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Originally posted by Dreamer128:
That's pretty good, Stratos. Congrats [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
Here is round 2. I used a different line of questioning this time.
1) The melody from the European Anthem
comes from the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven.
2) The Roman Empire reached it?s largest extend in AD 116.
3) Aurora, the Roman personification of the dawn, was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos. Her sons are the Moon and the Sun.
4) During World War I, over 65 million soldiers were mobilized.
5) During the American Civil War, neither side used ?colored? troops.
6) Dutch rates of drugs use are lower than U.S rates in every category.
7) The Principality of Andorra is a small nation between France and Italy.
8) The head of the Afghan government is Hamid Karzai
9) Armenia is an independent state. It was also the first country to formally adopt Christianity.
10) The ancient Egyptian god ?Atum? was the personification of the Spring.
11) During WWII, Heinrich Himmler was the leader of both the Waffen SS and the Gestapo.
12) Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was an anarchist.
13) Oscar Wilde was known for his strong distaste of Americans and Gay people.
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1) True
2) No idea but I'll say True
3) False
4) False I think that sounds more like WW2 figures
5) False
6) False
7) False - it's between France and Spain
8) No idea but I'll say True
9) True
10) True
11) True
12) No idea but I'll say False
13) False
many guesses, bah [img]tongue.gif[/img]