Pop Quiz.. History.. (no cheating)

[SoCalDem]

Pop Quiz.. History.. (no cheating)


Here's my idea.. This is a free association sort of quiz to test what we (as adults) have pop into our minds when we hear or read something..

I'm not asking for the "specialists" among us who are history teachers, phds, professional historians.. I am going for the "regular joes" on the board..

I'm aiming for the stuff that is stuck to the "roof of your brain"....the stuff you learned FIRST about things..and the stuff that is ALWAYS there..
(Just want y'all to know, I DO know more about these things..I am after the "crusty residue" that is always there without having to think about it:P..)

Just copy the list and write next to it the FIRST thing that comes to mind when you read the words

disclaimer:.. What you think of may or may not be even TRUE..I am after the stuff that clogs our brains about things/people/events and how what we were taught as kids remains with us...always...

(no need for lengthy responses ...unless you cannot help yourself:P..)


I'll do my responses in a reply...(don't peek at other people's answers until you put yours down though, or it might influence your first responses..

Feel free to add your own.......(in a separate reply...label Quiz ..pt 2...pt 3..etc and your answers to them in reply so people don't see yours until they put theirs)

be HONEST too.. no one's out to shame anyone because they remember something silly.. It's about how we are taught things in school, how much we retain..what we retain, and what a waste it is to be taught "trivia" when our brains are MOST receptive to really learning..

here goes:


George Washington.....................................

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................

1066...........................................................

Paul Revere.................................................

"Remember the Maine".................................

Corregidor....................................................

Gen McArthur..............................................

Fatboy........................................................

Antietum.....................................................

Abe Lincoln.................................................

Julius Caesar...............................................

JFK............................................................

FDR...........................................................

Ho Chi Minh................................................

Golda Meir..................................................

November 11...............................................

June 14.......................................................

Gen. Custer................................................

USSR........................................................

Eisenhower................................................

Nixon.......................................................

Egypt.......................................................

Martin Luther King......................................

Thomas Jefferson.......................................

[SoCalDem]

1. My "first thoughts"

George Washington.....................................cherry tree...1st president...Martha... wooden teeth

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................George washington crossed one...threw a dollar across the other

1066........................................................... Norman conquest of England

Paul Revere.................................................1 if by land..2 if by sea.............silversmith

"Remember the Maine".................................Cuba

Corregidor....................................................Philippines, WWII

Gen McArthur..............................................fired by Eisenhower..said "I shalll return"

Fatboy........................................................1st atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima

Antietum.....................................................a Civil war battle site

Abe Lincoln.................................................freed the slaves..wrote the Gettysburg address....walked miles to return a penny

Julius Caesar...............................................emperor......"et tu Brute"...Ides of March

JFK............................................................assassinated in Dallas.... Bay of Pigs... Jacqueline...john-john's salute at the funeral

FDR...........................................................ended the depression..The New deal....had polio...

Ho Chi Minh................................................leader of North Viet Nam

Golda Meir..................................................Israel prime minister

November 11...............................................Armistice Day ww1

June 14.......................................................Flag day

Gen. Custer................................................Little Big Horn...Custer 0-..Indians-1

USSR........................................................communists......Kruschev...pounding the table with his shoe..Pravda-Isvestia

Eisenhower................................................president...kansas...golfed... heart attack..WWII general

Nixon....................................................... sweaty... "I am not a crook".. Checkers...Watergate..resigned

Egypt.......................................................Cleopatra...pyramids...Nile river...

Martin Luther King......................................Civil rights leader..minister..assassinated

Thomas Jefferson.......................................Sally Hemmings...pesident...declaration of independence

[MADem]

4. Mine were rather close to yours, except for Paul Revere

My first thought was "AND THE RAIDERS."

http://tralfaz-archives.com.nyud.net:8090/coverart/R/revere_likef.jpg

I imagine that dates me, a bit! I then thought "One if by land, two if by sea, and I on the opposite shore will be..."

[SoCalDem]

5. I LOVED PR & the R

:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. They are currently playing in Branson MO

at the Dick Clark theater (no, I haven't gone, but I've seen the billboards)

[RoyGBiv]

69. Question ...

Sally Hemmings was one of the FIRST things you learned about Jefferson?

I can understand it being stuck to the roof of your brain now. I'm just curious if this is really one of the first things you learned about him.

OnEdit: I'm actually asking this because the first things I learned about a lot of these things aren't stuck to the roof of my brain now, and I suspect this is the same for a lot of people.

[SoCalDem]

72. that's it. It just came to my mind.. I'm sure it was not what I

"learned", but it pushed aside some other piece of useless trivia, and took its place:)

[RoyGBiv]

78. Which is as it should be ...

New, more relevant information should chase out the less relevant information.

Gotta find something to work on that "cherry tree" thing, though. :-)

Thanks.

[SoCalDem]

79. Did you read the other responses..? It cracks me up

how many people rememebr the same silly stuff:rofl:

and how totally USELESS most of it is :)

[RoyGBiv]

86. Yeah ...

I'd respond, but my answers would end up being essays and bore everyone to death, which isn't what you intended with this.

And this is a really interesting experiment that is quite illuminating. It's not that people are wrong (although some answers are incredibly so) just that, as you say, a lot of what first pops into our heads is essentially meaningless.

For example, the first thing that pops into my head about the Delaware River is the beginning of the Industrial Age in the Americas because it was used as the route of the first shipment of anthracite coal to Philadelphia, laying the foundations of so many complex issues that affect us to this day. There was significant debate about it at the time, from many angles, and some of those debates are on-going. Naturally this was not the first thing I learned about the river, and I did not learn this in high school, nor even in basic college courses. I learned it doing research on the Industrial Revolution and forming a thesis on it being both a great step forward and one of the world's greatest curses, this dichotomy in fact being the foundation of why it is so difficult for us to deal with weighing environmental protection, quality of life, and profit motives against each other today.

That "cherry tree" thing would be on a test, or perhaps something about a coin in reference to the Delaware, or if we're lucky, the bit about Washington's tactical maneuvering, but if these tidbits are not placed in the context of how legends have shaped our historical memory or some broader lesson about military tactics and strategy with regard to the Delaware crossing, this all means nothing unless you happen to end up on Jeopardy.

As others have said, thanks for an interesting thread that isn't centered on that other subject.

[SoCalDem]

87. That was my plan.. Too much heartache these days..

Just a light-hearted experiment with a dash of irony...

explained a bit more here to cali:


SoCalDem Sat Jul-22-06 06:37 PM
Response to Reply #42

48. Thanks so much, cali

This was the goal.. There are a lot of really ugly words flying back and forth because of the current goings on.

What I KNOW though, is that no one is deliberately "misguided, wrongheaded, willfully ignorant..whatever".. We just don't or CANT know everything about everything.. Having said that, we ALL are allowed to have opinions on what's happening, even if we don;t KNOW the whole backstory.

What we know is determined by what we have LEARNED.. Taking a look at the answers to the quiz, tells me that we might have all had the same teachers or attended the same schools...no matter our ages..

Schools concentrate on so much drivel and trivia (like our media), we MUST cut people some slack.. We all cannot know everything, but as people we ARE entitled to express how things affect us or what we think of them..

I think that most people here ARE making a valiant effort to learn as much as we can,.BUT for the billions of people who will not take my quiz and see the commonality of the answers, well.. we pretty much know how much THEY know too....and some of them are in positions to make decisions for all of us :scared:

[RoyGBiv]

88. Delete

Wrong place...

[TheCentepedeShoes]

107. OK

G. Washington - first president
Potomac/Delaware - crossed by G. Washington
1066 - William Duke of Normandy, Hastings
Paul Revere - horse ride
Remember the Main - Cuba
Corregidor - WWII
Gen McArthur - he and my grandfather were born on the same day in the same area of Arkansas
Fatboy - saw a model at the museum in Los Alamos
Antietum - CW battle site in MD
Abe Linclon - Ford's theater
Julius Ceasar - the Rubicon
JFK - "ask not..."
FDR - "...fear itself"
Ho Chi Minh - funny beard
Golda Meir - PM of Israel
11/11 - Armistice Day
6/14 - flag day
Custer - big mistake
USSR - Kruschev (sp?)
Eisenhower - M/I complex
Nixon - beady eyes
Egypt - pyramids
MLK - "...content of his character"
TJ - Monticello

[SoCalDem]

116. Poor Ho Chi Minh

To think that after all these years he's remembered by so many for having a weird beard, a trail and a pete seeger song..

:evilgrin:

[blonndee]

2. This should be fun

George Washington...white wig, cherry tree

The Potomac/Delaware River...heroic-looking oil painting

1066...England

Paul Revere...heroic message carrier

"Remember the Maine"...yellow journalism

Corregidor...hmm. Don't think I've heard this one. Makes me think of a "corrido"

Gen McArthur...Old soldiers never die

Fatboy...Slim

Antietum...confederate flag

Abe Lincoln...kind, sad bearded man

Julius Caesar...toga

JFK...commie, civil rights (obviously I don't think he was a commie NOW)

FDR...New Deal

Ho Chi Minh...bloody dictator

Golda Meir...Jerusalem

November 11...nothing here

June 14...my birthday and flags

Gen. Custer...blonde mustache

USSR...Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan

Eisenhower...Nixon pardon

Nixon...crook

Egypt...pyramids and Cleopatra

Martin Luther King...activist Baptist preacher

Thomas Jefferson..."founding father"

Edited: submitted before finished

[dipsydoodle]

13. Intriqued that you got Fatboy

Slim. :) I thought Paul Revere invented something to do with dress making.

[blonndee]

17. LOL

Dressmaking? :rofl: Hey, where is your list? I don't see it.

[dipsydoodle]

36. Now done

:)

[Yupster]

61. When I was a history teacher

I taught a lesson about the Little Boy and the Fat Man and the way each worked and the differences between them and hen how they were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how Kokura was the luckiest city in the world, and at the end of the lesson I asked for questions and a ninth grade girl asked me...

"Is the Fat Man still alive today?"

[POAS]

26. Nixon Pardon would have been Ford

[blonndee]

27. Shows ya how bad my memory is

Or how bad my public school education is, yeah, that's it!

:P

[POAS]

29. Nah, those republicans just all look alike

[blonndee]

33. LOL, yes I like that answer

and actually it does make sense in a free association game. Both baldish, white presidents who were republican.

[SoCalDem]

28. Now now.. there are no "wrong" answers

This is a "test" to show what people immediately think of when they hear or see a name,place or event

:P

[POAS]

31. I know and I'm just being a pest....

Besides that is what I free associated when I saw the answer!!

;)

[sweetheart]

3. haha

George Washington. White haired dude in a painting
The Potomac/Delaware River. pokohauntus

1066. Did the normans brave the channel

Paul Revere. was a pewter smith

"Remember the Maine". too cold

Corregidor. spain

Gen McArthur. turning northern china to glass

Fatboy. sarah cox

Antietum. Aushwitz-like pits of dead

Abe Lincoln. all propaganda

Julius Caesar. sun king

JFK. flourescent lights and bad food (NYC)

FDR. cracked concrete and water stains on the overpasses (NYC)

Ho Chi Minh. Uncle ho.

Golda Meir. The iron eye for an eye

November 11. tear down the wall

June 14. Cannabis should be legal

Gen. Custer. oops.

USSR. CCCP

Eisenhower. dead.

Nixon. radiation.

Egypt. stinky, hot, unwashed men in huge robes

Martin Luther King. A very wise man

Thomas Jefferson. Cannabis should be legal.

[dsc]

6. Mine

George Washington..................................... cherry tree

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................frozen crossing

1066........................................................... magna Carta

Paul Revere.................................................silver

"Remember the Maine".................................cuba

Corregidor....................................................

Gen McArthur..............................................I shall return, Truman

Fatboy........................................................Hiroshima, WW2

Antietum.....................................................Lee, Grant, Civil War

Abe Lincoln.................................................Greatness, only good Republican

Julius Caesar...............................................Shakespear, Brutus, dagger

JFK............................................................Dallas, women, young

FDR...........................................................SS, WW2, cigarette, Elenor

Ho Chi Minh................................................VietNam

Golda Meir..................................................Israel, Munich

November 11...............................................Dad's birthday

June 14.......................................................Day I got hired

Gen. Custer................................................loser, Indians

USSR........................................................Yeltsen, frozen land

Eisenhower................................................Ike, highways

Nixon....................................................... Watergate, crook

Egypt.......................................................Sadat, pyramids

Martin Luther King......................................Greatness, equality

Thomas Jefferson.......................................slaves, Declaration of Independence

[rzemanfl]

7. Here are mine:

George Washington.....................................Carver

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................George Washington crossing

1066...........................................................Norman Conquest

Paul Revere.................................................and the Raiders (sorry)

"Remember the Maine".................................Cuba

Corregidor....................................................death march

Gen McArthur..............................................corncob pipe

Fatboy........................................................atom bomb

Antietum.....................................................civil war

Abe Lincoln.................................................assasination

Julius Caesar...............................................same

JFK............................................................same

FDR...........................................................WWII

Ho Chi Minh................................................beard

Golda Meir..................................................Library
(sorry again, the Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is named after her)

November 11...............................................moment of silence

June 14.......................................................Arbor Day? ON EDIT, PUT ? BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE, ACTUALLY FLAG DAY. I AM LESS LIKELY TO FLY FLAG THAN TO PLANT A TREE ANYWAY. ANYWAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST THING, NOT THE CORRECT THING.

