The Qing Dynasty
Emperor Qianlong wrote this snarky missive to the English majesty as a response to a British request to open up for further trade.
What is Qianlong's letter to George III?
The year in which almost the entire world shut down because of the Covid19 virus.
What is 2020?
The place where Harald Bluetooth (or perhaps his mum) placed a whacking great stone on which it was proclaimed that H Bluetooth was the king of the Danes.
What is Jelling?
The persons in your class with the shortest full name.
Who are Rim, Lazlo, Tito (11 letters).
The year the building in which we currently are was built.
What is 1926?
The surname of the person heading the mission to China in a quest to open up the country for further trade with the British.
What is (Lord) Macartney?
One of the deadliest diseases to ever spread throughout the world. It is often known by the moniker The Black Death.
What is the bubonic plague?
Mother of Harald Bluetooth, wife of Gorm the Old, queen of the Danes, and one hell of a lady.
Who was Thyra (Danebod)?
Our very first topic.
What is The Vikings?
The name of the architect who designed the school.
What is Hack Kampmann?
The name of the area, which today is northeastern China, from which the invading forces that created the Qing Dynasty came.
What is Manchuria? (or, if you are VERY well read: Heilongjiang)
The person who, unlike his namesake from the series Game of Thrones, turned out to know quite a lot. At least about diseases and how they spread.
Who was John Snow?
The place at which a viking raid in the late 700s is often taken to be the beginning of the Viking Age.
The number of students (on the roster as of now) in your class.
What is 25?
A kind of person first admitted to the school in 1904.
What is a girl?
The year the Qing Dynasty was proclaimed.
What is 1644?
Black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm.
What are the four humors?
The years often said to be the start and the end of the Viking Age; both coinciding with viking activity in Great Britain.
What is 793-1066?
The day of the week on which we first had a history lesson, way back in August last year.
What is Tuesday (13 August)?
Even though no one knows for certain, it is cited as the year in which the school was founded.
What is 1100? (between 1060-1100)
The name of the effort to modernise and strengthen the military capabilities of China in the latter half of the 19th century.
What is the Self-Strengthening Campaign?
The first disease for which a vaccine was developed (by testing it on orphans).
What is cowpox?
"To go on a long seajourney", later implied to go on a raid, in ancient Norse.
What is "(fara i) viking"?
65.
The massive building across from which the school was housed from 1772 till 1926.
What is Viborg Cathedral?