History quiz

[Conradus]

William Adams?

[AggonyDuck]

Aye, correct. His story is definately interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_%28sailor%29

[Conradus]

Don't really have any inspiration for a difficult question, so here's an easy one:
Where was Tiberius' palace situated, what town?

[Motep]

Capri?

[Conradus]

Capri indeed, your turn again.

[Motep]

hmmmm..........

Who is Lotario de' Conti di Segni better known as?

[Archayon]

the lovely Pope Innocent III


very interesting person in the Middle Ages.
I think he also belongs in the topic "most bloodthirsty".


(i'm not good at asking questions. The first one after me can ask the next question, in case i'm correct of course...)



:idea2:
Arch

[Cangrande]

Not a nice man! He was born in a small town near Rome, Anagni as were 2 other Popes, while another, Boniface VIII was arrested there by King Phillip of France.

[Motep]

Correct!

Next Question:

Mary Fifield was the mother to which famous rebel?

[Archayon]

Wasn't it Samuel Adams?


family tree (http://www.ishipress.com/pafg04.htm)

[Motep]

Wasn't it Samuel Adams?


family tree (http://www.ishipress.com/pafg04.htm)


.........I must really suck at making questions.......your turn.

[Archayon]

i don't have much time now to look at the forum
(pre-columbian history exam coming up)
so whoever is first can ask the next question

[MilesGregarius]

i don't have much time now to look at the forum
(pre-columbian history exam coming up)

Well, keeping said spirit:

Who was Tecun Uman?

[Conradus]

Last leader of some Mayas in Guatemala?

[MilesGregarius]

Last leader of some Mayas in Guatemala?

Close enough. He lead the Quiche against Pedro de Alvarado.

[Conradus]

Who was the last emperor of the Mexica?

(I mean real emperor, not a puppet)

[Kagemusha]

Was it Cuauhtémoc?Atleast he was the one that finally surrendered Tenochtitlan.

[Conradus]

Yes I meant Cuathemoc, I'm fond of the guy ever since AoE II: The Conquerors.

[Kagemusha]

Allright i guess its then my turn to ask.This is pretty easy. What was Uesugi Kenshin´s original name?

[Bijo]

Nagao Kagetora.

[Kagemusha]

Correct.Its your turn to ask.Btw good looking avatar you got there.:bow:

[Motep]

one hit kills have come to rule this thread...

[The Foolish Horseman]

seen as though noone has asked a question for several days, allow the general to step in and offer you a question:

Who am I?

My dad was Gnaeus Pompeius magnus and my mother was wwhore

will add more later got to go

[TevashSzat]

that would be Gnaeus Pompeius also known as Pompey the younger

[The Foolish Horseman]

wrong

[The Foolish Horseman]

more info:

It has been coined that Gaius Julius Caesar was my father but it is false....also my mother was Julius maiden for many years...since i was ten in fact.

I married Claudia Pulchra

In 46 bc i was the governor of gaul

In 49 bc i followed Pompey the younger to greece during the civil war

[Conradus]

Brutus?

[The Foolish Horseman]

it is of course Marcus Junius Brutus, Senator of rome and accused of caesars assasination...if anyone has read the emperor series by conn iggulden (they are gd books) it falsely portrays Brutus as the same age as casaer and his best friend.....wrong

Brutus was 15 years younger than caesar and didnt know him till he went to gaul

Brutus was the illegitimate son of Gnaeus Pompeiius magnus with a high class whore servilia, who was also general crassus maiden too

your question conradus

[Conradus]

Brutus was a gamble based on not being the son of Caesar and going to Greece with Pompey, still it was correct :)

To the day 62 years ago there was a large meeting of some of the most influential leaders to discuss the new world. Which one of them won the Nobel Prize for Literature?

[Incongruous]

God she had two names didn't she? Umm... I know one was Gabriel? something.

[The Foolish Horseman]

gabriela mistral (pen name of lucila godoy y alca yaga)

[Conradus]

I'm looking for a male:scholar:

[The Foolish Horseman]

herman hesse?or thomas stearns eliot?

[Conradus]

He was one of the 3 leaders his country had during WWII

[Pannonian]

Churchill.

[The Foolish Horseman]

of course he won it in 1953

[Conradus]

Correct Pannonian, your turn.

Can anyone explain me why you were thinking about mistral? I don't even know her.

[Pannonian]

A group of Soviet prisoners served in the Wehrmacht as an alternative to POW camps. Repatriated after the war, they were feted as heroes by the USSR. Who were they?

[The Foolish Horseman]

nkvd.....now known as kgb

[Cangrande]

Close enough. He lead the Quiche against Pedro de Alvarado.

So is that where the Spanish Omelette came from?

[Incongruous]

Correct Pannonian, your turn.

Can anyone explain me why you were thinking about mistral? I don't even know her.

You said something about the new world
me then think South America.:idea2: :wall:

[Pannonian]

Just one guess so far, and it's wrong. The NKVD didn't serve in the Wehrmacht.

[Tran]

Was it Russian Liberation Army?

[Pannonian]

Was it Russian Liberation Army?
If you're talking about Vlasov's lot, they weren't exactly lionised by the USSR. The bunch I'm talking about was mentioned in the Pravda in 1946 as heroes, and a film was later made about their exploits.

