The Realm of Historic Triviality

[Aunty Em]

That's odd, I posted Scipio this morning? ?(

 

[Ardsgaine]

That's odd, I posted Scipio this morning? ?(

The Case of the Disappearing Posts...

You were right. Your go...

 

[Aunty Em]

OK - we know Alexander The Great ordered the city of Alexandria (Egypt) to be built in 332-331 BC, but who designed it and what was his nationality?

I bet ris knows this one.

 

[ris]

ris has a fair idea it's ptolemies but my guess at nationality would either be egyptian [my history knowledge isn't too brilliant on those sorts of things]

 

[Ardsgaine]

I couldn't come up with the answer, so I cheated. It turned out to be someone who's name I've never heard before in my life. *sigh*

 

[Aunty Em]

ris has a fair idea it's ptolemies but my guess at nationality would either be egyptian [my history knowledge isn't too brilliant on those sorts of things]

I'm disappointed. I thought you would know being an architect. A clue - he was a greek.

 

[Aunty Em]

OK - it's about 12 hours - first one back with the answer after looking it up wins.

 

[Ardsgaine]

Dinocrates? That's what I found on the web, and of course, everything on the web is absolutely true.

 

[Aunty Em]

That's true anyway.

 

[Ardsgaine]

Okay... here's an easy one:

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

John Wilkes Booth

I'm a damn Genius!

 

[Ardsgaine]

John Wilkes Booth

I'm a damn Genius!

Heheh! Okay, genius. Give us a hard one...

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

think... think... think...

 

[ris]

ris has a fair idea it's ptolemies but my guess at nationality would either be egyptian [my history knowledge isn't too brilliant on those sorts of things]

I'm disappointed. I thought you would know being an architect. A clue - he was a greek.

i checked my big-ol' history book after all this passed and while i got the name wrong i got the country of origin thing right. bear in mind that my big old history book is the only one i have and doesn't have his name at all. we only did one course on architectural history and that was only on western architecture [greek onwards] and it was 7 years ago.

just be glad i got anywhere near, i'm a c20th archi boy

 

[Aunty Em]

John Wilkes Booth

I'm a damn Genius!

Ooh, ooh, I knew that! Is there anyone who didn't?

 

[Aunty Em]

i checked my big-ol' history book after all this passed and while i got the name wrong i got the country of origin thing right. bear in mind that my big old history book is the only one i have and doesn't have his name at all. we only did one course on architectural history and that was only on western architecture [greek onwards] and it was 7 years ago.

just be glad i got anywhere near, i'm a c20th archi boy

Well lets face it ris it's historical trivia anyway - I wouldn't have known if I hadn't taken Alixandria as my middle name years ago. It's always good to know who built the thing you've named yourself after.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

How was it that in 1917 General Allenby took Jerusalem without firing a shot?

 

[Aunty Em]

How was it that in 1917 General Allenby took Jerusalem without firing a shot?

I was under the impression that it fell after a day of fighting which began on 8 Dec, but that Allenby didn't enter the city until 11 Dec on foot, 2 weeks before his Christmas deadline. I presume you say that's why there were no shots fired.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Not according to my database. However you're more than welcome to correct me if my information is inaccurate.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Leaflets were dropped from planes which contained text that caused horror among the population causing them to flee. What was written on the leaflets, anyone?