4-Letter History Chain #1

For each hint, enter a 4-letter word. The last letter of this word will be the first letter of the next word.

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First submitted	September 17, 2015
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Hint	Answer
The USSR and pals: Eastern ____	Bloc
Group of Scottish kinsmen	Clan
Emperor when Rome burned	Nero
Norse god who Wednesday is named for	Odin
Hollywood crime genre: Film ____	Noir
Medieval torture device	Rack
Alexander cut the Gordian ____	Knot
English translation of Panzer	Tank
Herod, Midas, or Henry, e.g.	King
Rich man's disease	Gout
British conservative party	Tory
Harness that connects two oxen	Yoke
A lengthy narrative poem	Epic
Person of ancient Gaul or the British Isles	Celt

Hint	Answer
Old fashioned way of saying you	Thee
English noble rank	Earl
Former currency of Italy	Lira
Jason's ship	Argo
Roman poet who wrote "Metamorphoses"	Ovid
High noble rank	Duke
Greek goddess of discord	Eris
Canal seized by Egypt in 1956	Suez
King of the Greek gods	Zeus
Former name of Thailand	Siam
Chinese dynasty 1368–1644	Ming
Territory that the U.S. took from Spain in 1898	Guam
Neighbor of ancient Israel	Moab

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75 Comments

Level 92

Sep 30, 2015

Wow, there were at least four of these that I would never have guessed without having correctly gotten the answers above and below (thus giving me the first and last letter). Managed to get all right, despite not knowing 4 answers.

Level 65

Nov 25, 2015

isnt it should be 'thou' instead of 'thee'

Level 83

Nov 28, 2015

Thee is the accusative of thou, and therefore can still be used as a substitute for you: "I saw you yesterday", "I saw thee yesterday".

Level 67

Dec 14, 2015

The quiz should probably accept both "thou" and "thee" but show "thou" as the canonical answer because it's the subjective form.

+11

Level 55

Dec 14, 2015

^ Right, but "thou" wouldn't work in the line-up, because the next word starts with an "e".

Level 78

Dec 5, 2017

"Yours" would be "thine." Think about the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, etc. They mean "You shall not, etc."

Level 64

May 9, 2023

And they are singular.

Thee, thou, thy, and thine are singular.

You, ye, your, and yours are plural.

+18

Level 76

Jun 2, 2018

Or, you could read poorly, and spend two minutes trying to figure out the old fashioned way of saying thank you.

Level 89

Jun 2, 2018

@tshalla I had the same problem.

Level 80

Nov 3, 2019

I saw 'thank you' first as I moved my eyes to that hint, but then found it was you' after I actually read it.

Level 45

Feb 10, 2021

"old fashioned" needs to be better described. It could be hieroglyphs, or it could be old english you just dont know.

Level 64

Feb 8, 2021

In summary, "thee" and "thou" are both equally correct, as they have both been replaced by "you" in modern English. However, only "thee" continues the chain. In my opinion, "thou" should be accepted as a type-in.

Level 63

May 21, 2021

I see a lot of comments on chain quizzes from people asking for answers that are wrong to be accepted (because they don't realize it's a chain quiz.)

It's pretty rare to see a comment from someone who understands it's a chain quiz, acknowledges that an answer doesn't fit the chain, and still wants that answer to be accepted.

Level 61

Jun 25, 2023

Thou is the nominative, and thee the accusative, so that 'thou' is the actual dictionary item. What should've happened in an idea world is that the quiz setter should have continued with a 'u' word, like Ural or something. Or just somewhere else.

+16

Level 72

Dec 14, 2015

Never realized (until now) that Suez is Zeus backwards. Wow.

Level 36

Dec 14, 2015

Wonder if it was on purpose to name it after Zeus backwards, or a name someone else took. and the canal was named named after them. Is is the same people who don't know all/most of these or just a different few people each time?

Level 72

Aug 15, 2019

Suez comes from "as-suways", which comes from Egyptian "suan" meaning beginning (It is at the beginning of the red sea). The canal is named after the city suez.

Level 59

Dec 14, 2015

How do you get from "Eris" to "Moab"?