[AggonyDuck]

The 822nd Georgian Infantry Battalion, who rose up against the Germans at the Dutch island of Texel from 5th April to 20th May 1945.

Took me a while to figure it out....like about five hours or so... :wall:

[Pannonian]

The 822nd Georgian Infantry Battalion, who rose up against the Germans at the Dutch island of Texel from 5th April to 20th May 1945.

Took me a while to figure it out....like about five hours or so... :wall:
Brilliant. Your turn.

[AggonyDuck]

A relatively easy one with lots of clues. ~;)



He was a son of a Belgian father and a Irish mother. He joined the British Army and fought in the Boer War and was injured by a shot through the lung. He was an active hunter and sportsman, and his time before WWI was spent in different roles in the army. In 1914 when fighting against the "Mad Mullah", he was shot in the face, thus injuring his left eye and forcing him to wear an eyepatch. By 1915 he was sent to the Western Front. There he commanded successively three battalions and a brigade. In the course of the battles in France, he was awarded the VC and was wounded seven times during the war, losing his left hand.

After the end of WWI he was in command of a British mission to Poland. During it he became close to the Poles and he was given a use of an estate on the Pripet Marshes. He spent his time there hunting until July 1939, when his mission was re-established. After the Fall of Poland he returned to to England. In April-May 1940 he was in command of a British fiasco, which later led to the resignation of the British Prime Minister.

He was then sent to North Ireland to train a division. In April 1941 he was sent on a new military mission to Yugoslavia, but on the way there his plane crashed in the sea. After swimming a one mile stretch to the coast, he was captured by the Italians. He made five unsuccessful attempts at escape, but was eventually repatriated in 1943.

After his return to England, he was sent on a mission to China. He worked there until the Japanese surrender in August 1945. After that he moved to Ireland and spent the remaining days of his life in retirement hunting wildlife and fishing.

Who is this fine fella?

[Motep]

Adrian carton de Wiart?

(did i spell it right?)

[AggonyDuck]

Aye, you answered correctly. Your turn now!

[Motep]

This man was the son of a very powerful man. He even served his father for some time, but decided that he was to work on his own. His father was against this, and fought the son. The son won this fight and began to work seperatly from his father. They later healed their old wounds and fought together, side by side, in many conflicts to come.

Who are the two?

[Tran]

lolz...that could be almost any 'strong man'...perhaps you could be a bit more explicit?

[Motep]

lolz...that could be almost any 'strong man'...perhaps you could be a bit more explicit?

Saying anything more would give it away. :grin2: (I think i made a good one this time)

[The Foolish Horseman]

genghis khan?

[Bijo]

Sorry, guys, for not asking a question. I totally forgot about this thread.


Correct.Its your turn to ask.Btw good looking avatar you got there.:bow:
Same to you! :bow:

[Csargo]

Jesus.

[Motep]

Nope and nope... I have ended the one hit kills! ({[Quit thinkig so literally]})

[Tran]

... I have ended the one hit kills! ...

What...are you saying that people can answer your question indefinitely? All right... here's my first try, it'll be a huge luck if I'm right

George Bush Sr. and George 'Dubya' Bush Jr. ~:joker:

I'm ready with another set of answers :grin:

[Motep]

What...are you saying that people can answer your question indefinitely? All right... here's my first try, it'll be a huge luck if I'm right

George Bush Sr. and George 'Dubya' Bush Jr. ~:joker:

I'm ready with another set of answers :grin:

They are connected to the son....but the answer is no.

[Tran]

Maybe it is Augustus Caesar and Tiberius?

[Motep]

Maybe it is Augustus Caesar and Tiberius?

Tht one is a little farther away.

[Decker]

Alexander the Great and whoever his dad was? I already know his mother was Angelina Jolie(the only redeeming thing about him).

[Louis VI the Fat]

Luke and Anakin. :idea2:

[Incongruous]

Jango and Boba?

Charlamagne and the Pope?

[Lorenzo_H]

What an ambiguous question!

[Kalle]

Since it starts to be obvious we will not have an answer for this question you will have to help us with specification of time, localisation and so forth and so on within the next 24 hours or I will take the liberty as the threadstarter to start over with a new question.

/Kalle

[Riedquat]

Quit thinking so literally

Ok, lets try... the United Kingdom and the United States, perhaps?:inquisitive:

[Tran]

Alexander the Great and whoever his dad was?

If I wasn't wrong, his dad is King Philip II of Macedonia


Ok, lets try... the United Kingdom and the United States, perhaps?:inquisitive:

I think you hit the jackpot! ~:thumb:

By the way, I guess the original question maker forgot about this thread...

[Kalle]

The unprecise and unclear question above is no longer valid. New question to be answered;

Whats the name of Swedens most wellknown scientist (probably) throughout history, and why is intrest in him particularly high this year?

Kalle

[Conradus]

Hmm, was Nobel a Swede? If so, he must be the most well-known.

Otherwise I'd say Bohr, remember reading something about a Bohr-year, but probably that's so wrong

[The Wizard]

Alfred Nobel, and I suppose someone's getting some Nobel Prize or whatever.

[Kalle]

Well, Nobel prizes are awarded every year so that is not particularly special this year. Nobel, famous as he is, probably stands in the shadow of the man im lookin for.

