Who actually knew i was gone for the past week?
Anyhow, i have a random history quizling i wanted to try...it's all random things from history/mythology/literature...see if any one else knows these quasi-obscure things...
1. Name the play that Abraham Lincoln was seeing the night he was assassinated.
2. Who was the son of Darius?
3. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
4. What do spades really stand for in the deck of cards?
5. Who is the Babylonian sky god? (he's kinda like the Thor of Norse Mythology...or Ra of the Egyptian...yada yada...)
6. Name four Jules Verne novels.
7. Exlpain the origins of the term "Yellow Journalism".
8. In what city was JFK assassinated?
9. Who did Pocahontas really marry after John Smith?
10. Who was Jimmy Hoffa? Where is he?
11. Who is the egyptian goddess of fertility, inebriety, and music? (Or sex, drugs and Rock-n-Roll) ^_*
12. Who are Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday?
13. Who was The Desert Fox?
14. Do you know what the fourth demension is?
15. Name five species of wild cat.
meh. that's all for now. have fun.
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1. The play at Ford's Theater the night he was assassinated. That good?
2. I don't know Darius' son, but I do know Dedalus' son Icarus
3. Miguel Cervantes? Gustave Flaubert?
4. King... Charles?
5. Sevorjeski
6. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a couple I know but cannot think of right now, and a fourth one I don't know at all
7. We learned this in history class... **thinkthinkthink** Umm, when the newspapers made things up to catch headlines, sometime in the 1800s, around the time of robber barons perhaps?? (I know I know this, but again, mentally vague right now)
8. Chicago (but he announced his candidacy at Brandeis, in Waltham!! Do I get bonus points for that?)
9. Sir Edward Moneybags
10. Jimmy Hoffa was head of the Teamsters and archnemesis of Robert Kennedy, highly suspected of Mob activity. He has been missing for a few decades, supposedly because he was murdered by mobsters, but this has yet to be confirmed as they have not seen any trace of him since the 1970s.
11. Seshet
12. outlaws!! (also chronicled in several popular movies)
13. Daniel, in the original Stargate movie?? I don't know
14. Yes I do, but I cannot share how I came of this knowledge, for someone may have a price on my head. **shifty eyes**
15. wild cats: tiger, lion, puma, panther, jaguar, cheetah, snowy leopard, etc. (You said "wild cat" with a space, so technically this counts. heehee)
3-5...noo...just no.
7-9....no....again. just no.
10. *applauds* couldn't have put it better. i wrote a paper on him! and got to show a clip from a Chevy Chase movie that mentions Hoffa
11-13...no...no.
15. actually...pumas and panthers are the same. cept for the black ones of course.
I meant black panthers, actually, I guess I forgot to type what kind I meant... sry.
And who's the Egyptian goddess?? I only know of Iris (that's Osiris' wife, right? did I get the name wrong?), Eurynome and Seshet (and Bast, but that deals with cats...). ;)
And the goddess mentioned is Hathor. my clue was a stargate reference. go figure.
2. Darius II......I think
3. Victor Hugo
4. A fan?
5. Enki...no, he's from those whole Gligamesh thing...i'm not sure then
6. Journey to the center of the earth, 20,000 leagues under the sea, around the world in 80 days, and I can't hink of a 4th one.
7. Journalisim with sensational headlines meant to catch peoples attention even if they were not necessairly true.
8. Dallas
9. Some other guy named John, but I can't remember his last name. But she did eventually die in England
10. Teamster boss who pretty much disappeared off of the face of the planet, and his body is probably buried in concrete somewhere
11. Hathor
12. Actors!
13. Lawernce of Arabia?
14. I think I read about it in a book once
15. Panther, Cheetah, Lion, Lynx, Tiger
4. it DOES look like a fan...
7. good enough for me!
9. sure! close for credit. i'll give you half credit. 'cause i'm a teacher an can do that...*snicker*
11. YESH!!!
12. HA! nice one.
13. good guess.
14. i keep trying to FIND it in books...it fascinates me. it was in The Time Machine...that's where i first saw it.
1. Name the play that Abraham Lincoln was seeing the night he was assassinated.
Um...it was at Ford's Theater...was it..."The Importance of Being Earnest"? Or maybe something by Shakespeare? Am I even remotely close?
