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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 5:21 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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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 5:38 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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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 5:56 am
Eli Whitney
Visigoths and Vandals
Sojourner Truth
The War of the Roses
Godfrey of Bouillon
Stonehenge
Archduke Ferdinand
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SuperWify
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 6:49 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 6:54 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 6:56 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 6:57 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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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 6:59 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?
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:00 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:02 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?
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:05 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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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:05 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:07 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:08 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:08 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:08 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:10 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:11 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?
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:12 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
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:12 am
Carpetbaggers -- after the US Civil war, those who packed it all up to resettle elsewhere.
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