Intresting how the event from the war of 1812 happened in 1814 and then again a whole other war that happened in 1812 is not called that. I mean, a lot of warring was going on in 1812. Even wikipedia has a disambiguation page.
Perhaps because the Napoleonic Wars started long before 1812, and the war of 1812 started, well, in 1812. When historians give up, they usually name wars based on the year they started in.
When it comes to destruction in WWII, as far as I know Minsk was one of the most destroyed, practically levelled cities when the Germans retreated. And if I am not mistaken, Königsberg was destroyed partly by Germans, not to leave it for Soviets and partly by Soviets while trying to capture it - resulting in complete destruction.
I feel like the Scipio Africanus clue is slightly misleading as there are two famous Scipios- the clue is referring to Scipio Africanus the Younger- and perhaps should reflect that.
I do appreciate this is just the most minor point in the world though.
Of course the one city I didn't get was the one that happened just recently. Also could I make suggestion to add Persepolis in 330 BCE by Alexander the Great?
This one is an outlier in that every other question has to do with US history or European history. The way history gets passed along is mostly repetition of the same important events, so we've heard them again and again. This new one could not have been repeated as much, for obvious reasons. And it probably never will, for reasons having to do with it not being salient to the stories of powerful people (i.e. history). If the question stays on this quiz, the success rate will probably continue to decline.
I think it probably has more to do with the clue being much more generic than the others. Plenty of cities have been hit by major earthquakes and I don't think most people are going to remember exactly which city was hit when and how many people died.
I was half expecting to find Lisbon on the list, as its destruction at the hands of the massive 1755 earthquake is one of the most famous destructive events to hit a city in history. But I guess these quizzes can never be an exhaustive list.
This is an interesting thing to bring up, except for the fact that no specification is required here. Everyone in the world knows that the U.S. nuked Japan.
Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. He was just called Scipio then; the Africanus was an honorific granted by the Senate after his victory in Africa. His adoptive grandson, Scipio Aemilianus, was the general who razed Carthage in 146.
Aemilianus could be called Africanus the Younger but I've never once read that, so I would suggest changing the display name to Aemilianus rather than Africanus.
He could also add Singapore, Hamburg, London, or even one of the cities around Pearl Harbor (Honolulu was only a few miles away) in regards to WWII. I don't think it would be a good idea to add too many WWII questions outside of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Lightly damaged and practically destroyed are different thing. London was never destroyed, Singapore too as far as I know. Warsaw, Manila or Hamburg (Operation Gomorrah as a first major allied attack to completely wipe out German city) would be great additions.
One to add could be Dresden (WWII)
I do appreciate this is just the most minor point in the world though.
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every item includes the perpetrator except these ones.
Aemilianus could be called Africanus the Younger but I've never once read that, so I would suggest changing the display name to Aemilianus rather than Africanus.