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SuperWify




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 2:21 am
That game got me suddenly remembering random history facts that never helped me in life but are still interesting to learn.

I’m going to dump random history terms/names and dates, let’s who know what I’m talking about. NO googling! Then take a turn to drop some terms for us to decipher.

Here goes:

Sistene Chapel
Agora and acropolis
The Sun King
Trojan horse
Battle of the bulge
Greek Orthodox Church
5 wives
95 theses
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Reality




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 2:38 am
SuperWify wrote:
That game got me suddenly remembering random history facts that never helped me in life but are still interesting to learn.

I’m going to dump random history terms/names and dates, let’s who know what I’m talking about. NO googling! Then take a turn to drop some terms for us to decipher.

Here goes:

Sistene Chapel - famous church that Leonardo Da Vinci designed
Agora and acropolis - I think Roman. The Acropolis was where the gladiators performed?
The Sun King - Louis the 16th? of France
Trojan horse - A battle tactic used by the Greeks
Battle of the bulge - Famous battle from WW2
Greek Orthodox Church - Similar to the Catholic church. Also Russian Orthodox.
5 wives -
95 theses - I think Martin Luther wrote that to prove the correctness of reforming the Catholic church


How did I do?
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Reality




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 2:56 am
Eli Whitney
Visigoths and Vandals
Sojourner Truth
The War of the Roses
Godfrey of Bouillon
Stonehenge
Archduke Ferdinand
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SuperWify




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 3:49 am
Reality wrote:
How did I do?


Sistene Chapel - famous church that Leonardo Da Vinci designed ✅
Agora and acropolis - I think Roman. The Acropolis was where the gladiators performed? Market place and theatre Ancient Greece
The Sun King - Louis the 16th? of France ✅
Trojan horse - A battle tactic used by the Greeks ✅
Battle of the bulge - Famous battle from WW2 ✅
Greek Orthodox Church - Similar to the Catholic church. Also Russian Orthodox.
5 wives -
95 theses - I think Martin Luther wrote that to prove the correctness of reforming the Catholic church✅

Well done, history nerd!!
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SuperWify




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 3:54 am
Reality wrote:
Eli Whitney- inventor of something during the industrial revolution.. standard parts or soothing?
Visigoths and Vandals- huh?
Sojourner Truth- huh
The War of the Roses- huh??
Godfrey of Bouillon - medieval knight crusader?
Stonehenge- ancient stone monument in Britain
Archduke Ferdinand- his assassination started ww1


Ok, I’m not as good…
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shyner




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 3:56 am
A few additions and corrections

Sistene Chapel - chapel in the Vatican famous for its frescos by michaelangelo
Agora and acropolis - acropolis is in Athens it’s the ruins of the ancient temple for the Greek gods
Trojan horse - a wooden horse used by the Greeks to attack the city of Troy in the Trojan war they hid inside and came out at night

Greek Orthodox Church - when the Roman Empire split into east and west the church split into the Greek Orthodox for the eastern Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church for the western part
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shyner




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 3:57 am
SuperWify wrote:
Sistene Chapel - famous church that Leonardo Da Vinci designed ✅
Agora and acropolis - I think Roman. The Acropolis was where the gladiators performed? Market place and theatre Ancient Greece
The Sun King - Louis the 16th? of France ✅
Trojan horse - A battle tactic used by the Greeks ✅
Battle of the bulge - Famous battle from WW2 ✅
Greek Orthodox Church - Similar to the Catholic church. Also Russian Orthodox.
5 wives -
95 theses - I think Martin Luther wrote that to prove the correctness of reforming the Catholic church✅

Well done, history nerd!!

Sorry I was posting whilst you were answering hers
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Reality




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 3:59 am
SuperWify wrote:
Sistene Chapel - famous church that Leonardo Da Vinci designed ✅
Agora and acropolis - I think Roman. The Acropolis was where the gladiators performed? Market place and theatre Ancient Greece
The Sun King - Louis the 16th? of France ✅
Trojan horse - A battle tactic used by the Greeks ✅
Battle of the bulge - Famous battle from WW2 ✅
Greek Orthodox Church - Similar to the Catholic church. Also Russian Orthodox.
5 wives -
95 theses - I think Martin Luther wrote that to prove the correctness of reforming the Catholic church✅

Well done, history nerd!!


Thank you! I never heard of the 5 wives and googling isn't helping either.

I like all history but I really love American history!!
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Siriusly?




