Ok and Marie Curie (9) and Christoper Columbus (4)
Final one for me John Churchill (6)
3 chaucer
6 charles
4. Calvin
8 Catherine the Great as a young woman/
No 2 looks like Cleopatra.
1. Sipu
Confucius (551-479 BC) was a famous sage and social philosopher of China whose teachings deeply influenced East Asia during twenty centuries. Living in times of trouble, he was convinced of his ability to restore the world’s order but he failed. Considered as a “Throneless King”, he eventually became involved in teaching disciples. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, and justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China after being chosen among other doctrines (such as Legalism or Taoism) during the Han dynasty. Used since then as the imperial orthodoxy, Confucius’ thought have been changed into a vast and complete philosophical system known in the west as Confucianism. Source
Sipu
10. Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947), more popularly known as Al ‘Scarface’ Capone, was a famous American gangster in the 1920s and 1930s, although his business card is reported to have said he was a dealer in used furniture. A Neapolitan born in New York, Capone began his career in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago and becoming that city’s most notorious crime figure. By the end of the 1920s Al Capone was on the Bureau of Investigation’s ‘Most Wanted’ list. His downfall occurred in 1931 when he was indicted and convicted by the federal government for income tax evasion and sent to the notorious island prison of Alcatraz. He died in 1947 at his estate in Miami, Florida. Source
Brendano
5. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. His epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), published in 1543 just before he died, is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the Scientific Revolution. His heliocentric model, with the sun at the center of the universe, demonstrated that the observed motions of celestial objects can be explained without putting the Earth at rest in the center of the universe. His work stimulated further scientific investigations, becoming a landmark in the history of modern science that is now often referred to as the Copernican Revolution.
Among the great polymaths of the Renaissance, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, quadrilingual polyglot, classical scholar, translator, artist, Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist. Among his many responsibilities, astronomy figured as little more than an avocation, yet it was in that field that he made his mark upon the world.
Sipu
9. Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934)is best known as the discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two Nobel prizes. For scientists and the public, her radium was a key to a basic change in our understanding of matter and energy. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment. Source
Sipu
4. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was probably born in about 1451 in Genoa. In 1476 In May 1476, he took part in an armed convoy sent by Genoa to carry a valuable cargo to northern Europe. He docked in Bristol, Galway, Ireland and possibly Iceland. It has been suggested that he found maps to the Americas in Bristol or Iceland. He first sought financial aid from Portugal, Genoa and Venice. Finally, in 1486, he sought help from the Catholic monarchs in Spain, who while not being prepared to help did not want him going elsewhere so they paid him a pension. Finally, in 1492, the Catholic Monrachs agreed to fund the adventure… and the rest, as they say, is history! Source
Sipu
6. John Churchill (1650-1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, was a prominent English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rising from a lowly page at the court of the House of Stuart, he loyally served the Duke of York through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political advancement through his courage and diplomatic skill. Churchill’s role in defeating the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 helped secure James II on the throne, yet just three years later he abandoned his Catholic mentor for the Protestant Dutchman, William of Orange. Honoured for his services at William’s coronation with the earldom of Marlborough, he served with further distinction in the early years of the Nine Years’ War, but persistent charges of Jacobitism brought about his fall from office and temporary imprisonment in the Tower. It was not until the accession of Queen Anne in 1702, that Marlborough reached the zenith of his powers, and secured his fame and fortune.
RickRants
3. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat, is best known for his work The Canterbury Tales. He is sometimes credited with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.
Chaucer was born around 1343 in London. His father and grandfather were both London wine merchants. Historical evidence shows that Chaucer’s family was well-to do. His father’s had connections enabled Geoffrey to become a page to Elizabeth de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster, and later he served in the royal court of Edward III as a valet to Lionel of Antwerp.
In 1359 Chaucer travelled with the English army under Edward III to France during the Hundred Years’ War and in 1360, he was captured during the siege of Reims. Edward paid his ransom of 16 pounds. Chaucer married the sister of John of Gaunt’s mistress, Katherine Swynford, who later became John’s wife and ancestor of Henry VII.
Christina
8. Born a princess in Germany, Catherine, later known as Catherine the Great (1729-1796), was married to the heir to the Russian throne, the Grand Duke Peter of Holstein, grandson of Peter the Great. Though Catherine the Great had the support of Peter’s mother, the Empress Elizabeth, she disliked her husband and helped engineer his removal from the throne. She took power as Tsarina or Queen, calling herself Catherine II and soon after, she was probably responsible for Peter’s death.
