Quiz (Read the rules or don't enter) (reward included)

[sander454]

Correct.

As you answwer for 2.5 questions corretly, it's your turn now.

[redirflow]

Here are my questions:

Q1.
People called her “the lady with the lamp”; what’s her real name?

Q2.
He was witness to the aftermath of the battle of Solferino in 1859; later he wrote a book “Un Souvenir de Solferino”. He was also one of the founders of International Committee of the Red Cross.
What’s his name?

Q3.
It was the most powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.
What’s the code name?

(source: Wikipedia)

[SaberHRE]

q1. Florence Nightingale
q2. Henry Dunant
q3. agent Orange

[redirflow]

@SaberHRE,

all correct!!!
(A3. also call "super orange")

It's yr turn now.

[Axeman]

anytime now

[redirflow]

Ok, times up. Another round:

Q1. (1 point)
It was a Soviet locomotive factory; it produced 20% of the Russian Empire's railway engines before the Russian Revolution; it was one of the first two Soviet tank factories, modernized in 1929 with German assistance under the Treaty of Rapallo, 1922.
What was the name of this factory?

Q2. (3 point)
What date? Who received the award of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds? Why?

Q3. (3 point)
He was a famous samurai of Takeda clan in Kai (Sengoku period), his two elder brothers died in the battle of Nagashino. He was called "A Hero who may appear once in hundred years". What was his name? What was his final battle in 1615? Who was his father in law (also a famous samurai)?

[Axeman]

Question 1-the Malyshev Factory*spelling?*

Question 2-There where 12 recipients of hte Iron Cross with Golden Oakleves, Swords, and Diamonds, so ill just name 1-

Günther Nowak
14 February 1945
for the destruction of 11 tanks in Hindenburg, Oberschlesien.
He was the youngest recipient also.

Question 3- not a clue

[redirflow]

@Axeman,

Q1. Yes.

Q2. No, its a unique reward from Nazi Germany and only one recipient.

Q3. Clue: He can be found in famous video game Koei's samurai warriors.

[Captain Blackadder]

1Malyshev Factory
2 Hans-Ulrich Rudel he was a stuka pilot he got the cross for killing aprox 2000 targets
3 Sanada Saemon-no-Suke Yukimura final battle Siege of Osaka father in law Otani Yo*****ugu.

[redirflow]

@Captain Blackadder,

Q1.
Yes (zero point)

Q2.
Yes and yes (2 point) on 29th December 1944.

Q3.
Sanada Yukimura (1 point);
his father in law Otani Yo*****ugu (0.5 point);
The battle of Tennoji in the summer siege of Osaka in 1615.

You get 3.5 points; your turn now.

[Axeman]

If he didn't get a point for 1 doesn't that mean I should have gotten the rep point for that?

[Captain Blackadder]

1 Which tribe of the Benin area referred to themselves as 'those who are the real architects of the world?
2 The first culture of this civilization was the Jomon, who created marvelous pottery...in which modern country did they reside?
3 The majority of the defenders of Rorke's Drift were from B Company of the 2nd Battalion but of which Regiment?

[The Good]

1 Which tribe of the Benin area referred to themselves as 'those who are the real architects of the world?

The Yoruba tribe.

2 The first culture of this civilization was the Jomon, who created marvelous pottery...in which modern country did they reside?

The Jomon civlization resided in what is now Japan.


3 The majority of the defenders of Rorke's Drift were from B Company of the 2nd Battalion but of which Regiment?

The Natal Native Contigent.

[Captain Blackadder]

all correct

[The Good]

I. After the Goths had sacked Rome and much of Italy, which were the last few non-Byzantine areas that the local governments still identified themselves as Romans (There are three main ones)? This is after the fall of Rome itself, in the Dark Ages.

II. Which Pope was before Pope John Paul II? Give that Pope's full name and his Papal title.

III. What was the first "book" ever made using paper (not using papyrus or other materials)? And what nation did that event take place in?

[Captain Blackadder]

1 Auvergn,Northen Gaul actuall name escapes me and Hispania Baetica
2 Pope John Paul I Albino Luciani
3 uhh i'll say Tale of genji Japan

[redirflow]

I guess:
3) “The Diamond Sutra” printed by Chinese of Tang Dynasty in 868AD.

[removeduser_426582376423734]

The Chinese invented paper, didn't they?

[redirflow]

@Shyam Popat,

Yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papermaking

[Captain Blackadder]

Ok then Lucius hasent come back so should we go on to new questions

1 On the fourth of July, 1826, these two former U.S. presidents died within a few hours of each other; who were they?
2 Only one U.S. president was actually born on the fourth of July; who was he?
3 To the nearest percentage, how many Lancasters were lost in action?

bonus

Some statistical trivia: the crew of a Lancaster was normally 7. Pilot, Flight Engineer, Navigator, Wireless Operator , Bomb Aimer, Mid-upper Gunner, Rear Gunner. Which of these positions had the highest survival rate from Lancs which were 'downed'?