German History Quiz

Nick22 · **Reply #300 on:** October 12, 2005, 06:21:07 PM

Was he executed inside a hollow log?

Malte279 · **Reply #301 on:** October 12, 2005, 06:48:50 PM

No, should he? Who was he?

Nick22 · **Reply #302 on:** October 13, 2005, 04:01:42 PM

He Was A pirate, who according to legend offered to build a chain of gold around the town in exchange for his freedom.

Malte279 · **Reply #303 on:** October 13, 2005, 04:49:27 PM

That's the very same. According to legend he did offer a chain of gold around the town of Hamburg ("Hamburgers" had captured him) in exchange of freedom. Others legends say it was a crown of gold around the tower of a church in Hamburg. However, he wasn't released but executed. There is a legend about the execution as well. Please tell me what this legend is about.

Nick22 · **Reply #304 on:** October 13, 2005, 04:51:47 PM

They cut off his privates before cutting off his head.

Malte279 · **Reply #305 on:** October 13, 2005, 05:11:12 PM

Nope. That would hardly be anything special. People everywhere did that all the time. Men are nasty

Stˆrtebecker was beheaded, and according to legend he had made an agreemend with the judges about something he meant to do AFTER loosing his head. What was it he (according to legend) actually DID?

Nick22 · **Reply #306 on:** October 14, 2005, 09:00:11 AM

I'm guessing to give back the money he stole...

Malte279 · **Reply #307 on:** October 14, 2005, 10:45:23 AM

Nope. Couldn't do that with his head already chopped off and also he had no reason to hand them back any money after they had refused to set him free for the gold chain around Hamburg respectively that church tower crown. You are not going to guess the answer by chance.

Nick22 · **Reply #308 on:** October 14, 2005, 12:37:22 PM

That's not going to stop me from guessing Malte...

Malte279 · **Reply #309 on:** October 17, 2005, 03:07:44 PM

Yet I'm positive that you won't guess the answer by chance. I confess that it is very difficult to find information about Stˆrtebecker on English pages. In fact I made sure myself that you can find the information I'm asking for.

Stitch · **Reply #310 on:** October 17, 2005, 03:37:42 PM

I think I found the legend:

After he was beheaded, if he could still walk, any of his comrads whom he passed would be freed.

Hopefully this is correct.

Malte279 · **Reply #311 on:** October 18, 2005, 01:01:48 AM

Cheers and fireworks to our new shooting star! Perfectly right, and I admit it was a tough question! Good going

They also say that the executioner tripped Stˆrtebecker's body after he had passed 11 of his comrades and that despite the earlier promise of the city counsel those eleven men were executed anyway. It is almost certain that the whole story is a legend though.
Your turn

Nick22 · **Reply #312 on:** October 18, 2005, 09:01:04 AM

Good job Stitch...

Malte279 · **Reply #313 on:** October 22, 2005, 06:06:40 PM

Your turn Stitch

Stitch · **Reply #314 on:** October 24, 2005, 03:43:03 PM

Here's an easy one:

When did Germany leave the League of Nations?

Nick22 · **Reply #315 on:** October 24, 2005, 04:08:04 PM

in the 1930s when the League of nations rebuked Germany for recoccupyinhgg the Rhineland.

Stitch · **Reply #316 on:** October 24, 2005, 06:11:17 PM

You got the decade.

What is the exact year?

Nick22 · **Reply #317 on:** October 24, 2005, 07:30:41 PM

I think 1935...

Stitch · **Reply #318 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:56:18 PM

Lower

Nick22 · **Reply #319 on:** October 25, 2005, 12:58:01 PM