Germany deployed Zeppelins during WW1
During "Christmas Truce" of 1914, soldiers from each side played games of Soccer
2010, Germany finally paid of WW1 reparations
The Treaty of Versailles limited the Germany army to 100,000 men
April 1917, the month in which USA declared war on Germany
Peter Ustinov - Father fought as WW1 figher pilot in Germany
Ireland - Lusitania sunk off the coast of Ireland
World War 2
After seizing the French archives, Nazis destroyed master copy of Treaty of Versailles
Highest award for bravery in the US, is the Medal Of Honor
Operation Overlord - code name for the Invasion of Normandy by the Allies
Jean-Louis Darlan - French Admiral & commander of the Vichy fleet
Marianas Turkey Shoot - Battle Of the Philippine Sea
Romania - joined Tripartite Pact in late Nov 1940
Appeasement - Britain & France's policy towards Germany in the lead up to WW2
Star Wars
Luke Skywalker grew up on Tatooine
"Join me and I will complete your training"
In "A New Hope" what happens to Luke's Aunt and Uncle after Luke finds Obi-Wan = killed by Storm Troopers
Yoda lifts his X-Wing from the swamp in "The Empire Strikes Back" that shocks Luke
Reek is what Anakin rode in "Attack Of The Clones"
Episode 3 - Anakin returns to what news from Padme - "That she is Pregnant"
Imperial Center - official name of planet wide City Coruscant during Galactic Empire, Star Wars
Star Trek
Jeffrey Combs - Thylek Shran in Enterprise
Denobulan - Dr. Phlox in Enterprise
Vorta - Weyoun in Deep Space Nine
Leonard Nimoy - Mr. Spock in original series
178 - episodes, "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
George Takei - Mr. Sulu in original series
Mr. Woof - In Star Trek: The Next Generation what Mrs. Troi calls Woof
Shakespeare
Juliet belongs to Capulet house
154 Sonnets written by Shakespeare
Hamlet is set in Denmark, by Shakespeare
Elizabeth I was British monarch when Shakespeare was born
Enobarbus provides a poetic description of Cleopatra's barge
Virgillia is the name of the title character's wife in "Coriolanus"
Julius Caesar - an anachronistic Shakespeare play which depicts the tolling of a clock, centuries before such clocks were invented
Boxing -
WBA - A is for Association
Robert De Niro - is Jake LaMotta in the film "Raging Bull"
1986 - Mike Tyson became youngest World Heavyweight Champion
Dempsey VS Tunney - two boxers were involved in "Battle of the Long Count" in 1927
Ukraine - Klitschko brothers originated from Ukraine
Golf - 7
Dog - A hole with a fairway that bends is usually described with reference to which animal
Green - color jacket that winer of Masters golf tournament traditionally wears
Red - Tiger Woods traditionally wears on the last day of a golf tournament
Golf - Eugenio Saraceni changed his name to Gene Sarazen and became a legend in golf
Fuzzy Zoeller - defeated Greg Norman in a play off to win 1984 US Open
Hootie Johnson - former Chairman of Augusta National was known for his battle w/ militant feminist Martha Burk
He wears two golf gloves - American golfer Tommy Gainey is known for this unusual custom
Baseball
Carlos May's bday is May 17, wore #17 Jersey
Philadelphia Phillies, only MLB team with a bell in its logo
42 - Mariano Rivera was last active major leaguer to wear what number
Mel Ott - first Giant to hit 30 home runs in a season
Jessie Orosco - entering 2014, holds the record for most games pitched
Bob Gibson - in 1968, threw 13 shutouts and set a record with an ERA of just 1.12
Ty Cobb - 1909, lead the American league with all of 9 home runs all of them inside-the-park
Animals
Indian Cobra does not have feathers
Tigress is the female ver of Tiger
Lion is the only cat with a mane
Elephants were often used in War
Llama is the domesticated ver of the guanaco
Leveret is a young hare in its first year
Geography
Red, white, green Italian flag
Himalayas, mountain range that stretches 2400km westward from a peak called Nanga Parbat to one called Namcha Barwa
Burj Al Arab is in Dubai
Germany has The Black Forest
Hong Kong, Disney opened a theme park on Sept 12 2005
Georgia is named after St. George
Royal Mile is a famous street in which capital city = Edinburgh
Romeo and Juliet = Young Love
Montague = Romeo's family
Juliet = Capulet
Capulet's gives a party, Romeo and his friends attends the party
The only Allied country who won but paid compensation was the USA, to Japan. In 1988, under the Civil Liberties Act, U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, apologized to the Japanese-Americans interned in camps during World War II and agreed to pay $20,000 to each surviving former detainee.
At the conference on German External Debts, in London, 1952, Germany's post-war debts were written down to just under 7 billion deutschemarks (worth about $3 billion at today's currency rates) from 16.2 billion deutschemarks, whilst its pre-war debts were reduced to 7.3 billion deutschemarks,
Additionally, Germany had to relinquish the country's power and divide itself initially into four Allied-owned zones, which were demilitarized and removed of their weaponry.
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