HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

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HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:43 pm

1. Who defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
2. In which Australian city did MacArthur base his Pacific operations during World War II?
BRISBANE
3. Which two countries did contoversial Historian A.J.P. Taylor blame for causing World War II with their 'Policy of Appeasement'?
BRITIAN AND FRANCE
4. In Norse mythology, which term describes the pre-ordained doom of the gods?
RAGNAROK
5. What was the name of the settlement which was defended by the British forces as depicted in the film 'Zulu'?
RORKE'S DRIFT
6. What name did Field Marshal Blücher use as the name for the Battle of Waterloo, reflecting the name of the farm where he and the Duke of Wellington met after the battle?
LA BELLE ALLIANCE
7. In heraldry, what color is referred to as 'Gules'?
RED
8. Who was quoted as saying 'In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers'?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
9. Which Spanish town that was bombed during the Spanish Civil War by Germany's Condor Legion, shares its name with a painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts the event?
GUERNICA
10. Who wrote 'The Declaration of the Rights of Women' in France in 1791?
OLYMPE DE GOUGE
11. Members of which religious cult were initially blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Sydney Hilton during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in February 1978, killing a garbage collector and a policeman?
ANANDA MARGA
12. Which famous document opens with the sentence: 'A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism'?
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
13. Which forest held the remains of Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II and the majority of his family who had been murdered by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War of 1918-21?
KOPTYAKI
14. What was the nickname of Australian poet A.B. Patterson?
BANJO
15. The Navy of which country was responsible for the initial retrieval of three Enigma machine rotors from a sinking U-boat in 1940, allowing for the succesful decryption of the main Enigma keys by that country's cryptographers.
BRITIAN
16. Which World War II leader was quoted as saying in 1943 'The Pope! How many divisions has he got'?
JOSEF STALIN
17. Which war saw the birth of the balaclava as a form of head wear?
THE CRIMEAN WAR
18. What is the English translation of "Lebensraum"?
LIVING SPACE
19. What name was taken by a political group from the controversial document which was presented to the Czechoslovak Government in 1977, leading to the arrest of the three individuals who presented it?
CHARTER 77
20. What Japanese city was hit by the atomic bomb first?
HIROSHIMA
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby fisho mcspaz » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:21 pm

1. William the Conqueror
4. Ragnarok
14. Banjo
20. Hiroshima
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby old moz » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:48 pm

11---ananda-magra
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby 7-Dog » Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:42 am

15. Germany?
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby FattyLumpkin » Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:55 am

2. Brisbane
5. Rorkes Drift
18. Expansion/Annexation ??
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:33 am

fisho mcspaz wrote:1. William the Conqueror
4. Ragnarok
14. Banjo
20. Hiroshima

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:33 am

old moz wrote:11---ananda-magra

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:33 am

7-Dog wrote:15. Germany?

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:34 am

FattyLumpkin wrote:2. Brisbane
5. Rorkes Drift
18. Expansion/Annexation ?? [-(

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby fish » Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:03 pm

3 - Great Britian and France
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby Peterxtc » Sat Nov 27, 2010 8:56 pm

12 Comunist Manifesto
16 Joseph Starlin
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby LMA » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:09 am

15. British
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:03 am

fish wrote:3 - Great Britian and France

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:03 am

Peterxtc wrote:12 Comunist Manifesto
16 Joseph Starlin

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:03 am

LMA wrote:15. British

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby Kahuna » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:24 am

17/ Crimean War
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:50 am

Kahuna wrote:17/ Crimean War

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby fish » Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:31 pm

9 - Guernica
18 - Living space
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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:10 pm

fish wrote:9 - Guernica
18 - Living space

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Re: HISTORY QUIZ NO.78

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:24 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:1. Who defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
2. In which Australian city did MacArthur base his Pacific operations during World War II?
BRISBANE
3. Which two countries did contoversial Historian A.J.P. Taylor blame for causing World War II with their 'Policy of Appeasement'?
BRITIAN AND FRANCE
4. In Norse mythology, which term describes the pre-ordained doom of the gods?
RAGNAROK
5. What was the name of the settlement which was defended by the British forces as depicted in the film 'Zulu'?
RORKE'S DRIFT
6. What name did Field Marshal Blücher use as the name for the Battle of Waterloo, reflecting the name of the farm where he and the Duke of Wellington met after the battle?
LA BELLE ALLIANCE
7. In heraldry, what color is referred to as 'Gules'?
RED
8. Who was quoted as saying 'In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers'?
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
9. Which Spanish town that was bombed during the Spanish Civil War by Germany's Condor Legion, shares its name with a painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts the event?
GUERNICA
10. Who wrote 'The Declaration of the Rights of Women' in France in 1791?
OLYMPE DE GOUGE
11. Members of which religious cult were initially blamed for the terrorist bombing of the Sydney Hilton during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in February 1978, killing a garbage collector and a policeman?
ANANDA MARGA
12. Which famous document opens with the sentence: 'A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism'?
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
13. Which forest held the remains of Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II and the majority of his family who had been murdered by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War of 1918-21?
KOPTYAKI
14. What was the nickname of Australian poet A.B. Patterson?
BANJO
15. The Navy of which country was responsible for the initial retrieval of three Enigma machine rotors from a sinking U-boat in 1940, allowing for the succesful decryption of the main Enigma keys by that country's cryptographers.
BRITIAN
16. Which World War II leader was quoted as saying in 1943 'The Pope! How many divisions has he got'?
JOSEF STALIN
17. Which war saw the birth of the balaclava as a form of head wear?
THE CRIMEAN WAR
18. What is the English translation of "Lebensraum"?
LIVING SPACE
19. What name was taken by a political group from the controversial document which was presented to the Czechoslovak Government in 1977, leading to the arrest of the three individuals who presented it?
CHARTER 77
20. What Japanese city was hit by the atomic bomb first?
HIROSHIMA


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