BH103 for a Blue Sky Day
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Feeling slightly at a loss for things to do on Tuesday night. This is because our QLL opponents cancelled on us this week and we have next week off. So: bubkus to do. What you say? Go back to doing whatever you did before on those particular evenings? I can't even remember that far back.
Also, I've enabled and started moderating the comments so anyone can leave their little typographical footprint below each post. I dunno why I didn't allow it before.
Le Quiz
This quiz is basically predicated around two themes: the world and war. Which are quite substantial as it is.
The questions have been set from (just so I don't get funny and therefore unfunny accusations chucked at me) Nicholas Hobbes's Essential Militaria and Patricia Schultz's 1,000 Places To See Before You Die (yes, I've used the latter publication again. I was encouraged to do so when I saw its entry on the Ida Davidsen sandwich restaurant in Copenhagen, which was a question at the 2005 EQC, and since the Euros are coming, it wouldn't do any harm looking through all these famous places I have never heard of before in my entire life).
1 Now known as the Indian state of Orissa, which region was conquered in 261BC and saw more than 100,000 of the region's inhabitants killed by the invasion of the emperor Ashoka?
2 The greatest sea battle of the Peloponnesian War, which 406BC naval clash saw 150 Athenian triremes defeat 120 Spartan vessels, though six of the eight Athenian generals involved in the engagement were later executed for failing to pick up survivors?
3 In medieval times, what sort of weapon or piece of military equipment was a "culverin"?
4 Five times the size of Great Britain, which highly restricted area of Australia in the Northern Territory is owned and managed by the Gummulkbun Aboriginal people, whose home it has been for 65,000 years?
5 Among the world's lowest and smallest volcanoes, which volcano in Tagaytay on Luzon in the Philippines is renowned for its blue and green panorama and had its first recorded eruption in 1572?
6 In which city will you find the national museum known as the Bardo, a complex of 13th to 19th century buildings that includes the Beylical Palace and houses Africa's largest and perhaps finest selection of ancient mosaics?
7 The city of Luxor stands on the site of which ancient city, once the flourishing capital of Egypt's New Kingdom?
8 Famous for its dates and olives, which oasis in Egypt's Western Desert is located near the Libyan border on a centuries-old caravan route and made news headlines in 1995 when the alleged tomb of Alexander the Great (who passed through in 331BC) was discovered?
9 Situated at a stunning site on the "Danish Riviera", which museum of modern art was opened in Humlebaek in 1958 and shares its name with a US state?
10 Including the Royal Palace and Cathedral, which majestic complex of Gothic and Renaissance buildings presides over Krakow from a high, rocky valley above the Vistula River and was the Polish royal residence for more than 500 years?
11 Found in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland, which 11,400-foot high terminus has been the highest railway station in the world for more than a century?
12 Misleadingly called a "Forest", which enormous 250 acre walled arboretum in Coimbra has been tended by local monks for centuries and was the site of the last summer residence built by the Portuguese monarchy (commissioned in 1834 and completed in 1907, one year before Carlos I's assassination)?
13 Which rich Armenian tycoon, who died in 1955, bequeathed one of the world's greatest art collections to Portugal that is now housed in an eponymous museum in Lisbon?
14 Built for the Dominican order in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, which major Florentine church is home to the pulpit from which Galileo was denounced for saying the earth orbited the Sun, a Ghirlandaio fresco that is situated behind the main altar and Masaccio's Trinita, the first painting created using perfect linear mathematical perspective?
15 Which city, nicknamed "la Grassa" meaning "the Fat One", is home to the food district known as the Quadrilatero?
16 Described by Mark Twain as "the Lear of inanimate nature - deserted, discrowned, beaten by the storms, but royal still, and beautiful", which German red sandstone castle was built by the Prince Electors over three centuries (1400-1620) and was sacked by Louis XIV's troops in 1689?
