One of his Indian ones, the battle of Assaye (I had to google it for the name, is that against the rules?)
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One of his Indian ones, the battle of Assaye (I had to google it for the name, is that against the rules?)
Assaye is the one...as for rules, pah! I know of no rules.
:rolleyes3:
Googling's fine by me. At this rate the challenge is going to be asking questions that can't be googled! Back to you again then...:book:
OK, another easy one, what is the name of the small napoleonic coastal fortifications, the majority of which are on the Kent and Sussex coasts, which are named after a similar structure in Corsica which had seriously inconvenienced the Royal Navy?
Many are still standing, and indeed if you are a member of the Landmark Trust you can stay in one.
Martello Towers?
Antagonist
That's it. Over to you
Hmm.. well, my imagination for historical questions is probably going to be limited to what I've been reading most recently I'm afraid, but I'll give it a shot.
Who was the first Roman emperor to be killed by non-Roman enemies? (ie not including assassinations, murdered by the Praetorians or killed as a result of civil war)
Antagonist
Gordian II.
Took me a while to get back to this thread, exams etc.
Anyway, so far as I know Gordian II is not the correct answer. IIRC he died defending Carthage against the rebellious governor of Numidia after his father was declared Emperor along with him. I think.
Anyone else?
Antagonist
Emperor Decius
Indeed. Killed in battle against the Goths at Abrittus in AD251, so far as I know.
Over to you?
Antagonist
Which is the longest lasting civilisation still present today?
australian aboriginals?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius
Can they be counted as civilization, though? Besides, I don't think the evidence's conclusive.Quote:
Originally Posted by cutepuppy
I think it's China.
Texas
Learn to spell correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Greece.
Over to Antiochus.
I'm now feeling guilty for the part in my quote in Strike's sig about spelling. He has some trouble with it, but he get's way too much heat about it. It has improved a lot, he's obviously working at it - succesfully.
I've said it before: for somebody still in high school he is remarkably intelligent and very talented. He obviously has great language skills: in reading, he shows the rare art of grasping the essence of a statement. He is verbally gifted too, you can tell from his wit and the ease and creativity of his languange.
(Sorry Edyz, not a stab at you. I have been as guilty of it)
Actually, I think Edyz was making a joke. At least, it seemed that way to me. Strike was being facetious when he answered the question about the longest lasting civilization as being Texas (which elicited a chuckle from me); so, Edyz suggested jokingly that he had misspelled Greece. :wink: Both of them have the sense of humor of youth, which I mourn in my old age. My attempts at youthful humor merely come across as sarcastic and cranky.
Edit: And thinking about it, I think the native people of Australia was a great answer. Mitochondrial DNA evidence suggests that they are the last living descendants of the first wave of human mugration out of Africa, with all the rest of us being descended from a later wave of migration after the population bottleneck. The aborigines have been living in Australia for at least 40,000 years. Only Africa has evidence of older human habitation. Considering their rich art and history, which has existed unchanged for millenia, I'd certainly call them a civilization.
He probably was, Aenlic. I was easing my own conscience, not lecturing.
Over to Antiochus. Bring it on!
Wait... Were suppose to take these fourms seriously?:laugh4:
I was indeed joking. :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
What's the next question? :2thumbsup:
You're at bat, Antiochus! Give us a hard one!
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
:inquisitive:
Which of the 74 different species of swallow are you referring to?Quote:
Originally Posted by VAE VICTUS
Actually it doesn't much matter. Most types of swallow can do roughly 11 metres per second (or about 24 miles per hour).
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
For those with an unhealthy obsession with the stats (and I know there's plenty on these forums), see here
http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/
Antiochus! Where are you? We're waiting on a question. Quick before the Monty Python jokes take over and...
Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
Oh whoops. I forgot. Completely. *shoots himself in the arse*
Who was the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
note: since not just one guy can be attributed to that, one of the people involved is a decent answer.
Ooh, ooh, I know!
Luo Guanzhong?
Correct. And it goes to Aenlic! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aenlic
OK, this one can either be tough or easy... depending.
There are several current claimants to the title King of Jerusalem. Name the only one who is also a currently ruling monarch.
Bonus question: To what oldest continuously ruling European monarchial dynasty does the styled King of Jerusalem belong? This won't count as the primary question because there are several answers but only one exactly correct one.