History quiz

[Veho Nex]

Ehhh...
Well lets see... There were 6 of us atop that mountain as that picture was taken. We were brothers in arms fighting for our country on a foreign land. The picture of us became one of the most famous photos ever to come out of that war. Can you name us?

[Veho Nex]

Whoa.... Double post.

[Prussian to the Iron]

thats the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima....mount......Suribchi? i cant think of it right now.

anyway I know it's Ira Hayes, Mike Strank, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Harlon Block.

i gotta think of one...give me a couple days.

[Fisherking]

Well if your other 5 are right, the last name is Ira Hayes. He was a Pima Indian from Arizona.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Well if your other 5 are right, the last name is Ira Hayes. He was a Pima Indian from Arizona.

uhhh.....

anyway I know it's Ira Hayes, Mike Strank, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Harlon Block.

i meant thinking of a question. coulda worded it better

[Megas Methuselah]

You really knew those names? Just took them from the top of your head? Just like that?

[A Very Super Market]

That picture is quite famous. It's also got a rather blunt name, so any one could search it up.

[Veho Nex]

i think its the first hundred or so pages under famous "flag" or "photo"

[Prussian to the Iron]

You really knew those names? Just took them from the top of your head? Just like that?

actually, my dad is a marine so he has lots of WWII books and stuff. one has the picture right on the cover. wasnt difficult to look up in the index.

anyway...


during the latter half of the 16th century, on an august 2, Ivanovich Barbashin soundly defeated the Livonian Brothers of the sword, causing them to dissolve. what battle was this and in what year did it take place?

[Subotan]

*Checks front page of Wikipedia for answer*

[Prussian to the Iron]

*Checks front page of Wikipedia for answer*

lol..not that easy this time

[Fisherking]

The Battle of Ērģeme (also Battle of Ermes) (Estonian: Härgmäe lahing; German: Schlacht bei Ermes; Russian: сражение при Эрмесе; Latvian: Ērģemes kauja) was fought on 2 August 1560 in present-day Latvia (near Valga)

[Prussian to the Iron]

yes.

[Megas Methuselah]

I find it rather strange that the quiz is open-book.

[Fisherking]

Philippe the IV of France is famous for his seizure of the Templars.

He charged them with heresy and sodomy but it was not the first time he used these very same charges.

Some years earlier he had intended to charge someone else of these crimes but was foiled.

Who was the intended victim of the earlier charges?

[Prussian to the Iron]

I find it rather strange that the quiz is open-book.

you honestly expect each and every single person here to know every question that is poised off of the top of their head? that is more surprising i think.

[Snite]

I agree with both sentiments and play the game in a sort ofmiddle ground. If I know what it is I'm looking for, I'll look itup. For example, I might not know the name of the guy I'm thinking of so I'll research whatever incident I'm tieing him to find his name. Or, "I know what he's talking about, I've read it before. That's over here... found it!" kinda deal.

[Subotan]

I do what Snite does.

[aimlesswanderer]

Yes, me too.

[_Tristan_]

Philippe the IV of France is famous for his seizure of the Templars.

He charged them with heresy and sodomy but it was not the first time he used these very same charges.

Some years earlier he had intended to charge someone else of these crimes but was foiled.

Who was the intended victim of the earlier charges?

Bernard Saisset , Bishop of Pamiers

[Fisherking]

No this was a different person. But a good try

I know that Philip the IV used such charges repeatedly. That is partly why I asked the question.

This incident involved Guillaume de Nogaret.

The intended victim was never presented with the charges nor did he appear before the King.

[_Tristan_]

Then, it must be another man of the cloth Boniface VIII

[Fisherking]

That's the one!

Can you imagine the cheek of accusing the Pope?

However we must remember how self serving these men were, and also how cynical.

Philip IV would have found himself excommunicated had that Pope lived a little longer.

What gave him the loophole to try all of this was the inquisition vs. the Cathars. The extraordinary powers of the French Inquisitor allowed them to charge anyone.

Clement V pulled those powers and abolished the French Inquisition when it came to light that the King was using it as a weapon and he also sacked the Inquisitor, who by the way was in the King’s pocket.

Clement V also pardoned the Templars and absolved them, he had already heard of the questionable practices from de Molay prior to those events and they had both planed reform.

However, Philip had caused such an outcry that the Pope feared publishing the fact, something that only came to light in 2001.


Ask away!

[rajpoot]

This Philip IV sounds like a downright louse.....Had heard that he'd pressed the charges against the Templar, but the fact that he used similar charges against others time and again, and still managed to get the Templars convicted is quite amazing.

[_Tristan_]

Still, he's considered among the fiercest and the greatest of French rulers...

Must tell something about the French...

Someone can have my turn

[Fisherking]

Okay, I'll be a hog and ask another about the Templars...


What famous religious object was said to have been held by the Templars and even used in some initiations.

This is not a mythical object and its whereabouts is known today.

It is in a Cathedral...


In all likelihood it was taken by Templar Knights when the Christians sacked Constantinople and not from the Holy Land.

I think that when you find the answer you will be mildly surprised.

[al Roumi]

Is it the Holy Lance or Spear of Destiny? Currently in either St Peter's Basilica and/or Armenia?

[Prussian to the Iron]

I believe that was the head of John the Baptist, is it not? they were also accused of warshipping it as an idol.

[Fisherking]

Sorry guys those two are not the one.

I believe it is on display this year, and it is a very studied object...

That should give it away.

[Prussian to the Iron]

shroud of turin? a shard of the original cross?