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10.000 = Immortals? If so, Leonidas.
We are sorry, but your answer is incorrect.
A hint: before the invading army turned back, he invited their envoys into his camp to talk and had them witness an elaborate hoax.
Stupid me, i read "200,000 men with 10,000 ( so 210.000 combined ) using nothing but deception?"
Btw, is it normal for mods to use the majestic plural?^^
Btw, is it normal for mods to use the majestic plural?^^
No, just the tin plated dictatorial mods with delusions of godhood. In other words...
~:smoking: Just me, baby. Just me.
Tiberius of the Drake
10-08-2007, 03:14
Vlad the Impaler?
Veho Nex
10-08-2007, 20:15
so whos turn is it
It's either Marshal Murat or Beirut...
Pannonian
10-09-2007, 23:25
Belisarius?
Belisarius?
Ma man! ~:smoking:
Pannonian
10-10-2007, 11:00
Ma man! ~:smoking:
Can you flesh out the episode with more details? I remember reading of it in Graves' novel, but I can't find a reference to it anywhere, not helped by having mislaid said book.
IIRC, The Persians were advancing with a huge army, perhaps 200,000, and Belisarius had only 10,000 to stop them. He took a position on the wing of their advance and sent envoys inviting the Persians to talk. When the Persians arrived they saw a camp completely at ease with no sign of stress and formations marching to and fro. Actually, the formations were the same units walking in and out of the woods over and over, giving the illusion of great numbers, and all troops were ordered to appear relaxed to show confidence.
The Persian envoys returned to their army and reported that they were at a camp which must have been just the main outpost of a much larger army, and the enemy showed no signs of fear at their advance. Given that this "large army" was also on the flank of the Persian advance, the Persians lost their nerve and retreated.
What a move.
The Wizard
10-10-2007, 12:42
I'd take that 200 000 with a sizeable pinch o' salt, but yeah, still, smooth moves by good ol' Flavius.
What a move.
Did you mean Battle of Dara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dara)?
The Persians barely assembled 100,000 men...
Pannonian
10-10-2007, 19:30
Now for a complete change in direction, nothing to do with military history.
I am an artist forever associated with a river and a bridge, whose poetic genius earned me the nickname "The Great". In addition to being perhaps the second most famous poet among my people, and whose works have a devoted following even today, I took part in a celebrated performance of "Macbeth", playing the title role. It is fair to say that that performance will never die.
Who am I?
Another clue: my bios usually state that I am without peer as a poet in my language.
Tiberius of the Drake
10-10-2007, 20:11
The "Great" William McGonacal?(bad spelling)
Did you mean Battle of Dara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dara)?
The Persians barely assembled 100,000 men...
As I read it from Liddell Hart, it was Chosroes leading an estimated 200,00 men. Belisarius "did his thing" at Carshemish, on the upper Euphrates.
Even if it was "barely 100,000 men...", turning them back with 1/10 the manpower (as opposed to 1/20 as Hart puts it) without a shot fired is nifty indeed.
The Wizard
10-11-2007, 16:49
Beirut, I doubt that in a time of general shrinking of the scale at which military operations were carried out by two of the premier military powers of their day and age, the Sassanians were moving around with 200 000 men at once. Sure, Belisarius would've been outnumbered, but far from that heavily.
Beirut, I doubt that in a time of general shrinking of the scale at which military operations were carried out by two of the premier military powers of their day and age, the Sassanians were moving around with 200 000 men at once. Sure, Belisarius would've been outnumbered, but far from that heavily.
Well, since I wasn't there, I'm taking the word of a respected military historian who knew far more than I know.
If you have a source of reliable reputation who says otherwise, I stand ready to stand corrected.
Pannonian
10-12-2007, 01:53
The "Great" William McGonacal?(bad spelling)
The answer was, as any participant in Generalhankerchief's Mafia Vii will know, William Topaz McGonagall, ironically nicknamed "The Great" McGonagall. More details here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=1681354&postcount=1257).
Over to you Drake!
Tiberius of the Drake
10-13-2007, 03:48
okay how 'bout this one.
Who are the participants, and in what year was the treaty signed, of the longest war in history which ironically had no shots fired between the two sides?
OHEZ I KNOW!!! Or did at one point. I think it involves the Dutch.
Antagonist
10-13-2007, 13:12
The Third Punic War, only "officially" ended (that is, ended by treaty) in 1985 after some 2100 years? No "shots" having been fired because actual hostilities ceased about 145BC...
Antagonist
Tiberius of the Drake
10-13-2007, 13:19
not the one I was thinking of but good to know.
think 17th century
okay how 'bout this one.
Who are the participants, and in what year was the treaty signed, of the longest war in history which ironically had no shots fired between the two sides?
That would be the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War) (1651–1986) between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly (located off the southwest coast of the United Kingdom).
It is said to have been extended by the lack of a peace treaty for 335 years without a single shot being fired, which would make it one of the world's longest wars and the war with the fewest casualties. Despite the uncertain validity of the declaration of war, peace was finally declared in 1986.
Tiberius of the Drake
10-13-2007, 20:54
you are correct sir. take it away Tran
The Wizard
10-13-2007, 23:59
Well, since I wasn't there, I'm taking the word of a respected military historian who knew far more than I know.
If you have a source of reliable reputation who says otherwise, I stand ready to stand corrected.I do, in fact; Adrian Goldsworthy says Belisarius had 25 000 men at his disposable (a very large force for those times) at Dara, and the Sassanians an even larger one, numbering around 40 000. Considering the size of these forces relative to the norm in those days (most warfare was raid-based, like it was throughout the medieval period), it's not much of a surprise that it was inflated to such an extent.