17 Opened in 1897, which city is home to the world renowned Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten?
18 What is also known as the "Swabian Sea"?
19 Which wine region is home to the Montrachet, Meursault and Pommard vineyards as well as the Cote d'Or ("Golden Slope")?
20 Strasbourg, as in the home of the European Parliament, is associated with which regional peasant-style speciality made of sauerkraut, bacon, potatoes, pork and various sausages?
21 Which legendary Ulster warrior of Irish myth was said to have created the Giant's Causeway as a bridge to his lady love on the Scottish island of Staffa?
22 Which battle of 260BC resulted in the execution of every one of the 400,000 survivors from the Chinese state of Zhao's 450,000-strong army when they surrendered to the Qin general Bo Qi?
23 Issued on April 30, 1945, what did the order codenamed Regenbogen demand?
24 Who was the Mayan god of war?
25 Which dam on the river Ruhr, with a capacity of 72 million cubic metres, was not breached during the Dambusters raid of May 17, 1943?
26 Task Force 777 is the special forces of which country?
27 Started by an inflammatory Bolivian postage stamp, conflict arose between Bolivia and Paraguay in 1932 over the contentious sovereignty of which border region?
28 In Irish legend, the War of the Brown Bull came about when which queen of Connacht became jealous of her husband's great "white-horned" bull Finnbhenach and stole the bull Donn from an Ulster chieftain?
29 Which military figure of the 20th century believed he had led seven past lives, including a prehistoric mammoth hunter, a Greek hoplite who fought the Persians, a Napoleonic marshal and Hannibal?
30 The Okonyktia, meaning "eight nights", was part of which ancient military training regime?
31 What line in Shakespeare's Henry V comes after: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"?
32 Thanks to sinking 47 ships with 274,386 tonnage, who is credited with being the greatest German U-Boat ace of World War Two?
33 Which Russian aircraft was the most produced fighter or bomber of World War Two with 42,330 units built?
34 Which Governor's daughter led a troop of women who broke the siege at Marseilles in 1524 during the war between the French king and the Constable of Bourbon, and dug a mined trench known as the Tranchee des Dames that became the Boulevard des Dames?
35 Which king famously lamented: "God is an Englishman"?
36 In the British army, what rank comes between Major General and Colonel?
37 At which battle was the ancient Greek king Pyrrhus finally defeated by the Romans in 275BC?
38 What was the animal mascot of the French ship, the Chasse Maree, that was wrecked in 1805?
39 What is the Latin motto of the Royal Marines?
40 Surmounting impossible odds, 12,300 Berbers and Arabs under Tarik ibn Ziyad defeated the Visigoth King Roderic's army of 90,000 at which 711 battle? Afterwards, the Jews of Toledo welcomed the Muslim conquerors as liberators.
41 On a Roman legionary's suit of armour, what were "ocreae"?
42 A commodore at the time, Horatio Nelson fought aboard which ship when he won the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797
43 Often cited as the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, where did the Lancastrians/Tudors win on June 16, 1487?
44 Which aircraft manufacturers made the following bombers: a) B-17 Flying Fortress b) Lancaster c) Vulcan d) B-1 Lancer e) Grumman B-2 Spirit?
45 Which mid-3rd century Greek theorist was the author of the earliest work on military tactics, though only On Siegecraft survives of his oeuvre?
46 Which military theorist (1669-1752) wrote New Discoveries About War and coined the phrase "fog of war"?
47 Who wrote the classic Montana-set novel A River Runs Through It?
48 In which US state capital will you find The Mark Twain House at 351 Farmington Avenue?
49 What is the name of Robert Louis Stevenson's home located three miles south of Apia on the Samoan island of Upolu?
50 The Sepik River is said to inspire the same reverence to natives of which country, as the Congo does to Africans and the Amazon to South Americans?
51 "Discovered" by Captain William Bligh in 1789 just days after the mutiny on The Bounty, Aitutaki is in which group of islands?
52 What place in Laos, 130 miles northwest of Vientiane in the mountainous north, has a name meaning City of the Buddha of Peace, and was where royalty held court until its abolition in 1975?