Gen. Custer................................................Last Stand

USSR........................................................Hammer and sickle

Eisenhower................................................Ike

Nixon.......................................................crook

Egypt.......................................................pyramids

Martin Luther King......................................assasination

Thomas Jefferson.......................................slaveowner

[alfredo]

8. quiz

George Washington..................................... General

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... polluted

1066........................................................... misread of 1099

Paul Revere.................................................silver smith

"Remember the Maine"................................. jingoism

Corregidor....................................................WWII

Gen McArthur.............................................. I will return

Fatboy........................................................Atom bomb

Antietum..................................................... death

Abe Lincoln................................................. beard

Julius Caesar...............................................conqueror

JFK............................................................ leader

FDR........................................................... leader

Ho Chi Minh................................................leader

Golda Meir..................................................first women president of Israel

November 11............................................... Fasching

June 14.......................................................warm

Gen. Custer................................................arrogant

USSR........................................................dreary

Eisenhower................................................rocking chair

Nixon....................................................... gross

Egypt.......................................................nile

Martin Luther King......................................hero

Thomas Jefferson.......................................intellect

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

9. Here's mine

George Washington....photo of him crossing the Delaware (which I know was an historically incorrect painting)

The Potomac/Delaware River..."All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight", a Civil War song

1066....William the First and the Normans

Paul Revere...riding his horse towards Lexington and Concord

"Remember the Maine"....Yellow journalism

Corregidor...Douglas McArthur

Gen McArthur...corncob pipe

Fatboy....Atomic bomb

Antietum....More Americans killed in that battle than any other in the Civil War

Abe Lincoln....My mother's neighbor, who remembered when Lincoln stopped at her house when he traveled the 8th Judicial Circuit

Julius Caesar....Crossing the Rubicon

JFK....Hope for peace after his handling of the Cuban Missle Crisis kept us out of war

FDR...The only thing to fear is Fear itself.

Ho Chi Minh...."Uncle Ho", a song by Pete Seegar

Golda Meir..PM of Israel

November 11...My mother telling me about facing the East for one minute of silence on Armistace Day.

June 14...Day before my uncle's birthday;also Flag Day

Gen. Custer...Reckless cavalryman during the Civil War

USSR...Krushchev "We will bury you"

Eisenhower...Everybody's grandfather

Nixon...Sleeze personified

Egypt...Akanatam, the first recorded monotheist

Martin Luther King...We shall overcome

Thomas Jefferson....Complex-wrote Declaration of Independence and yet held slaves

[femmocrat]

10. Here goes....

George Washington - Father of our country, first President

The Potomac/Delaware River - which one? Potomac = Washington DC, Tidal Basin

1066- Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere - "The British are coming!" Midnight ride, silversmith. And the Raiders

"Remember the Maine- Spanish-American War

Corregidor - WWII in the Pacific

Gen McArthur - Harry Truman fired him; Philippines, WWII, "I shall return."

Fatboy - A bomb

Antietum - Civil War battle

Abe Lincoln - President during the Civil War. Assassinated at Ford's Theater. Emancipation Proclamation; Gettysburg Address.


Julius Caesar- "Et, tu, Brutus?"

JFK - Camelot, President 1960-63; assassinated in Dallas; Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis

FDR - President during WWII, 4 terms, ended the Depression, New Deal; had polio, died in office.

Ho Chi Minh - leader of North VN during the war

Golda Meir - Israeli leader, was from Minneapolis

November 11 - Veteran's Day; Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1917

June 14 - Flag Day

Gen. Custer - Battle of Little Big Horn; massacred the Indians

USSR - Soviet Union, now Russia and other countries

Eisenhower - WWII General (Europe), US President in the 1950s; Republican

Nixon - Watergate, Ike's VP, lost to JFK, elected President 1968, resigned.

Egypt - Pharoahs, Pyramids, Cleopatra

Martin Luther King - Great Civil Rights leader, assassinated 1968

Thomas Jefferson - Monticello, 2nd (?) President, Declaration of Independence

Two Clowns and a Bozo - What GHWB called Clinton and Gore in 1992


How did I do? LOL

[SoCalDem]

12. There is no right or wrong.. You ACED it

:P

[BlueStateModerate]

94. Except for Jefferson ;)

He was the third president.

[Mind_your_head]

14. I'll give it a try (remember, you promised "no laughing")

George Washington.....................................General, First President of US (didn't really want the job, but took it anyway)

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................Washington crossed the Potomac (it's around Wash., Maryland, Delawarez.....

1066........................................................... rough year in the Medieval Times (like most years were)

Paul Revere.................................................Silversmith, Midnight Ride

"Remember the Maine".................................It exploded and was the reason/rallying cry to start a war

Corregidor....................................................cool name, sounds like it should be the name of a spice ;-) .... it's in the Phillipines

Gen McArthur..............................................WW II, Africa, "I shall return"

Fatboy........................................................"cute" name for one of the two Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan

Antietum.....................................................Site of the Largest loss of American life in one single day/battle EVER - Civil War (50,000 dead, I believe?)

Abe Lincoln.................................................Lawyer, Illinois, 16th (?) President, Civil War President, Assasinated, Emancipation Proclamation, Tall....actually I can think of a lot of stuff, I'm gonna stop with what I wrote

Julius Caesar...............................................married to Cleopatra at one time, Assasinated

JFK............................................................PT 109, President, Jackie, Profiles in Courage....extreme sadness that he was assasinated

FDR...........................................................crippled by polio, President during WWII (didn't make it quite till the end of the war), Eleanor,

Ho Chi Minh................................................a Trail named after a Vietnamese leader....

Golda Meir..................................................

November 11...............................................1963...JFK was assasinated

June 14.......................................................don't know

Gen. Custer................................................fought the Indians....Indians Won

USSR........................................................United Soviet Socialist Republic, the cold war and allllll that went with it, bomb shelters, bay of pigs (the soviets were helping Fidal supposedly).....yhadda, yhadda, yhadda

Eisenhower................................................former General became President, after Truman before Kennedy, Meme (sp?) was his wife

Nixon....................................................... Nixon/Kennedy debates, I'm not a crook, Watergate

Egypt.......................................................Yul Brynner :-P , pyramids, Sadat, Mubarrak (sp?)

Martin Luther King......................................Civil rights leader, inspirational, courage, assasinated

Thomas Jefferson.......................................free thinker, one of the original founding fathers of US, Monticello

[SoCalDem]

30. Did you check your answers against the others'?

no laughing.. most of us must have had the same teachers :rofl:

[msongs]

15. harry truman fired macarthur nt

[TahitiNut]

16. Hmmm.....

I see/hear montages "first" ... tied.

George Washington..................................... Crossing the Potomac, wooden teeth, cherry tree, Valley Forge

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Lee mansion, Washington's crossing, Naval Yards

1066........................................................... Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere................................................. (Hiyo Silver!) -Silversmith for the wealthy; Ride;

"Remember the Maine"................................. Spanish-American War; boiler explosion

Corregidor.................................................... WW2 against Japanese

Gen McArthur.............................................. "I shall return"; corncob pipe; "fade away"

Fatboy........................................................ "Little Man"; Hiroshima (and Nagasaki); Yuko

Antietum..................................................... Civil War; Union victory

Abe Lincoln................................................. Ford's Theater; "Four score.."

Julius Caesar............................................... "Et tu Brute?"

JFK............................................................ Camelot; Dallas

FDR........................................................... Fireside chat; "Fear itself"

Ho Chi Minh................................................ North Vietnam; "Father of his country"

Golda Meir.................................................. Milwaukee; 1st female PM of Israel

November 11............................................... Armistice Day (WW1)

June 14....................................................... Juneteenth

Gen. Custer................................................ Big Horn; asshole

USSR........................................................ Gorbachev; Duck and Cover; Hammer & Scycle

Eisenhower................................................ Mamie; D-Day; Golf

Nixon....................................................... "I am not a croook"; Watergate; Kruschev and 'kitchen"

Egypt....................................................... Anwar Sadat; pyramids; Nile; Aswan high dam

Martin Luther King...................................... "I have a dream"; Lorrain Motel; Coretta

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Montecello; Virginia Constitution; Bill of Rights

[tinfoilinfor2005]

18. First thing to pop in my mind:

Washington: wooden teeth.
Potomac: Washington threw a silver dollar across it.
1066: I got nothin.
Paul Revere: One if by land...etc.
Remember the Maine: Ship that was sunk.
Corregidor: War.
Gen MacArthur: Pipe and sunglasses.
Fatboy: Hamburger or joint.
Antietum: Civil war.
Abe Lincoln: Freed the slaves.
Julius Caesar: Et tu Brute?
JFK: Camelot.
Ho Chi Minh: China, communist.
Golda Meir: Jewish lady leading the nation of Israel.
November 11: JFK
June 14: VE day?
Gen Custer: Sitting Bull.
USSR: Stalin Lenin and Kruschev.
Eisenhower: General and president, husband of Mamie.
Nixon: Pat has a cloth coat.
Egypt: Ramses, dead guys in pyramids.
Martin Luther King: Reverend Doctor killed and martyred over civil rights.
Thomas Jefferson: Smartest past president.

What do I win? :)

[SoCalDem]

20. a toaster oven

[Behind the Aegis]

21. did he convert someone?!

:evilgrin:

[Behind the Aegis]

19. mine...

George Washington.....................................1st president, cherry tree myth, Martha, dollar bill

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................crossing

1066........................................................... Battle of Hastings, William the Orange

Paul Revere.................................................myth, horse, "The Britsh are Coming" (or just breathing heavily :evilgrin:)

"Remember the Maine".................................battle cry, Cuba, bomb

Corregidor....................................................(nada)

Gen McArthur..............................................Japan surrenders, I shall return

Fatboy........................................................atomic weapon, (Slim as in Fatboy Slim, the rapper)

Antietum.....................................................Civil War

Abe Lincoln.................................................emacipation, slavery, log cabin, Kentucky, gay?, crazy wife

Julius Caesar...............................................Cleopatra, regicide, Ides of March, largest empire, Karl Urban (actor, played him in Xena)

JFK............................................................leader, Catholic, large family, Camelot, assassination, died the day my partner was born

FDR...........................................................wheelchair, glasses, Fireside chats, Elenor, persidential term limits (thank G-d!)

Ho Chi Minh................................................Vietnam, former leader, a famous "trail"

Golda Meir..................................................pioneer, Israel, "Iron Lady"

November 11...............................................(nada)

June 14.......................................................Flag day

Gen. Custer................................................idiot, last stand

USSR........................................................former empire, Gorbechev

Eisenhower................................................General, president

Nixon.......................................................anti-Semite, Watergate, Ford

Egypt.......................................................Cleopatra, pharohes, sand, Alexandria, Cairo, Sadat

Martin Luther King......................................true martyr, legend, Stone Mountain, I have a Dream, Corretta, peace, equality

Thomas Jefferson.......................................Consitiution, 3rd president, slaves, Monticello

[Dead_Parrot]

22. Sounds fun...

Anything to take my mind of Lebanon :(
Incidentally, I'm a Brit so appologies in advance for a total lack of knowledge of US history :D

George Washington: That Cherry tree. You've been into deforestation ever since.

The Potomac/Delaware River: Seem to recall someone crossed the Delaware. Might have been important but I was probably busy eyeing up the girl at the next desk.

1066: Ahh, home ground :) Battle of hastings, Harold's army doing a forced march the length of England just to get their arses kicked by the Normans.

Paul Revere: Something about a message and a horseshoe. Think Yanke Doodle fits in there somewhere.

"Remember the Maine": No, can't say I do. :)

Corregidor: Sounds like a passageway made out wrinkled cardboard. :shrug:

Gen McArthur: McArthur's park is melting in the dark, the sweet green icing running down...

Fatboy: One the atomic bombs droped on Japan, but I forget which one.

Antietum: What happened to Uncle's cakes?

Abe Lincoln: Big hat. Big Statue. Big fan of theatre.

Julius Caesar: The Ides of March. Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!

JFK: Duck!

FDR: Little Orphan Annie. How sad is that?

Ho Chi Minh: It's a trail in the east somewhere, but I'm a bit vague on it.

Golda Meir: Err, who?

November 11: WWI cease-fire

June 14: Sounds like a nice day for a wedding... :shrug:

Gen. Custer: Who gave an army to a blond? Bad idea.

USSR: Nice people, shame about the gulags.

Eisenhower: Boom Boom. Heads the list of "Famous people called Dwight".

Nixon: Should have fitted a burgular alarm.

Egypt: Dead guys in big buildings.

Martin Luther King: Had a dream.

Thomas Jefferson: Actually, apart from hanging out with other famous dead people, I can't think of anything he actually did.

[SoCalDem]

23. I loved some of your answers...

:loveya:

[Dead_Parrot]

25. When all else fails, go for the joke.

:D

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

108. I howled at

your definition of Corregador and Antietum. Very clever! And don't feel bad-how many Yanks didn't realize the details of the Battle of Hastings? Thanks for the reminder about Harold.

[Dead_Parrot]

125. Thanks...

I guess that's just a Anglo-centric education, - After checking, the only civil war battles that ring any bells are Ft Sumter and Gettysburg - everything else is just noise, which is a little disturbing... I could waffle about Crecy & Agincourt for a week, though.

Well, that and too much BBC humour. :)

[POAS]

24. It is fatman and little boy

George Washington.................President

The Potomac/Delaware River........George Washington, Silver Dollar

1066..............................England

Paul Revere.......................Midnight Ride

"Remember the Maine"..............Cuba

Corregidor........................WWII

Gen McArthur......................Return

Fatboy............................Fatman

Antietum..........................Civil War

Abe Lincoln.......................Civil War

Julius Caesar.....................Brutus

JFK...............................Airport

FDR...............................Depression

Ho Chi Minh.......................Trail

Golda Meir........................Israel

November 11.......................Armistice

June 14...........................Flags

Gen. Custer.......................Idiot

USSR..............................Commies

Eisenhower........................Golf

Nixon..............................Crook

Egypt..............................Cleopatra

Martin Luther King.................Hero

Thomas Jefferson...................Democracy

[TahitiNut]

35. (GMTA) It is, indeed.

"Fatboy" made me think of Fat Man and Little Boy together ... not ever having heard of "Fatboy Slim." (I guess you did too.)

"Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay.
"Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bock's Car.

[rzemanfl]

102. Footnote from my Master's thesis:

133 Rosenberg, "U.S. Nuclear Stockpile" p. 28, p. 26, Table 1; historian Michael S. Sherry in Preparing for the Next War, calls the bombs "Fat Boy and Thin Man" at p. 190, Feis, Japan Subdued, calls them "Fat Boy" and "Lean Boy" or "Thin Boy" pp. 60, 110; it apparently takes awhile for these things to get settled.

On edit: this is why I put down "Library" for Golda Mier.

[TahitiNut]

114. Well, I know little more than I learned working on

... the Hanford Nuclear Reservation for five years. I doubt my eyelids could survive the trauma of a greater eye-opener. Every time I think I've lost my naivete, something happens to prove me wrong.

[rzemanfl]

118. When were you there? The two sources I cited were from 1977

and 1970. I think it was the 1989 movie that finally settled the nicknames for the implosion and gun-type weapons.

[TahitiNut]

119. 1992-1997

Senior Research Scientist at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory at the Hanford site, north of Richland and West Richland, WA.

I'm really not arguing the ontology of the nicknames (which I've never heard), but merely noting the common naming that was then pretty well-known by virtually all the grade-school kids in the Tri-Shitties area.

[rzemanfl]

120. That was after the movie. When you've heard it from Paul

Newman, it's settled...

[rzemanfl]

121. You must have had a platinum with diamond accents security

clearance. Does Agent Mike know you post at DU?

[TahitiNut]

122. (lol) Well, I've had fairly intense security clearances several times

... in my life. I could tell you more but then I'd have to kill you.

Peace, shalom, & namaste,
-- Mike

:evilgrin:

(Yep. My name is 'Mike.' Small world.)

[rzemanfl]

128. Oh......My.....God! Are YOU Agent Mike? Just kidding. So, is

Hanford going to leak into the Columbia River?

[SoCalDem]

129. and he seemed like such a nice guy too

you just never know :)

(checks post history to see what "Mike" has on ME) :)

[TahitiNut]

144. The tanks have been leaking into the ground water for over 15 years

... and, thus, into the Columbia. The vitrification plant has been a Bechtel boondoggle, with cost overruns, safety violations, and engineering fraud ... and DOE still gives 'em their contract "bonus" of $22 million ... this, despite a current budget ballooned to $10 billion from the $4 billion 'estimated' in 2000. The corruption is obscene. Needless to say, it's a "target rich" environment for GAP, and they're not even getting the tip of the iceberg.

[rzemanfl]

101. Actually it was sometimes called "Fatboy," it took a while after

WWII for "Fatman" to become the accepted reference. I covered this in the Master's thesis I wrote in the early '90s. I will try to find the footnote.

Here it is:

133 Rosenberg, "U.S. Nuclear Stockpile" p. 28, p. 26, Table 1; historian Michael S. Sherry in Preparing for the Next War, calls the bombs "Fat Boy and Thin Man" at p. 190, Feis, Japan Subdued, calls them "Fat Boy" and "Lean Boy" or "Thin Boy" pp. 60, 110; it apparently takes awhile for these things to get settled.

On edit: this is why my answer for Golda Mier was "Library."

[Liberal In Texas]

32. Mine...

Washington - First President
Patomic/Delaware River - Mt. Vernon
1066 - Magna Carta (ON EDIT: Got that one wrong, Magna Carta was 1215.)
Revere - Midnight ride
...Main" - Not caused by a mine. Probably a coal bunker fire. Pretext for war, like 9/11.
Corregidor - WW2
McArthur - "I will return."
Fatboy - The Bomb, also Limbaugh
Antietum - The Civil War
Lincoln - Railsplitter. Freed the slaves. Civil War.
Caesar - Ancient Rome
JFK - Assination
FDR - The New Deal
Ho Chi Minh - Viet Nam
Golda Meir - Israel PM
November 11 - Vet's Day (had to look on my calendar, I cheated.)
June 14 - Flag Day (didn't have to look!)
Custer - Little Big Horn
USSR - The Cold War
Eisenhower - Beware of the Military Industrial Complex
Nixon - Viet Nam. I am not a crook. Watergate.
Egypt - Pyramids
MLK - Civil Rights
Jefferson - Monticello

[dipsydoodle]

34. Here goes nothin'

George Washington.........Axe

The Potomac/Delaware River....song words : What did Della wear boys , what did Della wear?

1066.....Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere....Inventor of some sort of folded pleat in dressmaking

"Remember the Maine"....Don't forget to turn the water off when you go on holiday

Corregidor.......Bull fighter

Gen McArthur.....Korean war

Fatboy.....Slim

Antietum.......Had one but the wheels fell off

Abe Lincoln......Townes Van Zandt

Julius Caesar....Brutus

JFK.....Dallas

FDR.....Steve Earle's song Christmas in Washington

Ho Chi Minh......North Vietnam leader

Golda Meir....Jewish Lady

November 11....Poppy Day

June 14.......................................................

Gen. Custer.....War criminal

USSR......Back in the USSR

Eisenhower....Silver dollars

Nixon.........Watergate

Egypt.........pyramids

Martin Luther King.....Hero

Thomas Jefferson......pop group ?

[blonndee]

38. Well, edward,

I won't rib you too hard, since I see you're from the UK. And also that I myself had some rather embarrassing responses. :)

[dipsydoodle]

39. That was why I was surprised you got

Fatboy Slim :)

[pfitz59]

37. My answers

George Washington..................................... Dollar bill

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Pollution

1066........................................................... Invasion of England

Paul Revere................................................. Silver

"Remember the Maine"................................. Hearst

Corregidor.................................................... MacArthur

Gen McArthur.............................................. Dictator

Fatboy........................................................ A-Bomb

Antietum..................................................... Bloody Road

Abe Lincoln................................................. Assasination

Julius Caesar............................................... Gaul

JFK............................................................ Aircraft carrier

FDR........................................................... Dime

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Jane Fonda

Golda Meir.................................................. Menachem Begin

November 11............................................... Veteran's Day

June 14....................................................... Flag Day

Gen. Custer................................................ Sitting Bull

USSR........................................................ "Back in the..."

Eisenhower................................................ Golf

Nixon....................................................... Checkers

Egypt....................................................... Pyramids

Martin Luther King...................................... Assasination

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Declaration of Independence

[sakabatou]

40. Let me see...

George Washington..................................... 1st president

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Ambush by the continental army/famous painting

1066........................................................... William the Conqueror

Paul Revere................................................. "The British are comming!"

"Remember the Maine"................................. Spanish American War

Corregidor.................................................... Island fortress

Gen McArthur.............................................. pacific war

Fatboy........................................................ atom bomb

Antietum..................................................... bloodiest battle in civil war

Abe Lincoln................................................. best republican president ever

Julius Caesar............................................... stabbed by Brutus

JFK............................................................ Died too young

FDR........................................................... One of the best presidents ever

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Massacres upon this trail

Golda Meir.................................................. First woman PM of Israel

November 11............................................... Armistice Day

June 14....................................................... Flag Day

Gen. Custer................................................ Led his battalion into a trap

USSR........................................................ Soviet Russia

Eisenhower................................................ Warned U.S. about neocons

Nixon....................................................... Watergate scandal

Egypt....................................................... Home of the Pharohs

Martin Luther King......................................

Thomas Jefferson.......................................

[grannylib]

41. OK I'll give it a shot...

George Washington (First Pres, Revolutionary War hero)

The Potomac/Delaware River (Washington crossing in a rowboat)

1066 (Battle of Hastings?)

Paul Revere (craftsman, pewtersmith, 'The British are Coming')

"Remember the Maine" (battleship sunk in 1898 or so?)

Corregidor (Battle in the Phillipines, WW II?)

Gen McArthur (pipe in his mouth)

Fatboy (Atomic bomb?)

Antietum (bloody battle in Civil War)

Abe Lincoln (country lawyer, Civil War, Ford's Theatre, etc)

Julius Caesar (Roman emperor)

JFK (Nixon debate, Bay of Pigs, "Profiles in Courage", PT boat commander or whatever it's called, service to country)

FDR (WPA, Nothing to fear but fear itself)
Ho Chi Minh (north Vietnamese revolutionary leader, trail system named for him)

Golda Meir (first female Prime Minister of Israel)

November 11 (Veterans' Day)

June 14 (Flag Day)

Gen. Custer (lost big time)

USSR (former Cold War rival)

Eisenhower (General, Military/Industrial complex; totally-ignored Republican whom no rePiglican these days seems to want to acknowledge)

Nixon (OSHA, Checkers, Kennedy debate, Watergate, resigned)

Egypt (Suez canal, Hosni Mubarak, Gamal Abdul Nasser, pyramids, Biblical Exodus story)

Martin Luther King (Civil rights, Letter from Birmingham Jail, I have a Dream, marches, courage, peace)

Thomas Jefferson (hemp farmer, horticulturalist, Monticello, slave owner)

[cali]

42. Oh goody. What a fun and creative quiz.

George Washington- that he refused to be a king

The Potomac/Delaware River- Valley Forge, crossing the river, and the famous painting (is it Copley or Stuart or?

1066- The battle of Hastings

Paul Revere- exquisite craftmanship and the Old North Church

"Remember the Maine- Cuba 1898, I think, a faux act of war

Corregidor- damned if I know

Gen McArthur- WWII General who got canned by Truman

Fatboy- the plutonium one, no, the uranium one- I don't remember which bomb it was.

Antietum- Civil War battle.

Abe Lincoln............ Assassination at Ford Theatre, the Gettysburg address.

Julius Caesar Cleopatra, the roman empire

JFK- assassination, Ask not what your country can do for you, Bay of Pigs

FDR- Fireside chats, cigars, Eleanor, WWII, four terms

Ho Chi Minh- N. Vietnamese leader who originally opposed the French

Golda Meir- PM of Israel, born in the U.S.

November 11- Armistice Day, the end of WWI

June 14- er, don't know

Gen. Custer- The Battle of Little Big Horn

USSR...Lenin, Stalin, Kruschev, Gorbachov

Eisenhower... General, President, golfer

Nixon- President, driving ambition, China, disgrace

Egypt- Cairo, Alexandria, Pyramids, Nasser, Sadat

Martin Luther King- I have a dream, ugly faces of bigotry, water hoses, dogs, brave people of committment to a better society.

Thomas Jefferson- Monticello, Deism, letter to The Danbury Baptists, Declaration of Independence

[SoCalDem]

48. Thanks so much, cali

This was the goal.. There are a lot of really ugly words flying back and forth because of the current goings on.

What I KNOW though, is that no one is deliberately "misguided, wrongheaded, willfully ignorant..whatever".. We just don't or CANT know everything about everything.. Having said that, we ALL are allowed to have opinions on what's happening, even if we don;t KNOW the whole backstory.

What we know is determined by what we have LEARNED.. Taking a look at the answers to the quiz, tells me that we might have all had the same teachers or attended the same schools...no matter our ages..

Schools concentrate on so much drivel and trivia (like our media), we MUST cut people some slack.. We all cannot know everything, but as people we ARE entitled to express how things affect us or what we think of them..

I think that most people here ARE making a valiant effort to learn as much as we can,.BUT for the billions of people who will not take my quiz and see the commonality of the answers, well.. we pretty much know how much THEY know too....and some of them are in positions to make decisions for all of us :scared:

[mikelewis]

43. My answers...

George Washington..................................... First President and a very likable person.

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................A Winter raid during the revolution

1066........................................................... An invasion of Normandy by William the Conqueror

Paul Revere................................................. A silversmith and a patriot, the man who made the ride

"Remember the Maine"................................. Yet another bullshit lie to talk people into war.

Corregidor.................................................... A battle in WW2 I believe, can’t remember much right now

Gen McArthur.............................................. Glasses and a corncob pipe

Fatboy........................................................ 100,000 dead Japanese

Antietum..................................................... A battle in the Civil War

Abe Lincoln................................................. Our most courageous President

Julius Caesar............................................... Crossing the Rubicon

JFK............................................................ A man on the moon

FDR........................................................... The war to end all wars…

Ho Chi Minh................................................ I believe he had a trail named after him

Golda Meir.................................................. A beleaguered leader of a young nation

November 11............................................... Don’t know

June 14....................................................... Don’t know – terrible with dates

Gen. Custer................................................ Butcher

USSR........................................................ The evil empire

Eisenhower................................................ I still like Ike

Nixon....................................................... A failure of a President and a Failure of a Human Being

Egypt....................................................... Pyramids, Sand and Dissention

Martin Luther King...................................... A shining example of how right a person can be.

Thomas Jefferson....................................... The Quintessential Revolutionary

[Sapphocrat]

44. I'll play.

George Washington..................................... 1st prez. Wooden teeth. Myth. Deist.

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Washington in a boat. Silver dollar. Driving through Georgetown.

1066........................................................... England. Battle of Something. Kenneth Branagh.

Paul Revere................................................. One if by land... Philly. "Bewitched." Aunt Clara.

"Remember the Maine"................................. Gulf of Tonkin. 9/11.

Corregidor.................................................... Nothing. The queen's dogs. LOL

Gen McArthur.............................................. I shall return. Nifty sunglasses. Big hat. Korea.

Fatboy........................................................ Little Man. Enola Gay. Microwaved bodies.

Antietum..................................................... Auntie Em.

Abe Lincoln................................................. Bait and switch. Dead bodies. Crazy wife.

Julius Caesar............................................... Marlon Brando. Sophomore English.

JFK............................................................ Jackie's hats. John-John. Touch football. Hope. Death. Loss. Curse.

FDR........................................................... Savior. Janus. Savior.

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Pol Pot.

Golda Meir.................................................. Ingrid Bergman.

November 11............................................... Veterans' cemeteries. "Harold and Maude."

