History Quiz

[Annie]

Name of the WW2 Operation to capture North Africa.

torch?

 

[IControlThePast]

torch?

Yes

 

[Annie]

Yes

US troops now trying to flush out foreign insurgents in Iraq. What is the name of the task?

 

[Comrade]

US troops now trying to flush out foreign insurgents in Iraq. What is the name of the task?

I always wondered why they call it Operation Matador when there's no longer any Spanish troops in Iraq. Is this some kind of homage to the brave troops of Spain who were sold out by their sniveling politicians?

 

[Annie]

I always wondered why they call it Operation Matador when there's no longer any Spanish troops in Iraq. Is this some kind of homage to the brave troops of Spain who were sold out by their sniveling politicians?

Good point on correct answer. As another.

 

[Comrade]

Which nations' leader of the 20th Century wins the 'Grim Reaper' award?

That is, which nation suffered more regime inflicted deaths per day, as a proportion of the total population, that any other leader or regime?

 

[Annie]

Which nations' leader of the 20th Century wins the 'Grim Reaper' award?

That is, which nation suffered more regime inflicted deaths per day, as a proportion of the total population, that any other leader or regime?

Soviet Union?

 

[Annie]

2nd thought: Iraq

 

[Comrade]

Keep going... the regime in question lost some 25% of it's population in a few short years.

 

[Annie]

Keep going... the regime in question lost some 25% of it's population in a few short years.

Ok, North Korea?

 

[Said1]

Which nations' leader of the 20th Century wins the 'Grim Reaper' award?

That is, which nation suffered more regime inflicted deaths per day, as a proportion of the total population, that any other leader or regime?

Cambodia

 

[Annie]

Cambodia

Hmmm, has he disappeared? Sending for the Black Knight!

Why don't you google and find the correct answer?

 

[KarlMarx]

Hmmm, has he disappeared? Sending for the Black Knight!

Why don't you google and find the correct answer?

Stalin

 

[USViking]

I am not sure this is a question which can be answered with confidence of certainty. Several answers given so far are plausible. The one major candidate left out so far seems to be Mao.

 

[Semper Fi]

I'm pretty sure Stalin lost a lot of people in both World Wars. That or France and its casualties. doubt it though.

 

[Annie]

I'm pretty sure Stalin lost a lot of people in both World Wars. That or France and its casualties. doubt it though.

Stalin wasn't in power for WWI, besides which, they made a seperate peace.

Stalin killed untold millions of his own people. Many were political, some were revolts, some were pograms. Evil, evil man.

 

[Semper Fi]

Stalin wasn't in power for WWI,

Of course! where was my head?!

 

[Comrade]

I was going for Cambodia, so I give Said1 the credit. I know Pol Pot was in power for only 3 years and managed to kill off 25% of his population in that time, which is 8% a year, give or take. I think that has Stalin and Mao both beat, if you look at their rates over time.

 

[USViking]

I was going for Cambodia, so I give Said1 the credit. I know Pol Pot was in power for only 3 years and managed to kill off 25% of his population in that time, which is 8% a year, give or take. I think that has Stalin and Mao both beat, if you look at their rates over time.

Said1 said she was too blitzed to ask a question, and asked me to fill in.


Question:
Military junta led by this general deposed Sihanouk of Cambodia,
they in turn fell to the Khmer Rouge.

 

[Annie]

with a little help from the questioner:

General Lon Nol