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Erland's Occasional Quiz: National heroes/icons
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Erland Sommarskog
Jul 25, 2022, 5:02:18 PM7/25/22
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It's time for one my occasional quizzes again. This time, the theme is
national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
the country.
You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
explanations to settle on a winner.
As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
1. Skanderbeg
2. Bernardo O'Higgins
3. King Sejong
4. Gustav Vasa
5. Taras Shevchenko
6. Kemal Atatürk
7. Toussaint Louverture
8. José Martí
9. Marianne
10. Julius Nyrere
11. José de San Martín
12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
HAVE FUN!
national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
the country.
You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
explanations to settle on a winner.
As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
1. Skanderbeg
2. Bernardo O'Higgins
3. King Sejong
4. Gustav Vasa
5. Taras Shevchenko
6. Kemal Atatürk
7. Toussaint Louverture
8. José Martí
9. Marianne
10. Julius Nyrere
11. José de San Martín
12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
HAVE FUN!
Mark Brader
Jul 25, 2022, 5:49:05 PM7/25/22
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Erland Sommarskog:
> 1. Skanderbeg
Iceland?
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile.
> 3. King Sejong
Korea?
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden.
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Russia?
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
Turkey. Or Türkiye if you must.
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti.
> 8. José Martí
Cuba.
> 9. Marianne
France.
> 10. Julius Nyrere
Kenya?
> 11. José de San Martín
Colombia?
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Iran?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "...everything else in [the] list is wrong;
m...@vex.net | why should [this] be correct?" -- Rob Novak
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1. Skanderbeg
Iceland?
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile.
> 3. King Sejong
Korea?
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden.
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Russia?
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
Turkey. Or Türkiye if you must.
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti.
> 8. José Martí
Cuba.
> 9. Marianne
France.
> 10. Julius Nyrere
Kenya?
> 11. José de San Martín
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Iran?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "...everything else in [the] list is wrong;
m...@vex.net | why should [this] be correct?" -- Rob Novak
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Dan Blum
Jul 25, 2022, 11:13:01 PM7/25/22
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> 1. Skanderbeg
Albania
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
> 3. King Sejong
(South) Korea
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Ukraine
> 6. Kemal Atat?rk
Turkey
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti
> 8. Jos? Mart?
Cuba
> 9. Marianne
France
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
> 1. Skanderbeg
Albania
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
> 3. King Sejong
(South) Korea
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Ukraine
> 6. Kemal Atat?rk
Turkey
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti
> 8. Jos? Mart?
Cuba
> 9. Marianne
France
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer
Jul 26, 2022, 12:59:43 AM7/26/22
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On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 4:02:18 PM UTC-5, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> 1. Skanderbeg
Albania
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
> 3. King Sejong
Korea (inventor of the Hangul writing system)
> 1. Skanderbeg
Albania
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
> 3. King Sejong
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Ukraine
Turkey (founder of the modern country in the early 20th century)
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti (leader of the slave revolt against France)
> 8. José Martí
Cuba (poet)
> 9. Marianne
France (symbolic female personification of the country)
> 10. Julius Nyrere
Tanzania
> 11. José de San Martín
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan (first prime minister of the country following the partition from India)
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pete Gayde
Jul 27, 2022, 9:29:37 PM7/27/22
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> It's time for one my occasional quizzes again. This time, the theme is
> national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
> the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
> the country.
>
> You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
> free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
> explanations to settle on a winner.
>
> As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
> knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
>
> I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
> if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
>
>
> 1. Skanderbeg
Faroe Islands
> It's time for one my occasional quizzes again. This time, the theme is
> national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
> the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
> the country.
>
> You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
> free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
> explanations to settle on a winner.
>
> As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
> knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
>
> I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
> if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
>
>
> 1. Skanderbeg
>
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
>
> 3. King Sejong
>
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Finland
>
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Ukraine
>
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
Turkey
>
Haiti
>
> 8. José Martí
Cuba
>
> 9. Marianne
San Marino
>
> 10. Julius Nyrere
Cameroon
>
> 11. José de San Martín
Argentina
>
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
>
>
> HAVE FUN!
>
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
>
>
>
Pete Gayde
Dan Tilque
Jul 29, 2022, 2:26:38 AM7/29/22
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On 7/25/22 14:02, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> It's time for one my occasional quizzes again. This time, the theme is
> national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
> the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
> the country.
>
> You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
> free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
> explanations to settle on a winner.
>
> As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
> knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
>
> I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
> if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
>
>
> 1. Skanderbeg
>
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile
> It's time for one my occasional quizzes again. This time, the theme is
> national icons/heroes. Below you have a list of names of persons who are
> the hero or the icon of a country, and your task is simply to identify
> the country.
>
> You don't have to say how the person has earned that reputation, but feel
> free to add a brief explanation. In case of a tie, I will use these
> explanations to settle on a winner.
>
> As always, post the answers to the newsgroup. And as always, only use your
> knowledge, so no googling, asking the cats or whatever.
