History quiz

[Prussian to the Iron]

I LOVE it when people shorten my name to "PI". Makes me feel like a spy, though Private Investigator isn't really a spy.....

And Meth. I love when people shorten your name. Makes me chuckle as my inner 12-year old says "Hehe...they're talking about drugs....hehehehe............"

[_Tristan_]

Take us away, Tristan.

Someone else can have my turn, no idea ATM

[Conradus]

Someone else can have my turn, no idea ATM

I'll ask an easy one:

Which country was founded in 1830 when a larger yet quite young kingdom split? It's not that important, though it's capital is one of the most important cities in the world.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Ecuador split from Gran Colombia?

Greece won independence from Turkey/Ottoman Empire?

Netherlands and Belgium became states after the collapse of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands?

That's all I could find.

[Snite]

Based on the dates involved and the important city part, I'm going with Holland with it's capital of Amsterdamn which I believe as an ignorant Yank to be more important than Brussels.

[Megas Methuselah]

And Meth. I love when people shorten your name. Makes me chuckle as my inner 12-year old says "Hehe...they're talking about drugs....hehehehe............"

You want some? Ya kno dat purple kush'll cos'ya sum dough, eh?

I'll ask an easy one:

Which country was founded in 1830 when a larger yet quite young kingdom split? It's not that important, though it's capital is one of the most important cities in the world.

Oh, dear Lord... I'm going to take a random guess with Lutzemburg.

[Conradus]

Ecuador split from Gran Colombia?

Greece won independence from Turkey/Ottoman Empire?

Netherlands and Belgium became states after the collapse of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands?

That's all I could find.

The young kingdom was indeed the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, founded in 1815 as a bufferstate against France.
I was looking for Brussels, but you can take it away anyhow.

Based on the dates involved and the important city part, I'm going with Holland with it's capital of Amsterdamn which I believe as an ignorant Yank to be more important than Brussels.

You are an ignorant Yank, Brussels is the capital of the EU and has the headquarters of NATO in it, which makes is quite important.

Oh, dear Lord... I'm going to take a random guess with Lutzemburg.

Funny that everyone came so close to the Low Countries, without actually getting the right city :p

[Prussian to the Iron]

yay!

okay:

During the Nika Riots in Constantinople, this emperor was ready to flee until things blew over. However, his queen, a now-famous woman, convinced him to stay.

Who was the emperor, who was the queen, and what famous religious building was built due to the free space created by the destruction?

[_Tristan_]

the building must be the Hagia Sophia

So the Emperor must be Justinian... As to the Empress, no clue... Theodora, maybe...

[Prussian to the Iron]

all 3 yep

go

[_Tristan_]

Who were the king, lawyer and man of the cloth struck down by the Templar Curse ?

[Conradus]

The king would be Philip IV of France, and the man of the cloth pope Clemens V (who actually was also a law student :p) and the lawyer Nogaret, an aide of the king?

[_Tristan_]

That's it,

All three were struck down the year after the death of de Molay and other Templar dignitaries.

You're up, Conradus

[Conradus]

This emperor was born in Ghent, though another city claims his birthplace as well. He was the first and the fifth of his name in his dynasty. He claimed that the sun never went down in his empire. And as a final hint: he didn't die in office, yet resigned, not something that happened a lot with hereditary rulers.

[Azathoth]

Wasn't it Charles? He ruled Spain and Germany and some other places. And his son was Phillip II.

[Conradus]

Yes, Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor, and at the same time Carlos I, king of Spain.

Your turn.

[Azathoth]

During the battle of Dien Bien Phu, the West African gunners of 4th Battery were ordered to open fire on the Vietminh of Regiment 102 with their 105mm's at point-blank. This volley shattered the Vietminh charge and was followed by a string of successes that stopped the Vietnamese advance from becoming a total victory that night.

On which date did the above engagement take place?

[Decker]

It happened on the night March 30 1954.

[Azathoth]

It happened on the night March 30 1954.

You Googled that, for sure.

[Decker]

You Googled that, for sure.

Duh

why was there some rule I missed or something that was implemented somewhere pages back?

[Azathoth]

I shouldn't have included so many hints.

I should have asked for the name of the officer who gave the order. Now THAT is something you can't find easily.

[Decker]

I shouldn't have included so many hints.

I should have asked for the name of the officer who gave the order. Now THAT is something you can't find easily.

Haha no problem ;) And yeah that would have been a good one Why don't you take the next one then

[Azathoth]

This man was a friend of Benjamin Franklin's, originally from New Jersey, but went with Franklin on his first trip to London. He decided to stay in London and later became one of England's most well-known political writers and historians.

Who is he?

[Snite]

James Ralph? I think he accompanied Franklin's trip to buy necessary equipment to set up his own printing firm.

[Azathoth]

Correct.

[Snite]

Don't be so suspicious. I own a copy of The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood. I'm lucky cuz James is only mentioned once and in passing and with no description whatsoever: "accompanied by his friend James Ralph.."

Here goes:

Though I am famous esclusively for my military exploits, my greatest achievments were my administrations: I was the first of my people to outlaw kidnapping and torture and created a system of justice so effective that it was said in my time that a 12 year old girl could walk from one end of my domains to the other unescorted without ever being accosted. I insituted huge exchanges of scholars and knowledge by moving subject matter experts all across my lands and was a great patron of all the arts including music, theater, poetry and painting/tapestry weaving, and brought into law official statutes protecting freedom of religion. By my sponsorship the first alphabet used by my people was created and I was the first to make literacy a national goal. The courts of my heirs would become centers of debate on religion, philiosophy, and science though none of them would initiate anything like the sweeping reforms I enacted.

Who am I?

[Decker]

Genghis Khan? He and Alexander the Great are about the only ones keep popping up in my head

[aimlesswanderer]

Yeah, sounds like Genghis, the bit about the 'kid who could walk with a jar of gold on her head across the empire' sounds familiar, as does the bit about the code of laws and alphabet.

[Decker]

Yeah, sounds like Genghis, the bit about the 'kid who could walk with a jar of gold on her head across the empire' sounds familiar, as does the bit about the code of laws and alphabet.

Agreed. Also how you read about his "heirs" and their interests in many foreign cultures as well.

[_Tristan_]

Assurbanipal, King of Assyria ?