Current Events > How well do you know your historical references? Here's a 10 part test.

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There are 10 things referenced. See how many you can post a short description for.

1. Goebbels.

2. Bleeding Kansas.

3. The Caravan of Death.

4. Berlin Wall.

5. Armenian Genocide.

6. Albert Speer.

7. Pitt the Elder.

8. Nicolas II.

9. Lord-Admiral Horatio Nelson.

10. Jim Crow.


5 is a pass, 8 is an excellent score.

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The Caravan of Death is the name of the band I was in high school
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chill02 posted...

The Caravan of Death is the name of the band I was in high school

I never knew you were in a failed boy band, chill.

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1. Hitler's close advisor. Often considered the architect of the Final Solution.

2. Nope.

3. I didn't know this, but I know of Pinochet in general.

4. Separated East and West Germany during the Cold War. Probably the consistently biggest hot-bed of political conflict in the Cold War.

5. The genocide of Armenians by the Turkish Government during WW1.

6. Name is familiar but didn't recognize him.

7. Also familiar but I was conjuring images of Greek historians, not a Brit Stateman.

8. Russian Emperor, in a time prior to the Bolshevik Revolution.

9. One of the finest admirals of Her Majesty's Navy! Famously asserted and cemented British supremacy on the waves through famous naval battles and policies.

10. An old slang term for a black person and namesake for Jim Crow laws after the resolution of the American Civil War up to the conclusion of the Civil Rights Movement.


6 outta 10!
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@Pogo_Marimo
@Ex-Kefiroth

These are some pretty good responses, I think. I didn't think many people on CE knew their history very well. I was also impressed by how Pogo said things.

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Caravan of Death:
Chile death squad killed close to 100 military prisoners in the early 1970s after a coup. One of the main guys died in 2006 after being indicted. Dude was like 90, lived way longer than he deserved.
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Just Jim Crowe and Berlin Wall.

I always hated History until I finally had a decent teacher for it but by then I was in college and had mssed out on pretty much all of it.
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