Wich king drowned due his own armour, on his way to Jeruzalem.
Barbarossa, Emperor Friedrich II
Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Wich king drowned due his own armour, on his way to Jeruzalem.
Barbarossa, Emperor Friedrich II
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Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Who surrendered the german troops at stalingrad in winter 1943 (42)
General Paulus
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Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Ok, keep them coming.
Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Q: Which Roman Emperor conquered Britain and added it to the empire?
A: Claudius
Q: When did the battle of Agincourt take place?
A: October 2th 1415
Q: When did Queen Victoria die?
A: January 22nd 1901
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Q.which general of the roman republic defeated hannibal in north africa
A.Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Q.What emperor first banned the gladitorial games and events associated with it
A. Caligula (most people get this wrong, and say claudius)
Q.What nations began ww1
A. serbia, austria, prussia, russia (france and england were brought into the war by prussia attacking france)
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Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Actually:Originally Posted by dessa14
1: Serb assasinates Austrian Crown Prince
2: Austria declares war on Serbia
3: Russia comes to aid of Serb allies.
4: England comes to Russia's aid
5: Austria appeals to Germany for help, Germany accepts.
NOTE: It was NOT Prussia, it was the Hohenzollern Empire.
Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
What was Byzantine Emperor Basil II nickname?
The Bulgarslayer (10 points if they say Bulgaroctonus)
Tamerlane is a contraction of Tamer with what other word?
Lame
Charlemage is a contraction of Charles and what other word?
Magnus (great)
Who ruled the Roman Empire at its greatest extent?
Trajan (why do I think this one is going to get some arguments?)
Name either the victor or vanquished from the battle of Manzikert in 1071.
Alp Arslan (won) Romanus IV Diogenes (lost...and far more than just a battle...)
Who founded Constantinople?
Constantine the Great
That is all I have for now...
Azi
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austria and germany had a pact a long time before that germany would help austria in war, italy was in it too, but they backed out when the war started. to join the allies in 1915 (not sure about the date)
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Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Q: The Marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine started the English craze for which wine?
A: Claret. Bordeaux wines were made in Aquitaine.
Q: The names of which historical Kings are the sizes of large wine bottles?
A: Jeroboam (4 bottles), Rehoboam (6), Methuselah (8), Salmanazar (12), Balthazar (16), Nebuchadnezzar (20), Melchior (24).
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Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
where did Alexander defeated the persian empire of Darius 2.
Guagamala
What was the nickname of the 3rd ridge at Guadalcanal given by the USMC
Bloody Ridge
How did Nero died
suicide
Who said: Dont Tuch My Rings
archimedes, damn i knew it was wrong but i couldnt find the good name.
thanx
Last edited by The Stranger; 07-27-2005 at 10:25.
We do not sow.
Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
1. Name any three of Alexander the Great's closest friends.
Seleucus
Craterus
Hephaestion
Lysimachus
Leonnatus
Ptolemy
Perdiccas
Eumenes
Philotas
Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
Archimedes.
"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
Re: I need help making up some history questions for a pub quiz.
It's Gaugamela not Guagamala( I'm surprised you didn't write Guatemala)
And indeed,
It's Archimedes.
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Been to:
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?
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Q.Of those that surrendered at Stalingrad how many survived the POW camps until the end of the war.
A. 5-10 percent
Q Who invented the internet?
A Al Gore
I dare ya to use that 1
When a fox kills your chickens, do you kill the pigs for seeing what happened? No you go out and hunt the fox.
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