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Same Start and End Letter - History #1

Guess these historical answers that start and end with the same letter.
All the answers are a single word
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Hint
Answer
A
Egyptian city known for its library
Alexandria
A
Largest land mass undiscovered in 1800
Antarctica
A
City captured by Sherman in 1864
Atlanta
D
Boom town of the Black Hills gold rush
Deadwood
E
Animal that symbolized the Roman legions
Eagle
E
Crime of Mata Hari and Aldrich Ames
Espionage
F
Fat knight of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Falstaff
G
Luftwaffe commander during WWII
Göring
G
Siberian labor camp
Gulag
H
Ancient Egyptian symbol
Hieroglyph
M
Period of 1,000 years
Millennium
N
First scientist to describe gravity
Newton
N
Ethnicity of William the Conqueror
Norman
P
Alexander the Great's dad
Philip
R
French impressionist painter
Renoir
R
Feudal landowner who levied illegal tolls: _____ Baron
Robber
S
STD that probably came from the New World
Syphilis
T
Type of powerful catapult
Trebuchet
T
Synonym of autocrat
Tyrant
W
First name of President Wilson
Woodrow
AlejandroAP
+2
Level 81
Mar 28, 2017
Very interesting quiz!
Qikiq
+3
Level 86
Mar 29, 2017
Wasn't Wilson's first name Thomas?
joeythelemur
+1
Level 84
Mar 29, 2017
Yes, Thomas is technically correct.
chig
+1
Level 61
Aug 12, 2017
Same start and end letter...
Koopa
+2
Level 77
Apr 18, 2023
Still not his first name.
mrputter
+1
Level 81
Mar 26, 2024
I mean, yes. Which implies that the question, with the clue as written, doesn't belong in this quiz. Because Thomas was his first name, regardless of whether it started and ended with the same letter or not.

It could be addressed by tweaking the clue, however, to make it so that it's asking for Woodrow and not Thomas. For example asking for the "Middle (and preferred) name of President Wilson" would resolve the issue entirely.

And like, is this a nitpick? I guess. But this is a trivia site, so y'know, pedantry is kinda the baseline expectation here... 😆

sillie
+1
Level 77
Mar 30, 2017
Flagstaff? I was close, wasn't I?
Antofagasta
+5
Level 67
Jun 12, 2017
This is what too much geography does to Jetpunkers.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
Level 84
Mar 31, 2017
Drew a complete blank on hieroglyph. Should have known that.
Arp2600
+3
Level 86
Apr 25, 2017
The question should ask for a writing character, not just a symbol.
bergie18706
+4
Level 62
May 23, 2017
Agree. I was thinking of an ankh, eye or Horus, etc. given the clue. "Ancient Egyptian writing" would have been much clearer.
Zefyrinus
+4
Level 71
Jun 12, 2017
I agree. It took me forever to get hieroglyph because of the wording. I was also thinking like "ankh, eye of Horus, scarab... none of these begin with H".
Djilas
+3
Level 82
Apr 3, 2017
Gulags were all over Russia and USSR, not just in Siberia
CreATive
+2
Level 49
Jun 12, 2017
GULAG is a system of labor camps, not a single labor camp. And Gulag prison-camps were not just in Siberia, but throughout USSR.

Should be replaced with "Soviet forced-labor camp system".

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jun 12, 2017
And in colloquial use, a gulag is an individual camp. We like to keep the clues short:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gulag

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jun 12, 2017
p.s. I highly recommend Anne Applebaum's "Gulag: A History".
Gamer1162
+2
Level 60
Jun 12, 2017
Gulag was not one place, it was throughout all the USSR. Please fix
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Feb 1, 2022
The response to this gripe is right above you!!!
Jarl5
+1
Level 68
Jun 12, 2017
Accept "Syphillis" with two Ls? That seems unfair that I got that wrong
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 13, 2017
Okay
Aiyume
+1
Level 43
Jun 12, 2017
Undiscovered? Not discovered?
celebeth
+1
Level 70
Jun 12, 2017
Agree. A little more latitude on the STD spelling, please.
eric29cocoanuts
+1
Level 77
Jun 12, 2017
Alexander the Great's dad? I think he called him "Pop." Hey, it fits the criteria and who can say for sure what he called him?
mrputter
+1
Level 81
Mar 26, 2024
Given that the English language didn't even exist when Alexander was alive, I think I can say with 99.99% certainty that he did not call him "Pop." 😛
enits
+1
Level 32
Jun 18, 2017
Noticed in the very last second that there are letter clues out to the left. That would have been useful.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Aug 22, 2017
The German air force is still called the Luftwaffe.
Djilas
+1
Level 82
Oct 17, 2017
But it has a different commander.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Apr 8, 2019
Um, read the question carefully.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Apr 8, 2019
^The poster to whom I was responding has deleted his/her post.
OliviaPG
+1
Level 68
Mar 21, 2020
I don't think a trebuchet is considered to be a type of catapult, it works on an entirely different mechanism
Dimby
+2
Level 77
Feb 1, 2022
You probably could've taken a second to Google it. I did just now and yup, a catapult is a thing that lobs projectiles. Trebuchets lob projectiles.
Scaro88
+1
Level 78
Jan 15, 2023
Accept Totalitarian for Tyrant? It's a synonym of Autocrat
FlickerP
+2
Level 72
Sep 1, 2023
But doesn't have the same start and end letter, which is actually the title of the quiz
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