Kalle

[Tran]

Is the scientist still alive? My guess is Arvid Carlsson with his Parkinson therapy.

[Decker]

If I wasn't wrong, his dad is King Philip II of Macedonia
Sounds about right.




By the way, I guess the original question maker forgot about this thread...
Just checked. He hasn't been on for 12 days(since he last posted lol)

[Kalle]

He is not alive. If he were he would be 300 years old this year, thats why he is givven special attention this year. He was a botanist (and zoologist), probably the most influential in the world.

Kalle

[Tran]

Carolus Linnaeus? The father of modern taxonomy?

[Kalle]

That is correct, well done, go ahead and ask a new question :)

Kalle

[Tran]

Thanks Kalle :grin: :medievalcheers:

Here's my question:

What's the latest Dutch colonial possession in Asia?

[Csargo]

Jesusland?

[Tran]

Jesusland?

You might as well mention paradise...

On a more serious side: Wrong

[Decker]

Indochina wasn't it?

[Csargo]

Indochina wasn't it?

Indochina, Jesusland who can tell the difference? :beam:

[Lorenzo_H]

Jaggernaikpoeram? Cylon?

[Conradus]

Dutch New-Guinea?

[The Wizard]

Latest or last?

If the first: none; if the latter: Dutch New Guinea, aka West Irian.

[Decker]

Indochina, Jesusland who can tell the difference? :beam:
I was closer ~;)

[Tran]

Conradus and Baba Ga'on got it right, but since Conradus posted first, then he can continue

[Conradus]

Sorry Baba Ga'on

Since it's still early morning here, an easy one:

which famous writer fought in the battle of Lepanto?

[Petrus]

Cervantes?

[Conradus]

Indeed, Petrus, Cervantes, author of Don Quichote, your turn Petrus.

[Petrus]

I will remain in the same category :

A man’s diary, formed into a book after the war, gave one of the most precise testimonies of trench warfare between 1914 and 1918.

What is the name of this man?

[Innocentius]

Erich Remarque? Think he wrote it as a novel in the first place, but guessing doesn't hurt.

[Petrus]

Remarque's book was fictional and although he used his souvenirs it was not based upon a diary, so no.

[Decker]

William J Schierholt

[Petrus]

No.

A few tips.

This man made war from 1914 to 1918, he was german and he died at the age of 103.

[AggonyDuck]

Ernst Jünger.

[Petrus]

Yes, it's Ernst Jünger and the book he wrote from his diary is Storm of steel.

Your turn Duck.

[AggonyDuck]

Born somewhere in Africa, he was taken at the age of 7 to Istanbul as a hostage for the Sultan. One year later he was taken away to Russia by the orders of an enlightened Tsar. The Tsar wanted to prove that Africans were capable of the same as Europeans and thus he was given an education by the Tsar. After finishing his education he rose to the rank of major general, became a military engineer and the Governor of Reval. He was also a prominent person in the imperial court. Also he was married twice and became the father of eleven children. He is propably most famous though as the great-grandfather of a famous Russian poet.

So who was this fine fella?

[Sjakihata]

So who was this fine fella?

Abram Petrovich Gannibal and the Poet was Alexander Pushkin, writing The Moor of Peter the Great

[AggonyDuck]

Aye! Correct! :2thumbsup:

[Motep]

Ok, lets try... the United Kingdom and the United States, perhaps?:inquisitive:

Sorry for being unresponsive...my computer puked on me...By the way, The answer above is correct

[Incongruous]

:inquisitive:

[Sjakihata]

This individual was born in Germany and was employed under the service of the Emperor. He worked on a theory that when matter was burned, particles were released.

He was a chemist, or what we would describe as an alchemist. He tried to combine alchemy/chemistry with the political society, and travelled around a lot, he went to Scotland for example.

He also worked on mineralogy and the animal/vegetative world.

[Sjakihata]

HINT: His work was later picked up by a famous German chemist, who developed the theory of Phlogiston.

[Conradus]

J. Becher?

[Sjakihata]

J. Becher?

Yes, it is Becher.

[Conradus]

Hmm, that was a lucky one, one of my teachers had a similar name and so I remembered.

Now, we all know the seven wonders of the ancient world, but who made the list of those first seven?

I know, easy one.

[Decker]

Herodotus...? I have no idea.

[Conradus]

No, not Herodotos.

[The Foolish Horseman]

i believe the guys who first created them was :

Herodotus (created one list but it does not survive)
Callimachus of Cyrene
Philon of byzantium

But it is generally viewed that Antipater of Sidon is the first man who published the seven wonders of the world albeit it in this poem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World

cpurtesy ofGeneral Boreaus

[Decker]

i believe the guys who first created them was :

Herodotus (created one list but it does not survive)
Callimachus of Cyrene
Philon of byzantium

But it is generally viewed that Antipater of Sidon is the first man who published the seven wonders of the world albeit it in this poem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World

cpurtesy ofGeneral Boreaus
I was 1/3rd close. I used the same source but thought that using the name of the original guy was okay and not the other guys....wait you could be saying Age of Empires!?

[Conradus]

I was looking for Antipater of Sidon, so General Boreaus Brittanicus, it's your turn.

