History Quiz

[USViking]

Ok. What event allowed Bismarck to finagle a way to entice France to declare war in 1870 leading to German Unification?

The Ems telegram.

Bismarck did some creative editing on a message
from the King of Prussia describing an interview
the King had with the French Ambassador.

Bismarck made it look as though the Ambassador
had insulted the King.

Popular passions were inflamed, and war ensued.



Question:
In 1919 Russia actually conducted Democratic elections.

Although the bolsheviks were slaughtered at the ballot box,
they held a preponderance of guns and bayonnets, and were
able to dismiss the elected delegates when the delegates arrived
to assume power.

It was on this occasion that this bolshevik leader used
the famous phrase "trash can of history" to describe the fate of the delegates.

 

[freeandfun1]

I could have sworn that something to do with Spain is what led to the war and that Bismark had his hand in it somehow. I just don't recall all the details.

 

[freeandfun1]

The Ems telegram.

Bismarck did some creative editing on a message
from the King of Prussia describing an interview
the King had with the French Ambassador.

Bismarck made it look as though the Ambassador
had insulted the King.

Popular passions were inflamed, and war ensued.



Question:
In 1919 Russia actually conducted Democratic elections.

Although the bolsheviks were slaughtered at the ballot box,
they held a preponderance of guns and bayonnets, and were
able to dismiss the elected delegates when the delegates arrived
to assume power.

It was on this occasion that this bolshevik leader used
the famous phrase "trash can of history" to describe the fate of the delegates.

Stalin?

 

[USViking]

I could have sworn that something to do with Spain is what led to the war and that Bismark had his hand in it somehow. I just don't recall all the details.

The vacant Spanish crown was being offered
to a member of the Prussian royal family.

The French naturally did not want Prussian
rulers on both sides of the border, and Bismarck,
who desired war with France, manipulated the
affair to acheive this end.

 

[Said1]

The Ems telegram.

Bismarck did some creative editing on a message
from the King of Prussia describing an interview
the King had with the French Ambassador.

Bismarck made it look as though the Ambassador
had insulted the King.

Popular passions were inflamed, and war ensued.



Question:
In 1919 Russia actually conducted Democratic elections.

Although the bolsheviks were slaughtered at the ballot box,
they held a preponderance of guns and bayonnets, and were
able to dismiss the elected delegates when the delegates arrived
to assume power.

It was on this occasion that this bolshevik leader used
the famous phrase "trash can of history" to describe the fate of the delegates.

Trosky

 

[USViking]

Stalin?

No, sorry.

Hint: Stalin and he were the bitterest of enemies.

 

[USViking]

Trosky

Correct! Question?

 

[freeandfun1]

Correct! Question?

I just watched something on them today and Trosky was my second guess. Darn it! :firing:

 

[freeandfun1]

The vacant Spanish crown was being offered
to a member of the Prussian royal family.

The French naturally did not want Prussian
rulers on both sides of the border, and Bismarck,
who desired war with France, manipulated the
affair to acheive this end.

Yes!! Now I remember!

 

[Said1]

Correct! Question?

Woohoo, I didn't cheat either. Who was responsible for building (or overseeing the construction of) the subway system in 19?? in Russia somewhere?



Only thing I could think of off the top of my head, probably not an accurate question.

 

[Annie]

Woohoo, I didn't cheat either. Who was responsible for building (or overseeing the construction of) the subway system in 19?? in Russia somewhere?



Only thing I could think of off the top of my head, probably not an accurate question.

I am clueless. I'd have to google!

 

[USViking]

Woohoo, I didn't cheat either. Who was responsible for building (or overseeing the construction of) the subway system in 19?? in Russia somewhere?



Only thing I could think of off the top of my head, probably not an accurate question.

Khruschev was in charge of construction of the Moscow Metro-
is that what you are referring to?

 

[Said1]

Khruschev was in charge of construction of the Moscow Metro-
is that what you are referring to?

No.

 

[Annie]

No.

Hey, where's the hints?

 

[Said1]

Hey, where's the hints?

Hint: "The Wolf of the Kremlin"

Moscow subway system, 1935 - I double checked.

 

[USViking]

No.

According to this link K. is one correct answer:

http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/trave....xml&sSheet=/travel/2005/04/02/ixtrvhome.html

(quote from the link):
"It was not until December 1931, during Stalin's first Five-Year Plan, that construction started, under the direction of two young Communists - (deleted-USV) and Nikita Khrushchev."

Were you thinking of the individual whose name I deleted?

I'll give someone else a chance to give the answer you have in mind,
unless you give a hint that clues me in.

 

[Annie]

According to this link K. is one correct answer:

http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/trave....xml&sSheet=/travel/2005/04/02/ixtrvhome.html

(quote from the link):
"It was not until December 1931, during Stalin's first Five-Year Plan, that construction started, under the direction of two young Communists - (deleted-USV) and Nikita Khrushchev."

Were you thinking of the individual whose name I deleted?

I'll give someone else a chance to give the answer you have in mind,
unless you give a hint that clues me in.

I cheated. Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich
Right?

 

[Annie]

http://users.cyberone.com.au/myers/kaganovich.html

Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich, Stalin's closest confidant, the chairman of the Soviet Presidium, the man who set up the amalgamation of the state security forces that later became the infamous KGB, the man who personally supervised the purges that ran rampant through Russia in the thirties and forties, the man who

{p. 15} instituted more restrictions and quotas on the Jews than anyone else, the man who urged and orchestrated the deaths of 20 million people, the man who brought Khrushchev to power, the man who was in charge of building this fantastic subway system - which bore his name for over twenty years - the ultimate Jew-hater himself, and the only Jew in the hierarchy. ... {but Beria, head of the NKVD (Cheka, KGB), was also a Jew; see p. 256 below}

 

[Said1]

According to this link K. is one correct answer:

http://travel.telegraph.co.uk/trave....xml&sSheet=/travel/2005/04/02/ixtrvhome.html

(quote from the link):
"It was not until December 1931, during Stalin's first Five-Year Plan, that construction started, under the direction of two young Communists - (deleted-USV) and Nikita Khrushchev."

Were you thinking of the individual whose name I deleted?

I'll give someone else a chance to give the answer you have in mind,
unless you give a hint that clues me in.

It was named after the second person. Based on what I've read, he was the main person overseeing the subway project(in fact, Krushchev wasn't mentioned). Anyway, I want the other name.

 

[freeandfun1]

I cheated. Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich
Right?

Interesting that he was a Jew (by birth) that oversaw the death of millions of Jews in the Ukraine.