History Trivia Thread Reducks

[Pat]

There's a regional air-carrier called Srivijaya Air btw, with a really shitty rep (though of course most Indonesian carriers have a shitty rep)

[Admiral Yi]

Hindu?  I thought the Balinese were Buddhist.

[Caliga]

Nope.  He's right about them being Hindu (it does seem strange... total outlier).

[Pat]

Yep, only Hindu island in the region. Bali is 95% hindu and 95% of Indonesia's hindus live on Bali (or something like that). The central government in Jakarta recently drove through a so-called "anti-pornography law" which has been used to arrest women on charges of prostitution for not wearing veils and will outlaw the showing of female skin in traditional balinese dancing, for example. The governor of Bali said he'd prefer Bali to secede rather than be subject to the law. They don't like the javanese very much, especially not since muslims from java took to the habit of blowing themselves up in their night clubs. But the Balinese were very prominent in the struggle for freedom from the dutch so they do have some patriotic feeling for Indonesia.


Still no-one? It's a playable country in Eu3.

[Eddie Teach]

um.... Suvaryaman or something?

I think that's the leader of the Khmer in Civ 4.

[Solmyr]

Majapahit?

[Pat]

Correct!

(They made Bali their base after they were driven off Java)

[merithyn]

Been over a month. I'm jumping in:

During the eighth century, a standard of calligraphy was set using the script from the Saint Martin of Tours monastery. What was it called?

[Caliga]

Carolingian?

[Viking]

Frankish?

[merithyn]

Carolingian?

Nailed it.

You're up.

[PDH]

I thought it was Carolingian Miniscule

[HisMajestyBOB]

Times Old Roman

[Caliga]

The worst defeat for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars (an entire squadron was either sunk or captured) occurred where?

[Alatriste]

The worst defeat for the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars (an entire squadron was either sunk or captured) occurred where?

Mauritius, If I'm not wrong.