53 Reached by boat on the Mekong river from Pakse, what complex of hilltop temples in Champassak in Laos was built in stages between the 6th and 14th centuries (thus predating Angkor Wat by 200 years) and was rediscovered in 1866?
54 The fifth largest in the world, what diamond made its first public appearance on the coronation turban of Mehmet IV in 1648 and is now on display in the Topkapi Palace?
55 In which capital will you find Durbar Square ("Durbar" meaning "palace"), home to more than 50 temples, shrines and old palaces, including Kumari Ghar, the three-storied residence of the Kumari Devi (Living Goddees)?
56 Taking place during the end of October and start of November, the Hindu holiday of the Tihar Festival honours which god or goddess?
57 What is the meaning of Mount Everest's alternative name Chomolungma?
58 One of the largest animal markets in Rajasthan's Thar Desert, what Pushkar fair takes place each November before the full moon and is said to be unequalled for its colour, costume, music and festivities?
59 What name is given to the narrow, labyrinthine alleyways of Beijing where only the awning-covered vehicles can maneuver?
60 The capital of Wadi Hadhramawt since the 3rd century AD and believed to look today much as it did in the 5th century, which city was in its heyday the most celebrated Arabic Islamic city in Yemen and is known for 500 clay-tower buildings of up to eight stories all crammed into less than a third of a square mile?
61 Having its entrance by the gate in the northern wall at Bab al'Amarah, which magnificent mosque in the Old City quarter of Damascus was once the site of the Basilica of St John the Baptist (his head is believed to be buried to be buried in the mosque's sanctuary) until the Muslims arrived in 636AD and is considered one of Islam's greatest architectural achievements?
62 The Al-Ain/Buraimi oasis straddles the border of which country and which sultanate?
63 Known for tombs dating back to 100BC and often compared to the pink-stone ancient city of Petra, what place in Saudi Arabia on a once thriving frankincense route was carved out of large rocks in the Arabian desert but had a short-lived heyday (the last tomb was built in 76AD) due to the Romans importing incense by boat on the Red Sea directly to Egypt?
64 Described by TE Lawrence as "the finest castle in the world", what finely preserved Syrian castle was constructed and expanded by the Knights of St John from 1144 onwards after they chose a site because it as the only significant break in the mountain range between Turkey and Lebanon on an age-old caravan route between Damascus and Syria?
65 Hwange is which country's largest, best known and most accessible national park?
66 Considered the gateway to Lapland and to Finland's Arctic Circle, what place 536 miles north of Helsinki is also known as Santa's Village?
67 Found in Finland's Lake District, the home of composer Jean Sibelius in Jarvenpaa was given which name after his wife?
68 Sibelius was not born in Jarvenpaa, but nearby in Finland's oldest inland town. Founded in 1639, what is it called?
69 What do Hungarians call the river Danube?
70 Budapest's Gerbeaud is what kind of famous institution?
71 Which French soldier claimed: "It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general"?
72 Who wrote during the 4th century: "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" (Let him who desires peace prepare for war)?
73 The (last) words of Swedish Admiral Baron Lorentz Creutz - "In the name of Jesus, make sure that the cannon ports are closed and the cannon made fast, so that in turning we don't suffer the same fate as befell the Wasa" - did not prevent which flagship sinking in 1675 as her predecessor had done in 1628?
74 Which evocatively named tax revolt took place in western Pennsylvania in 1794?
75 In 1212, which precocious military commander and 12-year-old shepherd led a several thousand-strong army of boys to retake the Holy Land in the ill-fated Children's Crusade?