I do, in fact; Adrian Goldsworthy says Belisarius had 25 000 men at his disposable (a very large force for those times) at Dara, and the Sassanians an even larger one, numbering around 40 000. Considering the size of these forces relative to the norm in those days (most warfare was raid-based, like it was throughout the medieval period), it's not much of a surprise that it was inflated to such an extent.
I have it written as Daras, not Dara, but I'm sure the English translation of foreign place names, especially ancient ones, offers many variables. And I read the same number of men on each side as you wrote.
However, the incident I refer to was in Carshemish at a later date, not Daras. The Persian army Chosroes led is described as very large and tied to the Euphrates as a logistical result, allowing Belisarius to forecast the route the Persian army would take and to set up his ruse in advance at a spot on the flank of the Persian advance. The set of events listed go some way to supporting the numbers of Persians the author spoke of. Also, Liddell Hart agrees with the numbers of men at Daras as you say Adrian Goldsworthy wrote them. If correct on one, perhaps Mr. Hart was correct on both.
What does Adrian Goldworthy write about the incident at Carshemish?
I saw a year’s attachment with a British battalion, The Argyl & Sutherland Highlanders, where I saw active service on the north-west frontier. I spent three years of a miserable existence and near starvation as a Japanese POW. Released at the end of the war in 1945, I remained in a Military Hospital for some months with beri-beri and other problems, brought on by malnutrition and inhuman conditions in Japanese POW camps.
I have a very peculiar (some call it bizzare) object on my person that I carried to my grave. I was perhaps the only deputy commander ever to ride a horse on parade in an infantry battalion, as I was too weak to march.
I fought with great distinction and valor in 3 major wars of my country. I even ignored frantic order for a withdrawal (from as high as Army Chief) and held tenaciously to my position, in spite of being attacked by an entire Armoured Division upon my surviving three and a half battalions. This was the last war I took part in for my country.
Who am I? And what is the incident where I refused to withdraw? And what was the outcome if I had withdrawn?
AggonyDuck
10-16-2007, 01:51
Harbaksh Singh, Battle of Asal Uttar,
Had the General carried out these orders, not only would have half of Punjab been under Pakistani occupation but the morale of the Indian Army would have been rock bottom, affecting operations in other theatres as well.
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I got the answer already yesterday, but decided to hold it back simply because I got the answer by googling "only deputy commander ever to ride a horse on parade in an infantry battalion". Couldn't wiki this answer though. :shame:
That's correct (http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Articles/Article10.html), AggonyDuck.
I should have searched for more google-proof question. Your turn :yes:
AggonyDuck
10-16-2007, 10:48
Well it was wiki-proof, which already means that it was very hard. After two hours of just wiking around I had managed to find out that the Battle of Asal Uttar did fit as the incident, but at the same time there was very little else to guess on. So in desperation I used google and voila! had an answer.
Do you have any question, AggonyDuck? :bow:
AggonyDuck
10-19-2007, 23:05
Do you have any question, AggonyDuck? :bow:
If you have a good one, then go ahead and post it. :yes:
Well, in that case, someone else can post a question. :yes:
TevashSzat
10-23-2007, 02:48
I'd guess I'd ask one then:
Its a bit hard to understand, but
I was a well know politician who was one of the heads of a faction, but then subsequently would become a major player in another organization that directly opposed another organization that had the same name as the aformentioned faction.
Who am I?
Tristuskhan
10-23-2007, 22:22
Trotski?
TevashSzat
10-23-2007, 23:51
No, but I will add this to make it more obvious:
When I died, I was last of a well known group.
Mouzafphaerre
10-23-2007, 23:57
Trotski?
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You're one night quicker than me. ~:)
Is it the correct answer anyway?
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Mouzafphaerre
10-24-2007, 00:05
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You're one night quicker than me. ~:)
Is it the correct answer anyway?
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Oops! Slow typer... :embarassed:
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Veho Nex
10-27-2007, 18:12
So whos question is it
TevashSzat
10-28-2007, 17:11
I believe mine still haven't been answered correctly yet
edyzmedieval
11-07-2007, 21:15
Xdeathfire, would you please be so kind to give us the answer?
Veho Nex
11-09-2007, 02:37
mao zedong? are there any good communist now?
Hound of Ulster
11-13-2007, 00:48
I'm going to interject into this one....
Name the officer commanding of His Majesty's Crusier Warrior at the Battle of Jutland and what happened to his ship.
Veho Nex
11-13-2007, 01:27
Arbuthnot almsot got destroyed?
Hound of Ulster
11-13-2007, 04:52
almost there...
Details, people, details.
Captain V.B. Molteno, his ship (HMS Warrior) was part of First Cruiser Squadron under Rear Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot. HMS Warrior was initially damaged and eventually sunk.
Hound of Ulster
11-30-2007, 05:19
yup, the Warrior was blown up with all hands after Arbothnot odered the Crusier Squadron to charge the German line unsupported.
Not all the Polish PoWs taken by the Soviets in 1939 were murdered by NKVD. There was a Polish officer (General) imprisoned in the PoW camp in Starobelsk, that was not murdered. He was protected by Stalin, who had issued a special decree not to harm him. It was just a single Stalin's decree protecting a Polish officer. That officer moved to the UK after WW II, where he lived to be 100.
Please name that officer and explain why Stalin protected him.
Thats a hard one Tran. I remember Starobelsk was the camp where most of the Polish officers went, but I thought they were all shot at Katyn by the NKVD. The only recorded Katyn surviver I thought was the economist Swianiewicz, although I'm not sure why he was spared.
Not him, what I'm looking is a Polish General. He also didn't reach 100.
TevashSzat
12-31-2007, 20:05
Sorry for the long delay guys, but I dissapeared for a month due to Diablo II.
The answer was James Madison.
He used to be a Federalist by supporting the ratification of the Constitution, but then became a Democratic-Republican(I think) with Jefferson against Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Party.
When he died in 1836, he was the last surviving signer of the Constitution
Welcome back...someone still play that old classic game, eh?
