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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 9:58:20 GMT
End of questions
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 10:20:12 GMT
7 If you mean Das Kapital, Karl Marx.
8 Saladin ?
14 Egbert of Wessex
15 Cnut or Canute: his feet got wet! He was demonstrating to his barons that he did not have godly powers.
22 Israel: a game of musical chairs, Palestine being the losers.
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 10:31:48 GMT
7 If you mean Das Kapital, Karl Marx. 8 Saladin ? 14 Egbert of Wessex 15 Cnut or Canute: his feet got wet! He was demonstrating to his barons that he did not have godly powers. 22 Israel: a game of musical chairs, Palestine being the losers. 7. Indeed i do, correct 1pt 8. Correct 1pt 14. I will give you half a point tommo as he set the wheels in motion for overall control but he didnt comtrol land past the humber, it was some 100 or so years after him that we saw the first king 15. Some egos ;) top answer 2pts 22. Good little analogy there 2pts |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 10:56:25 GMT
14. I will give you half a point tommo as he set the wheels in motion for overall control but he didnt comtrol land past the humber, it was some 100 or so years after him that we saw the first king That would be Edward the Elder's son Athelstan, then (927–939) with the Northumbrians giving their allegiance. |
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 4, 2013 15:32:36 GMT
17 asgard was the norse land of the gods so will plump for Odin
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 16:25:49 GMT
14. I will give you half a point tommo as he set the wheels in motion for overall control but he didnt comtrol land past the humber, it was some 100 or so years after him that we saw the first king That would be Edward the Elder's son Athelstan, then (927–939) with the Northumbrians giving their allegiance. Correct and an excellent answer, 2pts |
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 16:26:15 GMT
17 asgard was the norse land of the gods so will plump for Odin A fine educated guess, 1pt |
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 17:29:45 GMT
Tommo 8.5pts
Gandalf 1pt
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2013 17:55:38 GMT
4 Pompeii (when Mt Vesuvius erupted)
12 Kim Il-Sung
13 When the executioner held her head up, her wig came off revealing that she was bald and much older than she had seemed.
Also her little lap dog appeared from beneath her cloak and refused to leave the blood-stained body. The usual allocation of 'souvenirs' was foregone.
20 The storming of the Bastille.
26 The M.V. Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk 30th January 1945 in the Baltic Sea.
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 20:29:03 GMT
4 Pompeii (when Mt Vesuvius erupted) 12 Kim Il-Sung 13 When the executioner held her head up, her wig came off revealing that she was bald and much older than she had seemed. Also her little lap dog appeared from beneath her cloak and refused to leave the blood-stained body. The usual allocation of 'souvenirs' was foregone. 20 The storming of the Bastille. 26 The M.V. Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk 30th January 1945 in the Baltic Sea. 4. Correct 1pt 12. Correct 1pt 13. Unbelievably good answer wirthy of 3 points ;D many as well present thought that the lapdog popping out was a new demonic kind of head sprouting, as people were incredibly supersticious back then 20. Correct 1pt 26. Top answer 2pts 8 points there tommo ;D |
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 4, 2013 20:30:25 GMT
Tommo 16.5 pts
Gandalf 1pt
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Post by davejones on May 4, 2013 21:16:55 GMT
9. Life Imprisonment
24. Fat Man and Little Boy
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 5, 2013 6:55:29 GMT
9. Life Imprisonment 24. Fat Man and Little Boy Correct for both, 2pts |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2013 17:13:58 GMT
21 Ho Chi Minh, but surely it's the other way round, it was Saigon until 1975 then renamed Ho Chi Minh City on conclusion of the conflict when the Communists took over and united North and South 'Nam.
25 The Dissolution of the Monasteries, whereby Henry VIII invented his own religion to suit his own purpose (battle with the Pope) and embarked on a policy of vandalism and asset seizure.