Level 79

Feb 6, 2021

You can get from Eris to Moab by way of Suez, Zeus, Siam, Ming, and Guam (read in the voice of the ticket guy in Frosty the Snowman who wants to send you to the Aurora Borealis to get to the North Pole).

Level 80

Dec 14, 2015

Not saying you should change the quiz, but that Gout is a rich man's disease is a common misconception. It is hereditary and exacerbated by rich food and drink high in purines. Sorry, pet peeve; I have it and am far from rich!

+14

Level ∞

Dec 15, 2015

There's a pretty good chance that you are rich by Medieval standards. :)

Level 72

Aug 15, 2019

Yea nearly every is rich nowadays to medieval standards! (And it is not about money, but food)

It is still linked with food. Especially excess of meat and alcohol. It is the uric acid that causes the gout, when it crystalizes. Diet is not the sole reason though, but definitely proven and not a myth.

It is just bad stuff are almost easier available nowadays than good stuff. That is why the rich used to be fat and the poor skinny, and nowadays, it is the poorer section of people that are usually more obese.

Level 36

Jun 28, 2017

And who can better afford to eat and imbibe these than the rich?

Level 64

May 9, 2023

I'll send you a few bucks.

Level 59

Dec 15, 2015

Well. I think I would have done better had I read the "The last letter of this word will be the first letter of the next word." line.

Level 24

Dec 16, 2015

I tried whip instead of rack. It does have 4 letters. Overall a good quiz though.

Level 93

Dec 16, 2015

But doesn't start with r, which was the last letter of the word before. Chain.

Level 64

Dec 18, 2015

Couldn't Edom also be a neighbor to ancient Israel?

Level 83

Sep 14, 2016

Doesn't start with M. This is a chain quiz as explained in the directions.

Level 48

Dec 19, 2015

Wouldn't a Lord be a high noble rank?

Level 33

May 5, 2018

Earls in England are Lords in Scotland. They did say English.

Level 71

Apr 2, 2020

I'm afraid that is nonsense. an Earl is an Earl and a Lord is a Lord throughout the UK. Perhaps confusion has arisen here from the Scots dialect word "Laird".

Level 74

Jun 2, 2018

It's a chain quiz - it must start with d and end with e.

Level 84

Jan 7, 2016

Wikipedia says "Panzer is a German word that means armour"

Level 83

Apr 10, 2017

It's usually more informative to read two (or more) sentences, instead of just the first one.

Level 72

Aug 15, 2019

He is correct though. Tank in german is panzerkampfwagen (armoured combat vehicle). English has started to use the word panzer. But in german panzer simply means armour.

Panzer as it is used in english is an abreviation of the original german word.

Like how in some languages tele has become the word for television. But tele just means far, and was not the word in the original language. Bad example because tele came from greek and vision from latin haha, but couldnt think of another example right away. (just imagine it came from a single language ;) )

Level 41

Apr 22, 2020

Eh. I double checked with my husband (German, engineer, ‘technically correct is the best kind of correct’) and he said Panzer is the term used in Germany, even in the military, which he had to serve in for a year when he was young.

I mean, I appreciate the progression of language, and I know if you aren’t German you definitely live nearby (going by your profile!) but I think it’s a very fair use of the word for this quiz.

Level 78

Feb 6, 2021

German here. If someone says Panzer I will think of a tank, though the word can also mean armour.

Level 78

Feb 7, 2021

And Panzerkampfwagen is absolutely not the common word for tank. Way too unwieldy even for native speakers of German. I don't know where you got that from.

Level 78

Feb 7, 2021

Looked up the German wikipedia article on Panzer. Translation of the first sentence: "A [Panzer] is an armed fighting vehicle that is protected against flak by armour [Panzerung]".

Level 53

Aug 11, 2016

I had no idea on the last one, but knowing the starting and ending letter and figuring that the second letter was a vowel, I had plenty of time to guess all the possibilities.

Level 73

Feb 1, 2018

I did pretty much the same thing. I was still surprised that it worked out.

