Historical question game.

[Dr T]

Describe an event from history, people guess what it is.

Easy one to start with.

What event at Hereford caused Godwins's son to take action?

[Solly]

Don't know exactly. Swegon and Harald were Godwin's sons, and Swegon disgraced his family name, while Harald refortified Hereford and eventually became King after Edward the Confessor, to die at Hastings. But the specific incident you refer to eludes me.

[Dr T]

Today @ 10:09 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=278825#post278825)
Solly:

Don't know exactly. Swegon and Harald were Godwin's sons, and Swegon disgraced his family name, while Harald refortified Hereford and eventually became King after Edward the Confessor, to die at Hastings. But the specific incident you refer to eludes me.

Your very close, but no :yipee: , lets see if any one else gets it.

[Dr T]

Is this too boring? Too hard?

Solly is very close, just fallen with his fingers inches from the tape.

[Solly]

Was it the burning of Hereford Cathedral by Griffith the Marauder?

[johnnybanano]

Dr T:
Is this too boring? Too hard?


One of those

[Xavier]

Google came up dry... Spelling okay???

[mossrose]

A little too obscure for the colonials, perhaps?

[Dr T]

Okay,

The answers were as follows;
The triggering event was the sacking of the English town of Hereford by the Welsh during a slave raid (hence the rebuilding of the fortifications etc.).

Harald Godwinson was the man who took action.

In response Harald successfully overran the Welsh (a feat previously considered undoable) and forced them to make repatriations.

Sorry, I assumed that the internet would provide the answers.

Can we try this one instead;

Who was Jan Sobieski, and what was he famous for.

[Solly]

Polish King Jan Sobieski and his winged Hussars repulsing the Turks before Vienna, July 1683

/ot hey, I got the burning of the cathedral by Griffiths. The internet is ok, you question just a tad specific and unclear. This isn't Mastermind you know.

[Dr T]

You are correct.

I didn't want it to be too easy, do you wish to pose a question or shall I.

[Solly]

Hmmm, history isn't my thing.

Who put all his sole into getting the Americans into accepting their view on policy??

[Dr T]

Today @ 10:08 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=281579#post281579)
Solly:

Hmmm, history isn't my thing.

Who put all his sole into getting the Americans into accepting their view on policy??

eh?

And you thought mine was obscure?:sw:

[Xavier]

I think there's a hint in the "sole".... :hrm:

[Solly]

I don't believe it

You don't know that one Doc?

[Dr T]

Today @ 03:12 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=281899#post281899)
Solly:

I don't believe it

You don't know that one Doc?

Clueless:huh: my brian hurts

[Cowthulu]

I have a historical question to add to your thread if you want to take a crack at it.

Who wrote that essentially ecclesiastical power, the priesthood, comes directly from God and consists essentially in the power to consecrate the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ and remit sins, or, rather, to declare them remitted. It is equal in all priests, each of whom can communicate it by ordination to a subject legitimately proposed by the community.

Hint: It was not Martin Luther. The writer actually predates Luther by over 100 years.

[Cowthulu]

Well either no one read it or I need to give another hint.

He was a rector of the University of Paris c. 1312. :smile:

[Solly]

Well, mine was Kruschev.

[Dr T]

11-13-2003 @ 09:54 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=284207#post284207)
mstorrie:

Well either no one read it or I need to give another hint.

He was a rector of the University of Paris c. 1312. :smile:

Marsilius of Padua?

Marsilius composed a tract, Defensor pacis [the defender of peace], probably in collaboration with the Averroist John of Jandun. It was published in 1324 and proved to be one of the most revolutionary of medieval documents. The work held that all power is derived from the people and their ruler is only their delegate; there is no law but the popular will, as expressed in the ruler. The church too has no authority apart from the people, and the actual power of the Holy See is self-arrogated; the church should be under the ruler, its province should be purely that of worship, and it should be governed by periodic councils.


Another question.

What is the connection between the battle of Minden and the American rebellion. Clue it's a person.

[Dr T]

Germain, George Sackville, 1st Viscount Sackville


, 1716–85, British soldier and statesman. He was known as Lord George Sackville until 1770, when under the terms of a will he took the name Germain. His early military career, in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War, ended in court-martial and dismissal (1760) for insubordination at the battle of Minden (1759). A member of Parliament intermittently from 1741, he attached himself to Lord North and was his secretary for the colonies (1775–82). With the 4th earl of Sandwich, Germain has received much of the blame for the British reverses in the American Revolution. He and John Burgoyne were the chief authors of a plan (see Saratoga campaign) to end the Revolution by splitting New England from the rest of the colonies. However, his vague orders to Sir William Howe to join Burgoyne may have cost Burgoyne the campaign of 1777, while the confusion in the plans of Lord Cornwallis and Sir Henry Clinton, arising partly from Germain’s ignorance of American geography, contributed to the disaster of the Yorktown campaign. He was created viscount in 1782.

