The Google-friendly History Question Thread.

[Don't Panic]

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Anyway, you're up next - and why are you not out getting rat-arsed like any self-respecting Paddy on a Friday night?

Work at 9a.m. tomorrow. Plus I'm meeting my sweetheart in a while and that's a lot more fun than drinking.

I'm drawing a blank on a question, any takers?

Jesus. There was a time when no self-respecting Irish man would talk like that.

Go out drinking=hungover at work tomorrow, go out with my sweetheart=getting to spend time with the woman I love(and getting laid).

Simple choice, for me anyway.

[Comte de Saint-Germain]

What head of state banned Scrabble because he considered it too intellectual?

Ceausescu

Do I get to ask a question, now?

[klr]

What head of state banned Scrabble because he considered it too intellectual?

Ceausescu

Do I get to ask a question, now?

Absolutely. Make it a good one.

[Comte de Saint-Germain]

What 18th century conspirator, described by Jefferson as a philanthropist, is believed by some to have killed and replaced George Washington as president?

Scratch that. This one is more interesting: When did the last WWII Japanese soldier surrender?

[Hermit]

Captain Fumio Nakahira, "who held out until 1980 (35 years after Japan surrendered to the US) before being discovered at Mt. Halcon, Mindoro Island, in the Philippines.

In the 1970s, other Japanese soldiers were found on Guam and other Pacific islands.

In 1944, Lt. Hiroo Onoda was sent by the Japanese army to the remote Philippine island of Lubang to conduct guerrilla warfare. Unfortunately, he was never officially told the war had ended; so for 29 years, Onoda continued to live in the jungle, ready for when his country would again need him. Eating coconuts and bananas and deftly evading searching parties he believed were enemy scouts, Onoda hid in the jungle until he finally emerged in 1972."

Edit: Googling away, I found a rather touching account of Onada. Also, a registry of Japanese holdouts. Gotta lubs the resources available on the innerweb.

Edit 2: The alleged killer of George Washington is Johann Adam Weishaupt. He is also the founder of the Order of Illuminati.

[Elessarina]

Scratch that. This one is more interesting: When did the last WWII Japanese soldier surrender?

I would have guessed 1978.. do I get prize?

I would never use google- it defeats the purpose of being quizzed IMHO

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Scratch that. This one is more interesting: When did the last WWII Japanese soldier surrender?

I would have guessed 1978.. do I get prize?

I would never use google- it defeats the purpose of being quizzed IMHO

The non-google thread was too hard for these guys.

[Comte de Saint-Germain]

Scratch that. This one is more interesting: When did the last WWII Japanese soldier surrender?

I would have guessed 1978.. do I get prize?

Pretty decent guestimate!

I would never use google- it defeats the purpose of being quizzed IMHO

The non-google thread was too hard for these guys.

Just because I've been alive since about 50,000 BCE doesn't mean I can remember all the tedious events that took place across that span.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Just because I've been alive since about 50,000 BCE doesn't mean I can remember all the tedious events that took place across that span.

After a few millenia you learn to keep a pad of paper and a pen handy.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

As noboby else is going to put one up:

The "Jones" in John Paul Jones was added after John Paul came to America. So, technically, he's John Paul (Jean Paul?). Anyway. He's not the only French-born person named "Paul" to be important to the Colonies' cause in the Rev. War. Can you name the other one and why he was important?

[klr]

As noboby else is going to put one up:

The "Jones" in John Paul Jones was added after John Paul came to America. So, technically, he's John Paul (Jean Paul?). Anyway. He's not the only French-born person named "Paul" to be important to the Colonies' cause in the Rev. War. Can you name the other one and why he was important?

I'd go and look for the answer right now, but we have some important project work elsewhere on the forum ...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

As noboby else is going to put one up:

The "Jones" in John Paul Jones was added after John Paul came to America. So, technically, he's John Paul (Jean Paul?). Anyway. He's not the only French-born person named "Paul" to be important to the Colonies' cause in the Rev. War. Can you name the other one and why he was important?

I'd go and look for the answer right now, but we have some important project work elsewhere on the forum ...

You can't be a real programmer if you're concentrating on a project when you could be playing.

[Hermit]

As noboby else is going to put one up...

That could be because Comte de Saint-Germain has not actually said who in his opinion is actually got it right.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

As noboby else is going to put one up...

That could be because Comte de Saint-Germain has not actually said who in his opinion is actually got it right.

As I said . . .

[Comte de Saint-Germain]

Captain Fumio Nakahira, "who held out until 1980 (35 years after Japan surrendered to the US) before being discovered at Mt. Halcon, Mindoro Island, in the Philippines.

In the 1970s, other Japanese soldiers were found on Guam and other Pacific islands.

In 1944, Lt. Hiroo Onoda was sent by the Japanese army to the remote Philippine island of Lubang to conduct guerrilla warfare. Unfortunately, he was never officially told the war had ended; so for 29 years, Onoda continued to live in the jungle, ready for when his country would again need him. Eating coconuts and bananas and deftly evading searching parties he believed were enemy scouts, Onoda hid in the jungle until he finally emerged in 1972."

Edit: Googling away, I found a rather touching account of Onada. Also, a registry of Japanese holdouts. Gotta lubs the resources available on the innerweb.

Edit 2: The alleged killer of George Washington is Johann Adam Weishaupt. He is also the founder of the Order of Illuminati.

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought Seraph's post was sufficiently substantiated. I did not know that my 'opinion' on who got it right mattered: clearly the sources support Seraph's argument.