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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:14 am
theoneandonly wrote: | 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 |
This is hard!
Carpetbaggers was the name for Yankees who went down south after the civil war.
Charlemagne was an king/emperor but can't remember of what!!!!
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:18 am
Wasn't the spider king one of the King Louis from France? Can't remember which one or why he was called that...
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:27 am
flappers
Emily Davison
Rosa Parks
Ada Lovelace
Amelia Earhart
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:30 am
Siriusly? wrote: | Wasn't the spider king one of the King Louis from France? Can't remember which one or why he was called that... |
Yup, Louis xiv of France
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:32 am
Siriusly? wrote: | flappers
Emily Davison
Rosa Parks
Ada Lovelace
Amelia Earhart |
Flappers- women who dressed modern in the twenties
Rosa parks black woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus
Amelia Earhart female pilot who disappeared trying to fly solo around the world
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:35 am
flappers - women in 1920s USA dressing in the new daring fashion
Emily Davison - one of the suffragette leaders in england
Rosa Parks - black woman who sat in the front of the bus, civil rights icon
Ada Lovelace - she worked on computing in the early 1800s created a calcuating machine
Amelia Earhart - took the first female solo flight and disappeared
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:40 am
Stratford-upon-Avon
Marie Antoinette
Tyburn
Confucius
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:44 am
Mary Antoinette "let them eat cake" queen of France during the revolution
Confucius famous Chinese philosopher
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:51 am
Orphan Trains
Tammany Hall
The Great Migration
Descartes
Name 2 Chinese dynasties
Inuit formerly known as _______
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:54 am
shyner wrote: | Stratford-upon-Avon
Marie Antoinette
Tyburn
Confucius |
Lol! British history again!!
Stratford: famous place in England I think for racing
No idea about Tyburn.
Marie Antoinette French Empress beheaded during French Revolution
Confucious famous chinese philosopher
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:56 am
Just googled. Aaah totally off base about Stratford!!
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:57 am
shyner wrote: | flappers - women in 1920s USA dressing in the new daring fashion
Emily Davison - one of the suffragette leaders in england
Rosa Parks - black woman who sat in the front of the bus, civil rights icon
Ada Lovelace - she worked on computing in the early 1800s created a calcuating machine
Amelia Earhart - took the first female solo flight and disappeared |
All right - you're good! Do you know what happened to Emily Davison?
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:58 am
Reality wrote: | Orphan Trains
Tammany Hall
The Great Migration
Descartes
Name 2 Chinese dynasties
Inuit formerly known as _______ |
Tammany hall corrupt NY political party/house/whatever you call it
Descartes famous philosopher "I think therefore I am"
Chinese dynasties ming and han
Inuit formerly known as Eskimos
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 7:59 am
theoneandonly wrote: | Mary Antoinette "let them eat cake" queen of France during the revolution
Confucius famous Chinese philosopher |
That’s right
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 8:00 am
Reality wrote: | Lol! British history again!!
Stratford: famous place in England I think for racing
No idea about Tyburn.
Marie Antoinette French Empress beheaded during French Revolution
Confucious famous chinese philosopher |
All correct except Stratford
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 8:01 am
Siriusly? wrote: | All right - you're good! Do you know what happened to Emily Davison? |
Was she the one who threw herself under the king’s horse at the races
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 8:04 am
Reality wrote: | Orphan Trains - took American kids to be fostered... around 1900?
Tammany Hall
The Great Migration
Descartes - philosopher and mathematician from France
Name 2 Chinese dynasties - Ming, can't remember any others right now
Inuit formerly known as _______ - eskimo |
Bletchley Park
Dunkirk
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 8:06 am
shyner wrote: | Was she the one who threw herself under the king’s horse at the races |
Yup!
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 8:07 am
shyner wrote: | All correct except Stratford |
Shakespeare's birthplace!
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Wed, Dec 01 2021, 8:09 am
theoneandonly wrote: | 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 |
I'm going to answer mine that weren't answered yet
Defenestration of Prague when the ppl of Prague were mad at the king and threw his representatives out the window, it started the thirty years war from 1618-1648
Spider king Louis xiv of France
Founding father born in the Caribbean Alexander Hamilton
Carpetbaggers Yankees who went south after the civil war during reconstruction
Charlemagne first holy Roman emperor
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