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Ben Kenobi · December 11, 2003, 18:01

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That's because James chickened out and ran off to France when he saw William's army. And since when are revolutions necessarily non-bloody?

A revolution may be bloody, but if the spur for the revolution comes from abroad, you have an invasion. All invasions are met with a large army of the loyalists, and the two duke it out. We see this in 1066, both at Normandy, and at Stamford Bridge.

chequita guevara · December 11, 2003, 18:25

William was invited, therefore, it was not an invasion.

PLATO · December 11, 2003, 18:47

Did the hardest one first. Did I just get an easy one?

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1 - Which is the northernmost Chinese province? - Correct

Jilin
Heilongjiang
Hebei
Jiangxi
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2 - Roughly how many French soldiers are currently enforcing the cease-fire in Ivory Coast? - Correct
Less than a hundred
Five hundred
Just over one thousand five hundred
Nearly four thousand
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3 - When did Brunei become independent? - Correct
It has been independent since the Middle-Ages
1925
1947
1984
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4 - Which balkan nation has failed to elect a president three times in just over a year due to insufficent voter turnout? - Correct
Croatia
Serbia-Montenegro
Slovenia
Kosovo
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5 - Which of these areas is not under dispute between China and Russia? - Correct
Ili Valley in Central Asia
Islands on the Amur river
Outer Mongolia
Russian Maritime Province
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6 - Which Dutch Prime Minister resigned in 2002, along with his governement, following the publication of a report accusing his governement's mismanagement of Dutch peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia of having provoked the Srebrenica massacre? - Correct
Wim Kok
Van den Berg
Jan Peter Balkenende
Eveline Herfkens
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7 - In 2002, Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election. What other candidate did he beat in the second round? - Correct
Jose Serra
Anthony Garotinho
Ciro Gomes
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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8 - Of the following countries, which intervened in the Congolese Civil War? - Correct
Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola
Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Angola
Rwanda, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola
Rwanda, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Angola
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9 - Who is the president of the main Japanese opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan? - Correct
Naoto Kan
Katsuya Okada
Heizo Takenaka
Mitsuo Horiuchi
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10 - Who are the two vice-Presidents of the European Commission? - Correct
Pascal Lamy (France) and Günter Verheugen (Germany)
Loyola de Palacio (Spain) and Michel Barnier (France)
Chris Patten (UK) and Antonio Vitorino (Portugal)
Neil Kinnock (UK) and Loyola de Palacio (Spain)
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11 - Where is the Asian Development Bank headquartered? - Correct
Singapore
Tokyo
Manila
Bangkok
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12 - With which nation did Japan recently conclude a Free Trade agreement? - Correct
Singapore
South Korea
Philippines
Thailand
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13 - Which French daily was accused of conflict of interests and biased objectivity in a best-seller published in 2003? - Correct
Libération
Le Monde
Le Figaro
La Tribune
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14 - Which activity as a student and young adult helped shape Chief Justice Margaret Marshall's (of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court) views? - Correct
She was a leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
She was involved in the organisation of several import anti-Vietnam War manifestations
She served as a nurse in the Doctors without Borders organisation
She created an anti-death penalty organisation
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15 - In what country or U.S. state was the world's first oil well sunk in 1859? - Correct
Texas
Pennsylvania
Canada
California
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16 - Who wrote the first version of the Dutch constitution as used today? - Correct
Willem I van Oranje-Nassau
Van Oldernbarneveldt
Thorbecke
De Witth
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17 - Of the various European countries who voted on adhesion to the EU in 2003, which voted in favor with the biggest margin? - Correct
Slovenia, with 85.6%
Lithuania, with 89.92%
Hungary, with 95.3%
Slovakia, with 92.4%
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18 - In Korea, what is known as the Hangul? - Correct
The writing system
The traditional military formation.
The agricultural system.
The tax collection system.
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19 - What happened to Chechen rebel Akhmed Zakayev in November 2003? - Correct
A British judge refused to extradite him to Russia
He was killed by the Russian army
He was accused by Russia of having participated in the organisation of the Moscow Theater hostage-taking
Russia announced his surrendering, announcement which he promptly denied
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20 - Senator Jim Jefford left the US Republican party in 2001, throwing control of the US Senate to the Democrats until 2003. What state was he from? - Correct
Maine
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
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Ramo · December 11, 2003, 19:04

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William was invited, therefore, it was not an invasion.

Not by the gov't. That's like saying the INC invited the US to Iraq, thus it wasn't an invasion.

GePap · December 11, 2003, 19:17

There was a revolution in England, and then William was invited..thus NOT an invasion.

chequita guevara · December 11, 2003, 19:22

Why are you posting the test?

Ramo · December 11, 2003, 19:31

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There was a revolution in England, and then William was invited..thus NOT an invasion.

Parliamentary forces didn't take control from James till after William brought his army. So it was an invasion.

Immortal Wombat · December 11, 2003, 19:40

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11 (damn africa)
9 ('today' my arse)
5 (I officially suck)
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16 (I blame the french)
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9 (oddly enough I actually knew them)
5 (arse)

13 on both the science ones

GePap · December 11, 2003, 19:43

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Originally posted by Ramo

Parliamentary forces didn't take control from James till after William brought his army. So it was an invasion.

And William brought his army with the support of people within England. Just give it up Ramo: even the English know that wasn't whatn one calls an invasion.

