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privatehudson
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I must be good at guessing 
Haven't got an earthly clue about Baden Powell though, over than he was in charge of a rag-tag militia that defended Mafeking against the Boer army siege. Not sure how true it is, but I once saw a sort of boys own annual about the fighting there where, after a few days of shelling he sent a message to the Boer commander which read "If this continues we shall have no choice but to consider it a declaration of war"
Even if the story isn't true it's damn funny and in character, during the fighting they still used to hold regular cricket matches with one difference, one man from the fielding team was made to keep an eye and ear out for enemy shells and shout duck when he noticed them firing!
Sometimes you have to wonder how on earth we British ever built an empire
Haven't got an earthly clue about Baden Powell though, over than he was in charge of a rag-tag militia that defended Mafeking against the Boer army siege. Not sure how true it is, but I once saw a sort of boys own annual about the fighting there where, after a few days of shelling he sent a message to the Boer commander which read "If this continues we shall have no choice but to consider it a declaration of war"
Even if the story isn't true it's damn funny and in character, during the fighting they still used to hold regular cricket matches with one difference, one man from the fielding team was made to keep an eye and ear out for enemy shells and shout duck when he noticed them firing!
Sometimes you have to wonder how on earth we British ever built an empire
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Well, I think you just answered that! A blind, unflinching refusal to let anything or anyone get in the way...
Playing cricket during an artillery bombardment is so madly.... British! Can you imagine what that sort of behaviour must do to the enemy's morale?
Boer Commander: How is our shelling going, Sergeant?
Artillery Sergeant: Not too badly, sir, we have cut off Baden-Powell's runs through square leg, but he has just driven nicely through the covers for four!
Playing cricket during an artillery bombardment is so madly.... British! Can you imagine what that sort of behaviour must do to the enemy's morale?
Boer Commander: How is our shelling going, Sergeant?
Artillery Sergeant: Not too badly, sir, we have cut off Baden-Powell's runs through square leg, but he has just driven nicely through the covers for four!
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Ahhh, this has been my theory for a long time, the British empire was built on Tea and Cricket, stop both and the whole country would have fallen apart. Hitler could have ended WWII in weeks had he starved the country of tea supplies 
The British love a joke in warfare though, as you say it's a subtle form of undermining enemy morale, if you don't take them seriously they either get baffled, annoyed or depressed, either way we win
The British love a joke in warfare though, as you say it's a subtle form of undermining enemy morale, if you don't take them seriously they either get baffled, annoyed or depressed, either way we win
Dragonlord
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Steph said:nobody answered yet
I'd love to, but ... no clue! Not worth mailing if you can barely answer one question! (Nelsons flagship)
New Rule: Don't let Steph ask the questions...
Just a
Dragonlord
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Tallanas said:
Are you still writing in English?
I don't believe anyone outside of the British Commonwealth understood a word of that..
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privatehudson said:Hitler could have ended WWII in weeks had he starved the country of tea supplies
He tried and failed... what do you think the U-Boat war was all about?
As to stopping cricket - first, you have to understand the rules..
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Well the U-boats were too vague, they'd go after any old rubbish like tanks and oil shipments, never stop a war taking them out 
Ahhhhhhh Cricket, it's a secret for life that we only teach to the "chosen"
Ahhhhhhh Cricket, it's a secret for life that we only teach to the "chosen"
There are rulesDragonlord said:As to stopping cricket - first, you have to understand the rules..
The only one I know was :" first, the referee whistles, and then it starts to rain"
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that's rugby or football 
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PrivateHudson : 3 points
Serutan : 2 points
I leave you tell this evening (GMT) to answer
Gagliaudo : 5.1 points
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I leave you tell this evening (GMT) to answer
privatehudson
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XIII said:
Hey we have to do something when the questions are too hard
Why don't you try to think harder ?
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privatehudson
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Because I'm stupid when it's not about my pet topics
Tallanas
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Thinking harder doesn't conjure up answers which you just don't know...
Ok "bunch of whinners" (with the voice of Buzz, I'm playing Jagged Alliance now)
1) The scottish kings received allegeance from Sottish lords at Scone Palace, at a place called Moot Hill (coming from Boot Hill). What is the origin of this name?
The name comes from Boot hill, because the custom was the lords could swore alleagance on their own soil. But the king couldn't go visit all of them. So the lords came to Scone Place, and swore with earth of their land in their boots, and then emptied it on the placeNo one answered.
2) What did Clovis break at Soissons?
It was a vase... During sharing of the plunder, someone wanted the same base as he, and he broke it so no one could have itNo correct answer.
3) What was the name of Admiral Nelson's flagship? When was it commissionned?
1765 (finished) or 1778 (commissionned)
HMS Victory, build in 1765, commissioned in 1778
4) Everybody knows the code name DesertShield and DesertStorm during the first Gulf War. What was the code name of the French expeditionnary force?
