With all the trivia going on, I thought I'd try throwing in a History trivia thread as well. As with previous trivia questions, the first member to give a correct answer gets to post a new question.

The rules are simple:

1. Be the first to answer correctly and you "win".

2. When posting a question, be sure you know the facts and that the events/places/subject matter are real. You may also post a link to a photo and ask a sort-of "What/where am I?" type question as well.

Let's start with a fairly easy one to begin with, shall we?

At 803 feet in length and 135 feet in diameter,
the LZ-129 made its last flight on May 6.

What was the name of the LZ-129?
AND
What was the year?

Good luck!! * :thumbsup:

I can't belive that 3 people saw this & didn't answer.

It's the Hindenburg disaster at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst
in '37 Lucifer is talking about.

The "Spruce Goose", 1947

*No way, huh?

I have to agree with Knowze.

One of the lesser known facts about this disaster was that 62 of 97 people (61 crewmen, 36 passengers) survived it. Considering what the force of the explosion (we all know what happens when hydrogen is ignited) must have been like - i'd consider myself well lucky if i managed to walk away from somehting like that *:0

He he he...d@mn wb, you got me giggling on that one! *:thumbsup:


Way to go Knowze, it is indeed the Hindenburgh, and the date is correct as well.

The floor is yours:

It is December 1914 and the area is Northern France and
Belgium. *Somthing extraordinary is happening. *What is it?
Similar events have happend throughout history but this one
is different. Why?

Okay, post as much information on tha subject as you like, as
long as you answer both questions.

(I'm not a(n)* historian, so if you beg to differ on anything,
feel free to do so but make sure you have some proof)



* ???

Isn't that when the first "Night bombing" raids took place? I beleive that there was also a universal cease-fire for Christmas Day in 1914 in which troops were allowed to gather the bodies of their fallen commarades…and I beleive there was a soccer game of sorts played that (Christmas) day between the opposing forces if I recall reading somewhere.

Am I close???

Lucifer,
You correct, it's the christmas truce, but you failed to answer
the second question, which I added to eliminate the december 21st
night air raid against German artillery.
But since you mentiond the football match between the Scots
and the Germans (Score 3-2 to zee Germans), *I'll step down
from my seat of power & hand it back tou you.

BTW, the unoficial truce wasn't universal. :iftherewasapoutingemoticonI'duseit: :2devilish:

Thanks Knowze.

Ok, and we are off again. Time to dust off your history books and find an answer to this:

Physicians in the 14th Century did not know the cause of the plague, but they did know it was contagious. To protect themselves, they wore a biohazard suit which had a large beaked head piece. The beak of the head piece, (which made them look like large birds), was filled with:

What were the "beaks" filled with? *
**The first one to name at least 2 of the items wins.**

Good Luck!! :thumbsup:

Wood, charcoal, and rubber


J/K, I really don't know, but I suppose it would be poseys and something else........

Just a guess. *Probably cotton & charcoal (as a filter) and some sort of flower petals (for the smell).

Well the only thing the beaks would have protected them from is the smell of death. The beaks were filled with various strong smelling compounds eg. vinegar and aromatic oils in an attempt to counteract the stench of the dead and dying victims (and the general squalor a lot of the unfortunate sufferers would have ‘lived’ in).

:read:

[SIZE=2]WINNER![/SIZE]

Way to go Gideon! *:thumbsup:

The floor is yours:

Oooops, nearly forgot about this one (cheers for the nudge Luc * )

OK – we all know that Napoleon and Wellington had a bit of a punch up at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, but there was also a third major protagonist involved. What I want to know is:

1) Who was this third person?
2) Who’s side was he on?
3) Where were his troops from?



(For anybody that has never heard of Napoleon, he was the short French dude in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure; and Wellington is the dude the boots were named after *)

Shouldn't be too difficult.....................

That third person was none other than Sir Blackadder himself....
....No, wait a minute, he wasn't even supposed to be there.
I guess you must be refering to Marshal Blüchers Prussian army
who were fighting with Wellingtons <strike>boots</strike> army.

*Note the cleaver little accent above the U. *When so much
care has clearly been used on the presentation, you just know
it'll recive top marks no matter how accurate it is.

Wow - deja vu *:0 *he he

Yes of course you're right KG (and you do get bonus points for the accent * ).

Take it away * *:thumbsup:

-It seems there is a large orange head flowing towards us.-
-No, that's the celts-

- Percy & Blackadder in England at the time of the Romans

(Was it Celts or was it Saxons or what? I can't remember the exact quote.)

Okay, I do believe that I left this one up for grabs so I shall
stay with that decision.

The floor is open.

Thank you KG, I don't mind if I do.......

* * A little American History:

* * Other than being the 50th birthday of our great nation, what is the date 07/04/1826 famous/notorious for?

Uhhh, all I can think of is that that's the day that John Adams died.

is this it?

Jefferson and Adams thus died on 7/04/1826 at 16:050(111). It is curious that replacing 7 and 4 with their corresponding letters turns 704 into G0D. What an interesting observation. 50 is the 10 of cups, representing Utopia on Earth to me. NO, the world that was manifest from the seeds planted in 1776 was not a utopia ... but it was as close as spirit could produce at that time

Close enough, A.J. *The floor is yours.......

yeah its ok i justred wanted to answer the question your up Gab.... i didn a good job though :thumbsup: