History Quiz

[Annie]

Well, to be fair we were playing it in 2000 and didn't know it was made in 1968 :tng:

Right. Now to the question...

The least documented of the Caesars, yet the most cruel of them.It may well be that history has done him a wrong, yet the facts do not yet support that...

 

[IControlThePast]

Servius Galba?

 

[Comrade]

Right. Now to the question...

Caligula?

 

[Annie]

Servius Galba?

Nope, though I must admit, he was more obscure than mine...

 

[Annie]

Caligula?

You got it. Come play!

 

[Comrade]

Often called the 'rehearsal for Normandy', where was it, and did it succeed?

 

[Annie]

Often called the 'rehearsal for Normandy', where was it?

Callais? Perhaps too obvious...

 

[Comrade]

Nope, keep trying!

 

[Comrade]

Hint:

Exercise Tiger

 

[Semper Fi]

Often called the 'rehearsal for Normandy', where was it, and did it succeed?

Operation Jubilee by the Brits at Dieppe, France. Failed, British suffered tremendous losses.

 

[Comrade]

Both you and Kathianne had good answers, but I was thinking of this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3656939.stm

The US soldiers died during the eight-day Exercise Tiger, which used the beach in Slapton, south Devon, to practice D-Day landings because of its similarity to the Normandy invasion sites.

About 30,000 men and 300 ships were involved in the operation.

http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/slapton.html

The U.S. lost three times as many soldiers in this exercise (troop transports sunk by German E-boats) than were lost on Utah beach.


Anyway, either you get the next question, since both you're answers are also just as valid.

 

[Comrade]

I was actually thinking of this event:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3656939.stm

A D-Day invasion rehearsal in which hundreds of US servicemen were killed has been remembered in a series of events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the tragedy.
A total of 749 US military personnel were lost when German E boats launched a surprise attack on an Allied convoy.

The US soldiers were killed in the English Channel on 28 April, 1944.

Veterans gathered for a service at St Michael's and All Angels church in Stokenham, south Devon.


The memorial service was followed by a wreath-laying ceremony a few miles away at a US Sherman tank which was recovered in 1984 after being lost at sea during the operation.


Almost 800 US soldiers lost their lives in the D-Day rehearsal
The US soldiers died during the eight-day Exercise Tiger, which used the beach in Slapton, south Devon, to practice D-Day landings because of its similarity to the Normandy invasion sites.

About 30,000 men and 300 ships were involved in the operation.

I read that three times as many US troops were lost in this exercise than those which died in the actual invasion of Utah beach alone.

Anyway, both of you had reasonable answers, so either of you can pose the next question.

 

[Semper Fi]

Since I'm here I suppose I'll get my head in the game...

What was the name of the first prospector who found gold in present-day Fairbanks, Alaska?

 

[Comrade]

Mr. Fairbanks?

//worth a try

 

[padisha emperor]

carmack ?

 

[Said1]

Since I'm here I suppose I'll get my head in the game...

What was the name of the first prospector who found gold in present-day Fairbanks, Alaska?

I know this is wrong, but they're the only names I can think of; Harris and Juneu?

 

[padisha emperor]

Anchorage ? (we're in the cities, so...)

 

[Said1]

Anchorage ? (we're in the cities, so...)

It's a person who found gold there, before it was the city of Fairbanks. The city is probably named after him, like Juneau.

 

[USViking]

Since I'm here I suppose I'll get my head in the game...

What was the name of the first prospector who found gold in present-day Fairbanks, Alaska?

Somebody google this so we can move on!

 

[Said1]

Somebody google this so we can move on!

Go for it.