By the way, does nobody know the answer to my question? I believe some of the Polish members here know well about it.
Not all the Polish PoWs taken by the Soviets in 1939 were murdered by NKVD. There was a Polish officer (General) imprisoned in the PoW camp in Starobelsk, that was not murdered. He was protected by Stalin, who had issued a special decree not to harm him. It was just a single Stalin's decree protecting a Polish officer. That officer moved to the UK after WW II, where he lived to be 100.
Please name that officer and explain why Stalin protected him.
Major-General Jerzy Wolkowicki.
He was most likely spared because he was born in the Russian Empire and he had served in the Imperial Russian Navy where he became a national hero for his acts of bravery.
Veho Nex
01-06-2008, 10:27
Couldnt have been him since he died in 1939(scratch that thought you were talking about Wład, Major-General Franciszek Sewerin)
Jósef Albin, Brigadier-General
(scratch both my answers)
he's right
Yes, Jerzy Wołkowicki. You have a short article about him in Polish wikipedia:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Wołkowicki
The officer, michman* serving on the battleship Imperator revolted with a group of several Russian navy officers against the decision about capitulation during the Russo-Japanese War. It happened at the Admiral Nebogotov's meeting. Then he was imprisoned in Kyoto, Japan.
The accident was recounted in the novel "Tsushima" by Novikov-Priboy and should be widely-known in Russia.
When the officer (a Polish General at that time) was interrogated by NKVD, a NKVD officer asked him if he was "a relative of that famous michman '***' ". The General replied he was not, but he was himself ~;) As a result he was just the only Polish General, who left the PoW camp in Starobelsk alive.
Over to you, Vorenus.
*it was the lowest officer rank in the Tsarist Fleet and then that rank became the highest NCO rank in the Soviet Fleet.
Ok. I'm looking for a ww2 German tank commander. :germany:
He was born January 13, 1922. Was a veteran of western advance in 1940 and the eastern front from 1941. He rose from a private in the artillery to a leutanant in an assualt gun unit.
In 1944, he was a part of the 3rd Panzer army fighting in western Lithuania, brigade 276. He was the commander of a company StuG 3 assualt guns.
He survived the war and became a medical doctor.
What is the name of this commander?
Innocentius
01-13-2008, 22:15
Seriously, how specified are questions allowed to be? This is a quiz, which should mean quick answers, without neither the questioner nor the answerer(?) checking Wikipedia. This way, every single question will take a month or more to answer, unless it ends in a standoff between the two Orgahs who know most about WWII (50% or more of all the questions seem to be about WWII).
Can't we just have nice questions, like Who was the first Roman Emperor? or Who won the WWII?~;)
Sarmatian
01-15-2008, 05:12
Very good point actually. "A guy knew a guy through his aunt, and the first guy worked in a grocery store while the other guy was a plumber. And now the question is, what kind of sallad did his aunt like?"
Actually don't mind me, I'm not participating but reading, but it was a lot more fun before...
Mouzafphaerre
01-15-2008, 06:05
Yes, Jerzy Wołkowicki. You have a short article about him in Polish wikipedia:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Wołkowicki
The officer, michman* serving on the battleship Imperator revolted with a group of several Russian navy officers against the decision about capitulation during the Russo-Japanese War. It happened at the Admiral Nebogotov's meeting. Then he was imprisoned in Kyoto, Japan.
The accident was recounted in the novel "Tsushima" by Novikov-Priboy and should be widely-known in Russia.
When the officer (a Polish General at that time) was interrogated by NKVD, a NKVD officer asked him if he was "a relative of that famous michman '***' ". The General replied he was not, but he was himself ~;) As a result he was just the only Polish General, who left the PoW camp in Starobelsk alive.
Over to you, Vorenus.
*it was the lowest officer rank in the Tsarist Fleet and then that rank became the highest NCO rank in the Soviet Fleet.
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This one was interesting.
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The Stranger
01-19-2008, 22:20
I agree with Innocentius...
Incongruous
01-22-2008, 06:58
Indeed, this has turned into a guess my WWII riddle thread.
Can we keep it a Quiz please?
Kansas Bear
01-22-2008, 18:20
Name the battle in which Louis IX is captured and subsequently ransomed.
Conradus
01-22-2008, 20:19
Alexandria?
edyzmedieval
01-26-2008, 08:40
Battle of Fariskur, Egypt.
Alright, as no questions to be answered, I'll ask one insted.
What was the main reason the Spaniards and their ally Taxacala won the Battle of Otumba?
Innocentius
01-27-2008, 17:07
Err... Kansas Bear's question has been answered correctly, so it should be edyzmedieval's turn.
I think he was supposed to ask a question after his answer though, that's how this thread's been going.
Craterus
01-27-2008, 22:16
Perhaps he was waiting for confirmation of his answer?
Spartan198
01-27-2008, 23:26
The five original members were the Mohawk,the Oneida,the Onondaga,the Cayuga,and the Seneca. The sixth member who joined later was the Tuscarora.
Here's my question: When Antigonus II died in 239 BC,his death saw another revolt of the city-states of the Achaean League. Who was the figurehead of this revolt?
Spartan198
02-14-2008, 01:26
My question's been answered correctly via PM by a junior member called PersianFire. I replied to his message to see if I could post a new question on his behalf,so wait and see.
I remember the difficulties I personally had as a junior member so,so,so long ago and can't help but sympathize (with the posting limitations of one,not being one!).
Spartan198
02-15-2008, 06:25
Question posted on behalf of junior member PersianFire:
"I would like the meaning to a name belonging to a female made famous during a high profile public relations exercise stunt during the time off Pisistratus."
Conradus
02-16-2008, 14:20
Herodotos said her name was Phya, she played the goddess Athene to reinstate Pisistratus as tyrannos of Athens.
Conradus
02-21-2008, 18:41
Persianfire PM-ed me and said my answer was half correct and that I could post a new question to further the quiz.
I'm looking for a famous author, whose non-violence resistence-ideas influenced Ghandi and Luther King but still volonteered to join the artillery.
Conradus
02-23-2008, 23:09
Indeed, it's your turn now.
Oh yes, I forgot the question.
Well, Give me the name of the Central Indian king, who defeted one of Alexander's ambassadors and proceeded to marry his daughter thereafter. He was the first one of the line of greatest of Emperors of India.
MilesGregarius
02-24-2008, 10:49
Oh yes, I forgot the question.
Well, Give me the name of the Central Indian king, who defeted one of Alexander's ambassadors and proceeded to marry his daughter thereafter. He was the first one of the line of greatest of Emperors of India.
Chandragupta Maurya?
MilesGregarius
02-25-2008, 03:29
I was instrumental in winning perhaps the single most important battle leading to my nation's independence but later came to be villified as the personification of treason. Who am I?
Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-25-2008, 04:26
I was instrumental in winning perhaps the single most important battle leading to my nation's independence but later came to be villified as the personification of treason. Who am I?
Benedict Arnold?
MilesGregarius
02-25-2008, 13:13
Benedict Arnold?
Yup. Take it away.
Now if someone would just answer my geography quiz question.
Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-25-2008, 22:53
I watched my son, Herbert, fight in two wars I helped begin. I was victorious - he survived, and carried on my family name, that continues to this day, through to my great-great grandson, a politician like myself. Who was I?
Mouzafphaerre
02-26-2008, 18:53
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Simple! Herbert's father. :yes:
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I watched my son, Herbert, fight in two wars I helped begin. I was victorious - he survived, and carried on my family name, that continues to this day, through to my great-great grandson, a politician like myself. Who was I?
That's a history question? :clown: :sweatdrop:
Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-27-2008, 01:01
That's a history question? :clown: :sweatdrop:
Herbert's father was a very important historical character.
HINT: Herbert fought in Austria as his father watched the battle. It was one of the most decisive in modern European history.
Otto Von Bismarck, The Iron Chancellor.
Evil_Maniac From Mars
02-28-2008, 04:42
Correct.
Otto von Bismarck watched the Battle of Königgrätz, which his son fought in, and later was more apprehensive about starting other wars due to the personal anxiety he suffered knowing his son could be dead.
OK, looks like my turn for the question again.
The legendary King of Mewar who waged war all his life against the greatest Mugal ruler, and remained undefeted and free to the end. Name him.
Veho Nex
02-28-2008, 07:01
WAAAAAAHHH!!!! You guyses is too far in the past for me to answer these ;), So next person to get it right, bring it up to the modern warfare age(1846+)
That's right.
You missed a r though, it's Rana Pratap. The man in my picture.
Your turn.
What battle during the Seven Years War, where a Prussian army of 20000 was at least outnumbered two to one by a French imperial force, win an astounding victory where Prussian losses were around 500 and the enemy's 10000?
What battle during the Seven Years War, where a Prussian army of 20000 was at least outnumbered two to one by a French imperial force, win an astounding victory where Prussian losses were around 500 and the enemy's 10000?
Battle of Rossbach?
Battle of Rossbach?
Correct.
YAY! lol
I will get a good question up when I get home, no time now.
In which year was the ancient Greek scholar and historian who wrote the famous work Roman Antiquities born?
lol, no takers? Anyone ever read the book? (It was written in greco/latin, but has been translated into English 10000+ times.)
It is one of the few classics from antiquity I have not had the pleasure of reading, and now I do not have the time. :P
Dionysius of Halicarnassus?
Spartan198
03-01-2008, 11:04
I don't mean to muscle in on Vuk's question,but,yes,Tran,you are correct. Your turn.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus?
That is his name, but I asked what year he was born. Since you obviously know him, you could just do a simple WIKI search to find the year no, so it is pointless, lol.
The date is 60 B.C., your turn now.
:wall:
Ah yes, I somehow missed that :shame:
I guess for that slip-up, someone else can continue and ask a question.
Veho Nex
03-02-2008, 08:06
MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE!!!
Q: One of the most brilliant military minds of his time, he led his nation short of total domination only to be defeated by the cold. He was exiled twice and died during his second exilation(not sure if thats a word). There is a term named after him where the smaller guy always likes to pick on the bigger guy. Who is this man?
MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE!!!
So do I :yes:
I believe he's Napoleon Bonaparte?
Veho Nex
03-02-2008, 08:58
yeh correct. Was it too easy?
waaaay too easy.
Tran's turn.
His plane was shot down deep inside hostile territory. He has the opportunity to commit suicide, but he didn't do it. Instead, he was tried and jailed. Later, he was released in exchange for someone. Who is this man and the person exchanged for him?
Furious Mental
03-02-2008, 10:20
Sounds like Gary Powers
Correct, and if you can give the name of the person exchanged, it will be complete
Oh, I remember seeing this on TV. It is indeed Powers, he was shot down an imprisoned I believe by the USSR, and he was exchanged for a Russian spy by the name of,,,,,,,I think Fishen? Fisher? some Fish :D
Evil_Maniac From Mars
03-02-2008, 17:00
Vilyam Fisher, but the two people above deserve to have a turn more than I do. They both got the right answer. ~:)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Francis-Gary-Powers_trial_cia.jpg/180px-Francis-Gary-Powers_trial_cia.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Francis-Gary-Powers_trial_cia.jpg)
Indeed, it was Francis Gary Powers and Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (better known by the alias Rudolf Abel). Francis' U-2 spy plane was shot down deep inside Soviet territory. He didn't use the suicide pin carried with him, he was tried and jailed. This event sparked the U-2 crisis in 1960. He was finally released by the Soviets in 1962 along with an American student, in exchange for KGB spy Vilyam Fisher captured in the US.
I'll have to give the turn to SwedishFish since he was the first to answer both questions (correctly).
OK.
I led the most diverse of armies against the most powerful force in the world. My victory plunged me into leading my country, which was punctuated by harsh treatment of the Natives.
Who am I? What victory did I achieve?
Veho Nex
03-09-2008, 05:51
George washington? lol moar?
Kekvit Irae
03-09-2008, 06:17
My guess would be Ulysses S Grant.
Veho Nex
03-09-2008, 17:59
grant was in the civil war... I do believe and the confederates weren't even recognised as a seperate nation by european powers.
Conradus
03-09-2008, 19:19
grant was in the civil war... I do believe and the confederates weren't even recognised as a seperate nation by european powers.
England supported them though.
Kekvit Irae
03-09-2008, 19:35
You don't have to be recognized by the international community to have an army. Coups, rebellions, and civil wars all fall into this category.
You guys are close, but no cigar. Guess again.
Craterus
03-09-2008, 20:39
Jackson
Jackson
Indeed. Andrew Jackson led an army filled with whites, blacks, indians and pirates against Britain in the Battle of New Orleans. His victory led him to his presidency, which was best known for the Trail of Tears, and Indian Removal Act.
Your turn.
Conradus
03-10-2008, 16:19
You don't have to be recognized by the international community to have an army. Coups, rebellions, and civil wars all fall into this category.
Actually, according the Geneva Conventions, you do. Why are there 'unlawful combatans' if not?
Craterus
03-10-2008, 23:02
Who founded the Carthusian Order?
Kekvit Irae
03-11-2008, 02:18
Saint Bruno
I just had a history test on medieval religion. :juggle2:
Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 02:55
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I just Wikied and found it. Didn't post 'coz I'm not sure if it'd be fair. ~;p
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Craterus
03-11-2008, 02:59
Correctamonko, Kekvit...
Question away!
Kekvit Irae
03-11-2008, 03:43
I lived as a king during a time of civil strife. I waged war to defeat my six enemies, ultimately unifying my land. I became an emperor, though I lived as a tyrant. I built great monuments and road systems, despite my overwhelming (and often brutal) suppression of the popular ideas and religion of my state. Even though my reign was one of the shortest in the land, my empire would stand unbroken for 400 years. Yet as my subjects hated me, my army stood watch over where I now lie.
Who am I?
Kekvit Irae
03-11-2008, 03:54
Nope.
Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 03:56
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Qin Shi Huang Di?
An earthenware army is watching over his tomb. :bow:
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Kekvit Irae
03-11-2008, 04:11
Mouza wins a cookie and the next question!
Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 04:13
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munches :chef:
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Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 04:18
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Originally a Croatian (or Bosnian) from a clerical family, I rose up to the highest post of the Ottoman Empire, save the emperor. I ruled without interruption in three emperors' regna and married a princess. Was found a bit too fond of my relatives, most of whom I helped rise to important duties. I was eventually assassinated.
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Originally a Croatian (or Bosnian) from a clerical family, I rose up to the highest post of the Ottoman Empire, save the emperor. I ruled without interruption in three emperors' regna and married a princess. Was found a bit too fond of my relatives, most of whom I helped rise to important duties. I was eventually assassinated.
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Are you Mehmet Pasa?
Veho Nex
03-11-2008, 05:38
Indeed. Andrew Jackson led an army filled with whites, blacks, indians and pirates against Britain in the Battle of New Orleans.
there weren't any Indians in that battle
Also that battle was fictitious
Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 05:45
Are you Mehmet Pasa?
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Maybe. But which one? There are hundreds. :thinking:
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Kekvit Irae
03-11-2008, 08:45
The Sokollu one.
Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 16:42
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The ball's yours again. And a cookie. :yes:
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Kekvit Irae
03-11-2008, 20:25
I'll pass the ball to SwedishFish since he did get the answer, I just revised it a bit. :tongueg:
Geoffrey S
03-11-2008, 20:46
Edit: uh, that was an answer to a few pages ago. Ignore.
Mouzafphaerre
03-11-2008, 21:27
I'll pass the ball to SwedishFish since he did get the answer, I just revised it a bit. :tongueg:
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Well I won't object to it but merely Mehmed Paşa just can't be the answer. There had been hundreds, if not thousands of those, the name being probably the most common, and quite a few as much influential ones, such as Köprülü Mehmed Paşa the next century. :shrug:
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I'll pass the ball to SwedishFish since he did get the answer, I just revised it a bit. :tongueg:
Well....I guess I'll take it.
I served on the Front, wounded by shrapnel. I held many jobs in the post war years, and my most well known work was published, and it still is valued to this day. The Nazis burned my work, made claims I was a French Jew, and that my last name was Kramer
Who am I, what is my most famous work?
Tristuskhan
03-12-2008, 23:00
Eirich Maria Remarque and "Im West Nicht Neues?" (ok ok, I don't speak a word of german, "A l'ouest rien de nouveau", voilà)
Eirich Maria Remarque and "Im West Nicht Neues?" (ok ok, I don't speak a word of german, "A l'ouest rien de nouveau", voilà)
Your turn
Tristuskhan
03-13-2008, 06:57
Grandson of a great conqueror, I've been a benign ruler myself but I'm still probably the only political leader whose scientific achievements are valuated higher than my reign was.
Who am I?
Kinda vague. I've got no idea.
Mouzafphaerre
03-13-2008, 13:58
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Uluğ Bey fits the description. Grandson (or great-grandson) of Tamerlane and valued for his astronomical work rather than the short lived political reign.
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Tristuskhan
03-13-2008, 16:58
Ulug Beg, you are right, fascinating character he must have been.
Your turn, Mouzafphaerre.
Mouzafphaerre
03-14-2008, 04:20
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I'm an Ottoman seaman journeyed in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Witnessed the Portoguese colonisation attempts and related conflicts, visited several courts including the vassal Yemenese, various petty Emirates in Turkestan and Afghanistan, the Safevid of Persia and the Mughals of India. I was a talented writer in verse and prose, being able to offer poems in Arabic, Persian and Chaghatay in those portes. I saw the death of Humāyūn and the ascencion of his son Ekber to the Mughal throne.
On my return I wrote my memoirs called "The Mirror of the Lands"
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YellowMelon
03-14-2008, 17:17
Majid?
Quintus.JC
03-14-2008, 22:29
That's a hard one.
Mouzafphaerre
03-15-2008, 02:07
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Hint: You can find an English translation of my book online for free and legally.
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Mouzafphaerre
03-16-2008, 16:40
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Final Hint: You can find that translation of my work at Medieval Sourcebook.
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Was he Seydi Ali Reis?
I searched for "Ottoman sailors" in Wikipedia and his name came out on the fifth place. According to Wikipedia his memoir or book was named Mir'ât ül Memâlik (The Mirror of Countries) and not The Mirror of the Lands as you mentioned.
YellowMelon
03-17-2008, 14:58
Different translations obviously :dizzy2:
Actually there are some "The Mirror of <<insert word here>>" books
Quintus.JC
03-17-2008, 21:13
Tran's guide to MII:TW traits is brilliant, anyone know the same version for Rome.:2thumbsup:
Mouzafphaerre
03-18-2008, 04:00
Was he Seydi Ali Reis?
I searched for "Ottoman sailors" in Wikipedia and his name came out on the fifth place. According to Wikipedia his memoir or book was named Mir'ât ül Memâlik (The Mirror of Countries) and not The Mirror of the Lands as you mentioned.
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Now that I look at my translation, Mirror of the Realms would fit better. :yes: Here is the Medieval Sourcebook version:
Sidi Ali Reis* (16th Century CE): Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557 CE (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/16CSidi1.html)
*Different transliteration, apparently, but not better
It's yours sir. :bow:
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YellowMelon
03-18-2008, 22:10
Now are we using our own knowledge for these questions or using google to find answers? :inquisitive:
Mouzafphaerre
03-18-2008, 22:59
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For me they're equally acceptable. The latter leads us to do research and eventually teaches us something new. ~:)
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Tristuskhan
03-18-2008, 23:35
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For me they're equally acceptable. The latter leads us to do research and eventually teaches us something new. ~:)
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Like this?
Murat Reis the Elder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Reis_the_Elder
A Character...
Mouzafphaerre
03-19-2008, 04:15
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Should have been Murad Reis. Murat is the distorted, extremely modern orthography. Wikiwarriors... :no:
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An Arab military commander. Twice, on different year, he accomplished extraordinary feats on the same region. His second accomplishment was leading his troops to breach what was back then perceived as "impregnable fortresses". Later, his superior ordered him to do something he opposed. He was sacked, and when his "successor" did, his previous accomplishment was undone.
Who was this man, what were his two extraordinary feats, and when (year) did they happen?
Kekvit Irae
03-21-2008, 09:52
I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say Amr ibn al As, the conquest of Egypt (specifically Babylon and Alexandria), 641ce?
Not him, Kekvit. (Hint) The man I am looking for was actually a modern-era Arab commander.
seireikhaan
03-22-2008, 17:15
Hmm... Not sure, but I'll take a shot at it.
Amir Faysal, capture of Aqaba, battle of Megido, in 1917.
Nope. In both occasions, his country fought the same enemy (but in different war)
Mouzafphaerre
03-23-2008, 16:27
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Makes me think of the Arab-Israeli wars (1947 & 1965[?]) but I'm not good at details. :wacko:
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Final hint: He did his two accomplishments at Sinai.
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The Foolish Horseman
04-04-2008, 16:37
Selim the Grim, destroyed the egyptians at the Battles of Marj Dabiq and al-Raydaniyy circa 1518
Mouzafphaerre
04-04-2008, 22:44
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Neither Arabic nor modern. :no:
Dig up the Arab-Israeli war.
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Quintus.JC
04-07-2008, 14:07
Could anyone give me an detailed account of how the Knights Templars ended? or at least give me some website links. I was curious about how one of the most powerful and prestigious Catholic organization disappeared on the map so quickly. Unlike the Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights.
The Foolish Horseman
04-07-2008, 14:23
well all i can find is this:
Rumors about the Templars' secret initiation ceremony created mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, began pressuring Pope Clement V to take action. In 1307, Pope Clement condemned the Order's members, having them arrested, tortured into giving false confessions, and burned at the stake. In 1312, Pope Clement, under continuing pressure from King Philip, disbanded the Order. The abrupt disappearance of a major part of the European infrastructure gave rise to speculation and legends, which have kept the "Templar" name alive until the present.
Mouzafphaerre
04-07-2008, 14:29
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From memory... That French king... Philippe le belle I believe... was buried deep in debt and the knights were floating in money, having invested what they had plundered in the Holy Land soundly. He set them up with comical heresy accusations and cleared them out, taking their wealth for himself.
Apparently a branch of them ended up as the Fra Masons in Scotland (and afterwards back in France, including elsewhere) and has been active ever since.
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Quintus.JC
04-07-2008, 18:20
So King Philippe IV single handly wiped out the Templars just because of some money. I'm sure there should a more complicated reason than that, anyhow since when could a king boss around the Pope.
The Foolish Horseman
04-07-2008, 18:39
Well since then the Roman Catholic church has "pardoned" the Templars, believing the reason they were destroyed was becausse Pope Clement was unworthy to be pope because he was too much of a pushover.
Anyhow why was this in the history quiz??? Trans not been on for a while so if hes not on later, ill ask a question
Conradus
04-07-2008, 20:42
So King Philippe IV single handly wiped out the Templars just because of some money. I'm sure there should a more complicated reason than that, anyhow since when could a king boss around the Pope.
