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    Default I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

    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?

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    Who commanded the Spartans at Thermopylae?
    Leonidas

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    Who ruled the largest empire?!

    Genghis Khan
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    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

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    who created the Beefeaters? Henry VII. People usually assume its Henry VIII...
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by King Henry V
    who created the Beefeaters? Henry VII. People usually assume its Henry VIII...
    I would guess it was 'King Henry V'.

    about the Q's, *making up one*

    - Which Samurai Warlord was the first Shogun after the Sengoku Jidai period?

    * Tokugawa Ieyasu

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    this one is the best.

    Who is the greatest spammer on the .org after the JAG period.

    Emperor umeu 1, Tough one, i know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Umeu 1
    this one is the best.

    Who is the greatest spammer on the .org after the JAG period.

    Emperor umeu 1, Tough one, i know.
    and with the same post he proves the answer
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    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

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    Default Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.

    Thank you, there are some good ones.

    Can you dumb them down a bit down a bit.

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    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).

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    Don't do that. You want to shred egos...

    Who was the Korean admiral whos innovatove methods sent the Japanese back to Japan?

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    Which model of the Spitfire was produced in the greatest quantities?

    The Mk. XI. Well, the Lf. XI, if you're being picky.
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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinus
    Can you dumb them down a bit down a bit.
    Q: Who was the mythic founder of Rome: Aeneas, Remus, or Romulus?
    A: Romulus
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    Q) Who was the mythic founder of Britain?
    A) Brutus
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Steppe Merc
    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
    Surname's Plantagenet I beleive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    Surname's Plantagenet I beleive.
    Nope.
    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.
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    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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