Topic: World history quiz thread

[Sinitrena]

Well, Caligula (and Suetonius, who told the story) didn't exactly speak English, so... It is a word, just not an English one.

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It means agitated or moving fast or at full gallop.

[milkanannan]

I just meant is it an actual word in any language, or is it just a clustering of random phonetics. (You answered that, thank you.)

Lol I can’t think of anything that fits! Hangman difficulty setting: suicide.

I’m throwing in the towel. Can anyone else fill in the blanks?

[heltenjon]

Let's guess, then. Inextatis? ("In ecstacy"?) 

[Sinitrena]

Lol, no. Not a single letter is entirely correct, though one is in the wrong position. It's supposed to be here:

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[Reiter]

Incitatis, by chance?

A wild shot in the dark, because while I am familiar with the story, I have failed to note the consul-candidate's name. Frankly, he could hardly have done worse than other consuls. He would no doubt stimulate the growth of oats estates, for one.

Good quiz, mind!

[Sinitrena]

So close, yet so far away.

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I would go for a more Latin ending.

It feels like I'm being a bit petty. Maybe I should have given the win to heltenjon. But now it's just one letter still missing. I'm sure someone can guess it.

[milkanannan]

Incitatus?

[Sinitrena]

Yes, finally.

Incitatus was indeed Caligula's horse with an illustrous political career. Supposedly, the horse also had a stable of marble, an ivory manger and other luxories. Of course, how much of this is true is debatable and even if it is true, it was probably a way to make fun of the senate and not the idea that the horse was actually qualified for political office.

Your turn, milkanannan.

[milkanannan]

Yes, finally.

 

Ok I’m terrible at coming up with good questions, so here’s some low hanging fruit for anyone that wants to jump in:

In the 1970s, a complex series of events led to the British Crown, acting through its Governor General, to pluck the sitting Prime Minister of a large commonwealth country. Name that country. (Bonus points in you can name the Prime Minister!)

[milkanannan]

I don't want this to linger and delay the thread, so the PM was Gough Whitlam. Can anyone name the country...?

[Cassiebsg]

I googled it, just out of curiosity. Would never have guessed it though.


It is a real word, but in latin of course. 

[Mandle]

I don't want this to linger and delay the thread, so the PM was Gough Whitlam. Can anyone name the country...?

Awwww, I could have gotten this one without the clue. There was a miniseries about it called The Dismissal. Australia of course.