12-12-2003 03:01									#31
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quote: That's because James chickened out and ran off to France when he saw William's army. And since when are revolutions necessarily non-bloody?

A revolution may be bloody, but if the spur for the revolution comes from abroad, you have an invasion. All invasions are met with a large army of the loyalists, and the two duke it out. We see this in 1066, both at Normandy, and at Stamford Bridge.

	12-12-2003 03:25									#32
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William was invited, therefore, it was not an invasion.

	12-12-2003 03:47									#33
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quote: The World Today - Results You got 20 good answer(s) out of 20. Correct answers are in blue, your answers, if wrong, are in red. If you disagree with an answer, believe the wording of a question is unclear, or in anyway think you can improve a question, please send a comment. 1 - Which is the northernmost Chinese province? - Correct Jilin Heilongjiang Hebei Jiangxi Send a comment on the question 2 - Roughly how many French soldiers are currently enforcing the cease-fire in Ivory Coast? - Correct Less than a hundred Five hundred Just over one thousand five hundred Nearly four thousand Send a comment on the question 3 - When did Brunei become independent? - Correct It has been independent since the Middle-Ages 1925 1947 1984 Send a comment on the question 4 - Which balkan nation has failed to elect a president three times in just over a year due to insufficent voter turnout? - Correct Croatia Serbia-Montenegro Slovenia Kosovo Send a comment on the question 5 - Which of these areas is not under dispute between China and Russia? - Correct Ili Valley in Central Asia Islands on the Amur river Outer Mongolia Russian Maritime Province Send a comment on the question 6 - Which Dutch Prime Minister resigned in 2002, along with his governement, following the publication of a report accusing his governement's mismanagement of Dutch peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia of having provoked the Srebrenica massacre? - Correct Wim Kok Van den Berg Jan Peter Balkenende Eveline Herfkens Send a comment on the question 7 - In 2002, Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election. What other candidate did he beat in the second round? - Correct Jose Serra Anthony Garotinho Ciro Gomes Fernando Henrique Cardoso Send a comment on the question 8 - Of the following countries, which intervened in the Congolese Civil War? - Correct Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Angola Rwanda, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola Rwanda, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Angola Send a comment on the question 9 - Who is the president of the main Japanese opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan? - Correct Naoto Kan Katsuya Okada Heizo Takenaka Mitsuo Horiuchi Send a comment on the question 10 - Who are the two vice-Presidents of the European Commission? - Correct Pascal Lamy (France) and Günter Verheugen (Germany) Loyola de Palacio (Spain) and Michel Barnier (France) Chris Patten (UK) and Antonio Vitorino (Portugal) Neil Kinnock (UK) and Loyola de Palacio (Spain) Send a comment on the question 11 - Where is the Asian Development Bank headquartered? - Correct Singapore Tokyo Manila Bangkok Send a comment on the question 12 - With which nation did Japan recently conclude a Free Trade agreement? - Correct Singapore South Korea Philippines Thailand Send a comment on the question 13 - Which French daily was accused of conflict of interests and biased objectivity in a best-seller published in 2003? - Correct Libération Le Monde Le Figaro La Tribune Send a comment on the question 14 - Which activity as a student and young adult helped shape Chief Justice Margaret Marshall's (of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court) views? - Correct She was a leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa She was involved in the organisation of several import anti-Vietnam War manifestations She served as a nurse in the Doctors without Borders organisation She created an anti-death penalty organisation Send a comment on the question 15 - In what country or U.S. state was the world's first oil well sunk in 1859? - Correct Texas Pennsylvania Canada California Send a comment on the question 16 - Who wrote the first version of the Dutch constitution as used today? - Correct Willem I van Oranje-Nassau Van Oldernbarneveldt Thorbecke De Witth Send a comment on the question 17 - Of the various European countries who voted on adhesion to the EU in 2003, which voted in favor with the biggest margin? - Correct Slovenia, with 85.6% Lithuania, with 89.92% Hungary, with 95.3% Slovakia, with 92.4% Send a comment on the question 18 - In Korea, what is known as the Hangul? - Correct The writing system The traditional military formation. The agricultural system. The tax collection system. Send a comment on the question 19 - What happened to Chechen rebel Akhmed Zakayev in November 2003? - Correct A British judge refused to extradite him to Russia He was killed by the Russian army He was accused by Russia of having participated in the organisation of the Moscow Theater hostage-taking Russia announced his surrendering, announcement which he promptly denied Send a comment on the question 20 - Senator Jim Jefford left the US Republican party in 2001, throwing control of the US Senate to the Democrats until 2003. What state was he from? - Correct Maine Connecticut Vermont Rhode Island Send a comment on the question Homepage

	12-12-2003 04:04									#34
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quote: William was invited, therefore, it was not an invasion.

Not by the gov't. That's like saying the INC invited the US to Iraq, thus it wasn't an invasion.

	12-12-2003 04:17									#35
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There was a revolution in England, and then William was invited..thus NOT an invasion.

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Why are you posting the test?

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quote: There was a revolution in England, and then William was invited..thus NOT an invasion.

Parliamentary forces didn't take control from James till after William brought his army. So it was an invasion.