June 14....................................................... Nothing. Did I forget our anniversary?

Gen. Custer................................................ "Little Big Man." Narcissistic personality disorder. George W. Bush.

USSR........................................................ "The Day After." Samantha Smith. "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!"

Eisenhower................................................ Military-industrial complex. Mamie. Some damn dog.

Nixon....................................................... Checkers. Watergate. Seventh grade. Sirica, Haldemann, Erlichman, Dean, Mitchell, Martha Mitchell's gigantic mouth, Ellsberg, Rose Mary Woods, Agnew, nattering nabobs of negativism... I could go on.

Egypt....................................................... Sodomy laws. Beheadings. Dead gay teenagers. Steve Martin. The Tut exhibit of 1977 or thereabouts.

Martin Luther King...................................... I have a dream. Coretta. That hateful daughter of theirs. Bobby Kennedy. Hopelessness.

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Slavemaster. Atheist. Franklin. Paine. Patriot.

[soup]

106. Aunt Clara!

I loved Aunt Clara.

and

Auntie Em! "Toto, too?" "Yes. Toto, too."

Reading down through this thread is too fun. Feels good to relax a bit.

[Spazito]

45. Hmmm, here are mine...

George Washington......wooden teeth

Pontomac/Delaware.......famous painting - Washington crossing the Delaware

1066......blank

Paul Revere...........and the Raiders

Remember the Maine.....propaganda

Corrigidor......the Bataan death march

General McArthur.....Korea

Fat Boy.........Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Antietum......Gettysburg

Abe Lincoln.....slavery

Julius Caesar.....Rome

JFK......assassination

FDR.......fireside chats

Ho Chi Mihn.......Trail

Golda Meir......Israel

November 11.....Rememberance Day

June 14.....blank

General Custer.....Little Big Horn

USSR....Russia

Eisenhower....General

Nixon...."I am not a crook"

Egypt.....Nasser

Martin Luther King....peace

Thomas Jefferson....signer of the Declaration of Independence

[cally]

46. My answers

1. President
2. War
3. Runnymeade
4. Freedom Riders
5. WWI
6.
7. WWII
8. missile bomb
9. Kenney
10. Roosevelt
11. City
12. Israeli PM
13.
14.
15. Texas--pretty boy
16. General
17. impeached/crook
18. country/pyramids
19. civil rights/ great man
20. constitution

[Spider Jerusalem]

47. Answers:

George Washington - planter; surveyor; colonel of militia during the French and Indian War; commanding general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution; first President of the United States

The Potomac/Delaware River - The Continental Army unger Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, to engage British forces in the Battle of Trenton. The Potomac forms part of the natural boundary between Virginia and Maryland, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac in 1863 in their invasion of the North that culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg.

1066 - Wiliam the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, invaded England, defeated the English King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and had himself crowned king by right of conquest; 1066 marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon era in English history and the beginning of the Norman/Angevin era.

Paul Revere - Boston silversmith who famously rode to warn colonists of the approach of British troops.

"Remember the Maine" - the battleship USS Maine exploded in the harbour of Havana at a time of high tension between the United States and the Spanish Empire; public sentiment blamed the explosion on Spanish treachery, and yellow journalists like William Randolph Hearst and politicians like Theodore Roosevelt made 'Remember the Maine' their rallying cry and te Maine's destruction the casus belli for the Spanish-American War.

Corregidor - island in the Philippines; fell to the Japanese early in 1942, liberated by American forces under MacArthur in 1945.

Gen McArthur - either Arthur MacArthur (Civil War officer, Medal of Honour winner) or his son, Douglas (also a Medal of Honour winner; youngest general officer in the AEF during WWI; Army Chief of Staff, 1929-1932; commandant of West Point; governor of the Philippines; Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during WWII; postwar governor of Japan).

Fatboy - the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

Antietum - The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) in 1862 was the bloodiest one-day battle fought on American soil; there were over 12000 casualties, IIRC.

Abe Lincoln - attorney; US Representative from Illinois; sixteenth President of the United States; led the country (or part of it, anyway) through the Civil War. (note that I don't say he 'freed the slaves' because he didn't; he can be said to have saved the Union.)

Julius Caesar - Romanconsul and general; the Roman Senate, under Pompey, feared Caesar's growing influence and ordered him to disband his army. Refusing to do so, Caesar led his troops across the river Rubicon, which sparked a civil war and led to the end of the Roman Republic.

JFK - Congressman, then Senator, from Massachusetts; hardline anti-Communist and supporter of Tailgunner Joe McCarthy; cigar smoker; lecher extraordinaire; thirty-fifth President of the US, did a few things for civil rights and probably saved the world from nuclear war before he was assassinated in 1963.

FDR - the greatest American president.

Ho Chi Minh - guerilla leader against the Japanese in Indochina during WWII; then against the French colonial government; then against the US and the Western-backed state of South Vietnam.

Golda Meir - First (and only )female prime minister of Israel; led Israel during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

November 11 - Armistice ending hostilities in the First World War signed in 1918. Also, Kurt Vonnegut's birthday.

June 14 - 'Flag Day' holiday in the US to commemorate the adoption of the 'stars and stripes' design by Congress in, I think, 1777.

Gen. Custer - youngest general officer in the US Army during the Civil War, received a brevet (temporary) promotion to brigadier general at age 23; cocky, overconfident, and far too lucky military officer who served with some distinction in the Civil War, and afterwards led the US Seventh Cavalry on the Great Plains, conducting raids against native tribes (as for instance the massacre along the Washita River in 1868) and led the Seventh Cavalry to destruction at the Little Big Horn in 1876, where he, and most of his men, were overrun by a vastly superior force and slaughtered.

USSR - Communist state formed after the victory of the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Russina Revolution; country that won WWII by killing more Germans than anyone else; the 'Evil Empire' for 45 years of Cold War with the West

Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander in the European THeatre durig WWII; 34th US President.

Nixon - Congressman, Vice President, President, crook.

Egypt - Pharaohs, pyramids, Cleopatra, the Battle of the Nile during thwe Napoleonic Wars, Anwar el-Sadat

Martin Luther King - Baptist minister and civil rights leader; Birmingham bus boycott, march on Washington, assassinated in 1968.

Thomas Jefferson - renaissance man; author of the US Declaration of Independence from Britain; ambassador to France; governor of Virginia; third President of the US; founder of the University of Virginia; bought Louisiana from the French and financed the Lewis and Clark expedition.

[SoCalDem]

49. You little "wikipediac".. you rascal, you

[Spider Jerusalem]

52. No cheating here...

I have a nearly photographic memory, and I've read a lot of history...

[SoCalDem]

53. Okay then.. you are one of the experts here

I used to have a photographic memory.. but alas, age has blurred some of the pictures :)

[Cybergata]

63. But not the part about Paul Revere's Unride!

Paul Revere may have tried to ride to warn the colonists at Lexington, but the British captured him and took his horse. He walked and never warned anyone.

[lumberjack_jeff]

66. Aspbergers comes in handy sometimes

:hi:

[Spider Jerusalem]

77. Yeah, it does...

between a near-eidetic memory and perseveration on pretty broad range of subjects, I have a head full of mostly useless knowledge...heh...maybe I should try to get on a quiz show, or something :D

[SoCalDem]

83. Get thee to Jeopardy

:)

[lumberjack_jeff]

70. I'm not worthy.

I bow in your general direction. :)

[Mind_your_head]

91. lecher extraordinaire??? for JFK.....

[Spider Jerusalem]

93. Yeah.

He would more or less fuck anything female that moved, had the Secret Service arrange whores for him in every city he visited, said 'I get a headache if I go for too long without a woman', and had a chronic case of gonorrhea that was so bad penicillin wouldn't cure it.

[Mind_your_head]

140. With all of the lies that have been spewed out through the years....

...you're gonna believe that. I don't.

Remember "it was said that Henry Kissenger was a 'ladies man' too"....that little illusion served a different purpose.

[Spider Jerusalem]

146. Everything I said is documented...

including the bit about gonorrhea, which was in JFK's medical records, which were only released a few years ago. I admire Kennedy's accomplishments, but I also recognise that he was very much human (which it sounds like you havge a problem with).

Show me an idol who DOESN'T have feet of clay; MLK cheated on Coretta, FDR cheated on Eleanor, Bill cheated on Hillary. Doesn't mean that they aren't great men. (But then I don't subscribe to bourgeois morality, either.)

[SoCalDem]

147. Presidential cheating is legendary.. remember Harding? n/t

[BlackVelvet04]

50. here's mine

George Washington..................Never told a lie

The Potomac/Delaware River.............revolutionary war

1066.........................nothing

Paul Revere...................midnight ride

"Remember the Maine"...................nothing

Corregidor.............................nothing

Gen McArthur..........pompous ass (that's what my dad called him)

Fatboy............................bomb

Antietum.........................civil war

Abe Lincoln........................honest abe

Julius Caesar................. "et tu Brute"

JFK........................camelot

FDR..........................wheelchair

Ho Chi Minh.....................trail

Golda Meir.......................Israel

November 11......................nothing

June 14...........................nothing

Gen. Custer..........................indians

USSR..................................KGB

Eisenhower...........................general

Nixon..................................crook

Egypt...............................6 day war

Martin Luther King....................civil rights

Thomas Jefferson.............Monticello

[StellaBlue]

51. I love any kind of quiz

George Washington.....................................tall

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................crossed by Washington in that famous painting

1066........................................................... Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere.................................................Silversmith

"Remember the Maine".................................No idea, I don't remember it

Corregidor....................................................Ditto

Gen McArthur..............................................Pacific war

Fatboy........................................................Slim

Antietum.....................................................Civil War

Abe Lincoln.................................................Gay

Julius Caesar...............................................Ides of March

JFK............................................................CIA

FDR...........................................................New Deal

Ho Chi Minh................................................City

Golda Meir..................................................Jewish PM

November 11...............................................Armistice Day

June 14.......................................................No idea, but July 14 is Bastille Day

Gen. Custer................................................genocidal

USSR........................................................CCCP

Eisenhower................................................another general-cum-president

Nixon....................................................... deluded, paranoid

Egypt.......................................................Mubarak

Martin Luther King......................................peace

Thomas Jefferson.......................................slaves

[DireStrike]

54. Most of my learning is NOT from school... (answers)

I don't retain much of my school knowledge, and it usually isn't foremost in my mind... I'm 22, so... I've always been weird about learning that way (or maybe normal?)

George Washington.....................................

Hero, Patriot, General, first president, etc etc. Chopped down the cherry tree. Didn't want to be president. They wanted to make him King, but he turned it down (not from school obviously.)

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................

George crossed it. It was something of a gambit or a surprise attack, the war wasn't going well.

1066...........................................................

William the conquerer invades england.

Paul Revere.................................................

Rode many miles yelling out his warnings, did some other stuff too.

"Remember the Maine".................................

Yellow journalism, wasn't really true (maybe? nobody really knew) US wanted a war with a world power to show its strength as a nascent power. Spain, as a declining power was a good choice, and we always had the monroe doctrine to fall back on for excuses.

Corregidor....................................................

Dunno.

Gen McArthur..............................................

Something about the phillipines.

Fatboy........................................................

A nuke, the other being tall man. They were ones dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. I think fatboy was the first.

Antietum.....................................................

Civil war battleground, I think it was a pivotal battle.

Abe Lincoln.................................................

Depressed, brilliant, possibly gay. Log cabin. Killed by booth. Awesome president.

Julius Caesar...............................................

I think he was supposed to be part of a triumvirate ruling rome, but he took caesarship instead. His name became Czar. Killed by brutus & co on the ides of march.

JFK............................................................

Killed by the cia/right wing through that guy and possibly others. (It's not who or how many, but WHY?) Took responsibility for bay of pigs, a failed rightist plot. Stared down the russians over the cuban missiles (we also had missiles in Turkey which we agreed to get rid of.) Progressive, catholic, first catholic president. "Ask not what your country can do for you..."

FDR...........................................................

New deal. 4 terms in office (!) Court packing. Alphabet agencies. Polio. Might have used pearl harbor as a lure. Rescued america from the depression, with the help of wwII. Some bad, and lots and lots of goodness. Killed by the right wing (just kidding, it was the polio.)

Ho Chi Minh................................................

North Vietnamese communist leader guy. I think I learned that from M*A*S*H or Jeopardy or something. Wait, mash was Korea.

Golda Meir..................................................

Never heard of her.

November 11...............................................

Dunno.

June 14.......................................................

Also dunno.

Gen. Custer................................................

Idiot who got his whole regiment killed by indians.

USSR........................................................

United soviet socialist republic. Iron curtain, spies. Severe repression and governmental abuse. Dictatorship. Proxy wars with US.

Eisenhower................................................

General, President, who warned of the military industrial complex in his farewell speech.

Nixon.......................................................

I am not a crook (he was.) Fairly liberal by todays insane standards. Environmental stuff, vietnam ending/de-escalation.

Egypt.......................................................

Old old country. The nile flows south to north, although on that map on the wall that is down to up. Pyramids built with slave labor. Worshipped cats. Now a dump second world country or worse.

Martin Luther King......................................

Civil rights leader, assassinated by...?

Thomas Jefferson.......................................

Revolutionary, even by 1776 standards. Liberal. Favorite founding father. Not christian. "wall of separation" between church and state. Treaty of tripoly. Didn't like madison that much (or was it adams?) Library of congress was his personal library! Sex with his slaves... =/

[Nevernose]

Good job, overall. November 11th is Armistice Day (Veteran's Day)

It was on the 11 minute of 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that they signed the armistice to end WWI. They waited two weeks for the poetically-pleasant repetition, and thousands died.

Golda Meir was a former PM of Israel. Watch the movie "Munich" for the Cliff's Notes.

MLK was allegedly killed by James Earl Ray, although none of the King family believe that (and neither do I).

