American Civil War? Also can you accept Spanish War and Mexican War? Missed Great Pyramids because it's the only one in that block without an underline prompt - I should look harder next time!
The American Civil War is not included because it wasn't considered an international declaration of war as the Confederacy wasn't officially recognized by anyone other than themselves.
"Declared" is the key word here. In 2003 and 1991 there was no declaration of war by the US against Iraq; in Korea and Vietnam the US government didn't recognize the northern, communist governments so there was no declaration of war. The CSA was, as has already been pointed out not recognized, so no declaration. The Revolutionary War was just that - a revolution, not an international conflict between two established nations. In Afghanistan the ostensible conflict involved the US giving support to overthrow the Taliban, not an openly declared conflict between the US and Afghanistan.
Agreed - North Korea is not by any measure officially communist anymore. Juche is its official state ideology. The ruling party is the Korean Workers Party, no mention of communism and all remaining references to communism have been scrapped. North Korea should be removed from the answer.
I also thought of Timur the Lame. He was arguably as great as Temujin or Kublai, though how does one gauge such a thing? Most historians would probably rank him 3rd.
I think it is merely referring to Genghis and his descendants, or in other words khans of the Mongol Empire and those empires that formed from its disintegration, rather than any ruler of Mongol descent.
It's not the same, because the temple in question is also known as the "Temple of Diana" as a common alternative name (listed as such in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, for example).
If you come to read this, Al-Andalus was just the name given by the arabs to the whole Iberian Peninsula. Also, for the time frame given in the quiz, that state was indeed just the Emirate of Granada.
It's like wanting to accept Asturias as an alternative for Castille & Leon; a kingdom that preceded, but no longer exists.
I know my native-name comments are getting boring, but this quiz has more to whine about than expected: Ilias, Odysseia, Henri. I can also argue about Philippe.
Tried umpteen variations on the Great Pyramid of Giza and finally gave up. Turns out the quiz only accepts "Pyramids." The answer should be singular. While there are three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis only the Great Pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza.)
Yeah. Khufu's pyramis is an awesome 138 m tall. The Pyramid of Khafre nearby is a meager 136m! Those aren't wonder of the world numbers! gotta have some standards.
It should, as it's entirely located in the Southern slopes of the Pyrenees and it was (more or less) an independent country since 1278. In fact, the entire question it's a bit of a mess, because the "crown of Aragon" was not a country, but a group of countries in personal union including the the Principality of Catalonia, the kingdom of Aragon and the kingdom of Valencia.
How odd. I googled "british war" (with quotes) because I had never heard it called that before, and the first result that came up was the Wiki page on the War of 1812. Yet the phrase "British War" does not appear on that page at all.
Why is 'Mexican' accepted for Aztec and not Mexican American war? Especially considering the "American" and "war" were both part of the original question for the Mexican American war.
I have something to say about this quiz. First, Romulus was the ruler and founder of rome (the first one actually). Second, Xi'an was the third great capital of ancient china. Luoyang was the fourth and chang'an was not even top ten!
Romulus is a mythical figure, and he was never an emperor of rome, because rome did not become an empire for many many centuries after his supposed existence.
Secondly Chang'an is just the ancient name for Xi'an.
Technically the microstate Couto Misto existed on the iberian peninsula in 1400. But it's so small and insignicant that you could probably realistically ignore it.
The only reason why the low results exist for Spanish-American war and Mexican-American war is that Spanish and Mexican are not accepted as answers! Lots of similar comments, surely time for a change.
Could you accept different versions of Whigs? It's a pretty uncommon word and thus hard to spell for non native speakers. Tried wigs wiggs wighs etc. before I look up the spelling
It's like wanting to accept Asturias as an alternative for Castille & Leon; a kingdom that preceded, but no longer exists.
Secondly Chang'an is just the ancient name for Xi'an.