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Answers to BH103
1 Kalinga 2 The Argusinae Isles 3 Smallest variety of cannon 4 Arnhem Land 5 Taal 6 Tunis 7 Thebes 8 Siwa Oasis 9 The Louisiana Museum (of Modern Art) 10 Wawel Hill 11 Jungfraujoch 12 Bussaco Forest or Floresta do Bussaco 13 Calouste Gulbenkian 14 Church of Santa Maria Novella 15 Bologna 16 Heidelberg Schloss 17 Hamburg 18 The Bodensee/Lake Constance 19 Burgundy 20 Choucroute 21 Finn McCool 22 The Battle of Changping 23 That almost the entire Kriegsmarine be scuttled 24 Mayan 25 Sorpe Dam 26 Egypt 27 Gran Chaco 28 Queen Medb 29 General George S. Patton 30 The Agoge (of Sparta) 31 "Or close the wall up with our English dead!" 32 Otto Kretschmer 33 Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik 34 Ameliane du Puget 35 Philip II of Spain after the "English winds" that destroyed the Spanish Armada 36 Brigadier 37 Beneventum 38 A small monkey dressed in miniature uniform (that was famously hanged by the people of Hartlepool) 39 Per Mare, Per Terram (By Sea, By Land) 40 The Battle of Guadalete 41 Shin-protecting greaves 42 HMS Captain 43 Stoke 44 a) Boeing (1935) b) Avro (1942) c) Avro (1956) d) Rockwell (1985) e) Northrop (1993) 45 Aeneas the Tactician 46 Chevalier Folard 47 Norman McLean 48 Hartford 49 Vailima 50 Papua New Guinea 51 Cook Islands 52 Luang Prabang 53 Wat Phou 54 The Spoonmaker's Diamond 55 Kathmandu 56 Lakshmi 57 "Mother Goddess of the Universe" 58 The Pushkar Camel Fair 59 Hutongs 60 Shibam 61 Omayyad Mosque 62 U.A.E and Oman 63 Mada'in Saleh 64 Krak des Chevaliers 65 Zimbabwe 66 Rovaniemi 67 Ainola 68 Hameenlinna 69 Duna 70 A coffeehouse 71 Ferdinand Foch 72 Vegetius 73 The Kronan 74 The Whiskey Rebellion 75 Stephen of Cloyes
Feeling slightly at a loss for things to do on Tuesday night. This is because our QLL opponents cancelled on us this week and we have next week off. So: bubkus to do. What you say? Go back to doing whatever you did before on those particular evenings? I can't even remember that far back.
Also, I've enabled and started moderating the comments so anyone can leave their little typographical footprint below each post. I dunno why I didn't allow it before.
Le Quiz
This quiz is basically predicated around two themes: the world and war. Which are quite substantial as it is.
The questions have been set from (just so I don't get funny and therefore unfunny accusations chucked at me) Nicholas Hobbes's Essential Militaria and Patricia Schultz's 1,000 Places To See Before You Die (yes, I've used the latter publication again. I was encouraged to do so when I saw its entry on the Ida Davidsen sandwich restaurant in Copenhagen, which was a question at the 2005 EQC, and since the Euros are coming, it wouldn't do any harm looking through all these famous places I have never heard of before in my entire life).
1 Now known as the Indian state of Orissa, which region was conquered in 261BC and saw more than 100,000 of the region's inhabitants killed by the invasion of the emperor Ashoka?
2 The greatest sea battle of the Peloponnesian War, which 406BC naval clash saw 150 Athenian triremes defeat 120 Spartan vessels, though six of the eight Athenian generals involved in the engagement were later executed for failing to pick up survivors?
3 In medieval times, what sort of weapon or piece of military equipment was a "culverin"?
4 Five times the size of Great Britain, which highly restricted area of Australia in the Northern Territory is owned and managed by the Gummulkbun Aboriginal people, whose home it has been for 65,000 years?
5 Among the world's lowest and smallest volcanoes, which volcano in Tagaytay on Luzon in the Philippines is renowned for its blue and green panorama and had its first recorded eruption in 1572?
6 In which city will you find the national museum known as the Bardo, a complex of 13th to 19th century buildings that includes the Beylical Palace and houses Africa's largest and perhaps finest selection of ancient mosaics?