[otherlander]

55. Okay....there's a good number I don't know, but...

George Washington- American revolution leader, owned slaves

The Potomac/Delaware River- Where Native Americans lived until land was stolen from them. After thinking about it for a second, also where George Washington crossed and attacked Hessians. (sp?)

1066- Year of one of the Crusades? Not sure.

Paul Revere- "The British are Coming!" One of the Sons of Liberty in the Revolution.

"Remember the Maine"- Sparked war with Spain, accused of blowing up ship but the explosion may have been an accident.

Corregidor- Drawing a blank here.

Gen McArthur- Don't know. :blush:

Fatboy- What immediately comes to mind is the atom bomb, but I know that isn't it.

Antietum- One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.

Abe Lincoln- Freed the slaves.

Julius Caesar- Roman emperor, betrayed and assassinated

JFK - Civil rights advocate, assassinated by CIA.

FDR- New Deal, helping the poor.

Ho Chi Minh- I should know this but I don't. :dunce:

Golda Meir- I know it has something to do with Israel.

November 11- :dunce: Drawing a blank.

June 14- Want to say Bastille Day, but that was July 14.

Gen. Custer- Lost to Native Americans whose land he was trying to steal.

USSR- Soviet Russia, Cold War, Stalinist purges.

Eisenhower- Planned Bay of Pigs. Warned against military industrial complex, last decent Republican president.

Nixon- First thing that came to mind was lyrics of CSNY's "Ohio". Then Vietnam, of course, then Watergate.

Egypt- Slaves building pyramids. Then the 6-day war.

Martin Luther King- "I have a dream..." Racial equality, Montgomery boycott, assassination by the right.

Thomas Jefferson- Louisiana Purchase, Declaration of Independence.

[jollyreaper2112]

56. wrong bomb

That's FATMAN and LITTLEBOY. FATBOY is the techo musician, FATBOY SLIM.

[SoCalDem]

57. Like I said.. some of what we remember is wrong

but lots remember it the same way anyway.. It's an exercise..:)

Fatboy is also a Hamburger :) or is that a Fatburger, Hamboy?

did YOU take the quiz before you peeked at other's first impressions?

[OregonBlue]

58. First things that jumped into my mind were

George Washington............Good president, smart man, honest

The Potomac/Delaware River...George Washington Crossing

1066......................... ? Got nothing on this one

Paul Revere..................Minutemen, good plan

"Remember the Maine".........? Can't remember

Corregidor...................Nasty battle in South Pacific

Gen McArthur.................I shall return

Fatboy....................... Nasty bomb

Antietum.....................Bloody civil war battle

Abe Lincoln...................Great man, honest, kind

Julius Caesar.................Arrogance

JFK...........................Ask not what your country can do for you

FDR...........................New Deal, Eleanor, polio

Ho Chi Minh...................Crafty, he won

Golda Meir....................Mother of Israel

November 11...................End of War, my mom’s Bday

June 14.......................Bastille day but remembered that’s July 14

Gen. Custer..........Got slaughtered at Little Bighorn, arrogant asshole

USSR........................Communism, cold war

Eisenhower..................Good general, mediocre president

Nixon.......................Crook, Watergate

Egypt.........................Pyramids, Nile

Martin Luther King..........Assassinated, Most powerful black leader we have had

Thomas Jefferson.............Brilliant, civil rights, kept slaves

[blogslut]

59. here's me, showing my ignorance

George Washington - First President/General/Didn't want to be king

The Potomac/Delaware River - Washington crossed it with his men and it was freezing

1066 - guessing some date when they re-wrote the bible again

Paul Revere - Made damned nice silverware/Warned us all the British were coming

"Remember the Maine" - Remember the Maine - a ship that was sunk by the British

Corregidor - have o firigging idea -guess Spanish American war?

Gen McArthur - shall return and if the pictures don't come out, I'll return again

Fatboy - A Bomb prototype

Antietum - civil war battle

Abe Lincoln - President during and right after the civil war/humble beginnings/assassinated

Julius Caesar - assissinated in the Roman senate/not so humble

JFK - Assassinated in his car in Dallas/Cuban missile crisis

FDR - elected three times/died in office/polio/commander in chief during WWII/ gave us all SS #s

Ho Chi Minh - Ho Chi Minh Trail

Golda Meir - Prime Minister of Israel

November 11 - first atom bomb test

June 14 - emancipation

Gen. Custer - died in the Battle of Little Big Horn

USSR - Former Communist Russia

Eisenhower - WWII general/ President of the US

Nixon - A bad president/went to China/resigned in shame

Egypt - Anwar Sadat/also birthplace of civilization

Martin Luther King - Mnister/cvil rights leader/non violence/assassnated

Thomas Jefferson - Founding father/author of the constitution

[Cybergata]

60. Random thoughts

George Washington.....................................a very tall man for his time. Oh, yes, a great general.

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................near Washington DC, Washington crossing Delaware, oh sure, he stood up, I doubt, it was to damn cold.

1066........................................................... Hum! Blank!

Paul Revere.................................................didn't make a midnight ride, he was captured and his horse was taken, but he made one great propaganda poster when he made the "Boston Massacre"

"Remember the Maine".................................a ship that sank, starting the Spanish American War....hum I've always wondered if the U.S. didn't sink the ship to get the U.S. involved, but then I'm a skeptic from the Vietnam era. O

Corregidor....................................................an island

Gen McArthur..............................................Pompus Ass

Fatboy........................................................boring, dull, I prefer intellectual nerds myself ON EDIT....ha haaa haaa I read that as Fratboy, on second thought BOMB!!

Antietum.....................................................Civil War, very very Bloody, but weren't all the battles in that war

Abe Lincoln.................................................manic depressive, probably wouldn't get elected today because he wasn't that good looking, but he is one of the best presidents, Sad, Sad, Sad

Julius Caesar...............................................when is HBO going to have an other season of this series or is his death the end. Remember the Ides of March

JFK............................................................died too young, and was so beautiful

FDR...........................................................made democrats of Hispanics in New Mexico, was married to an amazing woman

Ho Chi Minh................................................trail

Golda Meir..................................................Isreal

November 11...............................................sorrow

June 14.......................................................bring on the Blues

Gen. Custer................................................died for our sins, and what an idiot, thank the Native Americans for killing him or else he would have become a president

USSR........................................................No more

Eisenhower................................................was right

Nixon....................................................... how much I hate him, but he seems almost liberal compared to Bush....and why didn't we learn about how the Republicans are fond of dirty tricks to win elections

Egypt.......................................................King Tut, sand, Nile, pyramids

Martin Luther King......................................a guiding light

Thomas Jefferson.......................................the most interesting, intelligent president...a man of contradictions, but a great president...an amazing writer, and don't you just love the time bomb he put in the Declaration of Independence.....Yes, all men are created equal! He sure left his mark on the future.

[catbert836]

62. Ooooh

George Washington..................................... Father of our Country

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Washington, D.C.

1066........................................................... William the Conqueror

Paul Revere................................................. Silversmith

"Remember the Maine"................................. Spanish-American War

Corregidor.................................................... ???

Gen McArthur.............................................. Korean War

Fatboy........................................................ Atom Bomb

Antietum..................................................... bloodiest Civil War battle

Abe Lincoln................................................. freed the slaves

Julius Caesar............................................... Et tu, Brute?

JFK............................................................ Bay of Pigs

FDR........................................................... New Deal

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Vietnamese communist

Golda Meir.................................................. Israeli PM

November 11............................................... ???

June 14....................................................... D-Day

Gen. Custer................................................ Little Big Horn

USSR........................................................ Josef Stalin

Eisenhower................................................ WW2

Nixon....................................................... Watergate

Egypt....................................................... Pyramids

Martin Luther King...................................... Civil Rights

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Declaration of Independence

[lumberjack_jeff]

64. Fun

George Washington..................................... Wooden dentures

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Washington crossing it in a rowboat

1066........................................................... William the conqueror

Paul Revere................................................. and the raiders

"Remember the Maine"................................. spanish american war, cuba as a suburb of New Orleans

Corregidor.................................................... pacific war

Gen McArthur.............................................. Truman: "you're fired!"

Fatboy........................................................ Hiroshima. Bad karma. Perhaps we deserve what we're getting.

Antietum..................................................... Bloodiest battle for US soldiers

Abe Lincoln................................................. I'm sure there was more than one cherry tree

Julius Caesar...............................................

JFK............................................................ cuba

FDR........................................................... the new deal

Ho Chi Minh................................................ the best example of the thin line between freedom fighter and insurgent/terrorist

Golda Meir.................................................. Israel

November 11............................................... I'd be guessing

June 14....................................................... I'm not so good with dates

Gen. Custer................................................ Third most incompetent military leader ever.

USSR........................................................ cold war

Eisenhower................................................ military industrial complex

Nixon....................................................... paranoia

Egypt....................................................... Anwar el Sadat

Martin Luther King...................................... I have a dream

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Monticello

[Yupster]

65. Okay, I'll bite

George Washington...................first prez..................

The Potomac/Delaware River...............rainy camping trip..........

1066...............................Hastings

Paul Revere.........................British are coming

"Remember the Maine"............Oops - probably a mistake

Corregidor......................Death March

Gen McArthur.....................I Shall Return

Fatboy........................... Still alive today? Teaching story

Antietum..........Lee's worst mistake - worse than Pickett's Charge

Abe Lincoln.......Bushlike diplomacy

Julius Caesar.....My supporters in the Caesarian Section

JFK.......................Overrated

FDR.......................New Deal

Ho Chi Minh..............unending war

Golda Meir.............saved by Nixon

November 11..............?

June 14...................?....................................

Gen. Custer...........Custer had a plan too - favorite saying of mine

USSR.................misery

Eisenhower............competence

Nixon.................underrated

Egypt...................past

Martin Luther King..........hero

Thomas Jefferson............Renaissance Man

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

67. Here it goes

Keep in mind I'm a foreigner so I may have written "Huh?" on something that's incredibly obvious to Americans:

Edit: AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! The seizing of the Bastille was JULY 14! JULY! Not June!

George Washington...............Independence
The Potomac/Delaware River...The aforementioned fellow crossing it while doing an impossibly herioc pose on a small boat
1066...........................................................Hastings
Paul Revere.................................................The British Are Coming!
"Remember the Maine".................................Huh?
Corregidor....................................................Huh?
Gen McArthur..............................................WW II
Fatboy........................................................The A-Bomb thrown on Hiroshima
Antietum.....................................................Huh?
Abe Lincoln.................................................Civil War
Julius Caesar...............................................Brutus
JFK............................................................Dallas
FDR...........................................................New Deal
Ho Chi Minh................................................Vietnam
Golda Meir..................................................Israel
November 11...............................................Huh?
June 14.......................................................The seizing of the Bastille (NOT!)
Gen. Custer................................................Sitting Bull
USSR........................................................Stalin
Eisenhower................................................Broke a very long Democratic run
Nixon.......................................................Watergate
Egypt.......................................................Suez Canal
Martin Luther King......................................Civil Rights
Thomas Jefferson.......................................a member of Washington's gang

[Minnesota_Lib]

68. OK…the first things that come to my old mind..and

...I am a history buff, mind you.

George Washington: leader of our revolutionary army, “Father of our country.”

The Potomac/Delaware River: The Potomac River was part of Washington mythology (throwing a dollar across the Potomac). He led his troops in a winter crossing of the Delaware in what may have been the turning point in the revolutionary war—the defeat of the Hessians mercenaries near Trenton, NJ (HA-HA…The History Channel just had on a series about this hehehe).

1066: Assuming this is a year, it would have to be the invasion (Norman???) of England (it was around that time period as I recall…other than that I am stuck).

Paul Revere: Silversmith, midnight ride to Concord (the British are coming, the British are coming!).

"Remember the Maine": A dubious reason to get into war with Spain.

Corregidor: ”I will return.”

Gen McArthur: See above

Fatboy: I think you are mistaken here. If you are referring to the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was Little Boy. Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. Otherwise I think of Rush Limbaugh.

Antietum: Major battle in the Civil War….North took charge after this one as I recall.

Abe Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation, Republican when they were progressive.

Julius Caesar: Et tu, Brute?

JFK: I was let out of school early and after I got home I saw Uncle Walter (Cronkite) crying on TV as well as my mother, great aunt and grandmother all sobbing.

FDR: The New Deal, Lend Lease, WWII, Eleanor.

Ho Chi Minh: Nationalistic leader of North Vietnam who wanted to reunite his nation.

Golda Meir: Former school teacher and leader of Israel in the 1970s. No nonsense and well respected as I recall.

November 11: Vet’s Day

June 14: No idea…D-day was on June 4th, but no idea about the 14th.

Gen. Custer: Genocidal madman

USSR: Soviet Union, duck and cover (I am that old LOL)

Eisenhower: last good Republican President who made the prophetic warning about the military-industrial establishment.

Nixon: Watergate, China, his enemies list and Grace Slick’s aborted attempt to put LSD into his punch (Grace was nuts…and I loved her for it LOL). Many, many of memories of Tricky Dick and so much comes to mind.

Egypt: Nassar and his Arab League (I am that old LOL)

Martin Luther King: “ I had a dream….,” the Selma march and the Loraine (SIC) Motel are the first thing that come to mind….so many searing memories of him it is hard.

Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence (just one of many reasons the right hates him today).
:)

[Nevernose]

71. "Antietum" is spelled w/ an A, not a U

Other than that, a fairly easy quiz. Most of this stuff should really be on the test for graduating High School seniors.

[SoCalDem]

73. why you nit-picky little brat

[Nevernose]

81. Sorry, I wasn't trying to be smug and superior

My natural superioirity comes out regardless, though. ;)

Seriously, though, I think people just graduating from high school should be able to answer at least 60% of your questions.