If however my view was wrong and Herodotos was indeed the first to publish a list, though I thought it wasn't the same as the one we call the ancient wonders, then Decker, please accept my apologies.

[The Foolish Horseman]

thanx conradus, and close decker...

easy one:

who was the pompeys pillar in alexandria named after?

not as easy as it looks

[Veho Nex]

who was the pompeys pillar in alexandria named after?


Who is Emperor Diocletain?

hehe jeopardy style

Heres my source (http://touregypt.net/alpompey.htm)

[The Foolish Horseman]

correct sir, was suprised no one said Gnaeus Pompey or something lke that

your turn Jkarinen

[Veho Nex]

Woot alrighty then a question... hmmmm what question should i ask... I'll go for something i studied my whole life WW2 lets see who can get this.

Here you go:

What was the cancellation word in case japan surrendered before the first atomic bomb was dropped and the before the second was dropped and if those failed what was America's final choice of action?

I know this a three answer question but I hope its ok for me to ask it


[EDIT] If this is to hard I'll ask an easier one.

[The Foolish Horseman]

too hard mate

plus its probably top secret info so ask a more plausible one

[Veho Nex]

too hard mate

plus its probably top secret info so ask a more plausible one

was "apple" the same for both and an invasion along the eastern coast of japan

but an easier one it is.


Give me a couple minutes to come up with a new one

[EDIT] Here she is Name the 3 main armies and their commanders that where staged in North Africa during WW2

[EDIT 2] For both sides (hint: 2 Allies and 1 axis)

[The Wizard]

Rommel, Montgomery and Patton?

[Veho Nex]

Rommel, Montgomery and Patton?

You got the names now all you need is the names of the armies they commanded (eg: 1st panzer division, 101st airborne, etc...)

[Csargo]

Afrika Korps, British 11th Army and I don't recall the American army.

[Veho Nex]

Afrika Korps, British 11th Army and I don't recall the American army.

Afrika Korps is right other two arn't its an easy find if you look them up BTW please give names of the generals (eg:(yes i know this is totally wrong but just an example) General George S. Patton The 101st airborne)

[The Foolish Horseman]

it was the Afrika Korps, The British 8th army (aka Desert rats) and patton controlled half of the British 1st Army and half of the US II corps ( Made lieutenanat general and given command of these divisions on March 6th 1943)

[The Foolish Horseman]

FieldMarshal Erwin Rommel- Afrika Korps

General Bernard Law Montgomery- British 8th Army

Lieutenant General George S Patton- Merged forces of US II corps and British 1st army

[Pannonian]

By the time the 3 armies were collected in Tunisia, the commanders were as follows.

Panzerarmee Afrika: Erwin Rommel
First Army: Kenneth Anderson
Eighth Army: Bernard Montgomery

Also, US II Corps: George Patton

Coordination of the British First Army and US II Corps was done by Dwight Eisenhower, while Harold Alexander had Eighth Army as part of his responsibility.

[The Foolish Horseman]

coordination of the British First Army and US II Corps was done by Dwight Eisenhower, while Harold Alexander had Eighth Army as part of his responsibility.

yes it is true eisenhower did merge these, but he awarded George patton command of this merged division in 1943 and montgomery gained control of the british eighth army in 1942

[Pannonian]

yes it is true eisenhower did merge these, but he awarded George patton command of this merged division in 1943, after alexander was demoted
Eisenhower never had responsibility over Alexander, who was his equal in rank and senior in authority. Eisenhower had control of Operation Torch, which invaded North Africa with a force consisting of British First Army (under Kenneth Anderson) and US II Corps (under Lloyd Fredendall). Their opponents, discounting the Vichy French, were the Italo-German XC Corps (under Walther Nehring). Meanwhile, Montgomery's Eighth Army (part of Harold Alexander's Near East command) was beating Rommel's Afrika Korps at Alamein.

Nehring had been replaced by Jurgen von Arnim by the time Rommel arrived in Tunisia. XC Corps and DAK were combined into Panzerarmee Afrika under the overall command of Rommel, who proceeded to give the Americans under Fredendall a good kicking at Kasserine. The Kasserine debacle ended in the Americans' expulsion from Tunisia and Fredendall's replacement by Patton, by which time Rommel heard that Montgomery had arrived at the Mareth line, and he turned his attention southwards. This is the moment for which I gave the above names.

Rommel was given a bloody nose by the Eighth Army at the Battle of Medenine, after which he handed over command to von Arnim and retired back to Germany.

[Pannonian]

'He is trying to attack me in daylight with tanks, followed by lorried infantry... It is an absolute gift, and the man must be mad." - General Bernard Montgomery, in a letter to Sir Alan Brooke, 6 March 1943

People's War, Battle of Medenine (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1125091.shtml?sectionId=5&articleId=1125091)

[Veho Nex]

FieldMarshal Erwin Rommel- Afrika Korps

General Bernard Law Montgomery- British 8th Army

Lieutenant General George S Patton- Merged forces of US II corps and British 1st army


Was looking for
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander of the British 8th Army

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel(The Desert Fox) Deutsches Afrika Korps

General George S. Patton The 2nd Armored Division

But you were close enough Good Job your turn

[Pannonian]

What happened to Kenneth Anderson?

