History quiz

[Fisherking]

Well, that should make it easy. There are on a few hundred of those...

Anyway what ever the weapon it has to be able to be used from horseback as that is the traditional way the Afghans fought.

Whether sword, lance, or gun though I couldn’t say. It is almost imposable to glean anything about Afghanistan other than about the current conflict and if you don’t know the name already it is tough.

Afghan horsemen were feared by the British though and routed them on more than one occasion.

The only unique weapons I have found in the area are throwing disks but I can’t find any accounts of their use in battle and no mention of weapons used by Afghans in any of the three Anglo-Afghan Wars.

[Snite]

I'm gonna reiterate an earlier hint: Today there is talk of creating Afghan privateers to battle Al-Qaida and naming them after this weapon. Follow that line and you will find it. If not, then tomorrow I'll give the answer and the next question away cuz it's been almost a week already.

[Subotan]

Jezail?

That video is awesome btw

[Snite]

Yes, the Jezail which greatly out-distanced the British muskets despite being poorly - and individualy - manufactured and mostly assembled from scavenged parts.

On to you Subotan.

[Subotan]

-Person
-Korean
-Manchukuo
-Industrialisation

[Subotan]

Heh, I like mine to be difficult, and hard to use Wikipedia to find the answer

[Prussian to the Iron]

kim-ah jong-ah eeeeeel

[Subotan]

kim-ah jong-ah eeeeeel

Kim Jong Il has nothing to do with Manchuria I was expecting at least Kim Il Sung...

Alright to make it easier, I'll change it to

-South Korean

[Prussian to the Iron]

i was joking....but thanks.

[Subotan]

...Anyone?

Ok, another clue.

-Gyeongsang

[Snite]

I honestly don't know much about Asian history and I only use wikipedia when I know who I'm thinking of but can't remember the name.

[Subotan]

It's not very obscure, so just muddle around on 20th Century Korean History, and you should find him.

[aimlesswanderer]

Had a bit of a gander, came up with nuthin at all. Gyeongsang is a region in the south of the Korean peninsula, it was no help to me at least.

[Subotan]

Hmm. Maybe one final clue is required.

-Coup de Etat

His characteristics are such that they're either extremely obscure or painfully obvious. I tried to strike a happy balance between the two, but it looks like I failed

[Jolt]

Park Chung-hee.

EDIT: I should make it known that I had no clue who this guy was.

[Fisherking]

Chun Doo-hwan

He seem to fit the clues...

Or was it someone else who fled to China for a time?

[Subotan]

Park Chung-hee.

EDIT: I should make it known that I had no clue who this guy was.

Correct, and that doesn't matter, although Fisherking's guess was good too.

Your Question.

[Jolt]

A very difficult (I think) question:

Who was supposed to be the first Portuguese Vice-Roy of India in 1504 but did not go due to an illness?

[Fisherking]

Tristão da Cunha sometimes spelled Tristão d'Acunha

could not take up this post owing to temporary blindness

[Jolt]

Correct. Your turn, Fisherking.

[Fisherking]

This is a two part question because you will need the first to find the second I think.

During the War of 1812 one particular Indian Tribe fought as allies with the United States from the beginning of The Red Sticks War all the way through the Battle of New Orleans.

What was the Tribe?

Also there was a Chief of this tribe who was commissioned a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army during that war and later laid to rest in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington D.C.

What was his name?

[_Tristan_]

Apushamatahahubi (aka Pushmataha) of the Choctaws

[Fisherking]

go for it!

[_Tristan_]

Though I am born in Brazil, I served in the French forces during WWII and remained, until my death, "the most decorated man of France".

I also wrote several acclaimed accounts of my wartime experience.

Who am I ?

[Fisherking]

Pierre Henri Clostermann

Thanks to my wife who googled in French!



In English and German you only end up with Audie Murphy.

[Snite]

Pierre Henri Clostermann

Thanks to my wife who googled in French!



In English and German you only end up with Audie Murphy.

This is a natural result since any reference to bad-assery will always think of Audie Murphy first.

[_Tristan_]

Yes, Pierre Clostermann..

Le Grand Cirque (The Big Show) is a must-read for any fan of WWII war-stories

Fisherking, you're up

[Fisherking]

Since it is New Year's Eve I will ask about years.

What was the shortest year in English History and why?

Bonus if you know how many days and which were missing.

[_Tristan_]

1700 because of the change from the Julian to Gregorian calendars ?

10 days missing, the 5th of October have been decreed to be the 15th instead.

[Fisherking]

Sorry!

Well you got part of it right. A very small part. It was a change of calendars but all the rest is wrong.

The year, month, and number of days are all incorrect.

But keep trying. I know you will find it.