[Dr T]

The following describes the final end for many of the British soldiers of the convention army.

"They were buried in a small valley near the camp. Gibson, reporting in the 1880’s, said, “the graves are still visible, marked with stones”. It was rumored at the turn of the century that the gravesite was robbed by doctors needing specimen collections, and the bones of the British soldiers were said to inhabit the doctors’ offices of the time."

What was the convention army?

[Dr T]

Must be someone prepared to have a guess

[themuzicman]

The British army that surrendered at Saratoga. Under the terms of the original document of surrender, the Convention of Saratoga, the American general Horatio Gates, had agreed that the British troops should be allowed to return to Europe. In return General Burgoyne agreed that those troops would not return to American until after the current war had finished. Similar agreements of parole were not unusual in European warfare, an environment that both Gates and Burgoyne were familiar with.


Name the three US presidents that were direct descendents of other US presidents, and the common trivia about their elections.

Michael

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 03:47 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=366688#post366688)
themuzicman:

Name the three US presidents that were direct descendents of other US presidents, and the common trivia about their elections.

Michael

G. W. Bush (son of G. H. W. Bush)

Ben Harrison (grandson of William H. Harrison)

John Q. Adams (son of John Adams)

[themuzicman]

And the common trivia about their elections?

[themuzicman]

OK, I'll give it to ya... they all failed to win the popular vote among votes counted. :haha:

[Benedict]

I am afraid my repository of weird facts and useless trivia do not lend themselves well to history but let me see what I have . . . This is probably too easy.

It was founded in about 1120 by Theobald of Etampes under the patronage of Henry I. Some of its members were expelled and some were hanged for murder. The expelled members formed another institution in 1209. Name both.

[Xavier]

Oxford and Cambridge... :huh:

[Benedict]

I knew that would be too easy.

Why did the government in Sweden stop all traffic in the middle of rush hour in 1965?

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 06:03 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=366906#post366906)
Benedict:

I knew that would be too easy.

Why did the government in Sweden stop all traffic in the middle of rush hour in 1965?

That's a tough one. You mean all the traffic in the whole country or just in Stockholm for instance?

It wasn't because the Beatles were in town, as they toured Sweden in '63.

[A-Man]

Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-side driving was done on a weekday at 5 pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides.

[A-Man]

Easy one.....
It happened in 1966 and 2003 concerning politics in California. What is it?

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 07:30 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367012#post367012)
theanalogman:

Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-side driving was done on a weekday at 5 pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides.

And immediately thereafter head-collisions at the Norwegian and Finnish borders increased (or decreased) 6000 %.

:lol:

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 07:37 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367021#post367021)
theanalogman:

Easy one.....
It happened in 1966 and 2003 concerning politics in California. What is it?

Ex-actors elected Governor of the state. Reagan in '66, and Ahnold in '03.

Considering the order of succession for U.S. presidents, to what position would you have to go down until you found the first woman and who is she?

[Xavier]

Condi. Rice -- Head of the Security Council....

[Xavier]

Correction:

Gale Norton -- Sec. of Interior

http://nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/United-States-Presidential-line-of-succession

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 08:36 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367095#post367095)
Xavier:

Correction:

Gale Norton -- Sec. of Interior

http://nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/United-States-Presidential-line-of-succession

Yep, that's better. Dr. Rice is not in line as her post is not a cabinet position.

[Xavier]

First one was a guess, but I had an inkling that she might not be in line.... :teeth:

[DunnySaze]

Which state entered the union first, North Dakota or South Dakota?

[Xavier]

North

[Xavier]

But they were originally a single territory... (I think North only beat South, because they had their capital done first... or maybe they grew faster... AP UP History is fading fast)

[Busheses]

Easy one: Who is the sexiest of all the site owners?

[Busheses]

Cir

[Xavier]

Further research indicates that a captial location dispute caused the split, they must refer to the order in which Congress added them... (It was the same day.)

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 08:47 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367114#post367114)
Xavier:

North

Nope.

[Benedict]

Well if it is not North it must be South and if it is neither you implicitly excluded that as an option when you asked the question.

What was the proposed capital of Oklahoma when it was approved for statehood?

[Xavier]

DunnySaze:

Nope.

My Three Sources all place North as 39th and South as 40th...

[Xavier]

Am I going to have to run to the library and check the Congressional Record?

[Xavier]

Oklahoma City..... Maybe.

[Benedict]

Nope. It was immediately changed to Oklahoma City after approval and a federal court case followed, if that is any help.

[Xavier]

The only thing I could find was a list of corrections to a story on the dispute... :frown:

[Benedict]

So what is the proper etiquette in this situation?

Should I divulge the answer and move the questions along?

Do I wait a day (or more)?

Do I leave the thread alone and grant mercy unto you with the answer in a private message?

[Xavier]

Not sure... :huh:

[Dave G]

From what I've read, Guthrie was the state capital for about 3 years...

