 | Danyell: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 01:37 GMT | | 8 points    |
| Could you allow USSR for Soviet Union? |
| History_Lover: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 01:45 GMT | | 3 points |
| @ Danyell I just added USSR. Thanks for the suggestion. |
 | brook5584: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 05:36 GMT | | 9 points |
| can you accept Genghis Khan's last name |
| History_Lover: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 14:23 GMT | | 10 points |
| @ brook5584 I now accept just "Genghis" but I don't accept just "Khan" since that was his title. Thanks for the tip. |
| gowhere: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 15:50 GMT | | 0 points |
| I found the clue for August 12 to be slightly misleading as I assumed the structure to still be in existence. Now we can all talk about whether I should be making assumptions : ), but I wonder if the clue could be re-written to avoid any risk of that. |
| History_Lover: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 18:37 GMT | | 3 points |
| @ gowhere I intentionally made August 12's clue vague to be more of a challenge. At the moment 59% are getting it correct and I think that is reasonable. I do appreciate your input, though. Thanks. |
 | courtneyyy: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 19:01 GMT | | 3 points |
| to me there's a bit of a disconnect for august 3--simply that the wording of the question calls for all three ships, and yet you only actually have us type one. just kinda jumped out at me. |
| History_Lover: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 19:43 GMT | | 4 points |
| @ courtneyyy I meant to add a game note about that - it has now been added. Thanks for catching that. |
| happyswede: | Jul 21st, 2011 at 22:16 GMT | | 9 points |
| Gahhh! I'll never be able to spell Tenochtitlán. Thank goodness it's now called something simple like Mexico City. |
 | ihs_ac: | Jul 22nd, 2011 at 13:59 GMT | | 3 points |
| Nixon resigned August 9th, not 8th. source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/unusual-succession-makes-ford-president Nixon simply announced he was going to resign on the eight. |
| History_Lover: | Jul 22nd, 2011 at 20:58 GMT | | 3 points |
| @ ihs_ac Thanks for catching that - I don't think it would throw anybody off but I do want this to be accurate so thanks for pointing out my mistake. |
 | bowsntoys: | Jul 23rd, 2011 at 07:34 GMT | | 2 points |
| Very nice quiz (as always). :) |
| Roman: | Jul 24th, 2011 at 20:00 GMT | | 5 points |
| Also, a little known fact, the Yukon split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 as a response to the gold rush. In 1896, it was still part of the NWT. Please correct this. |
| History_Lover: | Jul 25th, 2011 at 01:53 GMT | | 4 points |
| @ Roman Thanks for pointing out that detail, I didn't know those details. I clarified that I am looking for the modern Canadian Territory but also accept the NWT as an alternative answer. Thanks for the tip. |
| MisterF: | Jul 26th, 2011 at 14:00 GMT | | 10 points |
| Tenochtitlan: The Kyrgyzstan of history quizzes. |
Game published: Aug 1st, 2011 at 04:03 GMT
| cuendillar: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 06:41 GMT | | 13 points |
| You shouldn't require "Emperor" for Aug 25. I tried both Constantine I and Constantine the Great, to no avail. |
 | hachi: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 07:08 GMT | | 18 points |
| I think Martin Luther King should be accepted without "Jr.", it kinda drove me crazy :) |
| Minipoot: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 07:24 GMT | | 3 points |
| The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria,
I'll do you in the bottom while you're drinking sangria |
| husky0406: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 08:13 GMT | | 5 points |
| today (August 1st) is also the 67th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising |
| troyk: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 11:20 GMT | | 26 points |
| Had to google the aztec city for proper spelling. Knew what it was, just no way I could remember that! |
| Krzysztof: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 13:13 GMT | | 1 point |
| Could also the original name of the most famous painting, "La Gioconda" (or simply "Gioconda" without the definite article), be accepted? |
 | listyguy: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 13:13 GMT | | 9 points |
| It is just me, or were there a lot of Cold War questions? |
| asafe: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 13:35 GMT | | 9 points |
| According to several articles on wikipedia it was not the Visigoths in the battle of Adrianople. They state the tribe as just Goths, or Thervings to be more precice. These Thervings are not the same as the Vesi or Visigoths. |
 | expat: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 14:22 GMT | | 7 points |
| how sad so few people knew the great liberator, San Martin. |
 | Tony_A: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 14:31 GMT | | 2 points |
| @listguy, I only see one question that deal specifically with the cold war, that being the construction of the Berlin Wall. The others only fall into the time period of the Cold War, but don't have any bearing. |
 | EyeKanFly: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 15:00 GMT | | 11 points |
| Ditto asafe. You should accept "Goths" for Aug 9. |
| SirAuron_1: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 15:24 GMT | | 6 points |
| The Aug13 question for me was like ok.... Tenoch......oh jeez how do you spell that |
 | bamachile: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 15:42 GMT | | 6 points |
| Apparently I need to work on spelling Mongolian names. Good quiz. |
| mrgenova: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 16:20 GMT | | 3 points |
| I guess the Sporcle judges are tougher than the Jeopardy! ones, because they didn't accept "Mount Suvius". |
 | juviejay: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 16:42 GMT | | 0 points |
| Yeah, if you changed the question to, "Cortes conquered Tenochtitlan, capital of this Central American Empire" I think it would be a lot more fair. I even visited it but couldn't remember how to spell it correctly. |
| husky0406: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 16:46 GMT | | 0 points |
| agreed with juviejay |
 | barnztormre: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 17:46 GMT | | 4 points |
| Did anyone else jokingly try "the Moops" for August 9? :-D |
| PAJ: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 18:05 GMT | | 1 point |
| Agree it's odd that 'Martin Luther King' fails, but 'King' succeeds. Also suggest that 'Iran' should be 'Persia'. At least as an alternative. |
| robcheid: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 20:20 GMT | | 13 points |
| Alas, it wouldn't accept Techno Chocolate Land |
| StJimmyRocks92: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 20:32 GMT | | 2 points |
| I should have known all of these, except for two of them. Good quiz, though. |
| StJimmyRocks92: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 20:34 GMT | | 3 points |
| oh, and thank you for accepting "progressives." |
| Polal: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 20:39 GMT | | 3 points |
| @ Asafe: agreed |
| jago706: | Aug 1st, 2011 at 23:09 GMT | | 1 point |
| In observance of its 30th anniversary, I would have preferred the 1981 launch of MTV be mentioned for its August date in this quiz |
| dancastro: | Aug 2nd, 2011 at 00:25 GMT | | 1 point |
| @expat: it's true, of both liberators of South America seemingly José de San Martín (who freed Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule) is much less known than Simón Bolívar. But I wonder if Bolívar is remembered by more people because he had a country named after him (Bolivia). Apart from the advertising made in the last years by Hugo Chávez with his "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela". |
| dancastro: | Aug 2nd, 2011 at 00:38 GMT | | 4 points |
| Those who complain about the spelling of Tenochtitlán probably haven't met Tetlepanquetzaltzin yet. (He was an Aztec ruler who fought against Cortés. I copied and pasted the name, of course). |
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