OQFTCI Final Round 3: History

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2003-04-07.
I will accept the answers that were correct then and there. If you
know that a question is out of date and a different answer is now
correct, please say so (either along with your answers, or in a
separate posting afterwards) and I will also accept that answer.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge.

See my September 22 companion posting "Old Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (OQFTCI)" for further details. I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days.

I did not write any of this round.


Final, Round 3: History

* Enlightenment thinkers from Scotland, Germany, and France

1. This Scotsman was an empirical philosopher and a proud agnostic
who wrote a sceptical essay called "On Miracles". He also wrote
long books on human nature and understanding -- and makes an
appearance in Monty Python's "Philosophers' Drinking Song".

2. This German philosopher wrote a pamphlet titled "What is
Enlightenment?" He said that reading <answer 1> impelled him
to formulate his philosophy. In huge tomes he attempted to
reconcile empiricism with the human faculty of reason. He is
also featured in the "Philosophers' Drinking Song".

3. Which writer of the French Enlightenment was responsible for
writing and editing much of the Encyclopedia, and wrote plays
such as Jacques the Fatalist, dialogues such as Rameau's Nephew,
and pornographic novels? Catherine the Great was an admirer of
his, but he doesn't show up in the "Philosophers' Drinking Song".


* Canadian commemorative coins

4. The 1949 Canadian silver dollar depicted a sailing ship.
Name the ship or its captain.

5. The 1964 Canadian silver dollar bore the names of two cities,
along with the figures "1864" and "1964". Name either city.

6. The 1967 Canadian Centennial silver dollar depicted what animal,
other than, of course, a human being? Alternatively, name the
artist who designed the coin.


* Central America

7. In 1954 Jacobo Arbenz, the president of Guatemala, was overthrown
in a coup widely believed to have been engineered by the CIA.
Arbenz had angered the US by attempting to nationalize some the
holdings of which American corporation?

8. In which country did Violeta Chamorro succeed a well-known
revolutionary as president?

9. In 1969 Honduras and El Salvador fought a war that lasted only
about 100 hours. By what curious name is this war popularly
known? It was named after another fractious event that the two
countries were participating in at around the same time.


* Iraq: winners and losers

10. Most of the journalists who are sending us pictures and reports
of the bombing of Baghdad are staying at the al-Rashid Hotel.
Give the full name of the Iraqi leader, mentioned in the Arabian
Nights, that the hotel is named after.

11. The most famous Kurdish hero is also Saddam Hussein's hero,
because he recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders. (Saddam has
his own face put onto portraits of this man.) He appears in
European literature as a chivalrous knight. Name him.

12. Saddam Hussein compares US troops to the horde who destroyed
Baghdad and murdered its population in 1258, on their way to
invading Russia and Central Europe. According to CNN and the
newspapers, Saddam calls US troops the new -- what?


* Protesters

13. A group of people in England known as The Women of Greenham
Common set up a peace camp in 1981 and occupied it for 19 years.
What sparked their protest?

14. Who returned his MBE (that is, Member of the British Empire)
award to the Queen in 1969 to protest Biafra, Viet Nam, and
declining sales of his new band's hit single?

15. Who were the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (who rallied daily
in that square for years) concerned about?

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My text in this article is in the public domain.

On Dec 4, 8:10 pm, m....TakeThisOut@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:

> Final, Round 3: History
>
> * Enlightenment thinkers from Scotland, Germany, and France
>
> 1. This Scotsman was an empirical philosopher and a proud agnostic
>    who wrote a sceptical essay called "On Miracles".  He also wrote
>    long books on human nature and understanding -- and makes an
>    appearance in Monty Python's "Philosophers' Drinking Song".

Hume

> 2. This German philosopher wrote a pamphlet titled "What is
>    Enlightenment?"  He said that reading <answer 1> impelled him
>    to formulate his philosophy.  In huge tomes he attempted to
>    reconcile empiricism with the human faculty of reason.  He is
>    also featured in the "Philosophers' Drinking Song".

Kant

> 3. Which writer of the French Enlightenment was responsible for
>    writing and editing much of the Encyclopedia, and wrote plays
>    such as Jacques the Fatalist, dialogues such as Rameau's Nephew,
>    and pornographic novels?  Catherine the Great was an admirer of
>    his, but he doesn't show up in the "Philosophers' Drinking Song".

Diderot

> * Canadian commemorative coins
>
> 4. The 1949 Canadian silver dollar depicted a sailing ship.
>    Name the ship or its captain.

Resolute

> 5. The 1964 Canadian silver dollar bore the names of two cities,
>    along with the figures "1864" and "1964".  Name either city.

Edmonton; Calgary

> 6. The 1967 Canadian Centennial silver dollar depicted what animal,
>    other than, of course, a human being?  Alternatively, name the
>    artist who designed the coin.

moose

> * Central America
>
> 7. In 1954 Jacobo Arbenz, the president of Guatemala, was overthrown
>    in a coup widely believed to have been engineered by the CIA.
>    Arbenz had angered the US by attempting to nationalize some the
>    holdings of which American corporation?

United Fruit Co.

> 8. In which country did Violeta Chamorro succeed a well-known
>    revolutionary as president?

Nicaragua

> 9. In 1969 Honduras and El Salvador fought a war that lasted only
>    about 100 hours.  By what curious name is this war popularly
>    known?  It was named after another fractious event that the two
>    countries were participating in at around the same time.

the Soccer War

> * Iraq: winners and losers

> 11. The most famous Kurdish hero is also Saddam Hussein's hero,
>    because he recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders.  (Saddam has
>    his own face put onto portraits of this man.)  He appears in
>    European literature as a chivalrous knight.  Name him.

Saladdin

> 12. Saddam Hussein compares US troops to the horde who destroyed
>    Baghdad and murdered its population in 1258, on their way to
>    invading Russia and Central Europe.  According to CNN and the
>    newspapers, Saddam calls US troops the new -- what?

Mongols

> * Protesters
>
> 13. A group of people in England known as The Women of Greenham
>    Common set up a peace camp in 1981 and occupied it for 19 years.
>    What sparked their protest?

nuclear missiles

> 14. Who returned his MBE (that is, Member of the British Empire)
>    award to the Queen in 1969 to protest Biafra, Viet Nam, and
>    declining sales of his new band's hit single?

John Lennon

> 15. Who were the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (who rallied daily
>    in that square for years) concerned about?

Mexicans killed by the government in 1968

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com