World Politics & Current Affairs - Quiz

[petee]

West Virginia?

...and Vermont?

YESSSSSSSSSS

so by the rules, you pose the next question.

 

[chilango]

YESSSSSSSSSS

so by the rules, you pose the next question.

Ok.

Which European state declared war on Japan in 1904 and didn't sign a peace treaty with them until 2006?

 

[eoin_k]

Russia

 

[chilango]

Russia

Nope.

Right war. Wrong country.

 

[petee]

Ok.

Which European state declared war on Japan in 1904 and didn't sign a peace treaty with them until 2006?

i had to look it up, would never have guessed

 

[tim]

i had to look it up, would never have guessed

Without looking it up I think it was Montenegro

 

[chilango]

Without looking it up I think it was Montenegro

Yep

Your go

 

[tim]

Yep

Your go

Uneasy lies the head that wears the Crown.

What memory might have occasionally disturbed the sleep of both these naughty boys?

 

[petee]

Uneasy lies the head that wears the Crown.

What memory might have occasionally disturbed the sleep of both these naughty boys?

their govt's histories of treatment of muslims?

 

[tim]

their govt's histories of treatment of muslims?

Much more personal than that (family stuff).

 

[tim]

Will it be another 14 years before the next reply? The link between the two above is the similarly in the way they both interacted with their older brother.

 

[petee]

Will it be another 14 years before the next reply? The link between the two above is the similarly in the way they both interacted with their older brother.

which two former maritime powers signed a peace treaty in 1985, some time after hostilities actually ended?

 

[tim]

which two former maritime powers signed a peace treaty in 1985, some time after hostilities actually ended?

That was another clue not the answer! Who are/were they? And what did they do to their respective brothers?

As to your question, was it Berwick on Tweed and Russia signing a treaty to end the Crimean war? It was that in the 90's

 

[petee]

That was another clue not the answer! Who are/were they? And what did they do to their respective brothers?

As to your question, was it Berwick on Tweed and Russia signing a treaty to end the Crimean war? It was that in the 90's

they either did or did not cause the deaths of their brothers by gunshot wound.

as to the peace treaty, the combatants were "at war" for a bit longer than that.

 

[tim]

they either did or did not cause the deaths of their brothers by gunshot wound.

as to the peace treaty, the combatants were "at war" for a bit longer than that.

They both shot their elder brothers dead. One became King Bhumbibol King of Siam a few hours later the other had to wait for Franco to die before becoming King of Spain.

Your long lasting maratime conflict might have been Lithuania and Sweden, I suppose.

But Lithuania wasn't independent in 1986 so it can't have been.

 

[petee]

longer ago than that too.

 

[petee]

hint: mediterranean maritime powers.

 

[redsquirrel]

hint: mediterranean maritime powers.

Greece and Iran - as "Athens" and "Persia"?

 

[petee]

Greece and Iran - as "Athens" and "Persia"?

getting warm

 

[redsquirrel]

Greece and Turkey (as "Troy")?

 

[tim]

Rome and Carthage?

 

[chilango]

Venice and Genoa

 

[petee]

Rome and Carthage?

Rome and Carthage Sign Peace Treaty Ending Punic Wars After 2,131 Years

February 5, 1985

More than 2,000 years ago the Romans overpowered the Carthaginians, razed their ancient capital, plowed its ruins into the earth and sowed the soil with salt so nothing could grow again. On Tuesday, modern Rome and Carthage finally signed a peace treaty bringing the Punic Wars to an end.

The treaty and an accompanying pact of friendship and cooperation were signed in a government villa by Ugo Vetere, the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, mayor of modern Carthage, which was rebuilt over the centuries on the ruined site in North Africa.

your turn then.