Welcome to the (Mostly) Military History round of the Noblesse Oblige Triviathon!

Please answer the following questions and submit your answers by email.

01. What terrorist organization (as defined *by* the United States government, wiseass) was elected in democratic elections to rule a country?

02. What was the precursor to the United Nations?

03. The leader of what country was Magnificent?

04. If you're combing and braiding your hair and preparing to fight a much larger force, where are you?

05. At what battle was one side saved by reinforcements rushed to the front line by taxicab?

06. What battle lent its name to an Olympic event?

07. Who picked the worst time to fiddle?

08. Whose fleet did the divine wind first sink?

09. How many of Hannibal's elephants survived the crossing of the Alps?

10. Who was the first Roman Emperor?

11. When six thousand English archers slayed the flower of the French nobility, what seige were they coming from?

12. Who was the scientist that sold dangerous devices and processes to Libya, North Korea, and possibly Iran?

13. If you were the father of a boomer and you were fighting the bulge, what forest were you in?

14. A fat man and a little boy traveled to what country?

15. What battle was started by a commander going into town to look for shoes for his men?

16. How many of King Henry VIII's wives outlived him?

17. Who set, in stone, punishment by chopping off the hands for bad doctors?

18. What enigmatic 18th century figure drifted from royal court to royal court, claiming to be immortal?

19. When the white flower fought the red flower, who was fighting whom?

20. What sort of man was Newton talking to when he made his famous remark that is misinterpreted as a statement of intellectual humility?

21. If you're returning to a string of islands, who are you?

22. Whose final fight was at a contradiction in terms and a musical instrument?

23. What battle was preceded by an event depicted on a United States quarter?

24. If you have a little over 50 million francs shortly after 1800, what would you spend it on?

25. What name is shared by a freedom-fighter, a fish, and a shirt?