Random trivia

[Metalheadlady]

Randy was born December 6, 1956 at Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.  I have the odd feeling you'd probably want someone else to ask some, so I won't ask another quite yet.

 

[Mosh]

it doesn't really matter who asks it.

 

[Perun]

New one:


What did Mustafa Kemal Paşa, better known to history as Atatürk, order his troops at Gallipoli to do when they ran out of ammunition to fire at the invading Allies?

 

[Deleted member 7164]

Easy. To stand ground and die so reinforcements have time to come.

 

[Forostar]

Did it work?

 

[Perun]

The Allied invasion was repelled.

And yes, Zare is right.

 

[Onhell]

Might as well ask this here since it's just a simple question for all y'all historians.

How many TROOPS died in WWII?

How many people OVERALL?

And... if you're bored, can you break down the troop loss by country? THANKS!

 

[LooseCannon]

Do you want me to recall it from rote or just link you to Wiki?

 

[Onhell]

Either one works...

 

[Onhell]

I see you weren't being serious...

 

[LooseCannon]

Sorry, pal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_ii_casualties

 

[Onhell]

woohoo! Thanks!

 

[TheJuggernaut]

Name 3 musicians that were associated with Alanis Morissette in the 90's and were in established bands (or went on to join established bands).

 

[Forostar]

The following 8 cities are the oldest in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switserland and have continuously been inhabited.

Try to put them in order of existence (age). The countries in bold are the current locations.
(From tomorrow early morning til May 1st I won't be here, but I am curious to see the answers next week, and then we'll see who comes closest. Thanks in advance!)

France
Marseille
Paris
Verdun

Germany
Trier

Netherlands
Nijmegen

Switserland
Chur
Solothurn
Zürich

 

[chaosapiant]

Bamboo is the tallest grass in the world.

 

[Forostar]

The following 8 cities are the oldest in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland and have continuously been inhabited.

Try to put them in order of existence (age). The countries in bold are the current locations.
(From tomorrow early morning til May 1st I won't be here, but I am curious to see the answers next week, and then we'll see who comes closest. Thanks in advance!)

France
Marseille
Paris
Verdun

Germany
Trier

Netherlands
Nijmegen

Switserland
Chur
Solothurn
Zürich

Err yeah, I assume this was too difficult. I can hardly imagine that no one was interested in old European cities.
Here the answer:

Historical region
Location

1. Marseille (as Massilia) Gaul France 600 BC
2. Paris Lutetia France 52 BC
3. Zürich (Lindenhof) Gaul Switzerland ca. 50 BC
4. Trier Gallia Belgica Germany 30 BC
5. Nijmegen Germania Inferior Netherlands 19 BC
6. Chur Raetia Prima Grisons, Switzerland 15 BC
7. Solothurn Gaul Switzerland c. 20 AD
8. Verdun Lotharingia France 4th century  

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

I was unsure about where to put this (here or in the footy thread) but here goes:

One footballer who played for Liverpool was knighted for his achievements in football. Who was it?

Spoiler

Sir Matt Busby!

 

[Forostar]

Ace question.

From which country came the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time?

 

[LooseCannon]

Finland.

 

[Forostar]

Yes!

Eino Ilmari Juutilainen (21 February 1914–21 February 1999) was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force), and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. This makes him the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force, leading all Finnish pilots in score against Soviet aircraft in World War II (1939–40 and 1941–1944), with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories in 437 sorties. According to himself he achieved a total of 126 victories. He achieved 34 of his victories while flying the Brewster Buffalo fighter.