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 5, 2013 21:11:09 GMT
21 Ho Chi Minh, but surely it's the other way round, it was Saigon until 1975 then renamed Ho Chi Minh City on conclusion of the conflict when the Communists took over and united North and South 'Nam. 25 The Dissolution of the Monasteries, whereby Henry VIII invented his own religion to suit his own purpose (battle with the Pope) and embarked on a policy of vandalism and asset seizure. 21 right you are tommo, ive been getting my facts muddled there, gcse history was a long long long time ago ;D 2pts for correct my idiocy 25 excellent answer, 2pts |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2013 22:54:11 GMT
11 Vyacheslav Molotov
18 "It was a small mistake, but with great consequences".
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 6, 2013 8:47:00 GMT
11 Vyacheslav Molotov 18 "It was a small mistake, but with great consequences". Correct on both counts |
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 6, 2013 17:30:18 GMT
2 manuel comnenus
5 josef stalin
6 kolymar
16 byzantine empire
23 the road of bones, the trans siberian rd called the M56 Kolymar highway
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 6, 2013 22:32:34 GMT
2 manuel comnenus 5 josef stalin 6 kolymar 16 byzantine empire 23 the road of bones, the trans siberian rd called the M56 Kolymar highway 2 this guy was a byzantine emperor, not ottoman ;D 5 correct 1pt 6 i will give you this one, on first thought i would of said vorkuta but this one was pretty horrendous 1pt 16 correct 1p 23 top answer 2pts |
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 6, 2013 22:35:32 GMT
Tommo 22.5 pts
Gandalf 7pts
Davejones 2pts
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 6, 2013 23:24:54 GMT
2 how about Osman the Ottoman
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 7, 2013 8:34:04 GMT
2 how about Osman the Ottoman Just within the threshold there ;D wasnt osman im afraid |
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 9, 2013 8:52:03 GMT
Only 5 left guys
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2013 10:46:50 GMT
1 As far as the Black Sea (Georgia, Kazhakstan etc).
2 The 21-y-o Sultan Mehmet II.
3 The original inhabitants of Atlantis. Hitler felt that the Aryan strain had been weakened through interbreeding, and did not see himself as an Aryan, in other words he loathed his own ancestry !
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 9, 2013 14:11:28 GMT
1 As far as the Black Sea (Georgia, Kazhakstan etc). 2 The 21-y-o Sultan Mehmet II. 3 The original inhabitants of Atlantis. Hitler felt that the Aryan strain had been weakened through interbreeding, and did not see himself as an Aryan, in other words he loathed his own ancestry ! 1. He went even further than that tommo ;D 2. Correct 1.5pts then he went and revolutionalised constantinople trying to make it as anti byzantine as he could, theres a case of the construction of the Faith Mosque to rival Hagia Sophia, but the architect had his hand cut off on the order of Mehmet because the dome he had created on the mosque was smaller than the one on Hagia Sophia! :o 3. Hitler was pretty mental i will say, 2pts for a top answer |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2013 17:46:25 GMT
19 This answer if you are referring to the 1800's and not the comparatively recent unification of East and West:
Chancellor Otto von Bismark, through three wars (with Denmark, Austria, and France). Through these then-Prussia gained Holstein in the north from Denmark; some of the smaller states in the east and south from Austria, and Alsace-Lorraine in the west from France.
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 10, 2013 9:16:07 GMT
19 This answer if you are referring to the 1800's and not the comparatively recent unification of East and West:Chancellor Otto von Bismark, through three wars (with Denmark, Austria, and France). Through these then-Prussia gained Holstein in the north from Denmark; some of the smaller states in the east and south from Austria, and Alsace-Lorraine in the west from France. 19. Incredbile answer tommo and absolutely correct 2.5pts |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2013 15:53:56 GMT
1. He went even further than that tommo ;D I'll say Hungary, then: He never conquered Poland, and was repelled from the gates of Vienna. |
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Post by gandalf the untidy on May 10, 2013 20:17:35 GMT
1 definately got to poland and hungary
10 would it be Tjideng
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Post by BigPhilMac on May 10, 2013 23:10:24 GMT
1 definately got to poland and hungary 10 would it be Tjideng 1. That he did, correct and 1pt he sort of died when he got there 10. Not the one im thinking of, heres a clue, its name consists of three numbers |
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