7 The city of Luxor stands on the site of which ancient city, once the flourishing capital of Egypt's New Kingdom?
8 Famous for its dates and olives, which oasis in Egypt's Western Desert is located near the Libyan border on a centuries-old caravan route and made news headlines in 1995 when the alleged tomb of Alexander the Great (who passed through in 331BC) was discovered?
9 Situated at a stunning site on the "Danish Riviera", which museum of modern art was opened in Humlebaek in 1958 and shares its name with a US state?
10 Including the Royal Palace and Cathedral, which majestic complex of Gothic and Renaissance buildings presides over Krakow from a high, rocky valley above the Vistula River and was the Polish royal residence for more than 500 years?
11 Found in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland, which 11,400-foot high terminus has been the highest railway station in the world for more than a century?
12 Misleadingly called a "Forest", which enormous 250 acre walled arboretum in Coimbra has been tended by local monks for centuries and was the site of the last summer residence built by the Portuguese monarchy (commissioned in 1834 and completed in 1907, one year before Carlos I's assassination)?
13 Which rich Armenian tycoon, who died in 1955, bequeathed one of the world's greatest art collections to Portugal that is now housed in an eponymous museum in Lisbon?
14 Built for the Dominican order in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, which major Florentine church is home to the pulpit from which Galileo was denounced for saying the earth orbited the Sun, a Ghirlandaio fresco that is situated behind the main altar and Masaccio's Trinita, the first painting created using perfect linear mathematical perspective?
15 Which city, nicknamed "la Grassa" meaning "the Fat One", is home to the food district known as the Quadrilatero?
16 Described by Mark Twain as "the Lear of inanimate nature - deserted, discrowned, beaten by the storms, but royal still, and beautiful", which German red sandstone castle was built by the Prince Electors over three centuries (1400-1620) and was sacked by Louis XIV's troops in 1689?
17 Opened in 1897, which city is home to the world renowned Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten?
18 What is also known as the "Swabian Sea"?
19 Which wine region is home to the Montrachet, Meursault and Pommard vineyards as well as the Cote d'Or ("Golden Slope")?
20 Strasbourg, as in the home of the European Parliament, is associated with which regional peasant-style speciality made of sauerkraut, bacon, potatoes, pork and various sausages?
21 Which legendary Ulster warrior of Irish myth was said to have created the Giant's Causeway as a bridge to his lady love on the Scottish island of Staffa?
22 Which battle of 260BC resulted in the execution of every one of the 400,000 survivors from the Chinese state of Zhao's 450,000-strong army when they surrendered to the Qin general Bo Qi?
23 Issued on April 30, 1945, what did the order codenamed Regenbogen demand?
24 Who was the Mayan god of war?
25 Which dam on the river Ruhr, with a capacity of 72 million cubic metres, was not breached during the Dambusters raid of May 17, 1943?
26 Task Force 777 is the special forces of which country?
27 Started by an inflammatory Bolivian postage stamp, conflict arose between Bolivia and Paraguay in 1932 over the contentious sovereignty of which border region?
28 In Irish legend, the War of the Brown Bull came about when which queen of Connacht became jealous of her husband's great "white-horned" bull Finnbhenach and stole the bull Donn from an Ulster chieftain?
29 Which military figure of the 20th century believed he had led seven past lives, including a prehistoric mammoth hunter, a Greek hoplite who fought the Persians, a Napoleonic marshal and Hannibal?
30 The Okonyktia, meaning "eight nights", was part of which ancient military training regime?
31 What line in Shakespeare's Henry V comes after: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"?
32 Thanks to sinking 47 ships with 274,386 tonnage, who is credited with being the greatest German U-Boat ace of World War Two?
33 Which Russian aircraft was the most produced fighter or bomber of World War Two with 42,330 units built?
34 Which Governor's daughter led a troop of women who broke the siege at Marseilles in 1524 during the war between the French king and the Constable of Bourbon, and dug a mined trench known as the Tranchee des Dames that became the Boulevard des Dames?
