Total Quiz VIII part 1

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Answered Questions

Q1: Who was the last Spartan King?
A1(by question author): Agesipolis III (219-215)
As I have reserch this subject ....Agesipolis III was  last spartan king from AGIADAI dynasty, however there were kings from EURYPONTIDAI dynasty where the last ruler was Nabis.. there are also some evidences about next ruler - Laconicus.
I have decide to accept all three possible answers

Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, KhaKhan

Q2: Who was the main French Minister between 1726 and 1743 (complete name)?
A2: Cardinal Andr� Hercule de Fleury
Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, KhaKhan, Janissary, Warrior Viking
Those who answered partially: Marcus Petrius

Q3: Who was known as the �cocher de l'Europe� (complete name)?
A3: Etienne Fran�ois duc de Choiseul
Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, KhaKhan, Janissary, Warrior Viking, Marcus Petrius, Necros

Extra information: So the Empress of Russia used to call the Duc de Choiseul, minister of Louis XV., because he had spies all over Europe, and thus ruled its political cabals. (Source:http://www.bartleby.com/81/5370.html)(by Marcus Petrius)

Q4: Which group defeated the Mongols in 1277 in a battle where the Mongols fought on foot instead of on horseback?
A4: Mameluks
Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, Warrior Viking

Q5: Which "Augustus" became a "Basileus"?
A5: Heraclius
Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, Necros
Extra information: Heraclius, when he changed the language of the empire from Latin to Greek (by Necros)

Q6: Which brilliant commander carred a mace with a dagger-in-a-fist and used war waggons and hand cannons against his enemies?
A6: Jan Zizka
Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, janissary, Marcus Petrius
Extra information: look article on AllEmpires http://www.allempires.com/articles/hussite/hussite1.htm

Q8: In 1645 an Army was re-made largely by one man. This army went on to win the war in which it was embroiled, and the man who re-made it went onto lead the country. What was this army, who was the man, and what war did it win?
A8: The New Model Army, created by Oliver Cromwell, which won the English Civil War
Those who answered completely: fastspawn, KhaKhan, Necros
Those who answered partially: Kolovrat, Warrior Viking, Cherub Marechal


Q9: What were the machines which became known as tanks first destined to be named?
A9: Land Battleships (Landship)
Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, KhaKhan

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Q12: The original main use for fingerprints in police practice was not that to find who was present on a crime site, but to identify people: in fact, habitual criminals used to give false names in order to avoid the more severe penalty due to their relapse into crime. Still, at first, not the fingerprint system, but another one, was the more used to identify people. How was that system called, what did it consist in, and who invented it?

A12: 1)It was called "anthropometry"; 2)it consisted in taking a series of body measurements: [JPEG, (111.00 KB)"
 3) it was invented by Alphonse Bertillon:

Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn

Extra information: Bertillon system was abandoned world-wide, in favor of fingerprints, because it failed to provide reliable and unique measurements and was too cumbersome to administer in a uniform manner; moreover, fingerprints have more uses than simple identification, since they can be a proof that a certain person touched a certain thing. A. Bertillon, was a pioneer of modern police practice, and even if his anthropometry did not survive, other methods he invented did, like the use to systematically photograph a crime scene, and that of taking pictures of arrested people, in front and in profile.

Q13: In 1809, a very famous monarch was victim of a theft. Only a convicted criminal, turned detective, managed to solve the case. 1)Who was the monarch? 2)What has been stolen? 3)Who solved the case? 4)Why this latter person is very important in the history of police corps?
A13: 1)Napoleon Bonaparte
2)An emerald necklace he had granted to his wife Josephine
3)Eug�ne Vidocq
4)Vidocq was the first chief of the famous French Police Corp Brigade de la S�ret� (Security Brigade), and is considered the first modern detective of the world

Those who answered completely: Kolovrat

Those who answered partially: fastspawn

Extra information: He was the first one known to use, in modern days, nowadays common practices like operating undercover to gain information, use ballistic (he proved a gun could not have been used to kill a person by extracting the bullet from the corpse and comparing the calibers), identified a criminal by his footprints, etc. All things that are considered absolutely normal today, but that were absolutely new at that time. Please see also this website: Vidocq: Convict Turned Detective Magnifique



Q14: When was officially declared Israel as State?
A14: May 14th 1948

Those who answered completely: Kolovrat, fastspawn, KhaKhan, Janissary, Marcus Petrius

Those who answered partially: Warrior Viking, Cherub Marechal



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Total Quiz VIII Part 1 Awards

Moderator awards

Special Best Source Award to Marcus Petrius for the source for question no 6 ("AE forums, Khakhan posted this once")

Special Suprise Award to faspawn for the answer for question no 10 in the first round (without hint)

Special "Gloria Victis" Award for Cherub Marechal


Score based awards


Best Question Award (...and additional 2 points) for KhaKhan for the question no 5 (Which "Augustus" became a "Basileus"?)

Main Award - Winner of Total Quiz VIII part 1 for... Kolovrat


Results


Congratulations to all winners!

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