History by Letter - R

i expect to see you back here in 2023

What's bad is putting "The" in front of "Watchmen". :) That said, it did help a lot for that clue. (Check out the TV series, it's phenomenal!)

really nice set of general knowledge questions....a great mix of topics!

You had to learn it on your own. My mom was from Birmingham. I had to learn Disraeli's sock size.

I know of some Americans who learned about it in High School - the English Civil War (often called Wars of the Three Kingdoms in academia now, as it was not confined to just England) had consequences on the American colonies and eventually the US constitution.

Canadian here ... never heard of the roundheads nor the cavaliers

My wife's favorite episode of Keeping Up Appearances is when they do the historical pageant about the English civil war, so that's how I first learned about the roundheads and cavaliers. :-)

That'd work perfectly if their last name was actually "Rush".

I miss Rhodesia.

What a time it was

Something else that starts with R: Reading Comprehension.

Sorrrrrrrry............William Henry Rarisson and Benjamin Rarisson.

I'm always amazed at the comments in these "by letter" quizzes. They are usually filled with complaints from people who didn't read the instructions.

They should accept Roffschild

Please also accept Regina, Saskatchewan as the most important city in Western history. But, seriously, not a big fan of subjective superlatives like "most important". You could make a great case that Rome is that, but I think Regina - hometown of former NBA player Steve Nash - has something to say about that. I must have received upwards of 5 or 6 coupons for free tacos at Taco Bueno when he was Maverick and the team scored 100+ points. What has Rome ever done for us "... apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health".

Romanes eunt domus. If that seems wrong, you're right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

ha ha, like it Martay

Pretty sure Hitler tried - and failed - to conquer the Soviet Union, not Russia.

Nice phrasing for the Jackie Robinson clue.

The first African-American player in professional baseball was Moses Fleetwood Walker (thank you, The Dollop podcast). Many of the "rules" banning non-white players were created especially for him. Jackie Robinson had to tear them all down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker

How can you misspell Rome?

I'm sure if you apply yourself you'd do great...

But I'm sure you're currently busy with Belgium.

And let's not forget Bishop Hermann of Dorpat. I'm sure the current regime in Moscow would include him as well.

It could never escape the long shadow of Bethany Beach.

Really think that the hint for Rothschild should be reworded because the way it is currently worded it how antisemitic conspiracy theorists talk about the Rothschild family.

Just writing famous Jewish banking family and this being the letter R only should really be enough of a clue.

The "international" part of the clue I find concerning since that a common antisemitic dog-whistle term used towards to Jewish people. For example Henry Ford's antisemitic pamphlets "The International Jew" so I just the word international should at the very least be removed from the clue.

As I said before the clue can also be reworded as an option or worst case that clue be totally removed, but at bare minimum the word "international" should removed.

Agree--wish I had put it so well.

It is not about a "few racists" as you put it. It is about the many antisemitic conspiracy theories involving the Rothschild family and that the term 'International' is used as an antisemitic dog-whistle.

While you may view international as a neutral or even complimentary term that doesn't matter in the broader context.

The reality is these things exist, people believe them lots of people, and the amount of damage and harm that comes from that is very real and very dangerous.

Just look at the recent uptick in mass sh**ters at Jewish places of worship or events and huge rise in antisemitic hate crimes in the past several years.

So, yes even on quiz site like this the wording matters, the words matter, and what the words mean are important.

You might not get it because it is not your reality, but that doesn't change the facts or the reality for other people.

Fact is the way the clue is worded is problem and it needs to change.

What happened to the Johnsons, Harrisons, Bushes and Adams?

The country Hitler could not conquer was the Soviet Union.

How do you make 7/20 questions on a history quiz about America when it barely has any history?

This quiz has subtle anti-Semitic tones by suggesting that the Rothchild's religious/ethic background has anything to do with whether or not they are in banking. It should be removed.

lol