PS. The US fielded one armoured division in North Africa, and it wasn't the 2nd.

[AggonyDuck]

The correct answer I believe would had been.

Panzer Army Afrika commanded by Erwin Rommel, 8th Army commanded by Bernard Montgomery and 1st Army commanded by Kenneth Anderson.

[The Foolish Horseman]

No, its my go


who is credited with 225 kills using only a sniper rifle in the battle of Stalingrad?

[Veho Nex]

The correct answer I believe would had been.

Panzer Army Afrika commanded by Erwin Rommel, 8th Army commanded by Bernard Montgomery and 1st Army commanded by Kenneth Anderson.

In 1942, Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force of the U.S. Army, which landed on the coast of Morocco in Operation Torch. Patton and his staff arrived in Morocco aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta, which came under fire from the French battleship Jean Bart while entering the harbor of Casablanca.


Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force This my friends was the 2nd armored division in Northern Africa it consisted mainly of "Priest" (a type of mobile artillary) "FireFly's" (an early version of the sherman) "Halftracks" (also known as the Duece and a Half) "Matilda's" (an early British heavy tank) and "M10 Tank Destroyer" (also known as the wolverine)

[Conradus]

No, its my go


who is credited with 225 kills using only a sniper rifle in the battle of Stalingrad?

Vasili Zaytsev

[The Foolish Horseman]

Yes it is of course Junior Lieutenant ( he was at the time) Vasily Zaitsev

He is credited the most kills by one sniper in any war with over 400 to his name

to man he was to be able to :rifle: so many wehrmacht officers and soldiers


Your Turn, Conradus

[AggonyDuck]

He is credited the most kills by one sniper in any war with over 400 to his name


No, that would be Simo Häyhä with 505 confirmed kills. ~;)

[Conradus]

This was one of the wealthiest men in history. Through fire he earned his gold. He ruled his empire with two of the greatest generals the world ever saw. When he himself tried to surpass their military fame, he was killed by gold and the other two were left to destroy each other.

Who am I talking about?

[Pannonian]

In 1942, Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force of the U.S. Army, which landed on the coast of Morocco in Operation Torch. Patton and his staff arrived in Morocco aboard the heavy cruiser USS Augusta, which came under fire from the French battleship Jean Bart while entering the harbor of Casablanca.

Patton commanded an army corps, not an army, in North Africa. He only gained command of that corps on 6 March 1943, after its previous commander Lloyd Fredendall was relived following the Battle of Kasserine Pass. On that same day Rommel was throwing his tanks against Eighth Army defences in the Battle of Medenine. Following that failure Rommel handed over his command to Jurgen von Arnim on 10 March 1943, who commanded 5th Panzer Army before his arrival. Patton intrigued to have Anderson replaced, but he was unsuccessful as Eisenhower placed the whole blame for Kasserine on the US commander Fredendall, the first of many times that Eisenhower would anger his subordinate by favouring the British. In any case, Patton was in no position to have made his intrigues successful in the 4 days in which his command of II Corps and Rommel's command of Panzer Army Group Afrika overlapped.

Correction: Panzer Army Afrika was the expansion of the Afrika Korps that fought at Alamein. Its remnants that made it to Tunisia were combined with the 5th Panzer Army (which was the expansion of XC Corps) to form Panzer Army Group Afrika.


This my friends was the 2nd armored division in Northern Africa it consisted mainly of "Priest" (a type of mobile artillary) "FireFly's" (an early version of the sherman) "Halftracks" (also known as the Duece and a Half) "Matilda's" (an early British heavy tank) and "M10 Tank Destroyer" (also known as the wolverine)
Wasn't the US armoured division in North Africa the 1st? The one that got mauled at Kasserine?

[The Foolish Horseman]

Alexander??

Or Julius Caesar??

[Innocentius]

No, that would be Simo Häyhä with 505 confirmed kills. ~;)

Adding a few hundred when counting weapons besides the sniper.

[AggonyDuck]

This was one of the wealthiest men in history. Through fire he earned his gold. He ruled his empire with two of the greatest generals the world ever saw. When he himself tried to surpass their military fame, he was killed by gold and the other two were left to destroy each other.

Who am I talking about?

Marcus Licinius Crassus.

[MilesGregarius]

This my friends was the 2nd armored division in Northern Africa it consisted mainly of "Priest" (a type of mobile artillary) "FireFly's" (an early version of the sherman) "Halftracks" (also known as the Duece and a Half) "Matilda's" (an early British heavy tank) and "M10 Tank Destroyer" (also known as the wolverine)

The Firefly was a late-war , British-only, Sherman upgunned to a 17-pounder. They didn't see service until Normandy and never saw US service. You're probably thinking of the M3 Lee, the precursor to the Sherman.

Likewise, the Matilda was British only, though some were sent to the Soviets. It was an early war model and had been phased out of service well before the Torch landings.

"Duece and a Half" is Army slang for the 2-1/2 Ton truck, not the halftrack.

[Conradus]

Marcus Licinius Crassus.

