History Trivia Thread Reducks

[Maximus]

Agricultural products.

[The Brain]

Sainthood.

[Caliga]

Agricultural products.

Please be more specific.

[Maximus]

queso

[Caliga]

queso

Correct.  Queso menonita, to be specific. 

[Viking]

There is a substantial Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Mexico that was settled around the turn of the 20th century by Mennonites fleeing Canada because they feared they were going to be forced to stop speaking/educating their children in Plattdeutsch.

The Mexican government agreed to give them substantial land grants and leave them alone in terms of education/language under the condition that they provide what service to the Mexican people, which they are still famous for providing to this day?

What would early 20th century want from 16th century germans. Technology obviously. Teach at Mexican Universities?

[Maximus]

BTW I believe that migration was considerably later, 1960s or so.

[Caliga]

BTW I believe that migration was considerably later, 1960s or so.

Oh.  Well that was asked from memory, and anyway you got it right.

[Maximus]

I don't have anything. Open floor.

[Admiral Yi]

This is a semi-Timmy Rule infracting question, but I liked it so much I'm going to ask anyway.

What was the average rate of fire of the English fleet at the battle of Gravelines (Spanish Armada).  For context rate of fire in Nelson's time was c. 3 rounds every five minutes for good crews.

[Admiral Yi]

Correct.  Queso menonita, to be specific. 

Shouldn't that be queso menonito?

[Caliga]

Shouldn't that be queso menonito?

No hablo espanol. 

[Alatriste]

Correct.  Queso menonita, to be specific. 

Shouldn't that be queso menonito?

Nope. In Spanish the names of some peoples or collectives (usually from the Middle East) do end in -i or -ita. For example, israelí-israelita, sunní-sunnita, chií-chiita and mennoní-mennonita.

At least in Spain we use far more frequently the termination in -i, because -ita often sounds dated and odd (as you noticed) but both forms are grammatically correct.

[HisMajestyBOB]

In that case, they got the information quickly by making it up, they were exposed by Napoleon being alive? 

Hooray... Blackbeard gets it.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1931133_1931132_1931126,00.html

Pubs are often unreliable sources of gossip and never more so than with this tall tale involving one of history's most famous short men. In 1814, a uniformed officer who gave his name as Colonel du Bourg arrived at the Ship Inn in Dover, England, bringing news that Napoleon Bonaparte had been killed. This meant that England's long war with the Bourbons was over

Apparently he did his research in a pub...

[Razgovory]

I'll squeeze one in until Meri shows up.

Who was the first socialist elected to the US Congress?

Barak Obama or Victor Berger.

And No, I don't want the floor.