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13 on both the science ones

	12-12-2003 04:43									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Ramo Parliamentary forces didn't take control from James till after William brought his army. So it was an invasion.

And William brought his army with the support of people within England. Just give it up Ramo: even the English know that wasn't whatn one calls an invasion.

	12-12-2003 05:25									#40
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A Scandinavian is a native of Denmark, Sweden, Norway or Iceland, and as Ramo said, it has something to do with the languages rather than the Scandinavian peninsula. As Finnish is grotesque, Finland couldn't possibly be Scandinavian.

	12-12-2003 05:29									#41
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Oh, and Ben Kenobi,

...and I'm wondering where was Sweden's colony? Greenland from when they took over Denmark?

Now I have to succumb to national pride and say that never happened

	12-12-2003 05:32									#42
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About William III: whatever you call it, invasion or not, we're still proud of it... And Northern Ireland is still suffering because of it

	12-12-2003 05:37									#43
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quote: Now I have to succumb to national pride and say that never happened

Yeah, your colony in Greenland folded up tents and went home.

	12-12-2003 05:41									#44
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Yeah, your colony in Greenland folded up tents and went home.

I read it a couple times but I really can't figure out what you're trying to say here. Maybe I shouldn't stay up this late...

	12-12-2003 05:43									#45
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It's an expression.

'Fold up tents' means to give up.

	12-12-2003 05:52									#46
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on normal world today: 12/20.... damn all those names

on nomral history: 12/20 again

on the normal science and technology quiz: 19/20!!!


this one got me:

quote: 5 - Of the following, who did NOT take part in the development of the first steam engines? - Wrong James Watt Thomas Newcomen Thomas Savery James Hargreaves

all i knew was james watt had somethn to do with it
the correct naswer is hte last one, james hargreaves

	12-12-2003 05:59									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Japher Louisianna Purchase?

yeah, the louisiana purchase is the largest land purchase by the US ever... woohoo! whata bargin too Thank you Mr. Bonaparte!

	12-12-2003 06:04									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Ramo And it isn't. Scandinavia represents a linguistic group which excludes Finnish (which isn't even a Germanic language).

this is what i learned as well. It interesting that linguists (last i read) have no idea where finnish came from, its just some random language, where most other languages (with some notable exceptions, like one from northern spain i believe) can be traced back to some point. I find that very interesting. i mean, you would think its a mixture of like slovic and scandinavian or somethn, but its not. Ive never actaully heard finnish tho, i bet it sounds pretty cool

	12-12-2003 06:06									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Kramerman this is what i learned as well. It interesting that linguists (last i read) have no idea where finnish came from, its just some random language, where most other languages (with some notable exceptions, like one from northern spain i believe)

That would be Basque, I do believe.

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Whoops, I should correct myself.

The people are Basque; the language they speak is Euskara.

Read about them crazy Basques hee-yah:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque

	12-12-2003 06:12									#51
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Magyar isn't Indo-European either. I wonder to which degree it's related to Finnish?

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cool

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quote: Originally posted by Monk Magyar isn't Indo-European either. I wonder to which degree it's related to Finnish?

From Wikipedia (how much you want to trust it is up to you):

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The other non-Indo-European languages in Europe, Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, and Turkish, were all brought in by invaders from Asia during recorded history. The Indo-European languages were introduced in the same way a few millennia earlier. When could the Basques have arrived?

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The Finno Ugric languages are a subfamily of the Uralic languages. It consist of several languages, notably Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian. Contrary to most of the languages spoken in Europe, the Finno-Ugric languages are not part of the Indo-European family of languages.

The ancestor of the modern Finno-Ugric languages, the so-called Proto Finno-Ugric was spoken about 5000 years ago on the western side of the Ural mountains. There is evidence that before the arrival of Slavonic tribes to their present territory in Russia, a sprinkling of Finno-Ugrians inhabited the whole territory from the Urals to the Baltic Sea.

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Interesting, if accurate.

	12-12-2003 12:26									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Monk As Finnish is grotesque, Finland couldn't possibly be Scandinavian.

Hey At least we dont speak with hot potatoes in our mouths!

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Cinch:
Kramer:
When reading all this you must bear in mind that finnish was the very first language ever spoken by man and that we used to rule the world thru energy grid lines that can still be found in Glastonbury and near the stonehenge for example. Or so I'm told

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quote: Originally posted by laurentius Hey At least we dont speak with hot potatoes in our mouths!

Danskjävlar! That's why Scandinavia should be limited to Sweden and Norway

	12-12-2003 12:58									#57
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oh, cool. will you use this 'energy grid' once more when you again hold the reigns of world domination? i hope so, sounds neat

	12-12-2003 13:09									#58
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Kramer:
We havent decided yet. I must consult my fellow finns about that.

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Hey cinch, thanks for the lookup. That's cool.

Now, Comrade Ingrid,

I don't want you to mistakenly think that you somehow hit a nerve when you demanded the exclusion of Denmark from Scandinavia. But just you wait until the 2004 European Championships, you good-for-nothing blue and yellow social democratic Elk-loving, tobacco chewing Systembolaget customer.

As I'm concerned he might carry a knife, I won't throw any stereotypes at Laurentius for the potato thing.

	12-12-2003 13:47									#60
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Its not my fault you language sounds like that.