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

[clandestino]

So do you think of him as a successfull personality ??

He was a negative person in Byzantine history, he pulled empire into civil war in the worst possible moment and pretty much opened way for Serbian and Ottoman expansion. He was a grave-digger of Byzantine empire.

He used as many of his copies of part of ancient history in order to describe simila events

That was a fashion of the time, however a more negative aspect of his work is its apologetic and self-centered tone.

[motiv-8]

WIN

So do you think of him as a successfull personality ??

He used as many of his copies of part of ancient history in order to describe simila events

Well, he was certainly more memorable as an historian than as an emperor, that's for sure.

[Jom]

Merged with the history quiz sticky.

[Anarius]

How could this quiz die? Come on, people! I'm going for a hard round.

1. What warrior in the retinue of the first king of Norway was killed by porridge?
2. How did lactose intolerance cause a diplomatic incidence around 1000 AD?
3. What is the meaning behind these five kennings?
-Flour of Frodi
-Corpse cockoo
-Harm's dew
-Horse of Gunn
-War-leek
4. What difference between the Latin and Oscan languages closely mirrored the schism between two groups of related Celtic languages?
5. Which two women opposed one of the most powerful Empires in the world for three years?

[The Norseman]

How could this quiz die? Come on, people! I'm going for a hard round.

1. What warrior in the retinue of the first king of Norway was killed by porridge?
2. How did lactose intolerance cause a diplomatic incidence around 1000 AD?
3. What is the meaning behind these five kennings?
-Flour of Frodi
-Corpse cockoo
-Harm's dew
-Horse of Gunn
-War-leek
4. What difference between the Latin and Oscan languages closely mirrored the schism between two groups of related Celtic languages?
5. Which two women opposed one of the most powerful Empires in the world for three years?

I think you just killed it. Hehe

[Encino_Man]

I would like to give it a stab at revitalizing the Quiz.

On a map my upper is lower and my lower is upper.
I'm long like a snake and bring food and water to my residents.
The rest of the land is practically inhospitable.
I'm known world wide.
At one point 3 languages were used by my people, one written and two spoken.
Lastly, despite all the work done on my history by modern researchers and scientists... as well as the curious, many mysteries still surround my past.
Who am I.

[Juli26]

Dracula a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler?

[Encino_Man]

Dracula a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler?

Not even close.

[StealthFox]

Has to be Egypt.

[Encino_Man]

Ding Ding!!

[The Norseman]

The Nile River?

[Encino_Man]

Oh.. meant you already got the answer StealthFox. It was Egypt.

[The Norseman]

Oh lol I thought you meant more precisely, because it really sounded like you mean the Nile with it being like a snake and giving water to its residents.

[Encino_Man]

My bad on the confusion, when I was writing it out I was thinking the Nile but it evolved into Egypt at some point.

[The Roman Republic]

1. What film does this quote come from 'What we do in life echoes in eternity.'

2. What spying technique did Alexander the Great use, which is still in use today?

3. Who was the real last Emperor of Ancient Rome

[dcmort93]

1) Gladiator

2)He had his soldiers write letters home which he then intercepted and used to see what his troops were thinking and who may be plotting against him.

3)Depending on whether you are referring to the Western or Eastern Empire, Julius Nepos or Romulus Augustus in the West (depends on if you actually count Romulus Augustus as an emperor since he was but a child) and in the East it would be Constantine XI

[The Roman Republic]

Correct, correct, and I meant the west so correct, rep

[dcmort93]

1) How many crusades were there and give dates for each

2) How many different types of fortified buildings have been on the site of Cardiff Castle (just the main ones will do)

3) Which Legions were involved in Teutoburg Forest and what was their fate.

[Roger Smith]

1) How many crusades were there and give dates for each

2) How many different types of fortified buildings have been on the site of Cardiff Castle (just the main ones will do)

3) Which Legions were involved in Teutoburg Forest and what was their fate.

1) There were 9.
First- 1095-1099
Second- 1147-1149
Third- 1187-1192
Fourth- 1202-1204
Fifth- 1217-1221
Sixth- 1228-1229
Seventh- 1248-1254
Eighth- 1270
Ninth- 1271-1272

2) I'm not sure...

3) The 17th, 18th, and 19th. All three were destroyed.

[dcmort93]

1) There were 9.
First- 1095-1099
Second- 1147-1149
Third- 1187-1192
Fourth- 1202-1204
Fifth- 1217-1221
Sixth- 1228-1229
Seventh- 1248-1254
Eighth- 1270
Ninth- 1271-1272

2) I'm not sure...

3) The 17th, 18th, and 19th. All three were destroyed.

1) Good

2) Oh it's not that hard.

3) Good