Historical Trivia Questions

Lief Erikson · 09-03-2005, 07:29 PM

If people have historical trivia questions, bring them here! For the starter question to the thread, research is allowed. Users can specify whether or not others are allowed to do research to answer the question.

I just wanted to know if anyone here other than me knows the answer to this. If anyone here other than me does, I would like to give that person $5. I can't, unfortunately for him/her

. That person's praise however, for having accurately answered my question, will be great.

I doubt anyone here knows, but perhaps with research they could figure it out.

QUESTION:

According to the World Book, the first paper money was invented by the Chinese in the 600s AD. By how much time is the World Book off?

Lief Erikson · 09-03-2005, 08:14 PM

WARNING: I define "paper" just a little bit loosely.

Spock · 09-04-2005, 11:17 AM

Your question has no answer. The WB has that figure from it's sources so we're supposed to presume YOU have the correct date from ????????, not likely.

***Earniel*** · 09-04-2005, 11:37 AM

Hm, judging from memory the oldest Chinese writing was at least a few millennia old. Paper money is of course a different matter so I consulted google, out of curiosity.

Takin the hint about the "loosely termed paper" I came up with this:

"China was the first country to use paper money. Ancient paper money can be traced back to the Pai-Lu P'i-pi (white deer-skin money) of Han Dynasty (140 BC) and the Fei-Chien (flying money) of Tang Dynasty (618 AD)."

***Earniel*** · 09-14-2005, 03:32 AM

Oi! I do want to know whether I got close!

rohirrim TR · 09-14-2005, 03:14 PM

is someone going to post a qustion? (hey i just did whoa

) anyway cool idea for a thread

could Earniel Post a question since she was the only one to guess?

The Screaming Nazgul · 09-14-2005, 03:36 PM

name all Henry VIII wives in order that he married them and which ones he had beheaded, you could also name his children and who their mother was!

rohirrim TR · 09-14-2005, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Screaming Nazgul

name all Henry VIII wives in order that he married them and which ones he had beheaded, you could also name his children and who their mother was!

You sicko

your gonna make me have to do research, i hate research, i wanted an easy question like, when abe lincoln was in office who was the president? but no, you have to make me do research

*gos to google and starts typing* to be continued

The Screaming Nazgul · 09-14-2005, 03:51 PM

im sorry i thought you lot at "the moot" liked a bit of brain cel activity now and again lol

Mercutio · 09-14-2005, 04:05 PM

1 Divorced
2 Beheaded
3 Died
4 Divorced
5 Beheaded
6 Survived

Names...?
Catherine
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn

That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

Count Comfect · 09-14-2005, 04:05 PM

name all Henry VIII wives in order that he married them and which ones he had beheaded, you could also name his children and who their mother was!

Catherine of Aragon - divorced, her daughter was Mary I
Anne Boleyn - beheaded, her daughter was Elizabeth I
Jane Seymour - died, her son was Edward VI
Anne of Cleves (or Kleves) - divorced
Catherine Howard - beheaded
Catherine Parr - survived him

rohirrim TR · 09-14-2005, 04:08 PM

Katharine,
anne boleyn beheaded, one daughter Elizabeth 1
jane seymour one son Edward 1
anne of cleves
catherine howard beheaded
catherine parr

Lotesse · 09-14-2005, 04:10 PM

Here's a link to the answer - so if you want to guess or whatever, don't click on the link. I friggin' LOVE google...

http://tudorhistory.org/wives/

Pytt · 09-14-2005, 04:12 PM

Yes. Google is almost as great as the entmoot. And that says something

rohirrim TR · 09-14-2005, 04:12 PM

dang

mercutio and count comfect beat me by like three minutes, after all that research too

oh well

*gos to fridge and drinks Henry weinhard root beer*

The Screaming Nazgul · 09-14-2005, 04:20 PM

Count Comfect you is top banana yeh!

must make question harder next time

The Screaming Nazgul · 09-14-2005, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rohirrim TR

dang

mercutio and count comfect beat me by like three minutes, after all that research too

oh well

*gos to fridge and drinks Henry weinhard root beer*

man at least you tried..... take comfort in your root beer which i personally think tastes just nasty

Count Comfect · 09-15-2005, 12:00 AM

Suppose I should ask one if I don't want this thread to die...