Catherine expanded Russia’s borders to the Black Sea and into central Europe. She advanced the westernization and modernization of Russia, although strictly within the context of her autocratic control. She promoted education and the Enlightenment among the elite and maintaianed a correspondence with many figures of the Enlightenment in Europe.
Catherine is often remembered for her many lovers. She was helped to the throne by her lover Count Gregory Orlov and, while remaining committed to him, she also took other lovers.
Catherine died in 1796, and was succeeded by her son Paul.
Araminta
2. In the spring of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra (69-30 BC) and her younger brother Ptolemy. According to Egyptian law, Cleopatra had to take a consort who was either a brother or a son, thus she married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII, who was only twelve. However she soon dropped his name from any official documents and had her own portrait and name put on the coinage. When Cleopatra became co-regent, Egypt was crumbling: several provinces had been lost and there was anarchy abroad and famine at home. Cleopatra was a strong-willed queen who was a genius and dreamed of a greater world empire. She most certainly tried to use both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony to achieve her purpose. As far as is known, she had no lovers other than them.
It looks like I’ve timed it right to get Casanova. 🙂
You have indeed Brendano!
7. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1785). The myth of the world’s greatest lover comes largely from Casanova’s own pen – a 12-volume autobiography documents his seductions in extensive detail.
Casanova toured the cities of Europe and seemed to be able to turn his hand to anything. He introduced the National Lottery to France, he knew Mozart and Voltaire and persuaded the Empress of Russia to introduce a new calendar. He even wrote one of the world’s first science fiction novels.
The Latin lover was also a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, and a spy.
I think 10 is Danny Devito, the diminutive American thespian.
Hi Boa.
In primo, thanks for all the work that you put into this.
Came home about 9 pm tonight, looking forward to your pre-advertised blog, but never really got a chance. I have never liked those little tossers in the class who used to do the frantic hand in the air and the ‘Please Miss. me Miss, please Miss!’ bit. Still find it difficult to deal with.
Only a suggestion, but, next time, what about ‘one blogger, one answer’ for a couple of hours of least? Might make it just a wee bit more fun for those of us who can not do 24/7 on this site or any other one for that matter.
Pure self and slightly grumphy, I know. Just thought I’d mention it.
Darn it. I missed it.
I did wonder about that, John. Maybe I’ll ask people to restrict themselves to one for the first hour… we’ll see.
I also wondered about the timing, because I am aware that people do work and cannot get to their computers at 6.00 pm. I’m using the facility to post on a specific day at a specific time – extremely useful – so it’s no problem to schedule them to appear later.
If anyone reads this – suggestions please!
I honestly don’t think you can time it precisely, Boadicea, but one entry per person may work. I have no axe to grind here; I’ve always arrive late but I don’t think I have ever managed to guess more than one! Banning Sipu may help.(Just a joke, Sipu)
Still enjoy them anyway.
It looks fun! I missed the lot, but I could have got four – Copernicus, Curie, Casanova and Chaucer. I enjoyed looking even tho the answers were already found.
Sorry for being a tosser, but it is just the way I am. As it happens, it was pure coincidence that I logged on just as the quiz was published.
In future, if people really want to display their enormous knowledge, perhaps they can announce just the number for which they have the answers. Though, the real purpose behind the quiz, should be for us all to learn something new rather than to brag, so thank you for putting it up Boadicea.
FYI, I am going away on Monday; flying up to Lusaka to continue my motor bike journey. I will spend some time in Zambia and Zimbabwe before returning to SA at the beginning of June.
No worries, Sipu! I’d probably have done the same…
Enjoy your trip – see you when you get back. 🙂
I noticed there is no picture for “Simulatio The Great” 😦
Well that doesn’t begin with ‘C’, does it?
Doh!
Bearsy – yes it does. SI, SI senor SI….mulatio 🙂
Back to Strine 101 with you, IS!
Zi zenor, but…. Ze Inglis you uze, she iz not zo good 😦
Boadicea's Chariot 
Bags I Confucius and Al Capone.
10 = Al Capone
5 = Copernicus?