And as far as animals sticking their tongues out: HAH! Take this! No photoshop needed! And looks remarkably like my own canine unit -- simple minded, good-natured, and fun to be around, unlike those nefarious faking felines:

[SoCalDem]

82. Aren't Labradors wonderful?

stand clear of a happy one's tail.. Tasha would clear off the coffee table when she was happy :)

[Nevernose]

84. My dog has no tail, and she's a German SH Pointer

Closer to this:



I wish I knew how to take pictures of her and put them someplace; maybe tomorrow I will find some kind of free hosting site. Getting this dog has been one of the best things to ever happen to me.

[SoCalDem]

85. If you like, pm me the link and I'll host them for you

I think you'll need my email.. check your PM

German Shorthairs faces look very Labrador-ish :)

[Minnesota_Lib]

74. Plus the A-bombs were named Fat Man and Little Boy...Fatboy=Limbaugh

[SoCalDem]

76. I know..I know Iknow

I purposely did NOT look any of this stuff up, because I just wanted "brain-lint"..

[Minnesota_Lib]

96. NP...I just happened to have read alot about it...BTW, this rocks..

Thanks...this was really fun.

[Marie26]

75. Here you go

George Washington..................................... cherry tree, 1st president

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Washington crossing the Potomac

1066........................................................... um, Catholic/Orthodox churches split?

Paul Revere................................................. silversmith, "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"

"Remember the Maine"................................. propaganda claptrap to get us into the Spanish-American war.

Corregidor.................................................... Ship of some kind?

Gen McArthur.............................................. That picture of him walking through the water in Japan, brilliant WWII general, power-hungry.

Fatboy........................................................ Fatboy Slim?

Antietum..................................................... Civil War battle.

Abe Lincoln................................................. Best President, great writer, Gettysburg Address, Civil War, sad.

Julius Caesar............................................... "Beware Ides of March", Roman emperor

JFK............................................................ Dallas, assassinated, Camelot lost.

FDR........................................................... "New Deal," paralyzed, Great Depression

Ho Chi Minh................................................ N. Vietnam leader, communist, Trail.

Golda Meir.................................................. Israeli Pres., strong & ruthless.

November 11............................................... Veteran's Day

June 14....................................................... Father's Day

Gen. Custer................................................ moron, "Custer's Last Stand".

USSR........................................................ Communist, superpower, gone.

Eisenhower................................................ Republican Pres, Warned of industrial/military complex, WWII's top general in Europe.

Nixon....................................................... Paranoid, Watergate, "Checkers speech", Went to China

Egypt....................................................... Anwar Sadat, pyramids, the Nile.

Martin Luther King...................................... great leader, Selma march, "Letters from a Birmingham Jail"

Thomas Jefferson....................................... President, hypocrite, Louisiana Purchase, wrote Dec. of Indep., Monticello.

[Homer Wells]

80. Here goes

George Washington........Father of His Country-Lost more battles than he won-The Man Who Would Not Be King

The Potomac/Delaware River- (1)-Female reporter caught Pres Adams skinny dipping-made him give her an interview before she gave his clothes back

1066........Battle of Hastings.....Peasants eating bad rye bread..stoned throughout the Middle Ages

Paul Revere........Midnight Ride (wanted to say "and the Raiders" LOL)

Remember the Maine....Another bogus reason for a war

Corregidor.....Major battle of the Pacific War

Gen Mac Arthur.... Great warrior, but lousy subordinate

Fatboy..... was actually "Fatman" and "Little Boy"- bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Antitum...Great Battle of Civil War

Abe Lincoln........Exceptional President..Preserved the Union..Freed the Slaves (only in the States we did not control)in 1863

Julius Caesar........"lend me your ears"

JFK......Accomplished more in death than he did in life..brought "vigah" to the people...made us PROUD once again.....11/22/63-That Was the Week That Was..."In the Summer of His Years"

FDR..........Ego the size of some nations.....brought hope to the workers

Ho Chi Min.....Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh.......city named for him ( I still think of it as Saigon, and always will)

Golda Meir........Helluva woman and magnificent leader

November 11.... 3 day pass in 1968....blind drunk on Thunderbird and Napoleon Brandy

June 14

Gen Custer.... died for our sins

USSR.............John, Paul George and Ringo (Back in the USSR)

Eisenhower.....First Pres I remember.....deadly dull speeches...Grandfather figure

Nixon.......(Frost interview) President is above the law..Peace with Honor?....

Egypt.....Assasaination of Sadat

Martin Luther King......James Earl Ray?.....Selma.....I Have a Dream

Thomas Jefferson......Hated his Vice President (Aaron Burr)... charged him with treason (bogus accusation)

[RoyGBiv]

89. In the spirit of free association ...

I won't bore people with offering responses to all these, but I wanted to include this.

Every time I hear the name Ho Chi Minh, the *first* thing that pops into my head is Robin Williams in _Good Morning, Vietnam_ imitating
the Munchkins from _The Wizard of Oz_:

"What's a demilitarized zone? Sounds like something out of 'The Wizard of OZ'.

"Oh, no, don't go in there". "Oh-we-oh. Ho Chi Minh.

Oh, look you've landed in Saigon. You're among the little people now.

"We represent the ARVN army. The ARVN army. Oh, no, follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

"Oh, I'll get you my pretty!" Oh, my God, it's the wicked witch of the north. It's Hanoi Hanna! "Now, little G.I., you and your little 'tune-ooh' too.!"

[SoCalDem]

90. That's my favorite Robin Williams movie..n/t

:)

[unkachuck]

92. here goes....

George Washington -- black guy I new

The Potomac/Delaware River -- water

1066 -- 1067, 1068...

Paul Revere -- Ma's pots and pans

"Remember the Maine" -- 'Remember the Minor'

Corregidor -- spice

Gen Mc Arthur -- a General

Fat Boy -- hamburger


can I work on the rest, later?

[Minnesota_Lib]

95. A rightwinger takes the quiz.....

George Washington: Commie revolutionary who had no respect for authority.

The Potomac/Delaware River: The Potomac River was where liberal George Washington set the lefty standard of throwing money away. The Delaware River was the river he crossed (stealing boats from honest loyalists) so he could mount a cowardly terrorist assault on good Nazis…err, I mean Hessians.

1066: A number 20 times higher than anyone can possibly count.

Paul Revere: Another lefty who rebelled against authority. He should be shot. Anyone know his address so I can post it on the internet?

"Remember the Maine": What the gal I raped on November 11th said about my huge 3 incher.

Corregidor: is that on my Gameboy?

Gen McArthur: “Book ‘em, Danno.” I loved this guy on Five-0. He was great.

Fatboy: My hero. I listen every day.

Antietum: Not sure, but if it’s “Anti” anything good I am all for it.

Abe Lincoln: Traitor to the party. Freed the slaves just so they could vote liberal. Anyone know his address for my blog?

Julius Caesar: Huh? Julius? Some queer guy, right?

JFK: Stands for “Just Fucking Kidding.” Can’t fool me.

FDR: Tried to help the lazy poor during the depression and sided against the hard-working Nazis in the late 1930’s. Fucking punk-assed commie! Was a fucking weakling, wheelchair-bound twerp…not a real man.

Ho Chi Minh: Commie that wanted to play dominos or something. My brother told me that.

Golda Meir: Fucking Jew bitch…oh, wait…I forgot I'm supposed to pretend that I like Jews until they kill all the sand-niggers and bring on Armageddon. Then and only then can I go back to hating all these hell-bound, Christ-killing Jews again. Whoa, that was close.

November 11: I was no where near that bitch that day. She is a lying whore and how can you rape a whore?

June 14: I was asleep all day. Another lying bitch. They all lie!

Gen. Custer: American hero who was martyred trying to clean up the west for white Christian people.

USSR: Ahhhhh! Run! They are under my bed…they are everywhere!

Eisenhower: A commie anti-business punk who pretended to be a Republican. I’d ask for his address for my blog but I think he is too old to bother with.

Nixon: One second…have to slip this sock over my throbbing member…be back in a few…

Egypt: Terrorist nation since those Arabs took over.

Martin Luther King: Anti-American jerk that wasn’t happy with the fact that we freed his sorry ass from slavery, but wanted equal rights and freedom from oppression as well. Give an inch and they want to take a mile. Where was my baseball bat and a length of rope when I needed them?

Thomas Jefferson: Christian fundamentalist patriot who wanted this nation to be a theocracy…unless I am mistaken, in which case he is a total anti-American jerkwad whose addy will soon be listed on my blog.

[genie_weenie]

97. Here goes

George Washington..................................... Virgina Land Owner, First President

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... The Crossing of (painting)

1066........................................................... Stamford Bridge, Haralh Haardrada, the land waster, and Hastings the normans goad the saxons to charge up after their fleeing cavalry and thereby break their lines

Paul Revere................................................. Silver, 1 if by land 2 if by sea, burned hand

"Remember the Maine"................................. 1898 Spanish american War excuse to invade cuba

Corregidor.................................................... Phillipines Bataan Death March

Gen McArthur.............................................. 1932 Bonus Army, Autocratic Despot

Fatboy........................................................ Nagasaki bomb/ Higher yield

Antietum..................................................... Bloodyest Civil War day 22,000

Abe Lincoln................................................. 1,000,000 killed and wounded, John Wilkes Booth

Julius Caesar............................................... Rubicon/Ides of March/Covering face with toga

JFK............................................................ PT109 made him a defining moment, Dallas, magic bullet

FDR........................................................... polio, 4 terms, did he know about Pearl Harbor? Did he give away too much at Yalta?

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Vietnamese Thomas Jefferson

Golda Meir.................................................. Shes passed on

November 11............................................... 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

June 14....................................................... nothing

Gen. Custer................................................ blonde, bad tactician, Rain-in-face, Little Big Man movie with Dustin Hoffman

USSR........................................................ Red peril, Kayatan Massacre, T-32 tank

Eisenhower................................................ bald, MIC, SHAEF

Nixon....................................................... I am not a crook, no makeup

Egypt....................................................... birthplace of Civilization

Martin Luther King...................................... I have a dream, assassinated

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Louisana Purchase, John Locke, product of enlightment, great man

[foreigncorrespondent]

98. Mine!

George Washington..................................... Quaker Oats. Don't know why!

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Plane crash

1066........................................................... Early times

Paul Revere................................................. Liberty

"Remember the Maine"................................. Pearl Harbor

Corregidor.................................................... MacArthur, Japanese control

Gen McArthur.............................................. Hard

Fatboy........................................................ Destruction, death, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Enola Gay

Antietum..................................................... Union victory

Abe Lincoln................................................. Homosexuality

Julius Caesar............................................... Cleo

JFK............................................................ Sadness

FDR........................................................... Cripple

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Trail, diggers

Golda Meir.................................................. Iron lady

November 11............................................... Lest we forget, poppies

June 14....................................................... Betsy Ross

Gen. Custer................................................ Last stand

USSR........................................................ Cold war

Eisenhower................................................ Cornal Potter (MASH)

Nixon....................................................... Watergate, lies, Bush* junior

Egypt....................................................... Gay killings

Martin Luther King...................................... Equality

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Independence day, joy, sadness

[soup]

110. things forgotten

"The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Plane crash"

What a memory jog. The news footage - the frozen river - horrifying. I'm just getting 'blips', and will have to go look it up.

[foreigncorrespondent]

135. That only stands out to me like that...

...because my sister has a warped sense of humor. The first time I was to fly alone with her the night before we left she made me watch plane crash movies and that was the last one before we went to bed.

Her theory is, if we watch 'em before flying, we will have an idea what to expect and do, if we go down. LOL

[SoCalDem]

136. The night before a cruise, we saw "Poseidon Adventure"

RIP Shelly Winters:)

[foreigncorrespondent]

137. Yep!

I reckon if I ever take a cruise I will think of my sisters theory and watch shop disaster movies as well.

[sueragingroz]

99. A Canadian responds...

George Washington..................................... Wooden Teeth

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Something that Washington Crossed in a painting

1066........................................................... Norman Conquest of England

Paul Revere................................................. Traitor to England ;)

"Remember the Maine"................................. I don't remember anything about the Maine... I lived in New Brunswick though.

Corregidor.................................................... It's a fun word....

Gen McArthur.............................................. He returned alright. And messed up Korea too!

Fatboy........................................................ Unnecessary murder.

Antietum..................................................... No idea.

Abe Lincoln................................................. One of your better presidents. Gay.

Julius Caesar............................................... Karl Urban on Xena - great job!

JFK............................................................ First Catholic President

FDR........................................................... Best American President. New Deal. New Ideas.

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Patriot to his country.

Golda Meir.................................................. Munich - retaliation - blowback

November 11............................................... Poppies. Unbelievable Canadian Sacrifice

June 14....................................................... Bastille Day

Gen. Custer................................................ Funny Moustache....

USSR........................................................ Balance of Power - kept US in check for 40 years

Eisenhower................................................ Military Industrial Complex - he warned us!

Nixon....................................................... Gave new meaning to the "V" sign

Egypt....................................................... One of our earliest civilizations.

Martin Luther King...................................... What the US needed/needs to lead them.

Thomas Jefferson....................................... A great thinker. Had slaves.

[EFerrari]

100. What the heck is November 11? : )

George Washington was her second husband.

The Potomac/Delaware River was probably swampy.

1066 Magna Carta

Paul Revere mostly hype.

"Remember the Maine" was an earlier Gulf of Tonkin

Corregidor I never knew this to forget it

Gen McArthur "I'll be back"

Fatboy one of the bombs. :(

Antietum decisive Civil War battle but can't remember the decision. lol

Abe Lincoln read the law before he bended it

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon

JFK was the first Catholic president.

FDR extended the hemisphere hoping to enter the war.

Ho Chi Minh trail. Was going to win something. :evilgrin:

Golda Meir once went to see the King of Jordan in drag in the middle of the night to avert a war.

November 11 Armistice? Not sure.

