| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Nov 17 05:29PM -0800 On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 8:35:11 PM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > >> Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, later named Yugoslavia.) > > Why is Hapsburg not a correct answer? > Because we asked for the name of the nation-empire, not the ruling house. A nation-empire is a contradiction in terms. i.e. there is no such thing. cheers, calvin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 17 10:12PM -0600 "Calvin": > A nation-empire is a contradiction in terms. i.e. there is no such thing. You may have a point there, but whatever the right term for the thing is, we still asked for its name. -- Mark Brader "I love talking about nothing. Toronto It's the only thing I know anything about." msb@vex.net --Lord Goring (Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband) |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Nov 18 08:21AM +0100 >> A nation-empire is a contradiction in terms. i.e. there is no such thing. > You may have a point there, but whatever the right term for the thing is, > we still asked for its name. And the name Habsburg empire has certainly been used, but 1) It certainly was not the official name. 2) It is more often applied to earlier days, when the Habsburgs controlled various units within and outside the holy German-Roman empire but it was not a single state per se. Which it certainly was at the state of its dissolution. So I'm inclined to agree with Mark's ruling. |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Nov 17 10:55PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:uPqdnV8lhekDUVLAnZ2dnUU7- > Ancient Egyptian source, but its use was discontinued in the > 20th century as the resource it was made from became unavailable. > What resource? Papyrus > so expensive that it often had its own budget line item on > a commission. What is the name shared by the mineral and > the pigment? Lapus lazuli; Indigo > It fell out of fashion after widespread use, but has seen > a resurgence due to health concerns about its synthetic > alternatives. *What color* does this pigment create? Red velvet > extensively in wallpapers and clothing. It was later revealed > to be highly poisonous, and may have hastened Napoleon's death > in exile on St. Helena. What poison does it contain? Arsenic > century as a cosmetic, as it whitened skin. Unfortunately it, > too, was also highly poisonous. What is the toxic substance > in this brilliant white pigment? Lead > This stone fragment is thought to be the earliest known drawing > done by a human on earth. What pigment is this? > * Game 3, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - Folkloric Monsters and Shapeshifters > 1. In Jewish mythology, this is a malicious possessing spirit > believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, controlling > the body of a living person to attend to unfinished business Dybbuk > livestock-killing monster, which is possibly reptilian and > whose name literally means "goat-sucker", have been reported > throughout the Americas. Chupacabra > 3. The "Woman of the Fairy Mound", this red-eyed, wailing spirit > from Irish mythology arrives to herald the death of a family > member. Banshee > 4. These inhuman, possibly undead monsters of Arabic folklore were > introduced to European cultures by the "1,001 Nights". They have > an appetite for human flesh and they often lurk in cemeteries. Chimera; Banshee > a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit: "From old Celtic mythology, > a fairy spirit in animal form. Always very large. A benign > but mischievous creature." What is the creature? Chimera > 6. Often described as gaunt skeletons and insatiable giants, > these spirits of famine and death of Algonquin folklore can also > inhabit human beings, turning them into murderers and cannibals. Anansi; Phooka > can take on the form of an animal at will, but otherwise appear > as normal humans. Give therr name in English, also the title > of a very popular novel by Tony Hillerman Deer Woman > good, sometimes cannibalistic swamp-witch lives in the forest > in a hut that stands on chicken legs and travels by means of > a mortar and pestle. Rusalka > for good and for ill. They like to hang out in dark places, > and can only be seen if they assume the form of animals, humans, > or storms. Djinn; Dullahan > world's stories and put them in a calabash gourd. (Fortunately, > he was stopped by the intellectual-property lawyers.) Anyway, > he can take on many forms but is most comfortable as a spider. Arachne Pete Gayde |
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