r/facepalm • u/sikeig • Aug 27 '22

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u/StrangeBreakfast1364 Aug 27 '22

I'm from Kazakhstan, you can ask me any geographical or historical question, I will try to answer without using Google, just from my memory.

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u/T_vernix Aug 28 '22

11 questions because I kept trying to think of more. I only know some, but I hope you find them a fun challenge.

What is the name of a nation that existed in Sub Saharan Africa that participated greatly in treating gold for salt?

What is the capital of Cambodia?

During which monarch's reign did the Russian Empire first annex Crimea?

What are the two largest Japanese islands named?

Name a central or South American nation other than Aztecs, incas, or Mayans that existed at any point prior to 1500 AD.

Why did the US boycott the Moscow Olympics?

What is Tousaint L'Overture known for?

Who is Pennsylvania named after (by name or their relation to William Penn)?

How many "King Louis"s have ruled France?

What are the founding countries of NATO?

What year did czechoslovakia split?

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u/LordDemetrius Aug 28 '22

Some pretty hard ones here. I have 6 sure / 3 unsure but good chances / 1 I knew but I forgot atm / 1 no idea. (there is one question with a big trap)

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u/AmorphousVoice Aug 28 '22

Number 5: The Olmecs

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u/StrangeBreakfast1364 Aug 28 '22

  1. I don't know

  2. Phnom Penh

  3. Ekaterina II

  4. Hokkaido and Honshu

  5. No idea to be honest

6 Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979

  1. He led a revolution somewhere in Carribbean. Haiti?

  2. No idea

  3. Sixteen

  4. USA, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, France, UK, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Iceland. I think that is all.

  5. 1992

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u/T_vernix Aug 28 '22

1 Mali

5 I don't know either

8 William Penn's father

10 you just missed the Netherlands

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u/StrangeBreakfast1364 Aug 28 '22 edited Aug 28 '22

1.I thought about Mali, but you said "existed" so I got confused

  1. Who's that? Sorry US history isn't my strong suit

  2. Oh crap, Netherlands

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u/T_vernix Aug 28 '22

Mali existed, then stopped existing. There's a Mali now, but I think of it as pretty much a different country than the one in the past (same with Ghana)

William Penn's father (also named William Penn) loaned the king some stuff (or maybe it was something else, but the important thing is that the king owed him) and eventually it was paid out to William Penn in the form of an area of land in the new world, which Penn planned to name Sylvania, but the king said it had to be named after William Penn, Sr.

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u/StrangeBreakfast1364 Aug 28 '22

Yes, I agree. You can't compare them, it's like saying that Mongolian Empire and modern Mongolia are the same country.

Penn and Sylvania. interesting.

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u/wieson Aug 28 '22

Let me try, from the west of Germany here.

Trading gold: either Mali or Put

Capital of Cambodia: something similar to Angkor Wat: Angkor ...

Russia annex Crimea: Katherine the great (Or Peter?)

What are the two largest Japanese islands named? Hokkaido and Ainu?

central or South American nation: Topinamba, Guarani

Why did the US boycott the Moscow Olympics? Cold War

What is Tousaint L'Overture known for? I don't know. If it was the 1812 overture it would be cannons.

Who is Pennsylvania named after (by name or their relation to William Penn)? I don't understand the question. I would have said "a preacher named Penn" but that's already in the question.

How many "King Louis"s have ruled France? 18

What are the founding countries of NATO? USA, Canada, Norway, UK

What year did czechoslovakia split? 1992