History Quiz

[padisha emperor]

Q : French amiral, resist heroicly with 44 ships against 99 english ships, 1692.
Who was he ?

The american amiral Mahan, and historians, see here the greatest demonstration of discipline and military valor ever gave by a navy.

 

[USViking]

Q : French amiral, resist heroicly with 44 ships against 99 english ships, 1692.
Who was he ?

The american amiral Mahan, and historians, see here the greatest demonstration of discipline and military valor ever gave by a navy.

Jean Dart?

(edit) I mean Jean Bart.

 

[padisha emperor]

nice shot, but it was not Jean Bart. It's not a corsair, a man with a letter from the king, allowed to make war against the ennemies of France.

The searched person was a real amiral of the French Royal navy (the "Royale")

Hint : it was at the battle of Barfleur, 1692.

 

[USViking]

nice shot, but it was not Jean Bart. It's not a corsair, a man with a letter from the king, allowed to make war against the ennemies of France.

The searched person was a real amiral of the French Royal navy (the "Royale")

Hint : it was at the battle of Barfleur, 1692.

Per google the French admiral was de Tourville.

Anyone else want to ask a question?

 

[Said1]

Per google the French admiral was de Tourville.

Anyone else want to ask a question?

Who is associated with the phrase-like verse "divorced, beheaded died, divorced, beheaded, survived"?

 

[USViking]

Who is associated with the phrase-like verse "divorced, beheaded died, divorced, beheaded, survived"?

It sounds like the unfortunate wives of Henry VIII.

 

[Said1]

It sounds like the unfortunate wives of Henry VIII.

Yep.

 

[USViking]

Question:

Anne of Cleves was able to keep her head
despite her marriage and divorce from Henry VIII.

The English Secretary of State who arranged
the marriage was not so lucky. Who was he?

 

[Said1]

Question:

Anne of Cleves was able to keep her head
despite her marriage and divorce from Henry VIII.

The English Secretary of State who arranged
the marriage was not so lucky. Who was he?

The only person I can think of is the artist, Hans - or was that her brother?? She was a smart one though, being the King's sister is better than having no head!

 

[USViking]

The only person I can think of is the artist, Hans - or was that her brother?? She was a smart one though, being the King's sister is better than having no head!

That 's very interesting- I did a google
image search on "Hans Holbein" and the
unfortunate Secretary, and sure enough
Hans the Younger did his portrait.

More googling revealed that Holbein also
painted a portrait of Anne, which a link
claimed was the "basis" for which Henry
agreed to the marriage. For some reason
Henry was more forgiving toward his artist
than toward his secretary, and Holbein
kept his head and his job.

Here's a hint:

A future English statesman of the next
century was descended from the beheaded
secretary's sister, whose children retained
their mother's surname (something I have
never once run across elsewhere in Western history).

 

[Said1]

That 's very interesting- I did a google
image search on "Hans Holbein" and the
unfortunate Secretary, and sure enough
Hans the Younger did his portrait.

More googling revealed that Holbein also
painted a portrait of Anne, which a link
claimed was the "basis" for which Henry
agreed to the marriage. For some reason
Henry was more forgiving toward his artist
than toward his secretary, and Holbein
kept his head and his job.

The bios of portrait artists are so interesting. Some specialized in hands only or torsos. The pre-Photoshop era.

Here's a hint:

A future English statesman of the next
century was descended from the beheaded
secretary's sister, whose children retained
their mother's surname (something I have
never once run across elsewhere in Western history).

I still have no idea. I'm only remember Ann of Cleaves because of that story, wasn't sure what fate the artist met though!

 

[USViking]

The bios of portrait artists are so interesting. Some specialized in hands only or torsos. The pre-Photoshop era.

I still have no idea. I'm only remember Ann of Cleaves because of that story, wasn't sure what fate the artist met though!

Artists' bios are usually interesting, I should
read up more on them.

Holbein died of the plague in 1543, about
three years after Anne and Henry divorced.
Wikipedia says he was working on a portrait
of Henry when he died.

One last hint: the statesman descended from
the secretary's sister was also a fearless and
victorious general.

 

[Said1]

Artists' bios are usually interesting, I should
read up more on them.

Holbein died of the plague in 1543, about
three years after Anne and Henry divorced.
Wikipedia says he was working on a portrait
of Henry when he died.

One last hint: the statesman descended from
the secretary's sister was also a fearless and
victorious general.

I give up. Padisha may have more knowledge about the Tudor line than I.

 

[padisha emperor]

I give up. Padisha may have more knowledge about the Tudor line than I.

well, I don't know too...( I know better the Plantagenêt than the Tudor )

 

[USViking]

Question:

Anne of Cleves was able to keep her head
despite her marriage and divorce from Henry VIII.

The English Secretary of State who arranged
the marriage was not so lucky. Who was he?

Here's a hint:

A future English statesman of the next
century was descended from the beheaded
secretary's sister, whose children retained
their mother's surname (something I have
never once run across elsewhere in Western
history (edit- royalty and children of the
unwed excepted)).


One last hint: the statesman descended from
the secretary's sister was also a fearless and
victorious general.

Thomas Cromwell.

Someone please ask the next one.

 

[padisha emperor]

What bad happened after the battle of Arginuses' Island ?

 

[USViking]

What bad happened after the battle of Arginuses' Island ?

Per google this was an Athenian naval victory over Sparta.

After the victory the Athenian fleet sufered heavy losses
from a storm.

Several of the Athenian commanders were condemned to
death for insufficient efforts to rescue those who drowned.

This needless loss of experienced commanders may have
helped lead to Athens' eventual final and complete defeat
in the Peloponnesian War.


Question:

French aristocrat whose 1924 doctoral thesis was
one of the few for which a Nobel Prize has ever
been awarded.

His original academic degree was, curiously, in History.

 

[padisha emperor]

Louis de Broglie, Nobel 1929, physic ?

 

[USViking]

Louis de Broglie, Nobel 1929, physic ?

Yes- de Broglie of the "matter wave".

The thesis reviewers thought de Broglie's work
might be important, but were not really sure
what to make of it.

They sent it to Einstein himself for his opinion.
Einstein replied immediately that it was a landmark,
having lifted a "great veil" from the understanding
of nature.

 

[padisha emperor]

The greatest world's submarine (at least until the japanese series 400), sunk by an american cargo while he was on surface, all lights out, and going to the fight, in the Caraibean sea. More than 100 people died.