35 Which king famously lamented: "God is an Englishman"?
36 In the British army, what rank comes between Major General and Colonel?
37 At which battle was the ancient Greek king Pyrrhus finally defeated by the Romans in 275BC?
38 What was the animal mascot of the French ship, the Chasse Maree, that was wrecked in 1805?
39 What is the Latin motto of the Royal Marines?
40 Surmounting impossible odds, 12,300 Berbers and Arabs under Tarik ibn Ziyad defeated the Visigoth King Roderic's army of 90,000 at which 711 battle? Afterwards, the Jews of Toledo welcomed the Muslim conquerors as liberators.
41 On a Roman legionary's suit of armour, what were "ocreae"?
42 A commodore at the time, Horatio Nelson fought aboard which ship when he won the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797
43 Often cited as the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, where did the Lancastrians/Tudors win on June 16, 1487?
44 Which aircraft manufacturers made the following bombers: a) B-17 Flying Fortress b) Lancaster c) Vulcan d) B-1 Lancer e) Grumman B-2 Spirit?
45 Which mid-3rd century Greek theorist was the author of the earliest work on military tactics, though only On Siegecraft survives of his oeuvre?
46 Which military theorist (1669-1752) wrote New Discoveries About War and coined the phrase "fog of war"?
47 Who wrote the classic Montana-set novel A River Runs Through It?
48 In which US state capital will you find The Mark Twain House at 351 Farmington Avenue?
49 What is the name of Robert Louis Stevenson's home located three miles south of Apia on the Samoan island of Upolu?
50 The Sepik River is said to inspire the same reverence to natives of which country, as the Congo does to Africans and the Amazon to South Americans?
51 "Discovered" by Captain William Bligh in 1789 just days after the mutiny on The Bounty, Aitutaki is in which group of islands?
52 What place in Laos, 130 miles northwest of Vientiane in the mountainous north, has a name meaning City of the Buddha of Peace, and was where royalty held court until its abolition in 1975?
53 Reached by boat on the Mekong river from Pakse, what complex of hilltop temples in Champassak in Laos was built in stages between the 6th and 14th centuries (thus predating Angkor Wat by 200 years) and was rediscovered in 1866?
54 The fifth largest in the world, what diamond made its first public appearance on the coronation turban of Mehmet IV in 1648 and is now on display in the Topkapi Palace?
55 In which capital will you find Durbar Square ("Durbar" meaning "palace"), home to more than 50 temples, shrines and old palaces, including Kumari Ghar, the three-storied residence of the Kumari Devi (Living Goddees)?
56 Taking place during the end of October and start of November, the Hindu holiday of the Tihar Festival honours which god or goddess?
57 What is the meaning of Mount Everest's alternative name Chomolungma?
58 One of the largest animal markets in Rajasthan's Thar Desert, what Pushkar fair takes place each November before the full moon and is said to be unequalled for its colour, costume, music and festivities?
59 What name is given to the narrow, labyrinthine alleyways of Beijing where only the awning-covered vehicles can maneuver?
60 The capital of Wadi Hadhramawt since the 3rd century AD and believed to look today much as it did in the 5th century, which city was in its heyday the most celebrated Arabic Islamic city in Yemen and is known for 500 clay-tower buildings of up to eight stories all crammed into less than a third of a square mile?
61 Having its entrance by the gate in the northern wall at Bab al'Amarah, which magnificent mosque in the Old City quarter of Damascus was once the site of the Basilica of St John the Baptist (his head is believed to be buried to be buried in the mosque's sanctuary) until the Muslims arrived in 636AD and is considered one of Islam's greatest architectural achievements?
62 The Al-Ain/Buraimi oasis straddles the border of which country and which sultanate?
63 Known for tombs dating back to 100BC and often compared to the pink-stone ancient city of Petra, what place in Saudi Arabia on a once thriving frankincense route was carved out of large rocks in the Arabian desert but had a short-lived heyday (the last tomb was built in 76AD) due to the Romans importing incense by boat on the Red Sea directly to Egypt?