Ok and Marie Curie (9) and Christoper Columbus (4)
Final one for me John Churchill (6)
3 chaucer
6 charles
4. Calvin
8 Catherine the Great as a young woman/
No 2 looks like Cleopatra.
1. Sipu
Confucius (551-479 BC) was a famous sage and social philosopher of China whose teachings deeply influenced East Asia during twenty centuries. Living in times of trouble, he was convinced of his ability to restore the world’s order but he failed. Considered as a “Throneless King”, he eventually became involved in teaching disciples. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, and justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China after being chosen among other doctrines (such as Legalism or Taoism) during the Han dynasty. Used since then as the imperial orthodoxy, Confucius’ thought have been changed into a vast and complete philosophical system known in the west as Confucianism.
Source
Sipu
10. Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947), more popularly known as Al ‘Scarface’ Capone, was a famous American gangster in the 1920s and 1930s, although his business card is reported to have said he was a dealer in used furniture. A Neapolitan born in New York, Capone began his career in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago and becoming that city’s most notorious crime figure. By the end of the 1920s Al Capone was on the Bureau of Investigation’s ‘Most Wanted’ list. His downfall occurred in 1931 when he was indicted and convicted by the federal government for income tax evasion and sent to the notorious island prison of Alcatraz. He died in 1947 at his estate in Miami, Florida.
Source
Brendano
5. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. His epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), published in 1543 just before he died, is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the Scientific Revolution. His heliocentric model, with the sun at the center of the universe, demonstrated that the observed motions of celestial objects can be explained without putting the Earth at rest in the center of the universe. His work stimulated further scientific investigations, becoming a landmark in the history of modern science that is now often referred to as the Copernican Revolution.
Among the great polymaths of the Renaissance, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, physician, quadrilingual polyglot, classical scholar, translator, artist, Catholic cleric, jurist, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist. Among his many responsibilities, astronomy figured as little more than an avocation, yet it was in that field that he made his mark upon the world.
Source
Sipu
9. Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934)is best known as the discoverer of the radioactive elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two Nobel prizes. For scientists and the public, her radium was a key to a basic change in our understanding of matter and energy. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment.
Source
Sipu
4. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was probably born in about 1451 in Genoa. In 1476 In May 1476, he took part in an armed convoy sent by Genoa to carry a valuable cargo to northern Europe. He docked in Bristol, Galway, Ireland and possibly Iceland. It has been suggested that he found maps to the Americas in Bristol or Iceland. He first sought financial aid from Portugal, Genoa and Venice. Finally, in 1486, he sought help from the Catholic monarchs in Spain, who while not being prepared to help did not want him going elsewhere so they paid him a pension. Finally, in 1492, the Catholic Monrachs agreed to fund the adventure… and the rest, as they say, is history!
Source
Sipu
6. John Churchill (1650-1722), 1st Duke of Marlborough, was a prominent English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rising from a lowly page at the court of the House of Stuart, he loyally served the Duke of York through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political advancement through his courage and diplomatic skill. Churchill’s role in defeating the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 helped secure James II on the throne, yet just three years later he abandoned his Catholic mentor for the Protestant Dutchman, William of Orange. Honoured for his services at William’s coronation with the earldom of Marlborough, he served with further distinction in the early years of the Nine Years’ War, but persistent charges of Jacobitism brought about his fall from office and temporary imprisonment in the Tower. It was not until the accession of Queen Anne in 1702, that Marlborough reached the zenith of his powers, and secured his fame and fortune.
Source
RickRants
3. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat, is best known for his work The Canterbury Tales. He is sometimes credited with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.
Chaucer was born around 1343 in London. His father and grandfather were both London wine merchants. Historical evidence shows that Chaucer’s family was well-to do. His father’s had connections enabled Geoffrey to become a page to Elizabeth de Burgh, the Countess of Ulster, and later he served in the royal court of Edward III as a valet to Lionel of Antwerp.
In 1359 Chaucer travelled with the English army under Edward III to France during the Hundred Years’ War and in 1360, he was captured during the siege of Reims. Edward paid his ransom of 16 pounds. Chaucer married the sister of John of Gaunt’s mistress, Katherine Swynford, who later became John’s wife and ancestor of Henry VII.