Indeed, your turn AggonyDuck

[The Wizard]

Yes it is of course Junior Lieutenant ( he was at the time) Vasily Zaitsev

He is credited the most kills by one sniper in any war with over 400 to his name

to man he was to be able to :rifle: so many wehrmacht officers and soldiers

Simo Häyhä is greater than Vasily Zaitsev. This Finnish killer, nicknamed "White Death" by the Red Army, took down around seven hundred (!!!) Soviet soldiers before he got wounded -- and this all in just one hundred days (!!!) during the Winter War (1939-1940).

Five hundred and two of these are verified as sniper kills, but it may be as much as five hundred and forty-two (the other two hundred he killed with a submachine gun). And all of this without telescopic sights ~:shock:

[AggonyDuck]

Who was the only Roman Emperor to abdicate voluntarily due to his own wish?

[The Foolish Horseman]

It was Diocletian, answered wrong in the original post

[AggonyDuck]

Correct!

[The Foolish Horseman]

righto.. need to think of a question.


which future USSR/Russia leader got part of his hand blown off whilst messing about with a russian ww2 grenade with m8s in 1944?

[Decker]

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev this better be close... and not a 1/5th answer

[The Foolish Horseman]

completely worng decker

[Decker]

Doh! I'll try another one: Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov

[The Foolish Horseman]

wrong again

[Decker]

Dam*t okay okay here's another, o and unless somebody beats me to it...I'll keep posting until I find it(wiki isn't helping in this at all:gah: :wall: :furious3: )
Okay here: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

[The Foolish Horseman]

wrong once more

[Sjakihata]

I'm guessing Gorbachev, because during the second world war he was a kid. So he might have run around played with german grenades.

[Veho Nex]

Yuri andropov?

[The Foolish Horseman]

both wrong

[Veho Nex]

both wrong


HMMM.... a USSR leader who blew off his hands... not

Gorbachev

Yuri andropov

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev

Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov

So if its non of them who could it be... a future soviet leader??

Non of them? <---- is that right?

[The Foolish Horseman]

i meant ussr/russian leader, not USSR....that would be why everyone was guessing wrong

[AggonyDuck]

Boris Yeltsin.

[The Foolish Horseman]

yes



Boris Yeltsin lost 3 fingers on his left hand due to an exploding grenade when entering a red army depot in 1943

ur turn

[Decker]

yes



Boris Yeltsin lost 3 fingers on his left hand due to an exploding grenade when entering a red army depot in 1943

ur turn
I swear that was my next guess:yes:!!!! Not fair, he cheated:embarassed:

[AggonyDuck]

Which British two leaders lead the failed Namsos Campaign? I'm looking for a general and an admiral who were in overall command of their respective land and naval forces.

[The Foolish Horseman]

winston churchill first lord of admirlaity, and Adrian Cartoin De wiart (sp)

[AggonyDuck]

Not the answer I was looking for, but sort of correct, so I'll accept it.

[The Foolish Horseman]

when was the Russian Tsar Paul I assasinated?

[Decker]

March 11, 1801

That better be right!!

[The Foolish Horseman]

Correct!!!!!

Your go, Decker

[Lorenzo_H]

March 11, 1801

That better be right!!
straight out of wikipedia I presume?

[The Foolish Horseman]

straight out of wikipedia I presume?

Yer probably, i got the question of their as well....struggling for time to ask a question

[Decker]

straight out of wikipedia I presume?
Of course not ~;)

And about dang time I got something right:birthday2: :charge: :elephant:

Okay...
It's a 2 part question
This Russian General had his first major success in armored warfare against the Japanese in 1939 at this battle.

[Petrus]

Of course not ~;)

And about dang time I got something right:birthday2: :charge: :elephant:

Okay...
It's a 2 part question
This Russian General had his first major success in armored warfare against the Japanese in 1939 at this battle.

Jukov isn't it?

Forgot the second part.

The battle is kaklin gol or something like that i think.

[Decker]

Zhukov isn't it?

Forgot the second part.

The battle is kaklin gol or something like that i think.
That was fast... but yea you are correct. All that time spent trying to get one question right and it's answered in 2 mins...:shrug:

[Petrus]

That was fast... but yea you are correct. All that time spent trying to get one question right and it's answered in 2 mins...:shrug:

Sorry for that.

As it is too difficult for me to formulate a question in english without giving the answer, i let you choose the next one.

[Decker]

Are you sure? Find a translation site and type your question there and the copy and paste it here. Someone might correct it if the translation is a bit off. It is your turn.

[Petrus]

I'll try.

During the last weeks of a lost war, a general required his government to start peace negotiations or face the circumstances of a very major military defeat.

After the conclusion of peace, he claimed the army had been betrayed by the political power.

Despise this fact that made of him a traitor, he maintained a high level of popularity until his death.

What is the name of this general?

[AggonyDuck]

Erich Ludendorff.

[Petrus]

Erich Ludendorff.

Not bad but that's not the good one.

The rank of the guy i think to was field marshal.

[Conradus]

Hindenburg?

[The Wizard]

Only two dictators of Germany during World War I, so I'm guessing Hindeburg is correct, as well.

[Petrus]

Hindenburg is correct. Conradus turn.

[Conradus]

To be honest it was quite a guess based on what I remembered of Hitler's rise.

What was the original name of the month July before it was renamed?

