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History by Letter - Z

Can you name these historical people, places, and things beginning with the letter Z?
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First submittedJuly 31, 2014
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Airship such as the Hindenburg
Zeppelin
Former name of the D.R. Congo
Zaire
First name of U.S. President Taylor
Zachary
Persian prophet and namesake of a major religion
Zoroaster
King of the Greek gods
Zeus
"ism" about a Jewish homeland in the Middle East
Zionism
Three-letter word for a Gulag inmate
Zek
Island nation that merged with Tanganyika in 1963
Zanzibar
Nation formerly the British colony of Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Chiapas rebels that have warred with Mexico since 1994
Zapatistas
South African tribe ruled by Shaka
Zulu
Paradox enthusiast of ancient Greece
Zeno
Mesopotamian pyramid with steps
Ziggurat
1943 Los Angeles riots between soldiers and Mexican youth
Zoot Suit Riots
Most-decorated Soviet general of WWII
Georgy Zhukov
German proposal that Mexico invade the U.S.
Zimmermann Telegram
Lavish Broadway revue of the early 1900's
Ziegfeld Follies
Dutch bay that was dammed and turned into Lake Ijssel
Zuiderzee
Famous video of the JFK assassination
Zapruder Film
Writer who "J'accused" the French of anti-semitism
Émile Zola
buck1017
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Level 77
Aug 4, 2014
Ouch...zat zucked.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Nov 25, 2014
Since X was skipped over I decided to make one:

History by Letter - X

Youri704
+5
Level 78
Sep 21, 2014
J'accused...
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2017
I am aware that this is not correct French. It is tongue and cheek.
Djilas
+18
Level 82
Jan 15, 2017
Now I'm not sure if "tongue and cheek" isn't also intentional...
roleybob
+12
Level 75
Jan 8, 2018
I think it's a regional beef dish
DaveM
+1
Level 74
Jan 8, 2018
@roleybob best parts for sure
MilanIsNotTheBaws
+1
Level 60
Oct 6, 2014
Eugh.. 5.. I am just so... terrible at these. Must try harder.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Oct 28, 2014
Kept trying zapatas, zapatos, zapas...didn't remember the "ist" part.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2017
Zapata will work now since this quiz is hard enough already.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jan 8, 2018
Thank you. It helped.
pweent
+3
Level 86
Nov 18, 2014
I was hoping to see Zouave, Zagreb, or Zheng He here. Oh well!
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Nov 25, 2014
Zheng He deserves a spot on the list IMO.
kalbahamut
+10
Level 82
Nov 29, 2014
... because he is pretty famous, historically relevant, has a name that starts with Z, and accomplished more in his life than Zachary Taylor?
buck1017
+2
Level 77
Jan 27, 2017
He was also the dude with the crazy wolverine claws in Dynasty Warriors...anybody...anyone at all...?
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Dec 22, 2021
someone previously had asked "why?" I'm not talking to myself again I swear.
plattitude
+2
Level 92
Nov 25, 2014
Or the Zoot Suit Riots
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 13, 2017
Replaced Zazou with Zoot Suit Riots because Zazou was only getting guessed 2% of the time!
ander217
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Level 75
Sep 25, 2020
That makes me think of the M*A*S*H scene where Klinger comes in with a wild outfit and B.J. asks, "Klinger, do you know how many zoots had to be killed to make that suit?"
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Nov 25, 2014
First column was easy. Second column things started to fall apart... I got really close on Zapruder. I knew it was something like that.
SpankyMcFabulous
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Level 44
Dec 5, 2014
Both Ziegfled and Zola had films made about them that won the Best Picture Oscar, both longer than they needed to be but very interesting all the same!
PoetsCorner
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Level 85
Sep 9, 2021
And only one year apart from each other: 1936 and 1937. The Zola film was (in my opinion) the significantly better work of the two.
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Jan 4, 2023
A best picture nominee featured the JFK film, too!
tom88
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Level 72
Feb 4, 2016
"Writer who "J'accused" the French of anti-semitism"

This sentence makes the french part of my brain hurt.

leave out the quote and just say "writer who accused the french of anti-semitism" I don't have enough space to explain all the things that are wrong with "J'accused"

coro
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Level 58
Dec 7, 2016
Simples really. The name of the book was "J'Accuse".
sillie
+9
Level 77
Jan 13, 2017
I wouldn't have gotten it if it was "writer who accused", that quote/pun/whatever is a vital part of the clue.
EcceHomo
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Level 79
Jul 31, 2020
I think it is a perfectly acceptable play on 'J'accuse'. It works in English because we have a flexible language. Shame French can't and won't accommodate such flexibility.
dunkinggandalf2
+10
Level 68
Sep 25, 2020
As a French person, I find the clue perfectly funny and appropriate. I'm pretty sure it was never intended to be correct French!