2. Who was the son of Darius?
Darius Junior? Little Darius? Seriously, I'm going to type the first random name that pops into my mind...Xerxes?
3. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Oh! I know this one! Victor Hugo.
4. What do spades really stand for in the deck of cards?
I remember reading it in The Da Vinci Code"...do I get any credit for knowing that?
5. Who is the Babylonian sky god? (he's kinda like the Thor of Norse Mythology...or Ra of the Egyptian...yada yada...)
Babylonian mythology isn't really my strong point...
6. Name four Jules Verne novels.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Universe (something like that...), Around the World in 80 Days, and ... damn! I can only think of three!
7. Exlpain the origins of the term "Yellow Journalism".
Reporting that is embellished or even outright made up for the sake of sensationalism. Scandalmongering, pretty much. Originated in the late 1800's/early 1900's.
8. In what city was JFK assassinated?
I have no idea where this is coming from, but was it Chicago?
9. Who did Pocahontas really marry after John Smith?
John Rolfe
10. Who was Jimmy Hoffa? Where is he?
Was he in a band? I've heard the name before, but I just can't connect it. As for Where is he? With Waldo, of course.
11. Who is the egyptian goddess of fertility, inebriety, and music? (Or sex, drugs and Rock-n-Roll) ^_*
No idea. I'm really blanking on this one.
12. Who are Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday?
They were from the Old West. I don't know if they were outlaws per se, con men maybe? I know Doc Holliday was definitely a gambler too...
13. Who was The Desert Fox?
No clue, again
14. Do you know what the fourth demension is?
The fourth dimension is the dimension between the third dimension and the fifth dimension.
15. Name five species of wild cat.
Puma, Cougar, Ocelot, Lion, and just to be different, the Siberian Tiger
Wow, this quiz has made me feel slightly stupid. I just realized that I answered nearly every question with a question of my own! Hehe.
1. no...wow. i must be the one out of four people who knows this...
2. YES! YOU GOT IT! i don't know what Darius or Xerxes did...but Xerxes was his son!!!!
4. Sure. i'll give you half credit...*_^
6. Center of the ~Earth~...MERI! I'M SURPRISED! Literature is one of your strongest points...maybe i have an extra 'cause i'm a rabid fan...
7. I knew you would know this....being the brilliant journalist you are.
8. wow! you're the second person to get it wrong with this exact same answer...not to make you feel bad or anything...XD
9. YES! YOU'RE THE FIRST TO GET THIS RIGHT ALL THE WAY! *raises flag and throws rice*
10. I bet that's where he is...but no...no band...well..a band of teamsters...
12. yes he was a gambler...but they're both lawmen. good lawmen.
14. Your wit knows no bounds.
only slightly...i think we're all slightly stupid. plus...this is all MY random knowledge. i bet if you made one i'd feel equally if not more stupid...
Does this sudden posting on Sammy's LJ mean you've finally updated yours? I must check.
(And who comes up with XERXES?? Good guess, but seriously, who? jk)
2 you know i really feel like i should know this one . . . there were multiple darius' weren't there?
3 damnit! it's too late for this
4 were do you get htis stuff?
5this was a stargate episode wasn't it?
6 Center of the earth, 20000 leagues, around the world, . . . shit!
7 I know this one!!! Yellow Journalism was practically birthed by William Randall Hearst (Grandfather of Patty Hearst) the newspaper magnate. Its when you only really show an event from one perspective in order to sway the minds of readers. AKA the Maine sinking
8 Was it dallas texas, or a suburb?
9it was the guy . . . in the colony wasn't he like a lord or somebody?
10 i don't know this one suck
11 hehehehe Daniel's beloved hathor of course
12 Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday are some of the most notorious cowboys in our history. Doc Holiday was probably one of the biggest drunks in our history. Wyatt was one of the Earp brothers and both a lawman and a criminal. They were both involved in the overblown shootout at the OK Corral.
13 desert fox is well was Rommel - not sure his first name though. he was largely involved in wwii
14 the fourth dimension's time right?
15 bobcat, leopard, ocelot, panther, jaguar
wicked scary movie on- Lost voyage. Its got judd nelson from breakfast club in it. totally different role. wow.