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History by Letter - O

Can you name these historical people, places, and things beginning with the letter O?
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Last updated: July 27, 2019
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First submittedJuly 26, 2014
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Turkish empire that
conquered Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Greek athletic competition that
started in 776 BC
Olympics
City which Joan of Arc helped
free from a siege
Orléans
Japanese island which was the
site of bitter fighting in WWII
Okinawa
Language in which
"Beowulf" was written
Old English
Relatives of the Visigoths
Ostrogoths
Site of a "land rush" in 1889
Oklahoma
Roman poet who wrote
"Metamorphoses"
Ovid
Cromwell's first name
Oliver
Also known as the
Bolshevik Revolution
October
Revolution
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Answer
Pioneer trail from Missouri to the
Willamette Valley
Oregon Trail
One of two epics attributed to Homer
Odyssey
Drug that led to two wars in China
Opium
"Father" of the A-bomb
J. Robert
Oppenheimer
Jacqueline Bouvier's second
husband
Aristotle Onassis
Site of 1993 Israel/PLO accords
Oslo
Cartel that declared an
oil embargo in 1973
OPEC
Ancient Mexican civilization known
for colossal head sculptures
Olmec
Deadliest D-Day beach
Omaha Beach
Title held by the heir to the
Dutch throne
Prince/Princess
of Orange
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Level 51
Aug 18, 2014
Seems to be a "thing" to be first to comment, so, here it is! My first "first"!
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Level 72
Aug 22, 2014
You're mistaken. This is not youtube.
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Level 21
Jan 15, 2021
But it has comments.
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Level 82
Sep 16, 2014
I think this is the first "first!" comment I've seen on this site, actually. Make a habit of it and I'm sure you'll be very popular.
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Level 82
Sep 16, 2014
Could you accept Aeolde Eanglyyshe?
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Level 37
Sep 16, 2014
You've Celticized it. Maybe something more Germanic like Aeldenglisc.
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Level 59
Jun 12, 2017
Erm, Old English is already Germanic...
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Level 77
Sep 16, 2014
I tried Olde English just to be cute....guess I'm not cute enough because it didn't work.
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2020
In which language and/or in which era is *that* spelling used?
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Level 59
May 8, 2020
That doesn't start with an O though...
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Level 72
Jun 8, 2022
For another quiz, maybe…
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Level 55
Sep 16, 2014
You should allow 'Oranje', for 'Orange'. It also start with a O, and it is the real name of Willem van Oranje.
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Level ∞
Oct 15, 2016
Oranje will work now
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Level 67
Nov 25, 2018
the time delta between the original comment, the fix, and this meaningless missive...fabulous
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2020
Missive actually means a letter, especially a long or official one.
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Level 78
Jul 31, 2020
or simply a written message.
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Level 83
Sep 16, 2014
I'm an idiot! I mixed up the 1993 Israel/PLO accords with the Dayton Agreement, so I tried Ohio twice!
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Level 59
Sep 17, 2014
Oo Man! As a Legends of the Hidden Temple fan, Can't believe I missed Olmec!!
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Level 61
Jun 12, 2017
I would have guessed that answer anyway because it's the only ancient Mexican civilization I know of that begins with the letter O, but I only knew about the large heads from "history of the entire world, i guess."
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Level 49
Jun 10, 2022
Here's some huge heads. Must be the Olmecs.
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Level 77
Aug 10, 2017
pshht...you, sir, are no blue barracuda.
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Level 69
Apr 30, 2015
Was OPEC really a cartel?
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Level 88
Dec 14, 2015
Yes
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Level 56
Jun 11, 2017
I was surprised too, because when I think of cartels, the first things that come to mind are drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia. I looked the word up and found out that "cartel" means any group that cooperates to limit competition from others (using unfair methods).
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2020
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, 'cartel' is an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition. It doesn't have to do with drugs.
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Level 45
May 26, 2020
That makes more sense.
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Level 69
Mar 10, 2016
I was like, wait, Kafka doesn't begin with an "o"... {derp}
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Level 59
Jun 12, 2017
so erudite...
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Level 81
Oct 19, 2016
Nobody did big, ugly heads like the Olmec! Señor Xtapolapocetl makes a great addition to any basement.
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2020
I heavily doubt 'Señor' was used in the Olmec language.
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Level 70
Dec 16, 2021
the joke definitely surpassed you
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Level 62
Feb 8, 2017
Excellent quiz. Tougher than most. Good things to learn
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Level 75
Jun 11, 2017
Never heard of ostrogoths. When oligoths and oh-my-goths didn't work I gave up.
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Level 86
Jun 3, 2018
Their successors, the astrogoths, pillaged the moon and left it full of craters.
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Level 67
Nov 25, 2018
you have to be a redditor and/or an imgurian +1
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2020
I heavily doubt that, @cornflakesfu.
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Level 66
Mar 13, 2020
Yet another piece of semi-useless information that I can thank Goscinny and Uderzo for.
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Level 78
May 8, 2020
We call them West Goths and East Goths in German. Easier to remember.
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Level 58
Jun 8, 2022
Oh-my-goths made my day :D
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Level 75
Dec 29, 2018
That moment when you're Greek and miss Onassis because you didn't know Jacqueline Kennedy's original name. :$
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Level 37
Mar 10, 2019
^ You're right. It would have been more correct to state her former names as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, but I think the quiz make wanted to make it that much harder for some of us.
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Level 65
Sep 21, 2022
I think it's more fun this way. You have to think of a Jacqueline who famously married twice. There can't be many.
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Level 79
Apr 10, 2020
Interesting that his full names is 'Aristotle Socrates Onassis'.
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Level 72
Jun 8, 2022
It sounds exotic but it’s probably the Greek equivalent of something like ‘Alan Steven Osborne.’
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Level 68
Dec 21, 2023
Please also accept “Odysseus”. I didn’t know it was spelled “Odyssey”.