We all read a lot of books and magazines in the pursuit of our hobby. Some of it is completely boring. However, there are, occasionally, some more interesting parts. Now you've all seen those excruciating trivia tests in magazines and books, but few of them deal with our hobby in any direct way, and most of the trivia games dealing with history test only the most rudimentary top-of-the-brain knowledge. This test is different, and I hope something of a mind teaser. There are several categories, try it from the simplest on up. Now, some of these are trick questions. I don't mean trick questions in the sense of checking for punctuation, but rather, what is asked and how it is asked, and more important, what I have NOT told you and how I have chosen not to tell you. You can't sit down and just dash these off. Some of the questions are out of history, and some may be from well-known historical fiction, and still others may be from a closely related field to military history. So if you don't get it right away, ask your friends, make their lives miserable. The most fun will be to go down to the library and ask Old Mrs. Beemish to help you. She'll really be stumped. EASY Who is Copenhagen? Who is White Surrey? What do Raphaia, Zama, and Beneventurn all have in common? Who said "Inter Arma Silent Leges". At what Battle did Epaminondas die? Which one is out of place? ... Crecy, Bouvines, Ascalon, Liegnitz. Who is Smiling Albert? One of the most famous palindromes is attributed to Napoleon, what is it? What is the "Castle" of Carillon. Consider the Quote. "These three peoples differ from one another in language, customs, and laws." What is its illustrious predecessor? DIFFICULT Who said "Kill them all, God knows his own." Who said "Men who give no quarter should expect none." and where did he say it? Which one is out of place: Heroditus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Dio Cassisus. Now find another one out of place in the same list above.. Who said "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." Which one does not belong with the others. Quitillius Varro, Quintus Icillius, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Sextus Pompeius. Which one does not belong with the others? Gains Marius, Quintus Sertorius, Lucius Cotta. HARD Which one is out of place. "Vercingetorix, Veridomaris, Asteropterix, Viridovix, Cassivelaunus. Who is the Count De La Fer? What is the iron duck? What is the Gin Palace? Khair ed-Din, Frederick 1, Nor ed-Din. Which one does not belong with the others? Who said "Consider while there is still time, the inscrutable nature of war, and how, when protracted, it frequently ends in a matter of mere chance." What are Natty Bumpos six names? Who said "And we ran and they ran and they ran and we ran and we ran but they ran away, man." And what battle was he referring to? Who are "The cat, the rat, and the Dog." "Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived." Who are we referring to? "Phaeton has fallen from his car Phaeton has saved his skin." Who is Phaeton in this quote? IMPOSSIBLE What did impious Claudius say before the battle? Who destroyed the 17th, 18th, and 19th and who wanted what back? Which Roman Emperor died from a kick from his old horse, fulfilling a cyballine prophecy. Who does not belong in this list? Joan ofArc, Zenobia, Boudicca, Cleopatra. Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #75 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com