There are two names that have been the names of 8 English kings after the Norman Conquest (ie the number got up to [Name] VIII). What are the names?

Lotesse · 09-15-2005, 12:21 AM

Edward and Henry? No, no, George and Henry.

Count Comfect · 09-15-2005, 12:31 AM

You were right the first time.

Only VI Georges, I think. Definitely VIII Edwards and Henrys.

09-03-2005, 07:29 PM	#1
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Historical Trivia Questions If people have historical trivia questions, bring them here! For the starter question to the thread, research is allowed. Users can specify whether or not others are allowed to do research to answer the question. I just wanted to know if anyone here other than me knows the answer to this. If anyone here other than me does, I would like to give that person $5. I can't, unfortunately for him/her . That person's praise however, for having accurately answered my question, will be great. I doubt anyone here knows, but perhaps with research they could figure it out. QUESTION: According to the World Book, the first paper money was invented by the Chinese in the 600s AD. By how much time is the World Book off? __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

09-03-2005, 08:14 PM	#2
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	WARNING: I define "paper" just a little bit loosely. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

09-04-2005, 11:17 AM	#3
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Your question has no answer. The WB has that figure from it's sources so we're supposed to presume YOU have the correct date from ????????, not likely. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

09-04-2005, 11:37 AM	#4
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Hm, judging from memory the oldest Chinese writing was at least a few millennia old. Paper money is of course a different matter so I consulted google, out of curiosity. Takin the hint about the "loosely termed paper" I came up with this: "China was the first country to use paper money. Ancient paper money can be traced back to the Pai-Lu P'i-pi (white deer-skin money) of Han Dynasty (140 BC) and the Fei-Chien (flying money) of Tang Dynasty (618 AD)." __________________ We are not things.

09-14-2005, 03:32 AM	#5
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Oi! I do want to know whether I got close! __________________ We are not things.

09-14-2005, 03:36 PM	#7
The Screaming Nazgul Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: west midlands uk Posts: 35	a question! name all Henry VIII wives in order that he married them and which ones he had beheaded, you could also name his children and who their mother was! __________________ look out look out there's a nazgul about!

09-14-2005, 03:51 PM	#9
The Screaming Nazgul Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: west midlands uk Posts: 35	im sorry i thought you lot at "the moot" liked a bit of brain cel activity now and again lol __________________ look out look out there's a nazgul about!

09-14-2005, 04:05 PM	#10
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	1 Divorced 2 Beheaded 3 Died 4 Divorced 5 Beheaded 6 Survived Names...? Catherine Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn That's all I can remember off the top of my head. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-14-2005, 04:05 PM	#11
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	name all Henry VIII wives in order that he married them and which ones he had beheaded, you could also name his children and who their mother was! Catherine of Aragon - divorced, her daughter was Mary I Anne Boleyn - beheaded, her daughter was Elizabeth I Jane Seymour - died, her son was Edward VI Anne of Cleves (or Kleves) - divorced Catherine Howard - beheaded Catherine Parr - survived him __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

09-14-2005, 04:10 PM	#13
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Here's a link to the answer - so if you want to guess or whatever, don't click on the link. I friggin' LOVE google... http://tudorhistory.org/wives/ __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-14-2005, 04:12 PM	#14
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	Yes. Google is almost as great as the entmoot. And that says something __________________ Don't Panic!

09-14-2005, 04:20 PM	#16
The Screaming Nazgul Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: west midlands uk Posts: 35	Count Comfect you is top banana yeh! must make question harder next time __________________ look out look out there's a nazgul about!

09-15-2005, 12:00 AM	#18
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Suppose I should ask one if I don't want this thread to die... There are two names that have been the names of 8 English kings after the Norman Conquest (ie the number got up to [Name] VIII). What are the names? __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

09-15-2005, 12:21 AM	#19
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Edward and Henry? No, no, George and Henry. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-15-2005, 12:31 AM	#20
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	You were right the first time. Only VI Georges, I think. Definitely VIII Edwards and Henrys. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

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