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JcL · 08-31-2003, 05:59 PM

How about a nice educational trivia game of sorts. Very basic premise, just like many other games on these forums...

Ask a historical trivia question, any time period is good, and you can also go into literature of the times, mythologies, etc. First person to answer the question gets to ask their own.

Fairly straight forward, but a good way to pick up useless facts and maybe have some fun.

I'd prefer if you refrained from jumping straight to google for things - if you don't know offhand perhaps try to wait a while and see if someone will come along with the knowledge already... Definitely an honor system type of thing here don't worry about it too much...

Anyways, to start things off...:

In September 1939, a radio station in Germany was supposedly attacked by Polish soldiers. The station was taken over quickly and a message transmitted before German troops could respond to the scene. The "Poles" had to retreat suddenly, but left a dead man and some documents behind.

In truth, these "raiders" were actually Germans who staged the event to mount tensions against Poland. The corpse left behind was a concentration camp inmate, and the uniforms and documents were obtained from Poland. The person who supplied the Germans with these critical materials had close ties to the SS, and during the war would use his position to get slave labourers for his munitions enterprise. What was his name?

08-31-2003, 05:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
JcL Crazy Location: Simi Valley, CA	Historical Trivia Game How about a nice educational trivia game of sorts. Very basic premise, just like many other games on these forums... Ask a historical trivia question, any time period is good, and you can also go into literature of the times, mythologies, etc. First person to answer the question gets to ask their own. Fairly straight forward, but a good way to pick up useless facts and maybe have some fun. I'd prefer if you refrained from jumping straight to google for things - if you don't know offhand perhaps try to wait a while and see if someone will come along with the knowledge already... Definitely an honor system type of thing here don't worry about it too much... Anyways, to start things off...: In September 1939, a radio station in Germany was supposedly attacked by Polish soldiers. The station was taken over quickly and a message transmitted before German troops could respond to the scene. The "Poles" had to retreat suddenly, but left a dead man and some documents behind. In truth, these "raiders" were actually Germans who staged the event to mount tensions against Poland. The corpse left behind was a concentration camp inmate, and the uniforms and documents were obtained from Poland. The person who supplied the Germans with these critical materials had close ties to the SS, and during the war would use his position to get slave labourers for his munitions enterprise. What was his name? __________________ "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth then lies." - Nietzsche Last edited by JcL; 08-31-2003 at 06:03 PM..