[DunnySaze]

Yesterday @ 09:06 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367147#post367147)
Xavier:


My Three Sources all place North as 39th and South as 40th...

A bit of a trick question.

The answer is, nobody knows which was admitted first. President Harrison deliberately went to great lengths to obscure the order in which the proclamations were signed, so the exact order in which the two states entered the union is a mystery.

North Dakota is often considered the 39th state based on the fact that it comes first alphabetically.

[Xavier]

Well... That's a bit better... Do you want me to go look at the Congressional Record and see which was passed first?

My library here on campus should have them.

[Benedict]

Guthrie is the answer. It was a temporary capital only.

[Dave G]

I live half an hour from Oklahoma City and I had to look it up on Google...nngh.

What Russian ruler did not have an heir because he murdered him "with his own hands?"

[Xavier]

Ivan the Terrible?

[Dave G]

Yes, you win. He died three years later and took monastic vows on his deathbed.

:smile:

[Xavier]

What famous scientist had their spouse run over by a horse-drawn wagon?

[Dave G]

Marie Curie.
:teeth:

[Xavier]

Correct... :yipee:

[Dave G]

"Spouse" was what gave it away for me... I don't know any other scientists that weren't male.

What literary great dramatized the murder of St. Thomas a Becket?

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 01:38 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367451#post367451)
Xavier:

Well... That's a bit better... Do you want me to go look at the Congressional Record and see which was passed first?

My library here on campus should have them.

Doesn't really matter. It's when the Prez signs off that is the starting point for statehood. And that is unknown.

[Xavier]

Dave G:

"Spouse" was what gave it away for me... I don't know any other scientists that weren't male.

What literary great dramatized the murder of St. Thomas a Becket?

I knew it... I was looking for gender-neutral word that wasn't obviously gender-neutral and it didn't work...

Chaucer comes to mind...

[Xavier]

DunnySaze:

Doesn't really matter. It's when the Prez signs off that is the starting point for statehood. And that is unknown.

True, but at least it would give a better excuse than Alphabetical order... :lol:

[Dave G]

:lol: Sorry about that (not finding a gender-neutral word).

No, Chaucer did not write about Thomas a Becket.
:smile:

[Xavier]

Edward Grim

--- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/grim-becket.html

[Dave G]

Good guess- I didn't know about Mr. Grim, but no. The person I'm thinking of wrote a play about the murder.

[Benedict]

T.S. Eliot (I think he counts)

[Dave G]

Yes, T. S. Eliot. I've always considered him a "great."

Your turn.

[Benedict]

Okay, an easy one and a hard one.

Which ship ushered in the era of "all big gun" naval ships?

The hard one: who developed the preliminary fire control system that made an all-big-gun ship a viable option?

[Dave G]

The first big-gun ship was the Dreadnought. I'm not sure where to find the answer to the second question. :huh:

[Dave G]

Arthur Pollen?
:eh:

[Benedict]

Absolutely correct. The AC Pollen Fire Control System helped fulfill the dreams of Admiral Fisher.

(My history professor in college made me write an honor's research paper on Pollen's system and let me tell you, there is not a lot of information out there.)

[Dave G]

I lucked out finding that one. The website I found didn't even specifically address that system.

What papal bull divided the New World between Spain and Portugal?

[Benedict]

Aeterni regis (1481)

I do not have a question and I have to go to bed ('cause no one else will).

[Dave G]

Ok, but the answer was incorrect.

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 06:05 AM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367678#post367678)
Dave G:

Ok, but the answer was incorrect.

The 1493 Bull Inter Caetera granted the rights to conquest, and the the related Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 solved where the dividing line was to be.

What do the cities of Amsterdam and Pittsburgh have in common with regards to their sports teams?

[Benedict]

Their football teams both suck.

[DunnySaze]

Today @ 04:24 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=367989#post367989)
Benedict:

Their football teams both suck.

Perhaps they do, but I was looking for something a little more specific.

Answer to follow later on if no takers.

[DunnySaze]

Yesterday @ 05:37 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=368101#post368101)
DunnySaze:



Perhaps they do, but I was looking for something a little more specific.

Answer to follow later on if no takers.

OK, the answer is, both have major league baseball teams called the Pirates. A major league baseball team in Pittsburgh? Who knew? :smile:

New question:

Where did Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant rank in their respective graduating classes at West Point?

[luv1another]

:eek: uh last :lol:

just a guess there to try and bump this above some other stuff :teeth:

[Dr T]

01-09-2004 @ 03:44 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=369719#post369719)
DunnySaze:



OK, the answer is, both have major league baseball teams called the Pirates. A major league baseball team in Pittsburgh? Who knew? :smile:

New question:

Where did Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant rank in their respective graduating classes at West Point?

2nd and 29th

[Dr T]

Not sure if there were right or not. Anyway a few questions on slavery.

When and how was the slave market in Zanzibar closed down?

When was slavery outlawed in Saudi Arabia?

When was slavery outlawed in Mauritania?