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Anagram Pairs - History

Each pair of history-related answers have the same letters, but just arranged differently. Try to guess them.
Credit to overtired for the idea
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Anagram pairs
Sport invented in Scotland
Golf
To beat with a cat o’ nine tails
Flog
 
 
Formal garment in ancient Rome
Toga
A satyr has the lower body of a ____
Goat
 
 
The ____ Age came after the Bronze Age
Iron
Stylized crime drama of the 1940s and 1950s: Film ____
Noir
 
 
Water filled ditch surrounding a castle
Moat
Something very small named by scientist John Dalton
Atom
 
 
Female equivalent of a knighthood in the U.K.
Dame
Beverage made from fermented honey
Mead
 
 
An estate which comes with an obligation to a feudal lord
Fief
Small flute used in military marching music
Fife
 
 
Dance which originated in Argentina and Uruguay
Tango
Island chain visited by Captain Cook in 1773
Tonga
 
 
Peninsula where a war happened in the 1850s
Crimea
Most powerful Anglo Saxon kingdom from roughly 600–900 AD
Mercia
 
 
Antony: I come to bury Caesar not to ____ him
Praise
Historical name of Iran
Persia
 
 
Term for a large group of Mongols or other nomads
Horde
King of Judea at the time of the birth of Christ
Herod
 
 
German rocket scientist: Wernher von _____
Braun
Name of 8 different popes
Urban
 
 
Garment that replaced the corset
Girdle
Type of vehicle tested by the Wright Brothers from 1900–1902
Glider
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17 Comments
Neodymium
+7
Level 63
Jan 28, 2025
good quiz, u should go ask the QM to feature it!

nominated

Gademotsili99
+10
Level 60
Jan 28, 2025
Everyone nominate this great quiz, so that this unknown creator gets acknowledged lol
Neodymium
+8
Level 63
Jan 28, 2025
indeed. always heartwarming to see a new creator get a feature
Neodymium
+4
Level 63
Jan 28, 2025
lwk a bit hard
sumguy
+2
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
For the record, the Gospel of Matthew says that Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great. Herod died around 4 BC, which caused the kingdom to be divided between three of his sons and his sister, which led to the Census of Quirinius in 6 AD. Luke 2:1-5 says that Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem because of the Census of Quirinius. If the historical Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great, then Luke is wrong. If Jesus was born during the Census of Quirinius, then Matthew is wrong.
buck1017
+4
Level 78
Jan 28, 2025
If you read the original Greek it becomes a little more clear by being less clear. Luke doesn't use the greek word for governor (legatus) to describe Quirinius but rather the greek word for ruling officer (hegemon). So biblical scholars attribute this discrepancy to the fact that it's possible that Quirinius was not yet governor in 4 BC, but rather a ruler of a lower stature at the time yet still overseeing a census.
sumguy
+5
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
I suspect that the quiz is correct and that Jesus was born in Nazareth during the reign of Herod the Great, and that Luke used the Census of Quirinius to explain why Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem, as required by the prophecy about the Messiah in Micah 5:2, but an argument can be made that Jesus was born after the death of Herod.
InterAlia
+4
Level 78
Jan 30, 2025
A discrepancy in the Bible? Not a chance!
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Feb 5, 2025
Yes, Luke was wrong. He manipulated the story to suit the prophecy.
overtired
+2
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
Nice one! Great pairs. Started to make a history one ages ago but never finished it. I also had horde/Herod and toga/goat (satyr) clues :)
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 28, 2025
Yeah, it's not easy to find them. In good news, I asked Claude 3.5 Sonnet and it was completely useless. So I guess I still have a job for a little while longer I guess :)
overtired
+2
Level 86
Jan 28, 2025
Ha, good to know. I guess certain styles of quiz require too much lateral thought for AI… so far. I’m a Luddite when it comes to that stuff.
kiwirage
+2
Level 63
Jan 30, 2025
If you’re looking for more pairs of anagrams, you can get plenty from my “Anagram Challenge” series.
ColinYYC
+2
Level 65
Jan 30, 2025
It took me a minute or two with the "Peninsula where a war happened", made worse my misspelling its anagram (which I had guessed first). Fortunately i got it right before the time elapsed. I consider this one to have been great fun.
JamesMawgan
+5
Level 43
Jan 30, 2025
Nice quiz, good Paris - I mean pairs!
JonOfKent
+4
Level 58
Jan 30, 2025
Thanks to Red Dwarf for getting the girdle one...

I think (though obviously it doesn't actually matter, but what is Jetpunk without a nit-pick?) that Wessex was pre-eminent amongst the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms early in the 9th century - they entirely overran Mercia in 829 and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes Egbert as a Bretwalda.

Jerry928
+5
Level 76
Jan 30, 2025
The female equivalent of a knight is a dame (the female equivalent of a knighthood is a damehood).
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