Level 54

Apr 10, 2017

Why is the title Earl in a history quiz? It's still a current title, there are around 200 Earls in the UK at the moment. There are also more Earldoms where the holder doesn't use the title Earl due to also holding a more senior title of Duke or Marquess.

Level 74

Jun 2, 2018

I absolutely agree - there are no earls who lived before this moment in time, therefore they don't belong in this quiz - oops, the clock just moved so NOW they are historical and the clue can remain.

Level 87

Jun 2, 2018

ander's comment is now eligible to be featured on a history quiz.

Level 71

Jun 2, 2018

Definitely a case of someone getting too annoyed for no reason.

Level 57

Jun 2, 2018

Just because something still exists in present day, doesn't mean that it doesn't have historic significance, as well. "Earls" were far more important historically than they are today.

Level 83

Jun 4, 2018

Still plenty of kings around as well. Just not as many as before.

Level 72

Aug 15, 2019

I am pretty sure england has come up in history quizzes/texts, and IT still exists aswell. Something does not need to cease to exist to be history. Well in everyday speech yes, but not the subject History which is about things that have happened.

And man all the kings they should remove from the histories quizzes. There are still kings around ! whadaya know.. I think quizmaster is going to be busy for a while erasing all those questions about kings..

Level 87

Jun 2, 2018

Wow. Somehow misread the clue as "Old fashioned way of saying THANK you" and had no idea what the answer could be. Serves me right for doing these so soon after waking up.

Level 37

Jun 2, 2018

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Try this quiz!

Level 34

Jun 2, 2018

Ming? I thought it was the Qing Dynasty

Level 57

Jun 2, 2018

There have been multiple dynasties throughout Chinese history. The Ming Dynasty rules from the 1300s to the 1600s, and the Qing Dynasty ruled from the 1600s to the 1900s.

Level 81

Jun 2, 2018

The Qing were known to be magnanimous in victory, while the Ming were merciless.

Level 87

Jun 2, 2018

lol

Level 87

Jun 2, 2018

Not to be confused with the Qin dynasty, which ruled for 15 years in the 200's BCE :)

Level 36

Jun 2, 2018

Maybe you should accept thou as well as Thee?

Level 87

Jun 2, 2018

Please read the quiz instructions.

Level 49

Jun 3, 2018

You should specify that it is you plural.

Level 78

Sep 25, 2018

Why? The answer isn't plural. In fact, unlike the Modern English "you," which can be either singular or plural, "thou" and "thee" could ONLY be singular.

Level 73

Nov 1, 2018

I didn't look closely enough to realize this was a chain. At least three of the clues have different four-letter answers: thou rather than thee, Cuba rather than Guam, and Edom rather than Moab.

Level 59

Apr 11, 2020

I typed in "Tori" and was surprised it was wrong and just gave up. No idea why I didn't write "Tory". Ugh.

Level 43

Apr 25, 2020

Shouldn't thou also count instead of thee? And isn't a Lord also a noble rank?

Level 63

May 13, 2020

Thou doesn't end with E. Lord doesn't start with E and end with L.

Level 62

Feb 7, 2021

Moab? Without a last letter clue at that? C'mon, man!

Level ∞

Feb 7, 2021

But there is a last letter clue...

Level 64

Feb 8, 2021

Oooooooo, I didn't know they do that!

Level 55

Mar 29, 2021

Person (...) of the British Isles: "C _ _ T"

Well, I answered wrong.

Level 84

Sep 12, 2022

Is it cheating if I had E_ _ S, guessed the second to last letter would be a vowel and then just went across qwerty... etc to get the second letter?

Level 76

Nov 27, 2022

Surely I'm not the only one who tried 'Owen' for the Norse god question.

Level 75

Jan 8, 2023

love how suez and zeus are literally the same word but with all the letters flipped

Level 65

May 9, 2023

Nice observation!

Level 65

May 10, 2023

It's quite wild

Level 69

May 9, 2023

would you consider Mede for neighbour of ancient Israel? they were an adjacent and contemporary people

Level 65

May 10, 2023

Mede doesn't end with B, so it doesn't complete the chain

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