>
> I plan to score this on Saturday 30th (but it could slip a day or two,
> if Swedish summer weather compels me to be outdoors).
>
>
> 1. Skanderbeg
>
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
>
> 3. King Sejong
>
> 4. Gustav Vasa
>
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
>
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
Turkey
>
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti
>
> 8. José Martí
Cuba
>
> 9. Marianne
France
>
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haiti
>
> 8. José Martí
Cuba
>
> 9. Marianne
>
> 10. Julius Nyrere
>
> 11. José de San Martín
>
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
>
>
> HAVE FUN!
Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 30, 2022, 5:58:02 PM7/30/22
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This is quiz is over and Joshua Kreizer is the undisputed winnner with
a perfect score, amazing!
Here are the scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Joshua 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Dan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - 9
Mark B - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 7
Pete G - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 7
Dan T - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 6
And here are the answers:
> 1. Skanderbeg
Albania.
Although there was no Albanian state in the 15th century, it was
due Skanderbeg that the Albanians was the last people to be
subdued by the Ottomans in this part of the Balkan peninsula.
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile. He was one of independence leaders.
> 3. King Sejong
Korea. (No distinction needed between North and South here)
Sejong was king in the 15th centuty, and is considered as one of
the greatest leaders in Korean history. His partcicular claim to
fame is the development of the Hangul script, which is a phonetic
script, in difference to the ideographic characters. Some records
claimed the he invented it himself.
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden. When he was crowned king 1523, this marked the end of the
Union of Kalmar, and re-established Sweden as an independent state.
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Ukraine. He was a writer and artist who was instrumental in
forming a modern Ukranian literary language. I think all
Ukranian cities I have visited have a statue of Sevchenko,
often in bigger format. Here is one example from Poltava:
http://privat.sommarskog.se/Ukraina2014/Mellan/05-Poltava-
trainview/120_IMG_1326.jpg.
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
Turkey. The founder of the modern Turkish state from the remnants
of the Ottoman empire.
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haïti. Leader of the slave revolt that lead to Haïti's independence.
> 8. José Martí
Cuba. The only reason I know about him, is his frequent appearances
in the Toronto pub quizzes. :-)
> 9. Marianne
France. In difference to everyone else, not a rel person, but an
personification of the French ideals.
> 10. Julius Nyrere
Tanzania. The first president of Tanzania, and instrumental in the
unification of Tangayika and Zanibar.
> 11. José de San Martín
Argentina. Independence leader, not only for Argentina, but also Chile
and Perú. But it his in native Argentina that the worship is taken
to a different level. The are many Argetinian cities where the
main square is Piazza San Martin, or the main drag is named after
him.
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan. The first governor-general of Pakistan, and also the driving
force that there would be a separate Muslim state formed on the
Indian subcontinent.
a perfect score, amazing!
Here are the scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Joshua 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Dan B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - 9
Mark B - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 7
Pete G - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 7
Dan T - 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 6
And here are the answers:
> 1. Skanderbeg
Albania.
Although there was no Albanian state in the 15th century, it was
due Skanderbeg that the Albanians was the last people to be
subdued by the Ottomans in this part of the Balkan peninsula.
> 2. Bernardo O'Higgins
Chile. He was one of independence leaders.
> 3. King Sejong
Korea. (No distinction needed between North and South here)
Sejong was king in the 15th centuty, and is considered as one of
the greatest leaders in Korean history. His partcicular claim to
fame is the development of the Hangul script, which is a phonetic
script, in difference to the ideographic characters. Some records
claimed the he invented it himself.
> 4. Gustav Vasa
Sweden. When he was crowned king 1523, this marked the end of the
Union of Kalmar, and re-established Sweden as an independent state.
> 5. Taras Shevchenko
Ukraine. He was a writer and artist who was instrumental in
forming a modern Ukranian literary language. I think all
Ukranian cities I have visited have a statue of Sevchenko,
often in bigger format. Here is one example from Poltava:
http://privat.sommarskog.se/Ukraina2014/Mellan/05-Poltava-
trainview/120_IMG_1326.jpg.
> 6. Kemal Atatürk
Turkey. The founder of the modern Turkish state from the remnants
of the Ottoman empire.
> 7. Toussaint Louverture
Haïti. Leader of the slave revolt that lead to Haïti's independence.
> 8. José Martí
Cuba. The only reason I know about him, is his frequent appearances
in the Toronto pub quizzes. :-)
> 9. Marianne
France. In difference to everyone else, not a rel person, but an
personification of the French ideals.
> 10. Julius Nyrere
Tanzania. The first president of Tanzania, and instrumental in the
unification of Tangayika and Zanibar.
> 11. José de San Martín
and Perú. But it his in native Argentina that the worship is taken
to a different level. The are many Argetinian cities where the
main square is Piazza San Martin, or the main drag is named after
him.
> 12. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan. The first governor-general of Pakistan, and also the driving
force that there would be a separate Muslim state formed on the
Indian subcontinent.
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