Loaded Questions 8/30/22 - World History
Let the battle commence!
Hello everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend, and I hope LL94 has started off well for you! Busy weekend in New York, saw a lot of folks, ate a lot of things, and sat on a train for a lot of hours. I didn’t get a post together Monday due to the Wifi on the Amtrak not doing what I needed it to do. Nonetheless, we’ve got a world history theme today for your questions. Also, a slight update for LQ as a suggestion by longtime subscriber Rachel Fabi: the answers now appear one line below the questions themselves. With this slight change, hopefully you can quiz yourself even more by slightly scrolling down, or it’ll make copy-and-pasting even easier! Thanks all, and good luck on MD2!
1. The 1632 Battle of Lutzen, which saw the death of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus but a victory for the Protestants, is one of the most important events of what conflict?
2. "The Three Musketeers" was set during the early years of what Bourbon French king's reign, which lasted from 1610-1643? Cardinal Richelieu was the chief minister under this king.
3. On what date in 1953 was there an attack on the Moncada Barracks, lending its name to the movement that would overthrow Fulgencio Batista as Cuban president, subsequently installing Fidel Castro?
4. Samarkand was the capital of what 14th century man's empire, who massacred 5% of the world's population? He conquered Baghdad and Delhi, and also made pyramids of the skulls of his enemies.
5. In 1955, Kim il-Sung gave a speech describing what state ideology for North Korea, whose name is the Korean for "self-reliance"? Its three parts are self-defense, an autarkic economy, and political independence.
6. The oldest surviving book from the Americas, dated to the 13th or 14th century, is a Mayan work named the "codex" of what European city?
7. What three-word phrase is associated with a 1966 document Mao wrote in support of the Cultural Revolution, which was later displayed on a propaganda poster known as a "big-character poster"? It criticized Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.
8. After the passing of 1994 of NAFTA, what type of Mexican sweatshop increased rapidly? Usually located near the US-Mexican border, they often employ women.
9. Alaric was the leader of what group that sacked Rome in 410? This group ruled Spain until the Muslim conquest.
10. What word is used to describe the period of liberalization and censorship loosening that occurred during Khrushchev's premiership after the death of Stalin?
11. Founded in 900 BC and lasting until 1974, what Imperial house was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire? Haile Selassie was a member of this house, and this dynasty claimed descent from the Queen of Sheba.
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1. The 1632 Battle of Lutzen, which saw the death of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus but a victory for the Protestants, is one of the most important events of what conflict?
Thirty Years' War
2. "The Three Musketeers" was set during the early years of what Bourbon French king's reign, which lasted from 1610-1643? Cardinal Richelieu was the chief minister under this king.
Louis XIII
3. On what date in 1953 was there an attack on the Moncada Barracks, lending its name to the movement that would overthrow Fulgencio Batista as Cuban president, subsequently installing Fidel Castro?
26th of July
4. Samarkand was the capital of what 14th century man's empire, who massacred 5% of the world's population? He conquered Baghdad and Delhi, and also made pyramids of the skulls of his enemies.
Timur the Lame (or Tamerlane)
5. In 1955, Kim il-Sung gave a speech describing what state ideology for North Korea, whose name is the Korean for "self-reliance"? Its three parts are self-defense, an autarkic economy, and political independence.
Juche
6. The oldest surviving book from the Americas, dated to the 13th or 14th century, is a Mayan work named the "codex" of what European city?
Dresden
7. What three-word phrase is associated with a 1966 document Mao wrote in support of the Cultural Revolution, which was later displayed on a propaganda poster known as a "big-character poster"? It criticized Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.
Bombard the Headquarters
8. After the passing of 1994 of NAFTA, what type of Mexican sweatshop increased rapidly? Usually located near the US-Mexican border, they often employ women.
Maquiladora (or maquilas)
9. Alaric was the leader of what group that sacked Rome in 410? This group ruled Spain until the Muslim conquest.
Visigoths
10. What word is used to describe the period of liberalization and censorship loosening that occurred during Khrushchev's premiership after the death of Stalin?
Thaw
11. Founded in 900 BC and lasting until 1974, what Imperial house was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire? Haile Selassie was a member of this house, and this dynasty claimed descent from the Queen of Sheba.
Solomonic dynasty