Monk · December 11, 2003, 20:25

A Scandinavian is a native of Denmark, Sweden, Norway or Iceland, and as Ramo said, it has something to do with the languages rather than the Scandinavian peninsula. As Finnish is grotesque, Finland couldn't possibly be Scandinavian.

Monk · December 11, 2003, 20:29

Oh, and Ben Kenobi,

...and I'm wondering where was Sweden's colony? Greenland from when they took over Denmark?

Now I have to succumb to national pride and say that never happened

Hueij · December 11, 2003, 20:32

About William III: whatever you call it, invasion or not, we're still proud of it... And Northern Ireland is still suffering because of it

Ben Kenobi · December 11, 2003, 20:37

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Now I have to succumb to national pride and say that never happened

Yeah, your colony in Greenland folded up tents and went home.

Monk · December 11, 2003, 20:41

Yeah, your colony in Greenland folded up tents and went home.

I read it a couple times but I really can't figure out what you're trying to say here. Maybe I shouldn't stay up this late...

Ben Kenobi · December 11, 2003, 20:43

It's an expression.

'Fold up tents' means to give up.

Kramerman · December 11, 2003, 20:52

on normal world today: 12/20.... damn all those names

on nomral history: 12/20 again

on the normal science and technology quiz: 19/20!!!

this one got me:

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5 - Of the following, who did NOT take part in the development of the first steam engines? - Wrong
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Savery
James Hargreaves

all i knew was james watt had somethn to do with it

the correct naswer is hte last one, james hargreaves

Kramerman · December 11, 2003, 20:59

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Originally posted by Japher
Louisianna Purchase?

yeah, the louisiana purchase is the largest land purchase by the US ever... woohoo! whata bargin too

Thank you Mr. Bonaparte!

Kramerman · December 11, 2003, 21:04

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Originally posted by Ramo

And it isn't. Scandinavia represents a linguistic group which excludes Finnish (which isn't even a Germanic language).

this is what i learned as well. It interesting that linguists (last i read) have no idea where finnish came from, its just some random language, where most other languages (with some notable exceptions, like one from northern spain i believe) can be traced back to some point. I find that very interesting. i mean, you would think its a mixture of like slovic and scandinavian or somethn, but its not. Ive never actaully heard finnish tho, i bet it sounds pretty cool

cinch · December 11, 2003, 21:06

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Originally posted by Kramerman
this is what i learned as well. It interesting that linguists (last i read) have no idea where finnish came from, its just some random language, where most other languages (with some notable exceptions, like one from northern spain i believe)

That would be Basque, I do believe.

cinch · December 11, 2003, 21:07

Whoops, I should correct myself.

The people are Basque; the language they speak is Euskara.

Read about them crazy Basques hee-yah:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque

Monk · December 11, 2003, 21:12

Magyar isn't Indo-European either. I wonder to which degree it's related to Finnish?

Kramerman · December 11, 2003, 21:15

cool

cinch · December 11, 2003, 21:19

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Originally posted by Monk
Magyar isn't Indo-European either. I wonder to which degree it's related to Finnish?

From Wikipedia (how much you want to trust it is up to you):

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The other non-Indo-European languages in Europe, Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, and Turkish, were all brought in by invaders from Asia during recorded history. The Indo-European languages were introduced in the same way a few millennia earlier. When could the Basques have arrived?

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The Finno Ugric languages are a subfamily of the Uralic languages. It consist of several languages, notably Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian. Contrary to most of the languages spoken in Europe, the Finno-Ugric languages are not part of the Indo-European family of languages.

The ancestor of the modern Finno-Ugric languages, the so-called Proto Finno-Ugric was spoken about 5000 years ago on the western side of the Ural mountains. There is evidence that before the arrival of Slavonic tribes to their present territory in Russia, a sprinkling of Finno-Ugrians inhabited the whole territory from the Urals to the Baltic Sea.

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Interesting, if accurate.

laurentius · December 12, 2003, 03:26

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Originally posted by Monk
As Finnish is grotesque, Finland couldn't possibly be Scandinavian.

Hey At least we dont speak with hot potatoes in our mouths!

laurentius · December 12, 2003, 03:29

Cinch:
Kramer:
When reading all this you must bear in mind that finnish was the very first language ever spoken by man and that we used to rule the world thru energy grid lines that can still be found in Glastonbury and near the stonehenge for example. Or so I'm told

Combat Ingrid · December 12, 2003, 03:58

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Originally posted by laurentius
Hey At least we dont speak with hot potatoes in our mouths!

~~Danskjävlar!~~ That's why Scandinavia should be limited to Sweden and Norway

Kramerman · December 12, 2003, 03:58

oh, cool. will you use this 'energy grid' once more when you again hold the reigns of world domination? i hope so, sounds neat

laurentius · December 12, 2003, 04:09

Kramer:
We havent decided yet. I must consult my fellow finns about that.

Monk · December 12, 2003, 04:35

Hey cinch, thanks for the lookup. That's cool.

Now, Comrade Ingrid,

I don't want you to mistakenly think that you somehow hit a nerve when you demanded the exclusion of Denmark from Scandinavia. But just you wait until the 2004 European Championships, you good-for-nothing blue and yellow social democratic Elk-loving, tobacco chewing Systembolaget customer.

As I'm concerned he might carry a knife, I won't throw any stereotypes at Laurentius for the potato thing.

laurentius · December 12, 2003, 04:47

Its not my fault you language sounds like that.