FunTrivia History Mix: Vol 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: China

Germany had exercised effective control over the rich province of Shandong since the 1890's, and the Paris Peace Conference had the task of deciding what to do with this province, since Germany was being stripped of all such foreign possessions. Instead of restoring control to China, they capitulated to Japanese demands and gave it to Japan. U.S. president Woodrow Wilson gave in to Japan in exchange for Japan's support for his League of Nations proposal, an example of the give and take which went on throughout the Paris Peace Conference.

Question by player chessart

Answer: Auschwitz I

The camp at Auschwitz, actually a network of three large camps (Auschwitz I, II and III) and around forty-five smaller sites, was responsible for the deaths of just about 1.15 million people. (This has been the accepted figure among Holocaust scholars since the early 1990s). Auschwitz I, the smallest camp of the three, was originally a Polish army barracks and was the administrative centre for the camp, at least during its early existence. On September 3rd 1941 an experiment on Russian and Polish prisoners took place in the basement cellar of Block 11 to test the effectiveness of the chemical 'Zyklon B' as an agent for the murder of large numbers of people by gassing. Prisoners unfortunate enough to be confined within Block 11 were brutalised in many ways and, horrifyingly, it is estimated that several thousand people died there, predominantly through gassing in the cellar or against the 'Wall of Death', where they were shot.

The 'success' of the experiment at Block 11 encouraged the Nazi regime to begin the construction of Auschwitz II, which included the main extermination camp, in October 1941.

Question by player SisterSeagull

Answer: Cicero

Cicero was born Marcus Tullius Cicero in 106 BCE. Writing a century later, the Roman historian Plutarch said that he got his *cognomen* or personal surname because he had a wart the size of a chickpea on his nose (*Cicer* is the Latin word for *chick pea*). We know that his father was also called Marcus Tullius Cicero, so modern historians think that his family made its fortune by growing chickpeas. Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE on Mark Antony's orders.

Question by player chabenao1

Answer: Mexico

The Conquistador Hernán Cortés is credited with introducing Europeans in the 1520s to both of these Aztec/Mayan treats, although the Spanish kept them as secrets for themselves for several years. Chocolate didn't reach England until the 1650s.

Question by player sportsherald

Answer: Vikings

The Battle of Largs, in October 1263, was between Scottish forces under Alexander of Dundonald, also known as Alexander Stewart, and Vikings led by Haakon IV of Norway. Stewart was aided by the clever strategies of the young king, Alexander III. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Scots were unbeaten, and the Vikings withdrew.

This brought an end to 500 years of Viking raids and incursions, and started a period of prosperity for Scotland. Alexander III subsequently was able to acquire The Hebrides and the Isle of Man from the successor of Haakon IV, Magnus VI of Norway, through the Treaty of Perth in 1266.

Question by player Upstart3

Answer: An armed auxiliary police force

With Ireland in the midst of revolutionary fervor from 1916 onwards, the police force, the Royal Irish Constabulary, was stretched to breaking point. The Government formed a force of armed auxiliaries from among soldiers who had served in the Great War. Because their uniforms were initially a mixture of Army khaki and police black, they were daubed 'The Black and Tans' after a pack of foxhounds that had the same colours.

The 'Tans' were noted for their robust, some claimed brutal, law-enforcement style.

Question by player darksplash

Answer: Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital city of Haiti, considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world. The 7.0 Magnitude earthquake had its epicenter only 16 miles from Port-au-Prince! The government of Haiti has estimated the death toll at 316,000.

Question by player abelinio

Answer: Herodotus

Herodotus was the first man in known history to write a true "history", chronicling the actual events, with no embellishments as in earlier epic poems such as Homer's Iliad.

Question by player XCrunner25

Answer: Wyoming

This treaty guaranteed the Sioux Indians ownership of the Black Hills and gave them further land and hunting rights in nearby states.

Question by player Grad56

Answer: Delaware

Delaware was the first state to enter the Union, on December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania was the second to join.

Question by player YeuxdelaMere