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:00 am
Reality wrote:
Eli Whitney
Visigoths and Vandals
Sojourner Truth
The War of the Roses - civil war in England in the 1400s
Godfrey of Bouillon
Stonehenge - very cool prehistoric landmark in Wiltshire, England
Archduke (Franz) Ferdinand - his assassination in 1914 by Gavrilo Princip caused the outbreak of WW1


1066
Oliver Cromwell
Rasputin
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shyner




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:02 am
Eli Whitney
Visigoths and Vandals - two European tribes who attacked Rome
Sojourner Truth
The War of the Roses - the English civil war between the houses of York and Lancaster over who should take of the monarchy
Godfrey of Bouillon - a famous French crusader
Stonehenge - an ancient pagan worship site in south west england
Archduke Ferdinand - Austrian prince who was heir to the throne was shot in Belgrade this kicked off ww1
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Siriusly?




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:05 am
Reality wrote:
Thank you! I never heard of the 5 wives and googling isn't helping either.

I like all history but I really love American history!!


I like all history too, but being a Brit my American history knowledge is weakest; we don't learn much of it. Jewish history and British history are my strong points!
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Reality




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:05 am
shyner wrote:
A few additions and corrections

Sistene Chapel - chapel in the Vatican famous for its frescos by michaelangelo
Agora and acropolis - acropolis is in Athens it’s the ruins of the ancient temple for the Greek gods
Trojan horse - a wooden horse used by the Greeks to attack the city of Troy in the Trojan war they hid inside and came out at night

Greek Orthodox Church - when the Roman Empire split into east and west the church split into the Greek Orthodox for the eastern Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church for the western part


1. I was debating between Michelangelo and Leonardo. I did know it's famous for the artwork on the domed ceiling.

2. I do know the whole story of the Trojan horse just didn't type it out.

Do you know what the 5 wives are?
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shyner




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:07 am
1066 - William of Normandy conquered in the battle of Hastings to become the king of England William the conqueror
Oliver Cromwell - lead the English civil war against King Charles
Rasputin - a friend of the tsarina in Russia killed by tsar nicholas suspected an affair with his wife
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shyner




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:08 am
Reality wrote:
1. I was debating between Michelangelo and Leonardo. I did know it's famous for the artwork on the domed ceiling.

2. I do know the whole story of the Trojan horse just didn't type it out.

Do you know what the 5 wives are?


Never heard of them I’m curious
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theoneandonly




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:08 am
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
Oliver Cromwell took over after one of the British civil wars I think after they killed the king.
1066- was that the signing of the magna Carta?

My turn:
Defenestration of Prague
The spider king
Founding father born in the Caribbean
Carpetbaggers
Charlemagne
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imasinger




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:08 am
I'll add a few that haven't been answered yet.

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which had a huge impact on the economy of the time, and had ramifications for enslaved people.

The Visigoths and Vandals both successfully attacked the failing Roman empire.

Sojourner Truth was a former slave turned abolitionist who was first to win a court case saying her son belonged to her, not the "master".

1066, the Norman conquest of England, which had a huge impact on how we all speak English today.

Oliver Cromwell, a leader in the British civil war, and of the government that followed.

ETA, sorry about the cross post.

Founding father born in the Caribbean would be Alexander Hamilton.
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shyner




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:10 am
Defenestration of Prague
The spider king
Founding father born in the Caribbean
Carpetbaggers
Charlemagne - conqueror of France around 700ce not sure about the dates

The rest of them have stumped me very niche stuff
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Reality




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:11 am
shyner wrote:
Eli Whitney
Visigoths and Vandals - two European tribes who attacked Rome
Sojourner Truth
The War of the Roses - the English civil war between the houses of York and Lancaster over who should take of the monarchy
Godfrey of Bouillon - a famous French crusader
Stonehenge - an ancient pagan worship site in south west england
Archduke Ferdinand - Austrian prince who was heir to the throne was shot in Belgrade this kicked off ww1


You are good!! The two you left out are American history!

Eli Whitney was a famous US inventor. Patented the cotton gin which really pushed forward the industrial revolution.

Sojourner Truth was a famous x-slave who became an abolitionist/fought for women's rights.
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Siriusly?




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:12 am
I'm also stumped by the 5 wives... Superwify, did you mean 6 wives? As in those of Henry VIII? (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr)
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imasinger




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Dec 01 2021, 4:12 am
Carpetbaggers -- after the US Civil war, those who packed it all up to resettle elsewhere.
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