American history game

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #640 on:** April 24, 2008, 07:45:36 PM

It's hard to find the answer on Google. I'll check other search engines

Malte279 · **Reply #641 on:** April 25, 2008, 03:18:15 AM

Wikipedia could also be helpful (and no, my information on that battle is not based on a Wikipedia article but on a couple of books) but of course you need terms to enter. One thing that may be helpful is that by now you probably know who must have been the opponent to the American army in that battle (as it was no European power and it was a land battle).

Nick22 · **Reply #642 on:** April 25, 2008, 08:17:54 AM

Was it the indians who were the opponent?

Malte279 · **Reply #643 on:** April 25, 2008, 06:21:47 PM

Yes, it was a battle against native American tribes. Of course that is as loose and answer as to say that it was against Europeans, but meanwhile the time and opponent is very much narrowed down. It is kind of remarkable that the battle is so barely known while such less significant battles as the so called Fetterman massacre or that spectacular skirmish at Little Big Horn are so widely known.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #644 on:** April 30, 2008, 07:54:11 PM

I think this battle has multiple names, so I'm not sure I have the right name in mind...

Battle of the Wabash, in 1791, during the Northwest Indian War?

Malte279 · **Reply #645 on:** May 01, 2008, 03:15:02 AM

Perfect Mirumoto_Kenjiro!

The battle is also sometimes referred to as the St. Clair's Defeat / Massacre. It is remarkable that this battle is so barely known. The mention of the "small tortoise" in a previous post was a reference to chief "Little Turtle" who was the main chieftain in this most definite victory native Americans ever won against the US army.
Your turn

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #646 on:** May 01, 2008, 07:42:56 PM

I have one quiz question in mind, but I'm not sure if it will fit. Can the question be about anything US related, such as involvements overseas, or should it be strictly be US history on US soil?

Malte279 · **Reply #647 on:** May 02, 2008, 02:46:23 AM

I don't think that history is limited to the soil of a country, so go ahead

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #648 on:** May 02, 2008, 07:57:20 PM

OK. I'll have one ready in a few days when I get back.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #649 on:** May 08, 2008, 08:10:34 PM

Rats! I thought I had a good one... If someone has one of their own before I come up with one, they can take my place.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #650 on:** June 26, 2008, 02:00:52 PM

I'll jump in, only because it's been so long (hope this isn't rude or anything).

During the Civil War, what Union victory took place in Japan?

Malte279 · **Reply #651 on:** June 26, 2008, 02:52:52 PM

Are you referring to the Shimonoseki affair? A Japanese feudal lord ordered to fire on foreign ships in 1864. One US naval vessel was sent there, severely mauled the lord and the Japanese government agreed to pay an indemnity of $3 million.
The whole affair was not directly linked to the US Civil War though.

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #652 on:** June 26, 2008, 05:11:21 PM

Sounds like it. I got this information from The Civil War Notebook, by Albert A. Nofi. And I quote:

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On 16 July 1863, as the Republic basked in the aftermath of its victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Tullahoma, it was achieving yet another success, in far-off Japan, where the six-gun U.S.S. Wyoming sank two vessels, damaged a third, and shot up shore installations in the Shimonoseki Straits, in retaliation for an attack by the Choshiu Clan on an American merchant ship.

I'm going away for a week, so to avoid the game going stagnant, I'm passing the baton to you, Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #653 on:** June 27, 2008, 03:53:35 AM

Which was the southernmost Russian colonial post on what is today American soil (excepting Hawai)?

aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) · **Reply #654 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:02:45 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, he's stumped the panel.

Lillefot · **Reply #655 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:16:52 PM

Don't know much of American history, but I'll give it a try... :unsure:

Fort Ross, California?

Malte279 · **Reply #656 on:** July 24, 2008, 05:02:42 AM

Perfectly right Gustav!

That fort in Spanish claimed territory (about 12 miles north of San Francisco) was supposed to supply the Russian colonies in Alaska (which were woefully dependent on food imports through American and British traders) with food. However, the fort never fulfilled the task to the satisfaction of the Russian American Company which paid about three times as much as it saved through the food supplies produced at Fort Ross. Today there is only one original building of the Fort remaining while the rest of the structure had to be reconstructed after it was destroyed by the earthquake of 1906 respectively a fire in the 1970s...
Sorry, I'm holding a lecture. Main point, it is your turn Gustav

Lillefot · **Reply #657 on:** October 02, 2008, 01:39:19 PM

I can't belive I was right! Praise be to Trivial Pursuit!

This might be more of a riddle, but you should be able to solve it. Sorry, I'm no good at AM history, so I go with what I know something about.

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-America was once divided up by these three particular ways.
I want to know what kind of ways these was, and the names of all three.
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Clues will come if needed.

Good luck.

Lillefot · **Reply #658 on:** October 02, 2008, 01:55:29 PM

To get you to the right track.

Clue: "One of the ways has a dogs name in it".

Lillefot · **Reply #659 on:** October 04, 2008, 07:45:49 AM

The subject's American Geography.
Now it should be easy.