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4-Letter History Chain #3

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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Last updated: May 7, 2021
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First submittedApril 27, 2019
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Hint
Answer
Hammer-wielding Norse god
Thor
City sacked by the Vandals in 455 AD
Rome
Jane Austen novel
Hint: a common girl's name
Emma
Mountain range crossed by Hannibal
and his elephants
Alps
Soviet missile used by Iraq
Scud
Coleridge line: Water water everywhere /
nor any ____ to drink
Drop
Decayed plant matter once used as
fuel in Ireland and Scotland
Peat
Chinese dynasty 618–907; Also a powdered
drink brand consumed by astronauts
Tang
1990–91 conflict: The ____ War
Gulf
Kodak's main line of business
Film
Alcoholic drink made of fermented honey
Mead
Hint
Answer
Bird that went extinct in the 1600s
Dodo
Captain Cook was the first European to
reach this island, in 1779
Oahu
Destination of Mormon pioneers
Utah
George Washington grew this crop used
to make rope and fabric
Hemp
Horse-based sport that was popular
among nobles in ancient Persia
Polo
German chancellor: ____ von Bismarck
Otto
In traditional wedding vows, brides were
asked to love, cherish, and ____
their husbands
Obey
House that fought against the Lancasters
in the Wars of the Roses
York
Secure tower inside a castle's walls
Keep
Shelley, Wordsworth, or Dickinson, e.g.
Poet
25 Comments
+8
Level 36
May 21, 2019
I live in Ireland. We still use Peat as fuel...
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Level 45
Sep 21, 2023
I was about to say that we still use peat as fuel in Scotland too
+7
Level 71
May 21, 2019
I feel like the Jane Austen novel doesn't need an additional hint. But that might just be because I'm very, very cultivated. I've read everything based on Gwyneth Paltrow's life.
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Level 83
May 22, 2019
In my case I needed the extra hint--and I didn't get it until I knew the first and last letters.
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Level 66
Aug 7, 2023
Yeah Edna is a girls name.
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Level 83
May 22, 2019
Thor is history? Well I suppose since real people believed in him.........
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Level 60
Aug 7, 2023
Some people believe in the Christian God or the Buddhist God so I reckon its fair to be included.
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Level 68
Aug 8, 2023
Yes entirely legitimate. He was a major god in a historical religious system that no longer exists.
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Level 80
Oct 9, 2023
Why on earth would Thor not count as history? Also what the heck is "the Buddhist God"?
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Level 66
Dec 2, 2024
I'm assuming they are thinking of Buddha, but are entirely misinformed about the religion
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Level 64
Jan 29, 2021
Emma a common name are you kidding?
+14
Level 83
Apr 3, 2021
It's one of the 100 most popular girls' names in the UK, I believe it's popular in the USA as well, and it must have been popular in the 90s because I've known a few Emmas
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Level 53
May 7, 2021
Additionally to what brandybuck96 already said, it's common in a lot of european languages: You see it in Britain, France, Sweden, Poland, Spain etc. In Gemany, it was the most common girls' name just a few years ago.
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Level 66
May 7, 2021
It's all over the place in North America too
+14
Level ∞
May 7, 2021
Emma is the 2nd most common name for baby girls born in 2019, and is the 38th most common female name in the United States overall.

https://www.thenamegeek.com/first-name/emma

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Level 78
Jul 26, 2021
It's been in the top 5 baby names for girls in the US every year since 2002, and in all but 4 of those years it was either number 1 or number 2. So... yeah, it's pretty popular. Check it yourself on the Social Security website.
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Level 85
Apr 25, 2022
As I recall, Rachel’s baby in Friends was called Emma.
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Level 80
Oct 9, 2023
Therefore it's a common name?
+2
Level 78
Apr 12, 2024
More common than say, Absolom.
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Level 52
May 7, 2021
Hemp is no longer illegal in the US, you should change that explanation
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Level 64
May 7, 2021
Hemp is very much so legal in the US lmao. It is a very common and profitable crop with health benefits and it doesn't get you high.
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Level ∞
May 7, 2021
It was illegal until 2019. The quiz has now been updated.
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Level 66
Oct 8, 2021
Awww... I thought the tower in a castle would be a rook. I thought I was clever for knowing that, but nay.
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Level 80
Oct 9, 2023
Same :/
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Level 70
Aug 7, 2023
Missed scud and drop