1. King Gustavus Adolphus, who led Sweden to a brief status as a world power, died at the Battle of Lützen, during what war?
The Thirty Years' War. A few of you answered the Hundred Years War. That one was a private affair between England and France, while the Thirty Years War was more of an international free-for-all, with the German countryside being the primary battlefield. Sweden was neutral during World War I.
Fans of Eric Flint's time travel/alternate history 1632 series know that Gustavus Adolphus has events go much better for him in that ATL.
2. In 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt ran for the office again on the Progressive Party ticket. This party is better known by what animal nickname?
The Bull Moose Party.
3. The Oresund Bridge (actually a border-crossing bridge-tunnel combination) is over 7.8 km long and connects the Swedish city of Malmö to what national capital?
Copenhagen, Denmark. The Oresund is the strait separating Denmark and Sweden at that point.
4. What general, in command of the U.S. Third Army during World War II, was nicknamed "Old Blood and Guts"?
George S. Patton. As some of you remembered, Patton had also represented the U.S. in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. He lost points in the pistol shooting contest when the judges rules that one bullet entirely missed the target. Patton said that it must have passed through the same bullet hole as one of his other rounds.
POINTS
Stop the presses! Wintergreen does a mental 50/50 on the third question and makes the wrong choice, bringing his perfect streak to an end! Congrats to everyone who did get a ten, including jsuchard, playing "officially" for the first time this month!
ulysses5019 = 10
themanintheseersuckersuit = 10
tanstaafl2 = 10
Hambone = 10
AnnieCamaro = 10
andrewjackson = 10
jsuchard = 10
wintergreen48 = 6
T_Bone0806 = 6
plasticene = 6
mrkelley23 = 6
megaaddict = 6
kroxquo = 6
Here's Fanny! = 6
Catfish = 6
Bob78164 = 6
SportsFan68 = 4
ShamelessWeasel = 4
Rexer25 = 4
NellyLunatic1980 = 4
jarnon = 4
frogman042 = 4
elwoodblues = 4
LookingForHumorPoints = 3.9 (A point for The Evil Squirrel Party and .9 for The War of the Swedish Meatballs, because swedish meatballs are worth fighting for!)