64 Described by TE Lawrence as "the finest castle in the world", what finely preserved Syrian castle was constructed and expanded by the Knights of St John from 1144 onwards after they chose a site because it as the only significant break in the mountain range between Turkey and Lebanon on an age-old caravan route between Damascus and Syria?
65 Hwange is which country's largest, best known and most accessible national park?
66 Considered the gateway to Lapland and to Finland's Arctic Circle, what place 536 miles north of Helsinki is also known as Santa's Village?
67 Found in Finland's Lake District, the home of composer Jean Sibelius in Jarvenpaa was given which name after his wife?
68 Sibelius was not born in Jarvenpaa, but nearby in Finland's oldest inland town. Founded in 1639, what is it called?
69 What do Hungarians call the river Danube?
70 Budapest's Gerbeaud is what kind of famous institution?
71 Which French soldier claimed: "It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general"?
72 Who wrote during the 4th century: "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" (Let him who desires peace prepare for war)?
73 The (last) words of Swedish Admiral Baron Lorentz Creutz - "In the name of Jesus, make sure that the cannon ports are closed and the cannon made fast, so that in turning we don't suffer the same fate as befell the Wasa" - did not prevent which flagship sinking in 1675 as her predecessor had done in 1628?
74 Which evocatively named tax revolt took place in western Pennsylvania in 1794?
75 In 1212, which precocious military commander and 12-year-old shepherd led a several thousand-strong army of boys to retake the Holy Land in the ill-fated Children's Crusade?
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Answers to BH103
1 Kalinga 2 The Argusinae Isles 3 Smallest variety of cannon 4 Arnhem Land 5 Taal 6 Tunis 7 Thebes 8 Siwa Oasis 9 The Louisiana Museum (of Modern Art) 10 Wawel Hill 11 Jungfraujoch 12 Bussaco Forest or Floresta do Bussaco 13 Calouste Gulbenkian 14 Church of Santa Maria Novella 15 Bologna 16 Heidelberg Schloss 17 Hamburg 18 The Bodensee/Lake Constance 19 Burgundy 20 Choucroute 21 Finn McCool 22 The Battle of Changping 23 That almost the entire Kriegsmarine be scuttled 24 Mayan 25 Sorpe Dam 26 Egypt 27 Gran Chaco 28 Queen Medb 29 General George S. Patton 30 The Agoge (of Sparta) 31 "Or close the wall up with our English dead!" 32 Otto Kretschmer 33 Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik 34 Ameliane du Puget 35 Philip II of Spain after the "English winds" that destroyed the Spanish Armada 36 Brigadier 37 Beneventum 38 A small monkey dressed in miniature uniform (that was famously hanged by the people of Hartlepool) 39 Per Mare, Per Terram (By Sea, By Land) 40 The Battle of Guadalete 41 Shin-protecting greaves 42 HMS Captain 43 Stoke 44 a) Boeing (1935) b) Avro (1942) c) Avro (1956) d) Rockwell (1985) e) Northrop (1993) 45 Aeneas the Tactician 46 Chevalier Folard 47 Norman McLean 48 Hartford 49 Vailima 50 Papua New Guinea 51 Cook Islands 52 Luang Prabang 53 Wat Phou 54 The Spoonmaker's Diamond 55 Kathmandu 56 Lakshmi 57 "Mother Goddess of the Universe" 58 The Pushkar Camel Fair 59 Hutongs 60 Shibam 61 Omayyad Mosque 62 U.A.E and Oman 63 Mada'in Saleh 64 Krak des Chevaliers 65 Zimbabwe 66 Rovaniemi 67 Ainola 68 Hameenlinna 69 Duna 70 A coffeehouse 71 Ferdinand Foch 72 Vegetius 73 The Kronan 74 The Whiskey Rebellion 75 Stephen of Cloyes
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