[Riedquat]

Quinto-something? Quintember don't sound correct :P

[Veho Nex]

Quintilis

[Conradus]

JKarinen has the right name, sorry Favius Argentum, it wasn't precise enough.~:cheers:

[Veho Nex]

aight im going for an interesting topic here

Three part and short answers

What is the name of the first quad machine gun cart(type thing) who invented it and when was it invented(if its to hard at first i can simplifie it when i chack my book at home tommorow)

Since know one got this and i can't find my book i'll ask an easier one

Who invaded spain in the 8th century?


instead of adding new post yes lofman your right have fun

[Laman]

Answer to the easier one. The Caliphate, or do you mean which person did it? In that case Tariq ibn Ziyad. Although the real invasion army was led by Musa ibn Nusayr. Tariq was merely plundering, got lucky and squashed the Visigoth army and seized a few cities before the Visigoths could reorganize themselves.

[Laman]

Assuming I was correct and not something else was aimed for, here is a question (it's easy, and i apologize if it has been asked before):

Who ruled Antioch when the crusaders came?

[AggonyDuck]

Yaghi-Siyan?

[Motep]

damn it....he's right...

[Laman]

Yaghi-Siyan?

That is correct.

[AggonyDuck]

The name of the game is: "Identify the Armoured Fighting Vehicle"

What is the name of the AFV featured below?

https://img103.imageshack.us/img103/3491/23005766jv4.th.jpg (https://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=23005766jv4.jpg)

https://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5697/81889136et0.th.jpg (https://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=81889136et0.jpg)

[Veho Nex]

So lame my internet wont allow me to acces picture... stupid school internet gaurds.... any ways it looks like a patton but I'm probably wrong or else a... no we still used patton in veitnam so im saying patton but i'm probably wrong

[MilesGregarius]

a British A43 Black Prince

[AggonyDuck]

Yup, correct.

[MilesGregarius]

Who were "the Devil's Own"?

[The Foolish Horseman]

the devil's own were the Connaught rangers, was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 from the men of Connacht by John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricard. Their service in the Crimean War was recognised by the presentation to the City of Galway of a pair of guns in memoriam, which until recently remained on prominent display on the city's main square, and now are displayed outside City Hall.

In 1881, the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) were amalgamated. The amalgamation of the two regiments into one was part of the British Government's Childers Reforms of the British Armed Forces that was a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms of the forces that were implemented in 1879.

[MilesGregarius]

the devil's own were the Connaught rangers, was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 from the men of Connacht by John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricard. Their service in the Crimean War was recognised by the presentation to the City of Galway of a pair of guns in memoriam, which until recently remained on prominent display on the city's main square, and now are displayed outside City Hall.

In 1881, the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) were amalgamated. The amalgamation of the two regiments into one was part of the British Government's Childers Reforms of the British Armed Forces that was a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms of the forces that were implemented in 1879.

That's it. But could you at least not quote Wikipedia.

[Csargo]

That's it. But could you at least not quote Wikipedia.

:laugh4:

[The Foolish Horseman]

whoopsidoodle my mistake

hmmm what question to ask:

Who was the assasin of Leo Trotsky? (name and nationality plus aliases please) and dont quote wikipedia.

Incidentally i didnt quote wiki a lot, i wrote it on wikipedia

[Veho Nex]

Who was the assasin of Leo Trotsky? (name and nationality plus aliases please) and dont quote wikipedia.

The russian dictator trotsky?? i didn't even know he was assasinated... weird any ways ummmmm

Ram&#243;n Mercader

aliases:
Fake passport: Frank Jacson
What his superiors called him: Gnome
What he said his name was when he was arrested: Jacques Mornard

Nationality: Born in Spain raised in France

Killed him with an ice pick to the face (OUCH)

source (150.theage.com.au/view_bestofarticle.asp?straction=update&inttype=1&intid=1188)

[The Foolish Horseman]

ccorrect

[Veho Nex]

Im askign a hard one and an easy one now(most of you figured my hard ones are really hard)

1. Who assasinated abraham lincoln and what play was he watching when he was killed?

2.(hard) When is the first recorded invasion of japan? (but not that hard)

[The Foolish Horseman]

1)Our american cousin....lincoln was killed by john wilkes booth

2) Mongols 1274

[Veho Nex]

Abe right Play right

mongol's right (My pacific history is more post ww1 or shinto something war)

[Motep]

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! I KNEW THAT ONE!!! This sucks, I always miss 'em.

[Decker]

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! I KNEW THAT ONE!!! This sucks, I always miss 'em.
It's okay Wiki scammed me outta an answer already, don't be so hard on yourself.

[edyzmedieval]

Next question please?

[Incongruous]

Have you noticed that this thread is dominated by the few who post every half hour after a question?

Perhaps a two hour waiting time after a question is asked might be needed?

[Veho Nex]

Sounds good when i'm taking a break all i have to do now is go over these forums and my teachers give easy work so I'm usually on all the time

[Innocentius]

Could we also give up on all these WWI and II-questions and open up for a wider range?

[Veho Nex]

NO fair i love WW2 and i'm pretty good with it ... *WHINE**WHINE* .... ohh well next question please

[The Foolish Horseman]

sorry for the long waiting time (been hospitilized with meningitis)


ermmm.....



