History quiz

[Geezer57]

Prayer time and direction to Mecca are both correct.

Hmmm, I guess that means I'll have to come up with another question - let me think on that for a bit.

[Geezer57]

OK, this one should be fairly easy: what was the purpose of Brigade 2506, and from what Latin American country was it launched for invasion?

[Geezer57]

OK, this one should be fairly easy: what was the purpose of Brigade 2506, and from what Latin American country was it launched for invasion?

No one game to try? I'll make it even easier: invasion of a Caribbean island.

[TevashSzat]

Brigade 2506 were the Cuban exiles that were planned to overthrown the Cuban government in the Bay of Pigs

[Geezer57]

Brigade 2506 were the Cuban exiles that were planned to overthrown the Cuban government in the Bay of Pigs

And they were launched from what country?

[Sarmatian]

USA?

[Jolt]

Either Honduras or Guatelmala. I go with Honduras.

[Geezer57]

Brigade 2506 were the Cuban exiles that were planned to overthrown the Cuban government in the Bay of Pigs

Either Honduras or Guatelmala.

Rather than drag this out, I'm going to declare co-winners, and let you two decide who posts the next question. TevashSzat got the identification and mission down pat, and Jolt narrowed the launch country down so close (it was actually Guatemala).

Congratulations! We have winners!

[TevashSzat]

If Jolt doesn't mind, I'll post the next question.

Anyways, here it is:

I used to be a member of the clergy, but afterwards, I got into diplomacy. Although the country I am from experienced tremendously turbulent times during my service, I managed to survive and serve through at least six different regimes. Although known to be a womanizer and a general slimeball, I managed to leave my mark on European History

[Quintus.JC]

Seems to be an excellent question, just that I don't know that person.

If no one else answers, might I ask for more clues please.

[Conradus]

Talleyrand?

[TevashSzat]

Yep,

He has served

Louis XVI
Napoleon I
Louis XVII
Napoleon I (again after he escaped)
Provisional Government
Louis XVII
Charles X
Louis-Philippe

[Conradus]

Wow, glad I remembered that name.

I'm not really in the mood for a question, so I'll leave the honours to Jolt, or anyone else willing if he doesn't pose one within a day.

[Jolt]

Okay, thanks. :)

Copied from the Further Left than Gandhi Social Group:

*Scenery is set with a familly watching a tv in the mid 70's. One year and half after a bloodless coup, a group of soldiers followers of communism, stand in the only channel of the country, with one captain standing in the pulpit in front of the camera, reading a paper with gestures ala Fidel Castro, and three soldiers in the background leaned against the wall. The man in front was issuing a statement.*

Captain - "We will nationalize the Banks, and we shall conduct a through land reform!"

*As he said that, the soldier on the right from the PoV of the camera, looked right, followed by the other soldiers. They seemed somewhat perplexed. The man in the pulpit continued, unaware to what was happening in the right.*

Captain - "Furthermore, we shall!..."

Soldier on the left - "Captain, what's that?"

Captain - "...Wait, what?"

*Pzzt. The TV immediatly changes the broadcast to a comedy movie. The familly, not really caring for what had just happened, enjoyed throughly the comedy movie the channel presently put. What they found out later was that while the comedy movie was going, the counter-coup, designed to pre-emptively prevent a planned communist coup, had occurred while the movie kept going.*

In what country did this happen? (I must say I LAUGHED a lot with the way the person who told me that described the situation of the "Wait, what?")

[Geezer57]

Jolt, I think you've stumped everyone for the last week - how about a hint or two?

[Decker]

Bolivia?? No real idea but yeah...

[Jolt]

It's in Europe. During Cold War (70's), after a famous coup.

[Decker]

Portugal?

[Jolt]

Correct. :) It was a year after the Carnation Revolution. The communists are planning a coup, but there was a moderate pre-emptive counter-coup that settled the dillema and allowed Portugal to remain a democracy.

[Decker]

Nice...

These people and their city/empire rivaled that of the Romans and their empire... who where they, and what was the name of their empire...

(if you watched TV in the past several days this couldn't be toooo hard )

[Brandy Blue]

I find your question a little confusing, possibly because I don't watch enough TV.

Carthage would be a good answer, except that strictly speaking it was an oligarchic republic, not an empire.

The Persians would be a good answer, but then what empire do you mean? The Parthian empire? The Sassanid Empire? Or do you just lump them together under the name "Persian?" In either case the city name would be Ctesiphon, I suppose.

On the whole, my guess goes for Carthage.

[Decker]

I find your question a little confusing, possibly because I don't watch enough TV.

Carthage would be a good answer, except that strictly speaking it was an oligarchic republic, not an empire.

The Persians would be a good answer, but then what empire do you mean? The Parthian empire? The Sassanid Empire? Or do you just lump them together under the name "Persian?" In either case the city name would be Ctesiphon, I suppose.

On the whole, my guess goes for Carthage.

Lol sorry about that... I was a bit distracted while I wrote that question lol ... I clarified it for you and others below (hope this is better):

So it's:

Who were the people that gave the empire it's name and what was the name of their capitol city.

So your answer would be: Romans for the Roman Empire and their capitol was Rome

As for your answer... you named the wrong peoples and city

[rasoforos]

I would say Parthia and Ctesiphon

However it is still ambiguous. There are so many empires that antagonised the romans...

[Conqueror]

Palmyrene Empire, capital at Palmyra.

[Brandy Blue]

Strictly speaking, there is nothing in the thread rules against asking ambiguous questions. If Decker wants to shoot down any answer that fits the clues but wasn't what he had in mind, I guess he is in his rights. Some of us don't like it that way, but the rules are on his side.

In any case, I have no right to complain. I myself admit that calling Carthage an "empire" is questionable.

[Decker]

I would say Parthia and Ctesiphon

However it is still ambiguous. There are so many empires that antagonised the romans...

Who said they needed to directly rival them

[Conradus]

Wouldn't that make any empire in the know world between 500 BC and 500 AD an option?

[Brandy Blue]

Well, if it could be any contemporary empire from the Mayans to Ancient China, then I for one say the question is unfair. It crosses the line from history quiz to guessing game.

For that matter, if these people did not directly rival the Romans, who says they have to be from the same period? Spanish Empire, Russian Empire, Mongol Empire, British Empire, Portugese Empire, French Empire, etc. etc.

Play fair, Decker. Give us enough clues so that they can find the answer, not guess the answer.

[Decker]

You were pretty close with your first sentence Brandy Blue.

One ritual these people had was one in which they sacrificed people(mostly women) in a way that reenacted a story about one of their gods.

[Brandy Blue]

Thanks, Decker. You've given us a very fair chance, now.

Unfortunately, I'm not up to the challenge. I still don't know, but I will guess you are referring to the Incas and their city was Cuzco.