Two random questions i need answers too....

[Talk2raffi]

Hey guys,

Can ya help me out here?? I need these two questions answered....

1) Who led the revolt against the imperial german army from 1420-1433??

2) What culture is credited for the invention of the bikini??(not the french)

Thanks.

[g222leav]

1) me
2) mine...

i think somebody is trying to find answers for hw...hehe

sorry, i'm not being helpful

[TheLoneGunman]

At least two views on #1:


On July 30, 1419 the city was under control of the hussites, their leader was Jan Zizka (1360-1424). It was that day when the first defenestration happened: 7 members of the city council were thrown out of the window of the city hall - and felt into spears put in place to that effect. When Wenceslas heard this he was hit by the stroke and died soon after. Bohemia now was a Republic.

Secretly, the Utraquists of Prague tried to negotiate with the emperor Sigismund, without success because the emperor did not accept any compromise. Pope Martin V was even more harsh when he appealed the whole Christianity to a crusade against the hussites. This crusade started in 1420 and ended with a withdrawal of the catholic troops, beaten by a peasants army lead by Jan Zizka. Other "crusades followed, leading the hussite army to Saxony and the baltic sea in the north, to Hessen and Bavaria in the west and near Vienna in the south. Jan Zizka died in 1424, but his successor, the taborite Andrew Prokop (1380-1434) was as skilled as Zizka. The 4. crusade ended in 1427 at Mies when the imperial troops heard the war-crys of the hussites. the same happened to the 5. crusade in 1431 at Taus. After that there wasn't anybody who had enough courage to fight against the hussites.

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Long rebellion by the Hussite Bohemians against the authority of the Holy Roman Empire, at least as represented by the German ruling class, and the Church. The rebellion was triggered by the mistreatment of John Huss, principal of the University of Prague, and a theologian who opposed the worldliness of the church. He attended the council of Constance (1415) having been given a safe conduct by the Emperor Sigismund. However, the council condemned him as an heretic, persuaded Sigismund to betray him, and burnt him at the stake. This outrage fanned the flames of revolt in Bohemia. Ordinarily, the Bohemians would have had no chance against the Imperial forces, and they were nearly always outnumbers. The odds were altered by the Bohemia tactics - the use of the 'wagenburg', whereby the army marched with heavily fortified wagons. When battle was close, the wagons were formed up into a square, the gaps fortified, and the Germans found themselves attacking a fortification. The Bohemians were also the first to use large numbers of hand guns. The clumsy hand guns of the time were much better suited to use from within the wagons than on the open battlefield. Once the enemy attacks had been repulsed, the troops within the 'wagonburg' opened sally points and counter-attacked the by now demoralised enemy. Five Imperial invasions of Bohemia failed, and the Bohemians were even able to mount offensive actions over their borders. The rebellion finally ended after the battle of Lipan (26 June 1434), where the moderate element amongst the Bohemians, having gained good terms from the Emperor, defeated the extremist 'Taborite' party, ending the rebellion.

2. Bikini WAS inspired by the name "bikini islands", but was French:


In 1946, a French automotive engineer called Louis Reard was running his mother's lingerie business. At that time, he designed "The world's smallest bathing suit" which was a two-piece, atom-sized swimsuit. Reard then introduced his creation at a fashion show in Paris, but he needed a name for it. A name that would be heart-shaking and eye-opening. The suit was then named "Bikini" which Reard had taken the advantage of the hot topic: the U.S. Military's establishment of a nuclear test near several South Pacific islands called "Bikini Atoll. Both the "Bikini" incidents had made a stir to the general public, which started its long lasting faze.

[hapoo]

I always assumed the "bi" in bikini had something to do with it being a two peice.

[ZrEo0]

to hav bi mean wo, would it hav to be prononced that way
biniki has bi like be, bi meaning two is like bye
is this correct? im just asuming

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by zreo0
to hav bi mean wo, would it hav to be prononced that way
biniki has bi like be, bi meaning two is like bye
is this correct? im just asuming
Well being that americans butcher the english language, this might not necessarily be true... for most parts you are right... however

exhibit A: Binoculars most americans pronounce it as bee-na-ku-lars
some, very rarely will bronounce it bye-na-culars

[jujubees]

Sounds like the answer to #2 is "Cavemen" :hehehmm:


The bikini was invented in 1946 and named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing. The inventors were two Frenchmen, Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. Of course, Heim and Reard didn't create the idea of the bikini; drawings of bikini-like suits have been found on wall paintings dating back to 1600 B.C. The modern term "bikini" for a particular bathing suit design was first used by Heim and Reard (who were, in reality, the re-inventors of the bikini). Heim was a couturier designer from Cannes, France, who had designed a very small bathing suit called the "Atome" (french for atom). He hired a skywriting plane to advertise his design by skywriting "Atome -- the world's smallest bathing suit" Three weeks later, Reard, a mechanical engineer, had another skywriting plane write "Bikini -- smaller than the smallest bathing suit in the world."

[ZrEo0]

Originally posted by Burzhui

Well being that americans butcher the english language, this might not necessarily be true... for most parts you are right... however

exhibit A: Binoculars most americans pronounce it as bee-na-ku-lars
some, very rarely will bronounce it bye-na-culars
i pronounce it bye-na-culars

[brainsmile]

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