History Quiz

[USViking]

a hall of fame point guard for the Detroit Pistons.. hehehe.


Question: This battle forced the Mexican Army across the Rio Grande to Matamoros and was a major victory for the United States.

Whoa!- well done on the answer!

Is Buena Vista the answer to your question?

 

[deaddude]

a hall of fame point guard for the Detroit Pistons.. hehehe.


Question: This battle forced the Mexican Army across the Rio Grande to Matamoros and was a major victory for the United States.

I think you are refering either to Resaca de la Palma or Palo Alto

 

[padisha emperor]

a hall of fame point guard for the Detroit Pistons.. hehehe.


Question: This battle forced the Mexican Army across the Rio Grande to Matamoros and was a major victory for the United States.

San Jacinto ?

 

[Gunny]

San Jacinto ?

Wrong war. The Battle of San Jacinto was fought by The Republic of Texas and Mexico in 1836. The Mexican War was 1846-1848 between the US and Mexico.

The Battles of Resaca de la Palma and Palo Alto woke the Mexicans up to the asswhipping they were about to receive and they subsequenctly abandoned Matamoros.

I'd have to say Deaddude got it right, unless Viking's got a card up his sleeve.

 

[USViking]

Wrong war. The Battle of San Jacinto was fought by The Republic of Texas and Mexico in 1836. The Mexican War was 1846-1848 between the US and Mexico.

The Battles of Resaca de la Palma and Palo Alto woke the Mexicans up to the asswhipping they were about to receive and they subsequenctly abandoned Matamoros.

I'd have to say Deaddude got it right, unless Viking's got a card up his sleeve.

I got no cards- Deaddude asks the next question.

 

[deaddude]

This gigantic fish was first discovered in 1976 when it was accientally hooked on the ancor of the US naval vessle AFB-14 off the coast of Kaneohe hawaii. It grows to 5.1 meters, placing it in the top 5 largest fish in the world.

 

[padisha emperor]

the shark Megamouth

 

[padisha emperor]

1940

France is under atack.
But somewhere, the French won, and lost only 250 men, the ennemy withdraw with more than 6000 lost.
This corps won here a great reputation, and was feared even in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.

What was this army corps ?

 

[USViking]

1940

France is under atack.
But somewhere, the French won, and lost only 250 men, the ennemy withdraw with more than 6000 lost.
This corps won here a great reputation, and was feared even in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.

What was this army corps ?

The Three Musketeers?

 

[padisha emperor]

The Three Musketeers?

Mountain troops, the "Alpine hunters".

 

[Gunny]

Mountain troops, the "Alpine hunters".

Which division? My research makes mention of several, an no one division singled out as more heroic than the others.

 

[padisha emperor]

Which division? My research makes mention of several, an no one division singled out as more heroic than the others.

yes, there were several divisions, for the whole alpine line front.

i was not looking for a special division, it was the whole corps - like the USMC - .

In fact, the battle was from june, the 20th, to june, the 25th.
312,000 Italians attacked the french line, the French were 175,000.

After 6 days, the french lost 205 men, the Italians 6,000. And after, the alpine forces put wepaons down with the cease-fire, undefeated.

If you really want a special division, look at the "éclaireurs-skieurs", the scout-skiers.

well, ask a question if you want

 

[Gunny]

yes, there were several divisions, for the whole alpine line front.

i was not looking for a special division, it was the whole corps - like the USMC - .

In fact, the battle was from june, the 20th, to june, the 25th.
312,000 Italians attacked the french line, the French were 175,000.

After 6 days, the french lost 205 men, the Italians 6,000. And after, the alpine forces put wepaons down with the cease-fire, undefeated.

If you really want a special division, look at the "éclaireurs-skieurs", the scout-skiers.

well, ask a question if you want

You go ahead. I was just looking for some clarification, and I won't be around again til Mon soonest.

 

[padisha emperor]

Friend of Jim Lovell - the astronaut of Gemini 7, 12 Apollo 8 and of course Apollo 13 - , this astronaut of the same promotion of Lovell did West Point and join the Air Force before the space conquest.
But he died tragicly in the burning of Apollo 1, at Cap Canaveral, january, the 27th, 1967.

(well, if you're sure of the answer, go ahead, I won't be here until tomorrow, earlier)

 

[Gunny]

Friend of Jim Lovell - the astronaut of Gemini 7, 12 Apollo 8 and of course Apollo 13 - , this astronaut of the same promotion of Lovell did West Point and join the Air Force before the space conquest.
But he died tragicly in the burning of Apollo 1, at Cap Canaveral, january, the 27th, 1967.

(well, if you're sure of the answer, go ahead, I won't be here until tomorrow, earlier)

Russ Grissom?

 

[padisha emperor]

Russ Grissom?

Grissom is one of them who burnt into Apollo 1, but it's not the correct answer.

 

[Gunny]

Grissom is one of them who burnt into Apollo 1, but it's not the correct answer.

That's okay. I'm happy enough that I remember ONE of the astronauts' names from Apollo 1!!!

 

[padisha emperor]

That's okay. I'm happy enough that I remember ONE of the astronauts' names from Apollo 1!!!

yes, it's sure they are not the most famous...

It was Ed White.

Go on, you gave all the same one name of the Apollo 1 's crew, you were half correct

 

[USViking]

Over two days- I'll take the next Question:

Rebellion in northern China, almost exactly contemporanious
with the Taiping Rebellion in central China.

 

[Gunny]

Over two days- I'll take the next Question:

Rebellion in northern China, almost exactly contemporanious
with the Taiping Rebellion in central China.

Boxer Rebellion.