What was the name of the four other trains in the Rainhill trials of October 1829? Who Built which Engine? AAnd which mp got knocked down on the opening of the Manchester Liverpool line?

In a bit of a train mood.

[Warmaster Horus]

The four others? I assume you mean the Rocket as the fifth.
I'll post the five here:
-Cycloped, built by Thomas Brandreth.
-Novelty, built by John Ericsson and John Braithwaite.
-Perseverance, built by Timothy Burstall.
-Rocket, built by the Stephenson Brothers (George and Robert) <- Only one to complete the trials
-Sans Pareil, built by Timothy Hackworth.

William Huskisson was the mp knocked down at its opening. Misjudged the speed of the train.

[The Foolish Horseman]

The four others? I assume you mean the Rocket as the fifth.
I'll post the five here:
-Cycloped, built by Thomas Brandreth.
-Novelty, built by John Ericsson and John Braithwaite.
-Perseverance, built by Timothy Burstall.
-Rocket, built by the Stephenson Brothers (George and Robert) <- Only one to complete the trials
-Sans Pareil, built by Timothy Hackworth.

William Huskisson was the mp knocked down at its opening. Misjudged the speed of the train.
correct. easy enough, just put rainhill in google and its pretty much the 1st page

ur question, Warmaster Horus

[Warmaster Horus]

Wikipedia's faster, actually.
Uh... as for a question, I'll let the next guy ask one.

EDIT: No forget that, I found one:
What was the name of the rebellious roman general who kept fighting for Marius' and Cinna's cause, even after Marius' death?
Should be easy enough.

[Innocentius]

Wikipedia's faster, actually.

Did you just admit that you cheated? This is a quiz, not a Google-skill contest.

[Warmaster Horus]

Just commenting. I didn't cheat.
On Google, you actually have to look through various pages, whereas on Wiki, you get it more quickly.

[Veho Nex]

Wikipedia's faster, actually.
Uh... as for a question, I'll let the next guy ask one.

EDIT: No forget that, I found one:
What was the name of the rebellious roman general who kept fighting for Marius' and Cinna's cause, even after Marius' death?
Should be easy enough.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
if thats wrong i have one more

[Warmaster Horus]

Sorry, that's wrong. Sulla was their enemy.

[Veho Nex]

The next one i had is wrong then he was a trader

[TevashSzat]

Is it Pontius Telesinus?

[Warmaster Horus]

Nope.
Here, I'll add a couple of hints:
-was associated with the Pirates and Mithridates,
-died 72 BC

[The Foolish Horseman]

Julius Caesar??

He was Marius's Nephew after all

[The Foolish Horseman]

Marcus Perperna Vento not caesar

[Warmaster Horus]

No, still wrong, but you're getting closer.
The guy you're looking for was associated with Vento, but not really in a friendly manner.

[The Foolish Horseman]

Quintus Sertorius

[Warmaster Horus]

Right!
Your turn.

[Veho Nex]

GBB where ya at dog? I'm getting kinda bored over here

[The Foolish Horseman]

Sorry Homes, 360 has taken my life bruva.

Question. ( Just for you Jkarinen)


Who did Hitler supposedly rape causing the girl to commit suicide?

[AggonyDuck]

His niece, Geli Raubal.

[Veho Nex]

Yo jacking my question.... hmmm truly i don't know I'm gunna have to look this up... hmmmmm

[The Foolish Horseman]

His niece, Geli Raubal.
Correct Aggonyduck

[AggonyDuck]

What is the only battleship to have sunk a submarine by ramming and what was the name of the submarine?

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

What is the only battleship to have sunk a submarine by ramming and what was the name of the submarine?

HMS Dreadnought rammed and sank U-29 during WW1

[AggonyDuck]

Yup, correct.

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

The musical materials and ideas for composer Johann S. Bach's composition "The Musical Offering" were provided by what famous German monarch?

[Csargo]

Frederick the Great???

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

Bingo...next question?

[Csargo]

Someone else can have my turn I can't think of any good questions.

[AggonyDuck]

What unit in WWII had the nickname "Little Beavers"?

EDIT: grammar etc.

[Conradus]

Destroyer Squadron 23?

[AggonyDuck]

Yup, correct. :2thumbsup:

[Conradus]

Ah easy one (for French/Belgians in any case)

What famous Medieval battle between the French and the Flemish/Dutch... did Conscience depict in his novel The Lion of Flanders?

[Innocentius]

Finally a question about before 1900... Too bad I don't have a clue:thumbsdown:

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

Battle of Courtrai?

[shlin28]

The Battle of the Golden Spurs? (I think)

[Innocentius]

Battle of Courtrai?

The Battle of the Golden Spurs? (I think)

It's the same battle:clown:

[edyzmedieval]

Ah easy one (for French/Belgians in any case)

What famous Medieval battle between the French and the Flemish/Dutch... did Conscience depict in his novel The Lion of Flanders?

The battle of Courtrai, 11th of July 1302, Flanders.

[Conradus]

Though Edyzmedieval and shlin28 were both correct, German speed beat them in the form of emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, my liege it's your turn.

[Innocentius]

:furious3: The only Flemish battle I knew of was Courtrai, but I didn't suggest it as I misread the question and thought you were asking for a battle fought between Flemish and Flemish/Dutch...:wall: