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Laman was on the right track, but Ichigo got all three names. Take it away.
Someone else can have my turn.
May I have the next question, in that case?
Sure.
Ok, here we go.
I am a Theban commander who defeated the Spartan King Cleombrotus in 371 B.C. However, Athens and other cities forbade me from pursuing the Spartans and prevented me from obtaining a complete victory. Upon defeating the Spartans in battle, I would propel Thebes to a position of power and authority among the city-states until my death nine years later. Who am I?
Epaminondas perhaps.
Right. You're turn.
Presumably in Akragas in Sicily a certain Tyrant had a hollow bronze bull he used to cook people in. One of them was the inventor of said bull (the tyrant wanted to test it). What was the names of the tyrant and the inventor.
The inventor: Perillus of Athens, and the tyrant: Phalaris.
My question, if I'm right.
The story of Perillus and his invention is more or less the same as that of another. Who was the other, and who ruled then? Also, when was it used and abused?
You were correct.
Question asked again:
The story of Perillus and his invention is more or less the same as that of another. Who was the other, who ruled in his country at the time, and when was it over-used?
Guillotine, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, King Louis XVI, Reign of terror
or
the Scottish maiden.... but dont know much about it
That's it. Your turn.Quote:
Guillotine, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, King Louis XVI, Reign of terror
Charles Martel every thing and anything about him? GO!!
Charles the Hammer. Won the battle of Tours. that's about all I know.
Well then you win as youve met his criteria , Your turn :laugh4:
WOOO. :wall:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
lol yeh go ahead could think of a question so i said first peron that was on page 11 of the history part of the forum
someone else can have my turn.
ill take it:
Founding of rome, what lead up to it, what is the legend about the valley, who where the first leaders?(note the legend of the valley can be found in Dante's Divine comedy-Inferno)
Ok, do you want the legend of how Rome was founded? If so, here's what I'm remembering off the top of my head.
Two brothers, Romulus and Remus, were cast out into the wild as infants when their family died at the hands of Etruscans. The brothers were raised in the wild by a wolf. The brothers would grow up in the wild and begin to found a new town. When competition arose for leadership, Romulus murdered his brother to take power, and the town would be called Rome from then on.
I'm not sure I got all the details right, and I'm sure there's more I didn't get, but I'm going off my head here and my memory's a little fuzzy.
Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, sons of the wargod Mars who were fostered by a wolf until a shepherd found them. He raised them as his sons and they restored their grandfather to the throne of Alba Longa from which he was driven by his brother (who ordered the death of Romulus and Remus' mother, that's how they got in the river in the first place)
So the first leaders were romulus and remus, though Romulus killed his brother in a quarrel over the site of the city. Romulus was named king.
no ones said anything about the legend of the valley
Eh, what is it? I don't know of any legend.
the legend of the valley...? i do know the real story of the valley...
i think the correct answer has been said
you can have it greaterkhan
but the legend of the valley is it was an un fertile area that had two rivers going by on the east and the wast and a lady lived there she killed her self and went to hell dante's inferno tells all about how she killed her self to save her soul and make the land fetile for the wolves that lived in it
read the inferno and you all will understand
Yes, Master Yoda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
I was a Samurai general who fought in the Hogen rebellion. I was forced to flee and ultimately ended up in exile on a small island. I was famed as a great archer. As enemy ships approached, I sank one by piercing its hull below the water line with an arrow. However, I realized that I had no hope of victory, so I committed Seppuku, the first Samurai of note to ever do so. Who am I?
Sakai Incident?
The answer is a person, not an event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
Saigo Takamori?
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warmaster Horus
Minamoto Yorimasa?
You're getting warmer...
Aha! I actually know this one! (Cause the arrow sinking the boat thing...)
Minamoto no Tametome...or was it Tametomo?
Well, you're right with one of those, Motep. Can you remember which one it is?(without googling, of course)
Now, I know who it is, just cant really remember how to pronounce it...Im leanin' towards Tametomo, though....(tametome doesnt sound right...)Quote:
Originally Posted by greaterkhaan
Well, in that case, yes, you're right. The official answer is Minamoto Tametomo. I wasn't sure if you just had different spellings, or if you had Tametomo and some other Minamoto that I'd never heard of before. Next question is yours.
Name another famous japanese archer, this one who was famed for shooting a fan off a ship, which was reputed to keep the ship safe from arrows (hahahaha, oh the irony). He later went on to become a Bhuddist monk, founding a temple that was past down to his eldest son, to son's eldest son, and so on right up to the temple's destruction in WWII. So, who is this archer-monk?
Nobody cares to even guess?
Eh, not really my style of questions... I'll let someone else try to find it.
google has failed me i dont know
Bwahaha! Do you folks give up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jkarinen
Nasu no Yoichi.
If I'm right, someone else can take it.
oooooh....correctQuote:
Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
Okay, I'll take it.
Name the 4 legions present in the Roman Invasion of Britain, as well as the General in charge, the leading political person of the time, and two of Legates (two from the 4 legions).
Legio II Augusta, Legio IX Hispana, Legio XIV Gemina and Legio XX Valeria Victrix, the general was Aulus Plautius and two of the legates were Vespasion and Gnaeus Geta.
That was a quick answer! :laugh4:
Yeah, that was quick. I expected it to be, though.
Your turn.
A Swiss Protestant priest voiced similar opinons to Martin Luther, but later when Martin Luther went to meet him, they parted over differences on a small part of their teachings, without shaking hands!
Name the priest and the different teachings which he and Martin Luther taught.
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Originally Posted by shlin28
Zwingli?
He wanted to abolish indulgences and celibacy
What do you exactly mean with the second part of your question?
I'm just gonna throw a random guess in here. John Calvin?? Martin Luther started Protestantism while Calvin did Calvinism.
Maybe i wasnt really clear with the second part, but i want you to find the slight difference between the teachings, just a clue, its about communions.
Zwingli believed that it was just symbolic, while luther was convinced that they were the real body and blood of christ.Quote:
Originally Posted by shlin28
Right answer, your turn
I'll pass it to someone else. First come, first served. Take your chances, boys and girls.
How bout some literary history for a change?
Give the three titles to Dante's Divine comedy(the Italian names are same as English both will do), what years they were written, and what had happened to him prior writing them and including all his old teachers from his home town.
part1-canticas
part2-inferno
part3-purgatorio (might be off by a letter or two)
i dont understand this last piece
could you please explain?Quote:
and what had happened to him prior writing them and including all his old teachers from his home town.
since Jkarien hasnt come back with an explanation (i was confused to) should someone else post a new question
He was last active today, about 8 minutes after your post.
Dante was exiled prior to writing his Divina Commedia
And excuse me for this late edit, but the three parts of la divina commedia are
Inferno
Purgatorio
Paradiso
Jkarinen, could you tell us if Conradus' or Tiberius' answer is correct, and good enough to elicit a new question?
He said the years they were written also.
Hmm, somewhere in the beginning of the 14th century, and before he died obviously ( that was 1320-1321?).
I'd guess between 1308 and 1321, but if someone can find the correct answers, by all means.
Conradus is most right and sorry guys my friend borrowed my laptop for a couple days i'm really sorry
My turn then,
This 'rock' was discovered in 1812, and is now a major touristic pole.
Once it was a thriving city, but foreign occupation soon ended that.
What am I talking about?
gibraltar :P
Alcatraz?
I'm sorry, but both of you are wrong.
This question seems harder than I thought it would be.
Fort Ross?
Try looking back for a 'few' more centuries.
It was on the world news not that long ago.
machu pichu?
btw discovered by who? europeans, i mean when people already lived there it was already discovered ofcourse... chinese or arabs could also have discovered it... it can hint towards the continent it lies in...
It was rediscovered by Europeans, most of the time we call that 'discovering'
Just like Angkor Wat or Machu Pichu, it has been rediscovered, but it isn't one of those two.
Monomatapa?
Petra?
Aggonyduck is correct. I was looking for Petra. Petra is the greek for rock, now a major touristic pole (part due to its recent election as new world wonder) and was rediscovered in Jordan somewhere in the beginning of the 19th century.
Aggonyduck, your turn.
I should have known that...
hmmm me too :P
Ok, if no one's going to ask a new question, I will.
This man is considered by many Chinese to be the emodiment of intelligence. His nickname was "the sleeping dragon" and he even has an invention of his, an improved crossbow, named after him. Who is he?
Chu Ko Nu?