History Quiz

[deaddude]

What british code breaker who helped crack the German enigma code in WWII
also committed suicide by eating an apple covered in cyanide.

 

[Annie]

What british code breaker who helped crack the German enigma code in WWII
also committed suicide by eating an apple covered in cyanide.

Turing?

 

[deaddude]

That would be the one. Your question.

 

[Annie]

That would be the one. Your question.

I'll pass to you, I do too many tests/quizzes.

 

[deaddude]

Name the three types of the black plauge

 

[USViking]

Name the three types of the black plauge

I recall two: Bubonic and Pneumonic.

Whoever gets the third can have the next question.

 

[Annie]

I recall two: Bubonic and Pneumonic.

Whoever gets the third can have the next question.

Here's the third:


http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/plague/plague.html
In septicaemic plague, which is almost invariably fatal, the bacilli enter the bloodstream directly, rather than the lymphatic system where they might be contained. Like bubonic plague, the septicaemic variety is caused directly by flea bites.

Someone ask a question...

 

[USViking]

Question:

The only US heavy tank of WW2, weighing 47 tons
and armed with a 90mm gun, it was a fair match for
the German Tiger and Panther.

Unfortunately, it entered service too late to have
a signilficant impact- only 20 were deployed before
the end of the war in Europe.

 

[deaddude]

The T26E2 heavy tank?

 

[USViking]

The T26E2 heavy tank?

Yes; it was nicknamed the "Pershing".

Yout turn.

 

[deaddude]

In a session of the first General assembly of this state, the speaker of the house killed another representative with a bowie knife.

 

[USViking]

In a session of the first General assembly of this state, the speaker of the house killed another representative with a bowie knife.

I'm guessing Texas.

 

[deaddude]

I'm guessing Texas.

Not texas, but a good try.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Arkansas. Oh, the good ol' days

 

[USViking]

My second guess is California.

Seems as though I recall reading of some
uncivilized behavior by the early state
government there.

 

[deaddude]

Arkansas. Oh, the good ol' days

That is correct, your question.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

A squabble over the interpretation of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 led to a 50 yeard bloodless battle between two territories/states over what?

 

[USViking]

A squabble over the interpretation of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 led to a 50 yeard bloodless battle between two territories/states over what?

I believe, thanks to Wikipedia, that I have found
the answer.

It was a dispute over the so-called "Toledo Strip",
an area north of the territorial administrative
boundary, which was questionably appropriated
by Ohio when it became a state in 1803.

When Michigan became a state over 30 years later,
it claimed the Toledo Strip, and the two states
almost came to blows over the issue. Cooler heads
prevailed, and Michigan did not continue to press
its claim with the threat of force.

The matter was not finally resolved until 1973,
when the US Supreme court dismissed Michigan's
claims once and for all.

That was a good one, Clay, why don't you ask another?

 

[The ClayTaurus]

I believe, thanks to Wikipedia, that I have found
the answer.

It was a dispute over the so-called "Toledo Strip",
an area north of the territorial administrative
boundary, which was questionably appropriated
by Ohio when it became a state in 1803.

When Michigan became a state over 30 years later,
it claimed the Toledo Strip, and the two states
almost came to blows over the issue. Cooler heads
prevailed, and Michigan did not continue to press
its claim with the threat of force.

The matter was not finally resolved until 1973,
when the US Supreme court dismissed Michigan's
claims once and for all.

That was a good one, Clay, why don't you ask another?

You are correct. In addition, Michigan got the Upper Peninsula in exchange for Ohio getting Toledo. It was the government's condition for Michigan to get statehood.

Part of the reason the battle never came to an affront was because the Michigan Militia got lost on it's way to take over Toledo.

At the time, everyone was pissed about losing Toledo, because a lot of people lived there, and it was very industrious. The UP, as far as anyone was concerned, was barren wasteland. These days, the trade seems to have worked out quite well, as the UP is very rich in resources, and is absolutely beautiful.

That, and Toledo sucks

I don't know if I have another good question right now, so why don't you ask one and I'll think about it.

 

[USViking]

Question:

Eisenhower's favorite card game.

An expert in the game said of Eisenhower's skill level:

"In golf, he struggles to break 90, in (the card game)
he easliy breaks 80".