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Canyarion
11-03-2003, 06:45 AM
Ok here's the deal:
1 person asks a question about world history, the person that answers it gets to ask the next question. :)
Please keep ik easy and don't be too specific. :p

I'll start:
When did the Berlin Wall come down?
Hope that isn't too hard... if you don't know it, listen to Michael Jacksons 'HIStory'.

Xantar
11-03-2003, 10:46 AM
I think it was 1984. Or maybe it was 1988. I'm pretty sure it was a date when either myself or my brother was born.

Since I just gave two answers, don't count either as correct. Wait for someone else to answer and give him the credit. I'm just throwing these out for fun.

Crono
11-03-2003, 12:05 PM
1989. Not sure of the exact date but I'm sure it was three years before the Soviet union collapsed.

DimHalo
11-03-2003, 03:57 PM
1989. Not sure of the exact date but I'm sure it was three years before the Soviet union collapsed.

yep, i agree with that year...

Stonecutter
11-03-2003, 04:24 PM
Twas 1989.

Here's one:

Kind of related.

What day did the Soviet Union fall?

Bond
11-03-2003, 05:13 PM
December 1, 1991 I believe.

Ace195
11-03-2003, 06:09 PM
I'm not sure but I'm going to say 1987

Stonecutter
11-03-2003, 06:25 PM
December 1, 1991 I believe.
Got the year right, but it was Christmas Day.

One Winged Angel
11-03-2003, 07:04 PM
What is considered by many the most important date in Western Civilization?

Vampyr
11-03-2003, 08:46 PM
What is considered by many the most important date in Western Civilization?

My birthday?

I dont know, that is a very vague question. Im going to have to say Christmas Day, because most of Western Civilization is Christain, and almost everyone celebrates Christmas.

GameMaster
11-03-2003, 09:05 PM
Crono was supposed to ask the second question since he was the first to get it correct. This whole game is already completley messed up.

I guess Angrist's rules need to be "bolded" by a moderator.

Ace195
11-03-2003, 09:16 PM
What is considered by many the most important date in Western Civilization?
I believe it to be july 4th ? lol who knows .. But Gamemaster I agree but I'm going to keep playing anyways :P

One Winged Angel
11-03-2003, 09:18 PM
No, but anyone who knows their history will this answer.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe
11-03-2003, 10:09 PM
lol....ummm...not sure about the exact date, but would it be the year Amerigo Vespucci discovered America (or if you prefer to be an inaccurate and argumentative, the date Columbus "discovered" america)

Ace195
11-03-2003, 10:27 PM
:...: fine just because I didn't study very hard in school :p

Vampyr
11-03-2003, 10:45 PM
Actually, didnt Leif Ericson discover North America? I mean, if you're not counting the Native Americans, then Leif Ericson was first.

Amerigo Vespucci was who it was named for, but I dont think he was the first person here. I believe he was the one who proposed that North America existed, or something like that.

Professor S
11-03-2003, 10:59 PM
What is considered by many the most important date in Western Civilization?

May 3rd 1989

That was the day I "discovered myself" in the shower.

...

The world has never been the same since.

Vampyr
11-03-2003, 11:07 PM
That was the day I "discovered myself" in the shower.


Oh dear. :hmm:

Hero2
11-03-2003, 11:47 PM
Actually, didnt Leif Ericson discover North America? I mean, if you're not counting the Native Americans, then Leif Ericson was first.

Amerigo Vespucci was who it was named for, but I dont think he was the first person here. I believe he was the one who proposed that North America existed, or something like that.

no it was the vikings i think eric the red they have the earlest records

GiMpY-wAnNaBe
11-04-2003, 12:14 AM
no it was the vikings i think eric the red they have the earlest records
eric the red was Leaf Ericson's father, and it was GOING to be Eric The Red's discovery, but he died the day before they were scheduled to leave, so it was leaf Ericson's discovery, and thanx Vampyr for reminding me, i forgot about the vikings....silly vikings :)


as for Strangler :hmm:

Professor S
11-04-2003, 09:24 PM
Thats right, everyone just act like they don't know what I'm talking about. I was young once too. I know how it is. :D

Bond
11-04-2003, 09:25 PM
How the hell is your avatar that big Gimpy... argh...

Canyarion
11-05-2003, 06:48 AM
Argh! :rolleyes: Chrono was supposed to ask the next question...
Stonecutter shouldn't have given the answer to his own question... Oh well. :p

What day did the Alliance pronounce war against Germany?

GiMpY-wAnNaBe
11-05-2003, 10:43 AM
Argh! :rolleyes: Chrono was supposed to ask the next question...
Stonecutter shouldn't have given the answer to his own question... Oh well. :p

What day did the Alliance pronounce war against Germany?
Sept. 1, 1939 i believe

Crono
11-05-2003, 12:07 PM
Sept. 1, 1939 i believe

I think he meant WWI. Which would be in early September, 1914... I forget the exact date.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe
11-05-2003, 05:45 PM
I think he meant WWI. Which would be in early September, 1914... I forget the exact date.
why do you think that? :confused:

Kitana85
11-05-2003, 06:07 PM
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Probably because he said the ALLIANCE and not the ALLIES

Crono
11-05-2003, 07:41 PM
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Probably because he said the ALLIANCE and not the ALLIES

Yes. But also, if Angrist is talking about WWI, then his question was wrong, because the Triple Alliance was actually Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Britain, France, and Russia were called the "Triple Entente".

Canyarion
11-06-2003, 08:14 AM
I meant WW2 sorry for the confusion.
I assume Gimpy is right (I didn't know the answer :p), so go ahead!!

Crono
11-06-2003, 04:02 PM
I meant WW2 sorry for the confusion.
I assume Gimpy is right (I didn't know the answer :p), so go ahead!!

Actually, there was no "Alliance" before WWII. When Germany invaded Poland in Sep 1939, it was Britain that declared war (and later its former colonies), not an "Alliance". France, USA, and the Soviet Union did nothing, later on France was taken over, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and the US stepped in after Pearl Harbor was bombed.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe
11-06-2003, 05:19 PM
hahaha, anyways, what city was Stalin born in?

Crono
11-06-2003, 05:45 PM
He was born in Gori, which is now in the Republic of Georgia.


Question: What day did the remaining German forces surrender to the Allies/Soviet Union?

GiMpY-wAnNaBe
11-06-2003, 06:27 PM
err..it might have been renamed to gori, but wasn't he born in Stalingrad? which also happens to be where the Russians made their stand?

Crono
11-06-2003, 07:38 PM
err..it might have been renamed to gori, but wasn't he born in Stalingrad? which also happens to be where the Russians made their stand?

Stalingrad was (and is now) known as Volgograd. And you said "where the Russians made their stand", I assume that you're talking about the Russian Revolution, in that case, the city you're thinking of is Leningrad (now known as St. Petersburg). Georgia was part of the Russian Empire, but is now it's own Republic. I don't know why Stalin named Volgograd "Stalingrad", though.

DarkMaster
11-06-2003, 09:30 PM
Question: What day did the remaining German forces surrender to the Allies/Soviet Union?
May 8, 1945

Question: What was the last nation to be invaded by Germany and on what year did this take place?

Crono
11-06-2003, 09:40 PM
May 8, 1945

Question: What was the last nation to be invaded by Germany and on what year did this take place?

Hungary, 1944... I think.

For how long (and what time period) did the French rule the British throne?