U.S. His father was a Senator from New York, who founded his own little village on a peaceful lake there.

Literature may not be a popular history topic. How about music history? For whom (several options) did Michael Jackson sing back up vocals?

[rickinator9]

Jackson 5

[The Lurker Below]

Michael was lead vocalist on their first hit, as well as their last, and the majority of songs between. Their were three other acts for whom he never sang any lead, but did backup vocals. However since there were a few songs in which he backed up Jermaine and Marlon, we'd be glad to respond to your question.

[rickinator9]

Fair enough

Staying with music, which musician stated he/she was 'bringing ballet to the masses'?

[TiagoJRToledo]

Fair enough

Staying with music, which musician stated he/she was 'bringing ballet to the masses'?

Freddie Mercury, in response to Sid Vicious.