Also (as I am, after all, French), I must point out to coro that "J'accuse" wasn't a book, but a newspaper article...

raphus
+1
Level 65
Jan 14, 2017
Anyone who regularly plays Scrabble knows Zek.
foxpenguin
+1
Level 69
Feb 11, 2017
Zebulon Pike?
fitheach
+1
Level 59
Jan 8, 2018
Who? Anyway, normal practice is to have the surname start with the relevant letter (unless someone is known by their first name for whatever reason).
ander217
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Level 75
Sep 25, 2020
I have something in common with Zebulon Pike. When I was young my parents took us to Colorado and we were going to drive to the top of Pike's Peak. Unfortunately there had been a storm which led to a bus accident that day on the road to the top and the road was closed. So, like Zebulon, I never made it to the top of the mountain, either.
Qikiq
+2
Level 86
Aug 10, 2017
Got everything but the gulag inmate within 30 seconds. Spent the rest of the time typing za-with every letter of the alphabet, then ze-with every letter - got it! Don't think I'll forget zek now.
Sammy87
+1
Level 61
Jan 8, 2018
Pretty sure I’ve seen “Zoroastr” as an alternative spelling
ander217
+2
Level 75
Sep 25, 2020
Zarathustra worked for me - she spake thus.
QRU
+1
Level 74
Jan 8, 2018
It's Zimmermann with two "n".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 8, 2018
Fixed
trebek
+1
Level 70
Jan 8, 2018
There are other films of the jfk "coup". Zapruders is the best.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 8, 2018
Good to know. Updated the clue
lucd13
+7
Level 69
Jan 14, 2018
In Dutch, IJ is a digraph - so it should be Lake IJssel (capital I and capital J).
divantilya
+1
Level 37
May 15, 2018
It's "J'accuse", not "j'accused".
Quizmaster
+20
Level ∞
Sep 17, 2019
Oh thanks, no one mentioned that before.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jul 31, 2020
😂
roleybob
+3
Level 75
Nov 8, 2019
I'm not sure whether anyone has mentioned this yet, but Emile Zola.....
pinkysbrain
+1
Level 83
Jul 30, 2020
just wasted so many seconds trying to spell zeigfreid . run out of time and find out its Ziegfeld . so it seems I've been wrongly calling it ziegfreid follies for years. doh.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Jul 31, 2020
I knew the religion was Zoroastrianism but couldn't figure out the name of the prophet 🤦‍♂️
jennraven
+1
Level 68
Jan 4, 2023
Same. Zoroastro, Zoroastra, Zoroastria, Zoroastrio, Zoroastrius… could not come up with it.
fraudianTheory
+2
Level 56
Sep 25, 2020
Cant believe zoraster wasnt more picked.

And probably Zach should be allowed for Zachary. I thought it was a common abbreviation.(I hope that's the correct word)

hiphippo
+2
Level 64
Sep 25, 2020
Honestly for me it was the spelling - I tried so many times and was always a letter out of place
RobNobody
+3
Level 76
Sep 25, 2020
Man, I was so close to getting "Zeno," but I just couldn't quite get there.
jennraven
+1
Level 68
Jan 4, 2023
How paradoxical
Glacial
+1
Level 32
Sep 26, 2020
why doesnt anyone know what zimmerman telegram is like we even learn that at school...
GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 82
Sep 26, 2020
The letter Z has ceased to look like a real letter now...
Firey
+1
Level 46
Nov 26, 2021
I forgot about the zimmermann telegram even though I watched and oversimplified video (I think it was mentioned)
Firey
+1
Level 46
Nov 26, 2021
Not gonna lie you can kinda cheese the gulag inmate by just trying every letter in the alphabet with different vowels behind it.
Froststar101
+1
Level 74
Dec 15, 2021
...and if you had infinite monkeys and infinite time, you might even end up with the complete works of Shakespeare
JackintheBox
+2
Level 79
Jan 4, 2023
Could you accept 'Zuidersee' for Zuiderzee??
Zuulen
+1
Level 54
Jan 4, 2023
Only know Zek because of the first Jack Reacher movie. One of my 11 points lol..
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