The NAME THAT HISTORICAL EVENT game

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Who is this and what did his actions seen here cause?

Hone Heke felling the flagstaff at Kororareka, initiating the Maori Wars (1860-1863).

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[KrazyHorse]

Very, very close.

Everything's right except for the last bit.

[padillah]

Hone Heke felling the flagstaff at Kororareka, initiating the Flagstaff Wars (1845-1846).

Tom P.

EDIT: Sorry about above. I got used to giving you a hard time.

[KrazyHorse]

Whoever wants to take it can. I wouldn't have had a problem with Darsnan's answer (the Flagstaff War is often called the First Maori War) except for the fact that his dates were referring to a later conflict

[padillah]

Eh, I used mine up interupting you so this is yours Darsnan.

Besides, all I really did was look up what he said and get the dates right.

Tom P.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by padillah
Eh, I used mine up interupting you so this is yours Darsnan.

Besides, all I really did was look up what he said and get the dates right.

Tom P.

Is googling fair? I got my "not quite right" answer on Kadesh off the top of my head, no way id have missed it if id googled using what i already knew.

[KrazyHorse]

None of my recent answers were googled, but if other people have been given the opportunity to guess and haven't come up with anything I don't see why you shouldn't google. The nice thing about this stuff is that it's not a cakewalk to google the right answer unless you already have a good idea.

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by padillah
Eh, I used mine up interupting you so this is yours Darsnan.
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I won't be able to post anything till I get home from work tonight (about 7 hours from this post), so if you want go ahead.

As far as googling is concerned: I like KH's idea that "if other people have been given the opportunity to guess and haven't come up with anything then it should be OK to google". This then gives everyone a chance to guess off the top of their heads, and if no one gets it, then we fall back onto googling, if nothing more than to keep the thread moving along. Anyways, my $0.02 on the subject.


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[padillah]

Yeah, that's what I was saying basically: there's no way I can keep up with some of you guys in this... google is my only hope.

That said... who's this guy and what contribution did he make?


Tom P.

[KrazyHorse]

I'm completely blank on that one. He looks a little bit like Freud, but not really.

[padillah]

Nope, 'hard' science guy.

Tom P.

[Hueij]

Mebbe time for a hint?

[lord of the mark]

his scientific contribution was a method for making acetone, needed for cordite, helping the UK in WW1.

He is more well known for his political achievements however, which I appreciate much, though some here may not

And the hint was that he was a hard scientist, but KH didnt know him, so I figured hes not a fizzocist. Looked british and edwardian, so i thought of the only brit chemist of the era whose name i know, and then I googled to confirm.

Heres a pic of him with Prince Feisal, leaving one to reflect on might have beens.




A quote

"I head a nation of a million presidents. "

[Alexander I]

It's Chaim Weizmann, right? Wasn't he president of Israel?

[padillah]

Mine made a very important dcontribution to early mathematics. He discovered a branch of mathematics.

Tom P.