Nah, the Templars became too great a power in his new state and he was hugely indebted, so he had to get rid of them.
And since Pope Clement lived in Avignon and since he was basically appointed by the French King, and since he feared a strong templarorder as much as any potentate, he happily obliged the king's request.
The Foolish Horseman
04-10-2008, 16:34
Back to Topic.
New Question cos of inactivity
Which was the only gun in ww2 to have two different names for it??
easy
Mouzafphaerre
04-11-2008, 00:49
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Was AK-47/Kaleshnikov in WW2? :inquisitive:
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Back to Topic.
New Question cos of inactivity
Which was the only gun in ww2 to have two different names for it??
easy
StG44?
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Was AK-47/Kaleshnikov in WW2? :inquisitive:
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:laugh4: Far from it haha
Conradus
04-11-2008, 14:22
M1 Garand?
The Foolish Horseman
04-11-2008, 15:01
Ichigo got it... The Sturmgewehr 44 was also called the Machine Pistolen 44, or as in the call of duty games, MP44.
Ichigos Turn.
And in response to Mouzapherre, the Ak47 was designed in 1944, but not made until 1948
What battle forced the Austrians to seek a peace agreement with Prussia during the Seven Weeks War?
Evil_Maniac From Mars
04-12-2008, 05:04
What battle forced the Austrians to seek a peace agreement with Prussia during the Seven Weeks War?
You mean the Austro-Prussian War? That would be Königgrätz.
During the Franco-Prussian War, which battle resulted in the capture by the German forces of Patrice MacMahon?
Conradus
04-12-2008, 13:25
Verdun?
You mean the Austro-Prussian War? That would be Königgrätz.
During the Franco-Prussian War, which battle resulted in the capture by the German forces of Patrice MacMahon?
It's also called the Seven Weeks War and the Unification war iirc
Evil_Maniac From Mars
04-13-2008, 01:52
Verdun?
No.
Evil_Maniac From Mars
04-13-2008, 05:32
Yes, go ahead.
What General led the Prussian 1st Army Corps at the battle of Waterloo, and arrived at a crucial time to reinforce Wellington's left flank so that he could transfer crucially needed troops to other parts of the front?
Evil_Maniac From Mars
04-13-2008, 06:26
Blücher
Conradus
04-13-2008, 09:46
Ziethen?
Darn, should've known the answer to the previous question was Sedan.
Ziethen?
Darn, should've known the answer to the previous question was Sedan.
I'll give it to you. The spelling is kinda off his name was Zieten.
Conradus
04-13-2008, 21:46
Thanks, but I don't have a question right now, first one after me may ask one.
Veho Nex
04-14-2008, 04:29
Zieten?
Whoo its right!! heres a question!
Operation drumbeat, devoloped by Admiral Karl Doenitz during ww2. It was an attack on america's eastern seaboard shipping lanes. It became so easy to target ships against americans bright coastline that before they even knew what was going on tonnage was going down. The first actual warship to respond to this was named the ________. She was almost taken out of order by a light deckgun shell that came from a friendly merchant who thought she was a german uboat. What was this ships name?
Bonus: What was the name of ships filled with cork and specifically made to be blown up?
Veho Nex
04-17-2008, 15:12
A little hard? Heres a hint, It was one of the main destroyers Homer Hickham talks about in his book Torpedo Junction.
Veho Nex
04-19-2008, 02:34
did I find a question to hard for the historians at .org?
Conradus
04-19-2008, 11:39
I don't think anyone wants to find the name of not so well know ship. It's hardly a question one knows without reading the book recently or looking it up.
Veho Nex
04-19-2008, 14:37
It isn't that unknown of a ship, actually pretty well known if you live on the east coast. I walked into a museum back there and they had an entire section on said ship. But I will give it to people who can answer the bonus, which I think is incredibly straight forward and easy.
All I could find is the USS Roper and the USCGC Icarus (WPC-110)
Veho Nex
04-20-2008, 01:15
You got it, the Roper. Your up
I hope this is hardish...than some of my earlier ones haha....so here goes nothing...
I was/am considered one of the best naval commanders of my time even serving as a galley slave for sometime after I was captured by Barbary pirates. I eventually got away and would go on to lead the defense against a great Ottoman host for several months conducting one of the best siege defenses in history. Who am I and what was my position by the time of the siege? His full name and title is a must..
I hope this is hardish...than some of my earlier ones haha....so here goes nothing...
I was/am considered one of the best naval commanders of my time even serving as a galley slave for sometime after I was captured by Barbary pirates. I eventually got away and would go on to lead the defense against a great Ottoman host for several months conducting one of the best siege defenses in history. Who am I and what was my position by the time of the siege? His full name and title is a must..
I'm thinking of Niklas Graf Salm, but I haven't read anything about him being a galley slave.
"Field Gentleman" (title referred to high commanders, I believe) Niklas Graf Salm, Siege of Vienna. All I can think of.
Quintus.JC
04-20-2008, 10:40
Jean Parisot de la Valette. Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and defender in the great seige of Malta in 1565.
I'm not a Hospitaller for nothing you know.:laugh4:
Hey I knew that one :balloon2: I'd been reading about the Ottoman seige of Malta just last week.....
Jean Parisot de la Valette. Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and defender in the great seige of Malta in 1565.
I'm not a Hospitaller for nothing you know.:laugh4:
You are correct sir....you putz:inquisitive: I was hoping to dupe like at least 2-3 people lol.
And I actually just read it my self in Sea of Faith...a couple decent questions abound in that book...
Quintus.JC
04-20-2008, 20:04
Well, I know alot of other members knows history better than me but I do know my own order's history and it's grandmasters:beam: .