June 14 Emancipation? Not sure.

Gen. Custer Oh dear. The Little Big Horn

USSR used to be the Axis of Evil

Eisenhower invented the phrase "military industrial complex"

Nixon forced the Republicans to come up with Rove because he didn't get the media

Egypt northern Africa, assassinated leader who was genuinely interested in peace.

Martin Luther King spoke out against the war

Thomas Jefferson was a farmer

[rzemanfl]

103. Armistice Day, WWI, n/k/a Veteran's Day. Eleventh month,

eleventh day, eleventh hour.

[EFerrari]

113. Interesting. My brain gave me both and I trusted neither

completely.

But in sfexpatWorld, William the Conqueror brought the Magna Carta to Bosworth Field. :silly:

[SoCalDem]

127. as soon as I put down June 14 I hesitated

Flag Day..Arbor Day?

[soup]

104. crusty residue

George Washington..................................... father of country, "I cannot tell a lie"

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... G.W. painting

1066........................................................... The grand old duke of York, he had 10,000 men. He marched them up the hill then marched them down again. When you're up you're up and when you're down you're down. and when you're only halfway up, you're neither up nor down. (Don't even ask - I know it's not even close, but you said first thing... :))

Paul Revere................................................. the British are coming, silversmith, Mark Lindsey

"Remember the Maine"................................. remember the alamo, don't give up the ship, damn the torpedoes full speed ahead

Corregidor.................................................... WWII

Gen McArthur.............................................. I shall return, Gregory Peck

Fatboy........................................................ little man

Antietum..................................................... cannons, Civil War

Abe Lincoln................................................. Emancipation Proclamation, 16th President

Julius Caesar............................................... Et tu Brutus

JFK............................................................ Dissecting frogs Camelot

FDR........................................................... Sunrise at Campobello (what was that actor's name??), wheelchair

Ho Chi Minh................................................ Trail, VietNam

Golda Meir.................................................. leader Israel

November 11............................................... Veteran's Day, paper poppies

June 14....................................................... Flag Day

Gen. Custer................................................ Little Big Horn

USSR........................................................ The Beatles

Eisenhower................................................ "I like Ike"

Nixon....................................................... "Nixon's the One!", VietNam, protests

Egypt....................................................... Cleopatra, pyramids, Nile

Martin Luther King...................................... I have a dream, civil rights

Thomas Jefferson....................................... Declaration of Independence


Yoiks - how embarrassing.

[SoCalDem]

115. nothing to be embarrassed about.. your "answers" are much like all of them

That's what's so fun about this.. Most people have pretty much the same stuff that pops into their heads...

I have been thoroughly enjoying reading all the responses.

[Mind_your_head]

143. OMG.....you just jogged my mind to a song we learned in HS chorus:

Give me some men who are stout-hearted men
Who will fight for the right they adore.
Start me with ten, who are stout-hearted men
And I'll soon give you ten thousand more.

Oh! Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder
They grow as they go to the fore!
Then there's nothing in the world can halt or mar a plan,
When stout-hearted men can stick together man to man!

*** YIKES *****

[NNadir]

105. I'm not formally trained in history, but I love it, and spent some time on

it.

George Washington: Prevented a military coup by putting on his glasses, saying "Gentlemen, you must pardon me. I have grown gray in your service and now find my self growing blind."

Potomac: Reverting to swampland of a different kind.

1066: Hastings. Bill conquers.

Corregidor: MacArthur squirrels away, Wainwright gets to march the "Death March."

MacArthur: Successfully administered Japan, but then approached doing what Washington avoided and in so doing assured Truman's honored place in history.

Fat Boy: The second plutonium implosion bomb to detonate, this time over human beings in a city.

Antietam: McClellan finds all of Lee's plans in a cigar, and still blunders.

Abe Lincoln: Found a way to save a ravaged and divided country, suffered tremendously because of his predecessor's incompetence. We will need his equivalent to survive the worst period in our history since the Civil War.

Ho Chi Minh: Powerful anti-imperialist with brutal resolve to rid his country of foreign rule.

November 11: On the 11th minute on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the most brutal war up until that time, a war as stupid as any war, ended. Promptly the people who won it bungled the peace to make sure that wars do what they always do: Assure more wars.

Gen Custer: Last in his class at West Point, proved to be a brilliant Calvary officer in the Civil War, serving under Sheridan. Tried to live by Sheridan's brutal military methods in Montana in a genocidal war, and, but working without Sheridan's smarts and in command all by himself, ended up as a famous loser.

USSR: Stalin. One need not say more than that.

Nixon: The most deliberately malign person to occupy the White House up until the creature living there now.

Egypt: A great, largely peaceful isolated civilization that lasted for a millennium without doing all that much in the way of war. A culture of art. A modern incarnation, with not much in common with the original, now occupies the same general geographical area.

Martin Luther King: An American of nearly unsurpassed rhetorical skill who brought the principles of non-violence to his country, at least internally. The forgotten principles have sadly disappeared from our cultural awareness.

Thomas Jefferson: A deeply flawed polymath who at least engineered the Louisiana Purchase, setting in motion the chain of events that would give Custer his shot.

[Danmel]

109. ok

George Washington.....................................First Pres

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................Washington Crossing

1066...........................................................Norman Invasion

Paul Revere.................................................SSilversmith

"Remember the Maine".................................SPanish Ameridcan War

Corregidor....................................................nothing comes to mind

Gen McArthur..............................................I shall (will) return

Fatboy........................................................jazz

Antietum.....................................................battlefield

Abe Lincoln.................................................civil war

Julius Caesar...............................................windbag

JFK............................................................hope

FDR...........................................................wwII

Ho Chi Minh................................................Vietnam

Golda Meir..................................................Israel

November 11...............................................Veterans Day

June 14.......................................................Flag Day

Gen. Custer................................................Little Big HOrn

USSR........................................................Back in the

Eisenhower................................................Bald

Nixon.......................................................paranoid

Egypt.......................................................pyramids

Martin Luther King......................................the day I met my husband

Thomas Jefferson.......................................Declaration in Independence

[LWolf]

111. Ok; here are the initial thoughts that appear in my head:

George Washington: First President, Revolutionary War, soldiers marching in snow.

The Potomac/Delaware River: Washington crossed it.

1066: Is that a year or the number of people, votes, or????

Paul Revere: silver

"Remember the Maine" Is "the Maine" a ship? I wonder what happened to it.

Corregidor: Is this "corridor" spelled wrong, or a spanish word, or?

Gen McArthur: Dead white male warmonger

Fatboy: Human capacity for cruelty

Antietum: A battle

Abe Lincoln: Tall guy, civil war, reading by candlelight, assasinated, Marfan syndrome

Julius Caesar: conqueror

JFK: shot, and my mommy cried.

FDR: new deal in a wheel chair

Ho Chi Minh: Trail. Leader possibly mischaracterized by U.S.

Golda Meir: zionist, Israeli Prime minister

November 11: Veteran's Day

June 14 Flag Day, or, as I like to call it, "Nationalism Day."

Gen. Custer: Bigoted killer of natives

USSR: Failed social experiment used to generate fear in generations of Americans

Eisenhower: Ike, a republican who makes many Democrats these days look good

Nixon: A smart president with an ethical disability. While I cheered his political demise, he looks great next to the republican presidents who came after him.

Egypt: Exploited by the British Empire, the nile, the desert, camels, and source of ancient cultural artifacts.

Martin Luther King: A christian I remember with respect, honor, and appreciation. I wish other christian leaders would study Ghandi before becoming leaders.

Thomas Jefferson: The founder and president who pointed out that religious institutions that use government to advance their religion undermine our civil rights.

[laylah]

112. Ok, here goes.

George Washington.....................................First President US, did not really say "I cannot lie, I cut down the cherry tree", wooden teeth

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................Washington and his men trapped on shore in horrible winter weather in 1775 (?)

1066...........................................................Norman invasion

Paul Revere.................................................The British are coming, the British are coming!

"Remember the Maine".................................Spanish/American War's version of 9/11, Bay of Tonkin

Corregidor....................................................Spanish soldier

Gen McArthur..............................................Truman stripped him of his duties

Fatboy........................................................bomb dropped on Heroshima

Antietum.....................................................battle of the Civil War

Abe Lincoln.................................................Emancipation Proclamation, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play, son, Tad, died at a very young age, Mary was loco

Julius Caesar...............................................Ides of March

JFK............................................................The greatest President of my lifetime, "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country", his murder was the beginning of the end of what this country was meant to stand for, refused the "Northwoods" plan, had plan to withdraw troops from Viet Nam

FDR...........................................................32nd President, Eleanor, wheelchair

Ho Chi Minh................................................Chinese Dictator, Ho Chi Minh Trail in North Viet Nam is the route the Vietnamese used to supply their troops.

Golda Meir..................................................Educated in Colorado, first woman Prime Minister of Israel

November 11...............................................JFK

June 14.......................................................?

Gen. Custer................................................murderer of Native Americans, arrogant, Custer's Last Stand at Battle of the Big Horn

USSR........................................................Cold War

Eisenhower................................................Military Industrial Complex

Nixon.......................................................Watergate, first American President to visit China

Egypt.......................................................Anwar Sadat

Martin Luther King......................................I have a dream, murdered by same ones who murdered JFK, Birmingham, march on Washington, civil rights movement

Thomas Jefferson.......................................Monticello, 3rd President, Sally Hemmings

edited to finish :silly:

[Reverend_Smitty]

117. My answers

George Washington...First President

The Potomac/Delaware River...DC/Washington's Crossing

1066...Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere..."The British are Coming"

"Remember the Maine"...Spanish American War

Corregidor...Battle of the Philippines

Gen McArthur..."I shall return"

Fatboy...Little Man

Antietum...Civil War

Abe Lincoln...Gettysburg Address

Julius Caesar...Et tu Brute?

JFK...Cuban Missile Crisis

FDR...New Deal

Ho Chi Minh...North Vietnam

Golda Meir...Isreal

November 11...Veterans Day

June 14...Flag Day

Gen. Custer...Little Big Horn

USSR...Iron Curtain

Eisenhower...I like Ike

Nixon..."I am not a crook"

Egypt...Pyramids

Martin Luther King..."I have a dream"

Thomas Jefferson...Louisiana Purchase

[Recursion]

123. Taking a shot

George Washington..... American resistance leader and first President. Established the American precedent of relinquishing power, unusual for our Constitutional form

The Potomac/Delaware River.. Potomac divides VA from MD/DC (though actually DC owns the south bank of the Potomac for a few yards until the boundary channel) and the Delaware divides DE from NJ.

1066.................... William the Conqueror takes advantage of King Alfred's distraction due to Viking raids, and invades England, launching an era of war and land grabbing between England and France that lasts for 800 years and makes Israel/Palestine look like child's play

Paul Revere............. American silversmith and propagandist who is most famous for attempting to warn Sam Adams to hide himself and his weapons stash when British troops began a raid. He failed in this effort and was arrested by the British; Adams was warned by his friend Dawes.

"Remember the Maine".... We LIHOP'd an explosion on one of our ships and invaded Cuba and the Philippines.

Corregidor.............. McArthur's HQ during the Philippines campaign. An island of extreme strategic importance, but I don't remember why. Something about where it is.

Gen McArthur............ Effective but jackass general in WWII who could not hold the Philippines but could retake them later. Then got into a pissing contest with Truman.

Fatboy.................. Makes me think of "fat man" and "little boy", the two original nuclear devices. Also "fatboy slim"

Antietum................ Antietam (thus) is a creek that runs through Sharpsburg, MD. The Battle of Sharpsburg (also called the Battle of Antietam) was fought there in 1862. It was one of the first Union victories in the American Civil War. After the battle, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation

Abe Lincoln............. First GOP President; former whig and free-soiler. Led country through the Civil War; assassinated.

Julius Caesar........... Gaius Julius "Caesar", Roman political figure whose leadership essentially converted the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. He and two others ran the country for a while, and he was murdered by Senators who were worried he had too much power. After a ghastly civil war following his death, his nephew Octavian takes power as Augustus.

JFK..................... Son of a booze- and gunrunner millionaire, charismatic leader who was assassinated before he did the sort of stupid things most Presidents end up doing, and so he's idolized. Worked on the Civil Rights act (which was done under Johnson) and getting NASA to go to the moon (which happened under Nixon).

FDR..................... President of the US for most of the 1930's and 1940's. Guided country through Great Depression and WWII. Essentially ended the populist movement. Created the New Deal.

Ho Chi Minh............. Vietnamese communist and nationalist leader. Attended the peace talkes at Versailles after WWI hoping for a fair shake for Indochina; instead was snubbed and had to work as a porter. Successfully pressured the US out of South Vietnam 50 years later.

Golda Meir.............. Israeli Prime Minister from sometime after the 6-day-war to some time after the Yom Kippur war. She led Israel during a time of increasing doubt and worry as incidents like the Olympic massacre and the Yom Kippur war chipped away at the Israeli feeling of military superiority.

November 11............. Veteran's day in the US, Armistice day in Europe. 1 day after the Marine Corps birthday.

June 14................. Flag day, and birthday of the US Army
Gen. Custer............. Young general in the civil war whose audacious tactics won him fame. Later killed after those same tactics proved remarkably ineffective against a more mobile scattered enemy, the Lakota.

USSR.................... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a "Soviet" or "council" of a group of socialist republics organized around the largest member, the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. From 1946-1990, the chief rival of the USA worldwide.

Eisenhower.............. Bland but non-stupid President for most of the 1950's

Nixon................... Eisenhower's veep and President from 1969 until he resigned in '74. Created the EPA, the NEA, and several other government programs now associated with the political left. A foreign policy "realist", he antagonized both the left and the "new right" by pursuing detente while escalating bombings in southeast asia.

