{"id":6662,"date":"2004-08-06T16:56:59","date_gmt":"2004-08-06T23:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/08\/06\/cant-tell-your-swords-without-a-program.html"},"modified":"2004-08-06T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2004-08-06T23:56:59","slug":"cant_tell_your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/08\/06\/cant_tell_your.html","title":{"rendered":"Can’t tell your swords without a program …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an amazingly difficult (well, it was for me) quiz on Famous Swords From History, Myth, and Literature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In drafting this quiz I drew upon history, medieval and Renaissance literature, Icelandic saga, myth (Arthurian, Irish, Welsh, Germanic, Japanese) and 20th-century fiction. To get all 25 questions right, you’ll have to do the same. Hope you\u2019re up for it!<\/p>\n

He’s not kidding. I thought I was up on my sword stuff, but only four of these rang a bell …<\/p>\n

(via Randy)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an amazingly difficult (well, it was for me) quiz on Famous Swords From History, Myth, and Literature. 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