History Quiz

[USViking]

Beloved US reporter who fell during the Iwo Jima campaign,
although not on the island of Iwo Jima itself.

Answer: Ernie Pyle.

Question, anyone?

 

[padisha emperor]

Answer: Ernie Pyle.

Question, anyone?

Hugo Pratt made a comics about him with "Ernie Pike", didn't he ?
A nice comic book.

 

[deaddude]

Which chinese dynasty lasted only 22 years?

 

[USViking]

Which chinese dynasty lasted only 22 years?

Hm- I do not know if any of the imperial dynasties
were that short-lived.

The Nationalist government was in power from
approx. 1927-49, so I will consider it a dynasty,
and make it my guess.

 

[deaddude]

I did not know that, but yes one of the imperial dynasties lasted for only 22 years.

 

[deaddude]

Sorry I have a conflict in my sources, one saying 22 another saying only 15. Either way it is the shortest lived of the imperial dynasties.

 

[USViking]

Sorry I have a conflict in my sources, one saying 22 another saying only 15. Either way it is the shortest lived of the imperial dynasties.

The Han dynasty was split by a short interregnum,
whose name and dates I did not know.

Wkipedia identifies it as "Xin", gives its dates as 9-25AD,
which looks like the closest.

 

[deaddude]

The answer is Qin. A two ruler dynasty directly before the Han and after the Zhou. I will try another.

Who supposedly wrote the Tao de Ching.

 

[USViking]

The answer is Qin. A two ruler dynasty directly before the Han and after the Zhou. I will try another.

Who supposedly wrote the Tao de Ching.

The only Chinese philosophers I can name
are Confucius, Mencius, and Lao Tsu, and
the last two might be the same.

I'll go with Lao Tsu.

 

[deaddude]

You are correct.

 

[USViking]

Anyone else want to ask a question?

 

[deaddude]

Who was the most famous king of Uruk

 

[USViking]

Who was the most famous king of Uruk

"Uruk"?!- Ai-yai-yai!

I'll have to give this one 12-24 hours
in case someone else has any idea,
and then google.

 

[padisha emperor]

Who was the most famous king of Uruk

Gilgamesh ?

 

[deaddude]

correct

 

[padisha emperor]

He is one of the greatest philisophes. His relativism for the form of policy, his study of the different forms of government, were excellent.
For him, the best city is the city with Justice, education, and slavery (to free the citizens from the labour).
Who was he ?

 

[USViking]

He is one of the greatest philisophes. His relativism for the form of policy, his study of the different forms of government, were excellent.
For him, the best city is the city with Justice, education, and slavery (to free the citizens from the labour).
Who was he ?

I'll guess Aristotle, since he made the most
complete study of different constitutions,
at a time when slavery, as opposed to serfdom,
was a general institution.

 

[padisha emperor]

right

go on, USV

 

[USViking]

Question:

Greek philosopher reputed to have predicted
the solar eclipse of May 28, 585BC.

This claim is controversial, since he could not
possibly have predicted the exact day, or the location.

 

[Annie]

Question:

Greek philosopher reputed to have predicted
the solar eclipse of May 28, 585BC.

This claim is controversial, since he could not
possibly have predicted the exact day, or the location.

Thales of Miletus, who may have been Pythagoras' teacher. If correct, go ahead with another question, please.