History by Picture - H

Anyway, please accept Haendel.

Please accept the only way I could think of to spell it - H-a-y-d-n. :)

The poor marksman was in a very famous duel with a US vice president. He was not the winner. They made a musical play a couple years ago about it that played to packed theaters.

I believe it went over Aaron Burr's head as well.

That clue had me laughing out loud.

I thought the clue was very funny, but I do agree that for people who are not familiar with the person in question (or the musical, which is the reason many people are familiar with him in the first place) it might not be ideal.

I failed to recognise it too. As I understand it, the Hiroshima bomb was much less powerful than the atomic bombs around these days. That would've affected the shape of the cloud. I actually like that it isn't exactly what popular culture would have you think.

So far it's the second most guessed question at 92%. I think the clue is fine.

Herculaneum was destroyed by Vesuvius, but that's not the answer

I don't think volcanoes eject debris that high.

This is the third or fourth quiz I've taken this week that had Hamilton as an answer. QM, are you an investor in the Broadway show? :)

It's okay, he's used to it.

Why? Hejira is a totally different event, occuring around 622 C.E. when Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina (essentially from a people that oppressed him and his followers to a people that accepted him as their ruler and gave him and his followers a new home), a turning point in early Islamic History and the mark of a new age. That's why it marks the beginning of the Islamic (Hejiri) Calender. This image, on the other hand, shows the Kaaba, in Mecca, which is a symbol for the Hajj since it is the starting point of the annual pilgrimage (which mostly takes place outside of Mecca, by the way, and includes traveling to and staying in some places you may have never heard of, like Mina, Muzdalifa and most importantly, Mount Arafat.)

I do have a point to make about the caption underneath the image, however. The Hajj didn't start in 629 C.E. It is an ancient practice that was performed by the Arab tribes from across the peninsula centuries before the time of Muhammad. You can find mention of it in Roman sources about Mecca, which I remember reading about in the Wikipedia page of Mecca. Of course, the Hajj as we know it today started after Islam, but before that pagan arabs used to go there every year, giving gifts and sacrifices to the idols that surrounded the Kaaba at that time, each tribe having their own idol, and so on. The word Hajj itself means "pilgrimage" in Arabic and doesn't specifically mean the Islamic event, although it has become synonymous with it.

Why one should never study history while watching TV - M*A*S*H quote: Radar: "Who's Aaron Burr?" Trapper John: "The guy who shot John Wilkes Booth."

*Hungary

Unnecessary pun/mistake. I recommend Grammarly.

But Handel, Hussein, Hamilton & Hitchcock are fine?

these types of quizzes almost always refer to the surname