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Grey_Wolf · 11-21-2005, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The last sane person

Tiberius Claudius Caesar!

Thats who adopted Nero and brought that mad fiddler to the throne! Hurrah, for my brain still works!

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......I will be severly embarrased if that's not who it was....

It is indeed Claudius, the stammering emperor.

You may proceed.

...historic celebrity:

predecessor of Sophocles and Euripides. "Agamemnon" being one of his plays. Introduced Second Actor. =Aeschylus

...contemporary celebrity:

Journalistic curiousity caused his downfall. Ended long and painful war. = Richard Nixon

...contemporary celebrity:

Iron maiden who lead the "angles". Won a southern mini-war. = Margaret Thatcher

Janny · 11-21-2005, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Predecessor of Sophocles and Euripides. "Agamemnon" being one of his plays. Introduced Second Actor.

Oh, oh! I just read this one... Aeschylus

I hope...

Count Comfect · 11-22-2005, 12:49 AM

Aeschylus and Euripides... you must know Homer and b'lieve me Bo
Sophocles also Sappho-Ho.
- Cole Porter, "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"

Journalistic curiousity caused his downfall. Ended long and painful war.
Richard Milhouse Nixon?

Iron maiden who lead the "angles". Won a southern mini-war.
Maggie Thatcher

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Janny

Oh, oh! I just read this one... Aeschylus

I hope...

Correct indeed.

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Count Comfect

Aeschylus and Euripides... you must know Homer and b'lieve me Bo
Sophocles also Sappho-Ho.
- Cole Porter, "Brush Up Your Shakespeare"

Journalistic curiousity caused his downfall. Ended long and painful war.
Richard Milhouse Nixon?

Iron maiden who lead the "angles". Won a southern mini-war.
Maggie Thatcher

Correct indeed.

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 10:22 AM

...literary character:

Cool lady of quality who destroyed her land.

...ancient celebrity:

Ferocious lady of quality who gathered the kelts and fought the Latins. = Boudicca
...historic celebrity:

Young maiden who gathered the gauls. Had visions. = Joan of Arc

... famous 19th century battlefield:

General of the Alliance (Angles, Goths, Flemish). Generals of the Goth army and of the Gaul. = Waterloo. Generals Wellington, Blücher and Napoleon

Draken · 11-22-2005, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

...literary character:

Cool lady of quality who destroyed her land.

...ancient celebrity:

Ferocious lady of quality who gathered the angles and fought the Latins.

...historic celebrity:

Young maiden who gathered the gauls. Had visions.

... famous 19th century battlefield:

General of the Alliance (Angles, Goths, Flemish). Generals of the Goth army and of the Gaul.

Not sure I've got the hang of this but:

The witch queen person in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe?

Boudicca? (though even allowing for poetic licence she wasn't an Angle!)

Joan of Arc?

Waterloo - so the Generals would be Wellington, Blucher and Napoleon?

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Draken

Not sure I've got the hang of this but:

The witch queen person in the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe?

Boudicca? (though even allowing for poetic licence she wasn't an Angle!)

Joan of Arc?

Waterloo - so the Generals would be Wellington, Blucher and Napoleon?

Correct answers all over the board.

And y'r right she was keltish queen.

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 01:16 PM

...famous WWII battlefield:

Dropped in the wrong place and the wrong time. An almighty cock-up. = Arnhem

...famous WWI battlefields:

An almighty cock-up at an asia minor coastline. = Gallipoli

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 02:32 PM

...WWII failure to notice:

Greenery thought to be good protection. Obviously not in hindsight. = Hedgerows in Europe or Jungle in Burma

...WWII failure to notice:

Enemy flat-tops lying in wait not seen at all. = Pearl Harbour

The last sane person · 11-22-2005, 04:25 PM

WWII Faliure to notice: Those killer hedgerows (not sure if that translates right) in the german/european countrysides, never knew WHO was behind them.

WWII Battlefield near river: Blitz over the river Rhine? There were a few massacres around that area.

Grey_Wolf · 11-22-2005, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by The last sane person

WWII Faliure to notice: Those killer hedgerows (not sure if that translates right) in the german/european countrysides, never knew WHO was behind them.

WWII Battlefield near river: Blitz over the river Rhine? There were a few massacres around that area.