Ok, here's the question, a rather funny one actually "What ethnic of people fought a war against the British Empire when a British governor insisted on sitting on a stool?":inquisitive:
Well, I know alot of other members knows history better than me but I do know my own order's history and it's grandmasters:beam: .
Ok, here's the question, a rather funny one actually "What ethnic of people fought a war against the British Empire when a British governor insisted on sitting on a stool?":inquisitive:
War of the Golden Stool, the Ashanti Confederacy. Read about this in a site about funny named or strange reasoned wars.
The British governor demanded to the Ashanti to turn over their golden stool, basically the symbol of their independance.
Man, I love the interwebz.
Quintus.JC
04-21-2008, 09:03
The British governor demanded to the Ashanti to turn over their golden stool, basically the symbol of their independance.
I got this from 'Horrible History', it made me laugh.:laugh4: From what I red was that the Ashanti were defeated and forced to join the British Empire, they agreed, and Queen Victoria as the new leader of the Ashanti should have the golden stool. This was also deemed reasonable. Then Freddy Hodgson, governor of the Gold Coast, demanded to sit on the Sacred Stool (What a dumbo). The Ashanti weren't too happy and went to war. Eventually they lost, but were happy because the intergurity of the Stool is kept.:sweatdrop:
Go on then Mr. SwedishFish, let's hope you got a harder one than mine.
I was a leader of men. I fought in a foreign countries civil war, disliked the luxury of the officers, ate and drank with my men, and slept in a noncom tent. I defend a city against the British, before dressing like a private to escape. I am known physically for my flaming red beard.
Who am I? What city did I defend and escape from?
Mouzafphaerre
04-22-2008, 02:36
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A wild, uneducated guess culd be La Fayette. No idea on the details though.
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Conradus
04-22-2008, 07:04
Barbarossa?
Quintus.JC
04-26-2008, 19:22
I was a leader of men. I fought in a foreign countries civil war, disliked the luxury of the officers, ate and drank with my men, and slept in a noncom tent. I defend a city against the British, before dressing like a private to escape. I am known physically for my flaming red beard.
Who am I? What city did I defend and escape from?
I think we need a clue here, no one's giving a guess.:sweatdrop:
I'd have to agree... I looked around, I was thinking it was the Boer war but I'm stuck...
Quintus.JC
04-27-2008, 07:59
I was a leader of men. I fought in a foreign countries civil war, disliked the luxury of the officers, ate and drank with my men, and slept in a noncom tent. I defend a city against the British, before dressing like a private to escape. I am known physically for my flaming red beard.
Who am I? What city did I defend and escape from?
Was it bonnie prince charlie? I can't think of anyone else.:no:
I keep coming up with Red Beard the pirate guy
A clue: My nickname was Electric Wiskers, after my red beard.
Quintus.JC
04-28-2008, 15:37
A clue: My nickname was Electric Wiskers, after my red beard.
Annibale Bergonzoli. Italian Lieutenant General during Spanish Civil War. Had no idea about him, this was a really hard question.
I'll give you the win, even though the question was half answered.
Bergonzoli did in fact fight in the Spanish Civil War, and the city he defended was Bardia against the British.
Quintus.JC
04-29-2008, 15:44
I'll give you the win, even though the question was half answered.
Wouldn't of had a clue if it were for your clue, anyway I think I'll pass the question. You can ask another one, but make sure it's not as hard as the last one.:yes:
I fought loyaly for my country, even though I was born in its colony. The country I fought for was later the country I fought against for my nations independence. As the Father of my Country, I was the first leader, kept it together in its early years, and served as a model for later leaders of my nation. I also I cannot tell a lie, even when its about lumber removal.
General George Washington :beam: right?
One of the most imporatant figures of the Spanish Reconquista, and the only person to have ever meted out a defete to the Almoravid dynasty in the Iberian peninsula. A champion by name and by fame. Who is he?
TenkiSoratoti_
05-01-2008, 13:38
A very tall man born in Guernsey and served in the British Army, he is revered by a certain bunch of people who like maple syrup for winning a staggering victory against the odds along the Niagara frontier.
Easy.
Quintus.JC
05-01-2008, 13:49
A very tall man born in Guernsey and served in the British Army, he is revered by a certain bunch of people who like maple syrup for winning a staggering victory against the odds along the Niagara frontier.
Easy.
Is it Sir Isaac Brock?
TenkiSoratoti_
05-01-2008, 22:46
Is it Sir Isaac Brock?
Yes, with the battle in question being that of Queenston Heights.
Quintus.JC
05-02-2008, 17:15
I was considered to be one of the greatest commanders of all time. As a king of my people I wasn’t only a great general but also made many domestic reforms that turned my country from just one of many states to being the most dominant power in the region. I came to my throne at a young age, married when I was 26 to a German princess. I was an extremely skilled military commander and participated in one of the biggest conflict ever fought in Europe, and unfortunately died in one of the battles after leading a cavalry charge into the enemy and became separated from the main army.
Quintus.JC
05-04-2008, 10:03
Still no answers? I think I’ve given enough clues. :inquisitive:
Sarmatian
05-05-2008, 00:41
Gustavus Adolphus?
Quintus.JC
05-05-2008, 08:37
Bingo, your turn Samartian.:beam:
Sarmatian
05-05-2008, 09:45
I had a great father but I proved to be greater still. Those that came in the years after me were even greater. My father died in a great battle against infidels, and I succeded him, by strangling my brother. My reign was glorious until one man even greater than I defeated me. Who am I?
I believe it's easy, but if you think it's hard I'll give some additional clues...
Quintus.JC
05-05-2008, 12:59
A wild guess would be Frederick II, probably need to check on that.
Sarmatian
05-05-2008, 15:49
Not those infidels, the other infidels :laugh4:.
Kidding. A hint - I was muslim.
Sarmatian
05-06-2008, 08:24
No, but close.
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