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History by Letter - O
Can you name these historical people, places, and things beginning with the letter O?
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| First submitted | July 26, 2014 |
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| Average score | 60.0% |
| Rating | 4.32 |
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48 Comments
ColoHarpare
+3
Level 49
Aug 18, 2014
Seems to be a "thing" to be first to comment, so, here it is! My first "first"!
MayaB
+29
Level 73
Aug 22, 2014
You're mistaken. This is not youtube.
Mira55
+4
Level 21
Jan 15, 2021
But it has comments.
kalbahamut
+21
Level 79
Sep 16, 2014
I think this is the first "first!" comment I've seen on this site, actually. Make a habit of it and I'm sure you'll be very popular.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Sep 16, 2014
Could you accept Aeolde Eanglyyshe?
beetboy12
+2
Level 36
Sep 16, 2014
You've Celticized it. Maybe something more Germanic like Aeldenglisc.
fitheach
+8
Level 58
Jun 12, 2017
Erm, Old English is already Germanic...
eric29cocoanuts
+12
Level 75
Sep 16, 2014
I tried Olde English just to be cute....guess I'm not cute enough because it didn't work.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
In which language and/or in which era is *that* spelling used?
Stef2
+3
Level 65
May 8, 2020
That doesn't start with an O though...
richiesyxx
+1
Level 74
Jun 8, 2022
For another quiz, maybe…
EssieNL
+10
Level 54
Sep 16, 2014
You should allow 'Oranje', for 'Orange'. It also start with a O, and it is the real name of Willem van Oranje.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 15, 2016
Oranje will work now
larrylevine
+5
Level 68
Nov 25, 2018
the time delta between the original comment, the fix, and this meaningless missive...fabulous
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
Missive actually means a letter, especially a long or official one.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jul 31, 2020
or simply a written message.
Coyuznik
+4
Level 85
Sep 16, 2014
I'm an idiot! I mixed up the 1993 Israel/PLO accords with the Dayton Agreement, so I tried Ohio twice!
Skymatone
+2
Level 59
Sep 17, 2014
Oo Man! As a Legends of the Hidden Temple fan, Can't believe I missed Olmec!!
MyMindWentBlank
+2
Level 60
Jun 12, 2017
I would have guessed that answer anyway because it's the only ancient Mexican civilization I know of that begins with the letter O, but I only knew about the large heads from "history of the entire world, i guess."
Meringue
+2
Level 50
Jun 10, 2022
Here's some huge heads. Must be the Olmecs.
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Aug 10, 2017
pshht...you, sir, are no blue barracuda.
AllenY
+2
Level 68
Apr 30, 2015
Was OPEC really a cartel?
kolp
+5
Level 84
Dec 14, 2015
Yes
Sulps
+7
Level 55
Jun 11, 2017
I was surprised too, because when I think of cartels, the first things that come to mind are drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia. I looked the word up and found out that "cartel" means any group that cooperates to limit competition from others (using unfair methods).
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, 'cartel' is an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition. It doesn't have to do with drugs.
qcumber
+2
Level 45
May 26, 2020
That makes more sense.
samiamco
+3
Level 68
Mar 10, 2016
I was like, wait, Kafka doesn't begin with an "o"... {derp}
fitheach
+2
Level 58
Jun 12, 2017
so erudite...
dasims45
+7
Level 82
Oct 19, 2016
Nobody did big, ugly heads like the Olmec! Señor Xtapolapocetl makes a great addition to any basement.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
I heavily doubt 'Señor' was used in the Olmec language.
stromae
+4
Level 70
Dec 16, 2021
the joke definitely surpassed you
chondrichthyess
+1
Level 60
Feb 8, 2017
Excellent quiz. Tougher than most. Good things to learn
ander217
+4
Level 73
Jun 11, 2017
Never heard of ostrogoths. When oligoths and oh-my-goths didn't work I gave up.
cornflakesfu
+13
Level 89
Jun 3, 2018
Their successors, the astrogoths, pillaged the moon and left it full of craters.
larrylevine
+1
Level 68
Nov 25, 2018
you have to be a redditor and/or an imgurian +1
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
I heavily doubt that, @cornflakesfu.
Kalleanon
+5
Level 66
Mar 13, 2020
Yet another piece of semi-useless information that I can thank Goscinny and Uderzo for.
camus
+1
Level 80
May 8, 2020
We call them West Goths and East Goths in German. Easier to remember.
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 59
Jun 8, 2022
Oh-my-goths made my day :D
BlackJohn
+3
Level 79
Dec 29, 2018
That moment when you're Greek and miss Onassis because you didn't know Jacqueline Kennedy's original name. :$
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Mar 10, 2019
^ You're right. It would have been more correct to state her former names as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, but I think the quiz make wanted to make it that much harder for some of us.
Amilcar
+1
Level 73
Sep 21, 2022
I think it's more fun this way. You have to think of a Jacqueline who famously married twice. There can't be many.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Apr 10, 2020
Interesting that his full names is 'Aristotle Socrates Onassis'.
richiesyxx
+2
Level 74
Jun 8, 2022
It sounds exotic but it’s probably the Greek equivalent of something like ‘Alan Steven Osborne.’
Aoto327
+1
Level 87
Dec 21, 2023
Please also accept “Odysseus”. I didn’t know it was spelled “Odyssey”.
pieman
+2
Level 58
Sep 23, 2024
isnt Odysseus a character name as the odyssey is the story's name?
Seno
+2
Level 28
Sep 24, 2024
Correct. One is the character and the other is the story
RondoNo2
+1
Level 53
Feb 16, 2026
Come on, Aoto327 - next you'll be wanting 'Ody' to be accepted because you were too tired to type any more letters.
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