Egypt................... A country that is in both the middle east and africa, with mostly Arab population but some berbers. Roughtly 3/4 muslim and 1/4 Christian. Run by Hosnei Mubarak, but it's not clear he can hold on to it much longer.

Martin Luther King...... Father of the great civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thomas Jefferson........ Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the US

EDIT: typo under Ho Chi Minh

[SoCalDem]

124. Impressive :)

:thumbsup:

[rzemanfl]

130. Good catch on the "Junior." n/t

[Biernuts]

126. My answers

George Washington.................1st Prez

The Potomac/Delaware River........Threw dollar (not true) / Xmas invasion

1066..............................We speak English, not French because of Result

Paul Revere....................... Midnight Ride

"Remember the Maine"...............War w/Spain

Corregidor.........................Escape From Corregidor (by Whitcomb, frmr Ind Gov)

Gen McArthur...................... His mom lived at the Hotel at West Point his cadet years

Fatboy.............................A-bomb

Antietum..........................Bloodiest civil war battle

Abe Lincoln......................"Lincoln did the right thing even though he knew he'd lose half the nation, you wouldn't do the right thing if you thought you'd lose Michigan" (From West Wing - Shrink talking to Bartlett)

Julius Caesar......................Et tu Brute.

JFK................................Marylyn Monroe

FDR................................Internment Camps for US Citizens of Japanese descent

Ho Chi Minh........................The winner

Golda Meir.........................1st well-known female leader

November 11........................WWI End, Vet's day

June 14............................Flag Day

Gen. Custer........................Last in his class because was under arrest, Medal of Honor in Civil War, "Look at all those fucking Indians"

USSR...............................Lost Cold War

Eisenhower.........................WWII Victory in Europe

Nixon..............................China, Watergate

Egypt..............................Peace with Israel

Martin Luther King.................Wiretapped by JFK/LBJ Admins, "I have a Dream"

Thomas Jefferson.................. Declaration of Independence

[dorktv]

131. well

George Washington got the job as commander in chief because he had a cool uniform.
The Potomec and Delaware river are near where my dad was born.
1066 is when William the Conqueror took over England with the Battle of Hastings.
Paul Revere is damn cute in that one portrait.
Remember the Maine is proof that men are still little boys at heart.
Corrieger makes no sense to me.
Gen MacArthur wrote the Japanese Constitution
Fatboy Slim!
Antietum is a difficult word to spell
Abe Lincoln was probably illegitmate but a fun guy to hang with.
Julius Ceaser had some wacky relatives and needed to find better friends.
JFK is my mom crying in a bathroom at school when she learned he had been killed.
FDR is that idiot who changed the rules regarding picking the nominee ruining the fun of DNC conventions.
Ho Chi Minh had a lot of names. And was weird.
Golda Meir was a really cool woman who has done what America has yet to do and been the highest government official in her country as a woman.
November 11 is when you have red carnations for soldiers...on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month did we find peace.
June 14th is the day that Lincoln freed the slaves.
General Custer took an axe...well no he lost to some of the natives in a spectacularly bad battle.
Back in the USSR!!!
Eisenhower: really really crappy president who slept through his presidency.
Nixon: Evil until Bush.
Egypt forced Israel into the Six Days War of 1967.
Martin Luther King was the father of Martin Luther King Jr. who did a lot for peace. :)
Thomas Jefferson...conflicted guy who charmed the French.

[marions ghost]

132. interesting....

looks like I see history in terms of quotes a lot
------------------

George Washington.............'I can never tell a lie'

The Potomac/Delaware River.........Washington

1066.........................Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere................'The British are Coming'

"Remember the Maine".................Spanish American War

Corregidor........................Battle

Gen McArthur......................'I Shall Return'

Fatboy.................Hiroshima

Antietum.....................Civil War

Abe Lincoln....................'A House divided against itself cannot stand"

Julius Caesar...................."I came, I saw, I conquered"

JFK.......................'Ask not what your country can do for you....etc"

FDR................................The New Deal

Ho Chi Minh.........................Ho, Ho Ho Chi Minh

Golda Meir........................Israel

November 11............................Veterans

June 14................................Dunno

Gen. Custer...................Last Stand

USSR.........................."Mr Gorbachev, tear down that wall!"

Eisenhower.................I Like Ike

Nixon..................'You won't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore'

Egypt...........................Cleopatra (the movie)

Martin Luther King............."Free at Last, free at last..."

Thomas Jefferson..................Monticello

[SoCalDem]

133. you are a jingle writer's dream come true

:)

[marions ghost]

138. LOL

you're right...I think in sound bites, & even have written ad copy on occasion. I also like to write dialogue and often remember what people say verbatim. Both parents are/were in writing and PR occupations. Dad is Jingle King of the family. It comes naturally. I'm surprized it comes out in this little quiz tho. Thanx for your comment.:)

This quiz does give insights into one's communication style/psychology. I've enjoyed reading them.

[treestar]

134. first things that come to my mind

George Washington..................................... crossing the Delaware

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... Washington

1066........................................................... William the Conqueror

Paul Revere.................................................midnight ride

"Remember the Maine".................................some admiral

Corregidor....................................................spain

Gen McArthur..............................................I shall return

Fatboy........................................................the atom bomb

Antietum.....................................................the bloody lane

Abe Lincoln.................................................honest abe

Julius Caesar...............................................44 b.c.

JFK............................................................Dallas

FDR...........................................................new deal

Ho Chi Minh................................................viet cong

Golda Meir..................................................israel

November 11...............................................Veteran's day

June 14.......................................................Flag day

Gen. Custer................................................Little Big Horn

USSR........................................................communist

Eisenhower................................................military industrial complex

Nixon....................................................... tricky dick

Egypt.......................................................anwar sadat

Martin Luther King......................................I have a dream

Thomas Jefferson.......................................declaration of independence

[charlie and algernon]

139. okey dokey

George Washington.....................................lied about that cherry tree

The Potomac/Delaware River......................... border of DC/Border of PA and NJ

1066........................................................... Battle of Hastings

Paul Revere.................................................light in the chapel

"Remember the Maine".................................Spanish/American war rallying cry

Corregidor.................................................... battle

Gen McArthur.............................................. wanted to invade china

Fatboy........................................................ nuke used on japan

Antietum..................................................... bloodiest 1 day in american history

Abe Lincoln................................................. freed no slaves, won the civil war, greatest pres ever

Julius Caesar............................................... et tu, brute?

JFK............................................................ et tu, LBJ?

FDR........................................................... et tu, mistress?

Ho Chi Minh................................................ had a trail named after him :P

Golda Meir.................................................. um?

November 11............................................... pointless lives lost just so the war could end with the 11s all matching up

June 14....................................................... um, 8 days after the invasion of normandy?

Gen. Custer................................................ had a date with fate on little big horn

USSR........................................................ CCCP

Eisenhower................................................ coulda been a democrat, won world war II

Nixon....................................................... went insane

Egypt....................................................... lost a battle with the Red Sea

Martin Luther King...................................... had a pretty good dream one night that he had to share

Thomas Jefferson......................................... played a violin while declaring his independence to sleep with a slave

[hfojvt]

141. has anyone mentioned Albert Parsons, etc. for November 11?

That was my first thought - Haymarket executions.

[alcibiades_mystery]

142. Here goes

1) First president of the US; general who led the Continental Army during the American revolution; gained his military skill during the French and Indian Wars

2) Washington crossed the Delaware to attack the hessian garrison at trenton, one of the major victories during the American revolution (although could be construed as primarily symbolic)

3) Battle of Hastings; Norman conquerors take over England.

4)Paul Revere; Boston silversmith who alerted Massachusett militia that british troops were arriving to quell the rebellion; Lexington and Concord battles

5)Battle cry for the American side during the Spanish American War of 1898, referring to the somewhat dubious sinking of the Maine by Spanish forces, fueled by the so-called yellow journalism, particularly of Hearst press organs.

6)Corregidor - American forces surrender to Japanese, giving up the Phillipines at the beginning of the American-Japanese War in the Pacific Theater (1941-1942)

7)General in charge of defending the Phillipines against the Japanese, utters "I will return" at the American surrender of the islands, and does return, etc. Accepts surrender of Japan in August 1945. Makes kooky statements about invading and/or nuking China during the Korean War, is cashiered by Truman, becomes darling of the American right wing, amkes loony speech about old soldiers in front of a joint session of Congress.

8)Name of one of the atomic bombs used on Japan at the end of WWII

9)AntietAm - Creek running through Sharpsburg, Maryland, site of vicious 1862 battle between the Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert Lee and the Army of the Potomac led by George McClellan. Largely considered a draw, it saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the American civil war. (It was actually a strategic victory for the union)

10)16th President, blah blah blah civil war, etc,. too eays.

11) Roman statesman and general, much intrigue, seized power of the Roman Republic in 42 BCE, assassinated by rivals 44 BCE

12) JFK - President of the US 1961-1963, assassinated in Dallas Texas November 22, 1963.

13) US President 1933 - 1945; largely credited with devising the so-called New Deal social programs as a response to the Great Depression, led US during most of WWII

14) Leader of Vietnamese independence movement, worked with US OSS agents during WWII, became leader of Vietnamese resistance struggle and declared independence from French colonial rule, 1945; fought French forces in Indochina, 1945-1954; became leader of DRV 1954, continued resistance to Western colonial control of Vietnam until his death in 1969

15)Female prime minister of Israel late 60's -1970's.

16)Veteran's Day, so declared because it was the day of the general armistice that ended the First World War.

17) Flag Day (God knows why)

18) Fought at Gettysburg but best known for tear-assing around Souix Country killing any Indian he found, for which he got his just desserts at Little Big Horn, 1875.

...I'm bored...

[sandnsea]

145. Okay,

Here's mine, not exactly sure what you're thinking you'll find but here you go.

George Washington.....................................chopped down a cherry tree, first president, yadayadayada

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................The famous painting of the crossing

1066........................................................... nothing

Paul Revere.................................................He wasn’t really the main guy who warned the British, made famous in the poem – my mom’s favorite pots and pans, copper bottom revereware

"Remember the Maine".................................Spanish American War

Corregidor....................................................some war or other

Gen McArthur..............................................Did a lot of good in Japan, Truman fired him

Fatboy........................................................bomb

Antietum.....................................................Civil War

Abe Lincoln.................................................log cabin, poor upbringing, civil war

Julius Caesar...............................................Egotistical ruler, murdered

JFK............................................................Assassination, Camelot, civil rights, Cuban Missile crisis

FDR...........................................................polio, social programs, economic stability programs, wwii

Ho Chi Minh................................................Ho Chi Minh trail and POW's, wanted independence for Vietnamese

Golda Meir..................................................One of the best women leaders ever, loved people, loved Israel

November 11...............................................veterans day

June 14.......................................................flag day

Gen. Custer................................................Horrible man, slaughtered a lot of Indians

USSR........................................................really dumb idea

Eisenhower................................................Never should have ran as a Republican, warned about military industrial complex

Nixon....................................................... I am not a crook

Egypt.......................................................Pyramids, Cleopatra, lasting peace with Israel

Martin Luther King......................................I have a dream, Birmingham bus boycott, champion of all the poor and oppressed

Thomas Jefferson.......................................The Wall between church and state, public education advocate, believed in people and the human spirit

[SoCalDem]

148. This was just an escapist little exercise that I hoped would show

just how similar our collective memories are about a variety of people/events/etc.. It's been a hoot reading through all of them.. Even my non-DUer husband enjoyed and was amazed.. (I printed out the questions and then the thread so he could see the others' answers)..

Nothing heavy or scientific..just something to lighten the mood for a few minutes :hi:

[emcguffie]

149. my answers. pt. only

George Washington.....................................first president

The Potomac/Delaware River.........................George Washington

1066........................................................... Norman invasion of Britain

Paul Revere.................................................he warned that the British were coming

"Remember the Maine"................................. a war was started that way

Corregidor....................................................marines were killed there

Gen McArthur..............................................a general in world war II

Fatboy........................................................a terrible nuclear bomb

Antietum.....................................................terrible battle in civil war

Abe Lincoln.................................................assassinated president in civil war

Julius Caesar...............................................first emperor of Rome, assassinated in Forum

JFK............................................................best president, assassinated by bfee

FDR...........................................................great president, hated by right

Ho Chi Minh................................................ communist leader of north vietnam

Golda Meir..................................................leader of israel

November 11...............................................hmm, pearl harbor? or JFK?

June 14.......................................................no idea

Gen. Custer................................................he and all his men were killed in a battle with Native americans

USSR........................................................What Russia became after Bolshevik revolution

Eisenhower................................................I like Ike -- general in WW II, became President, and warned us about the military-industrial complex.

Nixon....................................................... bad boy, tricky dicky, paranoid, did illegal things and sweated a lot -- power-mad. to him, ends justified the means.

Egypt.......................................................pyramids, sadat assassinated

Martin Luther King......................................murdered in my home town when I was an adolescent

Thomas Jefferson.......................................pretty darn good president, had a good head on his shoulders, but he also had slaves.

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150. Pop quiz

George Washington....First Prez

The Potomac/Delaware River.....Christams Crossing

1066...............No clue

Paul Revere............Midnight ride

"Remember the Maine"..........No

Corregidor.......................Blank

Gen McArthur.................I'll be back

Fatboy............................Bombs a stupid way

Antietum.............................Killer war

Abe Lincoln............Great person

Julius Caesar..........Render unto Ceasar

JFK..................To the moon Alice

FDR................................New Deal

Ho Chi Minh....................A new deal for China

Golda Meir.............India, splendia

Nov 11................Veteran's Day

June 14...............Flag Day

Gen. Custer...................Better off dead

USSR.................You don't know how lucky you are...Back in the USSR

Eisenhower...........Beware of military complex

Nixon................I am not a crook

Egypt................Pyramids. great ancient culture

Martin Luther King..........Died too soon. Wonderful man.

Thomas Jefferson................Declaration writer