Operation Daguet
5) The 18th September 1898, two colonial powers almost come to war when two of their expedition meet. Where was it? What where these two powers? What was the goal of the expeditions?
Fachoda, in Sudan. France expedition, lead by Marchand, was trying to link Dakar and Djibouti (French Africa from West to East), while Kitchener expedition was trying to link Egypt and the Cape (British Africa from North to South). Great Britain demanded the French to give way, French people supported war, but the government backed up, because they wanted GB alliance to take back Alsace Lorraine later
6) During the retreat from Russia, Napoleon's stopped the army to wait for one of his marshals, endangering the whole army. Who was this Marshal?
Ney
7) How many "Warsof Italy" , and how many 'wars of religion" have been fought by France between 1498 and 1589, under the dinasty of Valois (indirect) ?
--> 10 (2nd to 11th), then 8
10 wars of Italy, 8 wars of religionThe closer you were, the more points you had.
8) Baden Powell is the famous founder of the "Scout" organization (you know, where children learn how to make knots).
But he did something relatively evil in South Africa. What was it?
During the siege of Mafeking, he kept food for his troops and late civilinians, mostly ethnic minorities, almost starve
9) What was the largest medieval dungeon in Europe? What was its height?
Coucy, in France (Aisne departement), was 54 mNo correct answer
10) What where the two official reasons for the invasion of Algeria by France in 1830?
1- End the barbaresque piracy
2- Restore the "national honnor", as the French consul was struck by the Dey, who asked the paiement of grain delivered to Napoleon's army in Egypt.
Winner is Gagliaudo, but next turn will be Privatehudson (Gagliaudo is on hollydays, and skips his trun as he ahs limited access to internet). Perhaps Privatehudson will be gentleman enough to give him a turn back next time.
1) The scottish kings received allegeance from Sottish lords at Scone Palace, at a place called Moot Hill (coming from Boot Hill). What is the origin of this name?
The name comes from Boot hill, because the custom was the lords could swore alleagance on their own soil. But the king couldn't go visit all of them. So the lords came to Scone Place, and swore with earth of their land in their boots, and then emptied it on the placeNo one answered.
2) What did Clovis break at Soissons?
It was a vase... During sharing of the plunder, someone wanted the same base as he, and he broke it so no one could have itNo correct answer.
3) What was the name of Admiral Nelson's flagship? When was it commissionned?
1765 (finished) or 1778 (commissionned)
HMS Victory, build in 1765, commissioned in 1778
4) Everybody knows the code name DesertShield and DesertStorm during the first Gulf War. What was the code name of the French expeditionnary force?
Operation Daguet
5) The 18th September 1898, two colonial powers almost come to war when two of their expedition meet. Where was it? What where these two powers? What was the goal of the expeditions?
Fachoda, in Sudan. France expedition, lead by Marchand, was trying to link Dakar and Djibouti (French Africa from West to East), while Kitchener expedition was trying to link Egypt and the Cape (British Africa from North to South). Great Britain demanded the French to give way, French people supported war, but the government backed up, because they wanted GB alliance to take back Alsace Lorraine later
6) During the retreat from Russia, Napoleon's stopped the army to wait for one of his marshals, endangering the whole army. Who was this Marshal?
Ney
7) How many "Warsof Italy" , and how many 'wars of religion" have been fought by France between 1498 and 1589, under the dinasty of Valois (indirect) ?
--> 10 (2nd to 11th), then 8
10 wars of Italy, 8 wars of religionThe closer you were, the more points you had.
8) Baden Powell is the famous founder of the "Scout" organization (you know, where children learn how to make knots).
But he did something relatively evil in South Africa. What was it?
During the siege of Mafeking, he kept food for his troops and late civilinians, mostly ethnic minorities, almost starve
9) What was the largest medieval dungeon in Europe? What was its height?
Coucy, in France (Aisne departement), was 54 mNo correct answer
10) What where the two official reasons for the invasion of Algeria by France in 1830?
1- End the barbaresque piracy
2- Restore the "national honnor", as the French consul was struck by the Dey, who asked the paiement of grain delivered to Napoleon's army in Egypt.
Winner is Gagliaudo, but next turn will be Privatehudson (Gagliaudo is on hollydays, and skips his trun as he ahs limited access to internet). Perhaps Privatehudson will be gentleman enough to give him a turn back next time.
Serutan
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Steph said:
Steph, Isn't that a cathedral? and the 54m the height
of the nave? Sorry if I'm mis-interpreting, but in
English, a dungeon is below ground level.
euh... should have been the keep 
French Donjon = English Keep
English Dungeon = French Souterrains
54m was the height of the highest tower of the Coucy castle.
Now, let's try to get away before anyone notice... And to try to find a rock I could hide under...
French Donjon = English Keep
English Dungeon = French Souterrains
54m was the height of the highest tower of the Coucy castle.
Now, let's try to get away before anyone notice... And to try to find a rock I could hide under...
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