Source
Christina
8. Born a princess in Germany, Catherine, later known as Catherine the Great (1729-1796), was married to the heir to the Russian throne, the Grand Duke Peter of Holstein, grandson of Peter the Great. Though Catherine the Great had the support of Peter’s mother, the Empress Elizabeth, she disliked her husband and helped engineer his removal from the throne. She took power as Tsarina or Queen, calling herself Catherine II and soon after, she was probably responsible for Peter’s death.
Catherine expanded Russia’s borders to the Black Sea and into central Europe. She advanced the westernization and modernization of Russia, although strictly within the context of her autocratic control. She promoted education and the Enlightenment among the elite and maintaianed a correspondence with many figures of the Enlightenment in Europe.
Catherine is often remembered for her many lovers. She was helped to the throne by her lover Count Gregory Orlov and, while remaining committed to him, she also took other lovers.
Catherine died in 1796, and was succeeded by her son Paul.
Source
Araminta
2. In the spring of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra (69-30 BC) and her younger brother Ptolemy. According to Egyptian law, Cleopatra had to take a consort who was either a brother or a son, thus she married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII, who was only twelve. However she soon dropped his name from any official documents and had her own portrait and name put on the coinage. When Cleopatra became co-regent, Egypt was crumbling: several provinces had been lost and there was anarchy abroad and famine at home. Cleopatra was a strong-willed queen who was a genius and dreamed of a greater world empire. She most certainly tried to use both Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony to achieve her purpose. As far as is known, she had no lovers other than them.
Source
It looks like I’ve timed it right to get Casanova. 🙂
You have indeed Brendano!
7. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1785). The myth of the world’s greatest lover comes largely from Casanova’s own pen – a 12-volume autobiography documents his seductions in extensive detail.
Casanova toured the cities of Europe and seemed to be able to turn his hand to anything. He introduced the National Lottery to France, he knew Mozart and Voltaire and persuaded the Empress of Russia to introduce a new calendar. He even wrote one of the world’s first science fiction novels.
The Latin lover was also a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, and a spy.
Source
I think 10 is Danny Devito, the diminutive American thespian.
Hi Boa.
In primo, thanks for all the work that you put into this.
Came home about 9 pm tonight, looking forward to your pre-advertised blog, but never really got a chance. I have never liked those little tossers in the class who used to do the frantic hand in the air and the ‘Please Miss. me Miss, please Miss!’ bit. Still find it difficult to deal with.
Only a suggestion, but, next time, what about ‘one blogger, one answer’ for a couple of hours of least? Might make it just a wee bit more fun for those of us who can not do 24/7 on this site or any other one for that matter.
Pure self and slightly grumphy, I know. Just thought I’d mention it.
Darn it. I missed it.
I did wonder about that, John. Maybe I’ll ask people to restrict themselves to one for the first hour… we’ll see.
I also wondered about the timing, because I am aware that people do work and cannot get to their computers at 6.00 pm. I’m using the facility to post on a specific day at a specific time – extremely useful – so it’s no problem to schedule them to appear later.
If anyone reads this – suggestions please!
I honestly don’t think you can time it precisely, Boadicea, but one entry per person may work. I have no axe to grind here; I’ve always arrive late but I don’t think I have ever managed to guess more than one! Banning Sipu may help.(Just a joke, Sipu)
Still enjoy them anyway.
It looks fun! I missed the lot, but I could have got four – Copernicus, Curie, Casanova and Chaucer. I enjoyed looking even tho the answers were already found.
Sorry for being a tosser, but it is just the way I am. As it happens, it was pure coincidence that I logged on just as the quiz was published.
In future, if people really want to display their enormous knowledge, perhaps they can announce just the number for which they have the answers. Though, the real purpose behind the quiz, should be for us all to learn something new rather than to brag, so thank you for putting it up Boadicea.
FYI, I am going away on Monday; flying up to Lusaka to continue my motor bike journey. I will spend some time in Zambia and Zimbabwe before returning to SA at the beginning of June.
No worries, Sipu! I’d probably have done the same…
Enjoy your trip – see you when you get back. 🙂
I noticed there is no picture for “Simulatio The Great” 😦
Well that doesn’t begin with ‘C’, does it?
Doh!
Bearsy – yes it does. SI, SI senor SI….mulatio 🙂
Back to Strine 101 with you, IS!
Zi zenor, but…. Ze Inglis you uze, she iz not zo good 😦