My dad asked me to make up some question about history for a pub quiz.
So far I have two:
1. When was the Battle of Waterloo?
1815.
2. Who commanded the British fleet at the battle of Trafalgar?
Nelson.
Can you guys help me make up some more?![]()
My dad asked me to make up some question about history for a pub quiz.
So far I have two:
1. When was the Battle of Waterloo?
1815.
2. Who commanded the British fleet at the battle of Trafalgar?
Nelson.
Can you guys help me make up some more?![]()
Who commanded the Spartans at Thermopylae?
Leonidas
Always a good one for some reason.
Cowardice is to run from the fear;
Bravery is not to never feel the fear.
Bravery is to be terrified as hell;
But to hold the line anyway.
Who ruled the largest empire?!
Genghis Khan
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
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Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
who said, Forwards, Forwards till the last shot and the last drop of gasoline and then go forwards on foot.
:General Patton
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Wich terrorist organisation killed Arch Duke of Austria in 1914
The Black Hand
We do not sow.
who created the Beefeaters? Henry VII. People usually assume its Henry VIII...
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"We were not born into this world to be happy, but to do our duty." Bismarck
"You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing. One or the other. Not both." The Right Hon. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication" - Lord Byron
"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison." - C. S. Lewis
what was the name of the operation that took place on the 6th of June 1944
Operation Overlord, he is sure going to get alot of D-Day answered on this question
We do not sow.
I would guess it was 'King Henry V'.Originally Posted by King Henry V
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about the Q's, *making up one*
- Which Samurai Warlord was the first Shogun after the Sengoku Jidai period?
* Tokugawa Ieyasu
A hard one, I know.
- Chu - Gi - Makoto - Rei - Jin - Yu - Meiyo -
this one is the best.
Who is the greatest spammer on the .org after the JAG period.
Emperor umeu 1, Tough one, i know.![]()
We do not sow.
and with the same post he proves the answerOriginally Posted by Emperor Umeu 1
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- Chu - Gi - Makoto - Rei - Jin - Yu - Meiyo -
What was the surname (I think that's right, or would it be nickname?) of the Duke of Normandy who invaded England?
William the Bastard
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
Thank you, there are some good ones.![]()
Can you dumb them down a bit down a bit.![]()
look this one up:
some guy gave Charlemagne an elephant.
The question will be " what did person X give to Charlemagne?"
I got that a couple of years ago but my entire team was history undergrads and grads: we got it (we got 100% on the history section of that pub quiz).
Don't do that. You want to shred egos...
Who was the Korean admiral whos innovatove methods sent the Japanese back to Japan?
Yi Sun-sin
GoreBag: Oh, Prole, you're a nerd's wet dream.
Which model of the Spitfire was produced in the greatest quantities?
The Mk. XI. Well, the Lf. XI, if you're being picky.
Co-Lord of BKS and Beirut's Kingdom of Peace and Love.
"Handsome features, rugged exteriors, intellectual chick magnets, we're pretty much twins."-Beirut
"Rhy, where's your helicopter now? Where's your ******* helicopter now?"-Mephistopheles.
how far in history do you want to go? cos i have some DAMN hard questions about dinosaurs tht NOBODY will get. You want them...if not then
Q.when was the first powered flight?
A. December 17th 1903
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb...
Proud Supporter of the Gahzette
Q: Who was the mythic founder of Rome: Aeneas, Remus, or Romulus?Originally Posted by Martinus
A: Romulus
"The facts of history cannot be purely objective, since they become facts of history only in virtue of the significance attached to them by the historian." E.H. Carr
Q) Who was the mythic founder of Britain?
A) Brutus
"If I were a man I could do so much - travel the stars, learn to play the harp, conquer a foreign country and become a frustrated cartoonist."
Who commanded the Light Brigade during its fateful charge: Lord Cardigan.
Or was The Battle of Balaclava, at which the Charge of the Light Brigade, a victory or defeat for the British Army? Victory.
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"We were not born into this world to be happy, but to do our duty." Bismarck
"You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing. One or the other. Not both." The Right Hon. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication" - Lord Byron
"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison." - C. S. Lewis
Surname's Plantagenet I beleive.Originally Posted by Steppe Merc
Why do you hate Freedom?
The US is marching backward to the values of Michael Stivic.
Nope.Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
Plantagenet was the surname of the Angevin dynasty which came to the throne of England in 1154 upon the accession of Henry, Duke of Anjou, to the English throne. Before that, William I's (William the Bastard) family was surnamed de Normandie, after their duchy, Normandy, in Northern France.![]()
Q: Which German created the Holy Roman Empire?
A: Otto the Great
Q: What was Otto outnumbered by at his victory at Lechfeld?
A: More than 5:1
Q: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was Emperor over Germany, parts of France, parts of Italy, and _______________
A: blank=Sicily
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