WWII FTN 1: Sorry, that I wasn't more specific. I was thinking of the Burmese jungle which the Japanese just streamed through and caught the British Army in the rear. But your suggestion was just as good.

Famous WWI battlefield was near the Somme.

Grey_Wolf · 11-23-2005, 06:15 AM

You may proceed.

Draken · 11-23-2005, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

...famous WWII battlefield:

Dropped in the wrong place and the wrong time. An almighty cock-up.

...famous WWI battlefields:

An almighty cock-up at an asia minor coastline.

Arnhem? Actually a strategically correct move that was just plain unlucky...

Gallipoli. Now that WAS a cock-up

Count Comfect · 11-23-2005, 12:24 PM

...WWII failure to notice:

Enemy flat-tops lying in wait not seen at all.

Pearl Harbor?

Grey_Wolf · 11-23-2005, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Draken

Arnhem? Actually a strategically correct move that was just plain unlucky...

Gallipoli. Now that WAS a cock-up

Correct indeed.

Grey_Wolf · 11-23-2005, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Comfect

...WWII failure to notice:

Enemy flat-tops lying in wait not seen at all.

Pearl Harbor?

Correct indeed.

Grey_Wolf · 11-23-2005, 12:53 PM

...Korean War circumvention:

General goes around and hit enemy troops rear.

...WWII failure to notice, Western Europe:

Waiting in the front only to have enemy come from the side.

...WWII Great Atlantic chase:

Enemy supership sank another supership later sunk by massive cannonades.

...WWII Staying in the closet:

Enemy supership approached and damaged by midgets later sunk by aircraft.

Draken · 11-23-2005, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

...Korean War circumvention:

General goes around and hit enemy troops rear.

...WWII failure to notice, Western Europe:

Waiting in the front only to have enemy come from the side.

...WWII Great Atlantic chase:

Enemy supership sank another supership later sunk by massive cannonades.

...WWII Staying in the closet:

Enemy supership approached and damaged by midgets later sunk by aircraft.

Macarthur counter-attacking at Inchon rather than defending Seoul as expected.

The Maginot Line outflanked by the panzer thrust through the Ardennes

The Bismark, sunk HMS Hood before being sunk itself

The Tirpitz, damaged by the more-or-less suicidal X-Craft then finished off by Lancasters

Grey_Wolf · 11-23-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Draken

Macarthur counter-attacking at Inchon rather than defending Seoul as expected.

The Maginot Line outflanked by the panzer thrust through the Ardennes

The Bismark, sunk HMS Hood before being sunk itself

The Tirpitz, damaged by the more-or-less suicidal X-Craft then finished off by Lancasters

Very good. You know your history.

11-22-2005, 12:49 AM	#463
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Aeschylus and Euripides... you must know Homer and b'lieve me Bo Sophocles also Sappho-Ho. - Cole Porter, "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" Journalistic curiousity caused his downfall. Ended long and painful war. Richard Milhouse Nixon? Iron maiden who lead the "angles". Won a southern mini-war. Maggie Thatcher __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-22-2005, 10:22 AM	#466
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	...literary character: Cool lady of quality who destroyed her land. ...ancient celebrity: Ferocious lady of quality who gathered the kelts and fought the Latins. = Boudicca ...historic celebrity: Young maiden who gathered the gauls. Had visions. = Joan of Arc ... famous 19th century battlefield: General of the Alliance (Angles, Goths, Flemish). Generals of the Goth army and of the Gaul. = Waterloo. Generals Wellington, Blücher and Napoleon Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 11-22-2005 at 01:09 PM.

11-22-2005, 01:16 PM	#469
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	...famous WWII battlefield: Dropped in the wrong place and the wrong time. An almighty cock-up. = Arnhem ...famous WWI battlefields: An almighty cock-up at an asia minor coastline. = Gallipoli Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 11-23-2005 at 12:46 PM.

11-22-2005, 02:32 PM	#470
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	...WWII failure to notice: Greenery thought to be good protection. Obviously not in hindsight. = Hedgerows in Europe or Jungle in Burma ...WWII failure to notice: Enemy flat-tops lying in wait not seen at all. = Pearl Harbour Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 11-23-2005 at 12:45 PM.

11-22-2005, 04:25 PM	#471
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	WWII Faliure to notice: Those killer hedgerows (not sure if that translates right) in the german/european countrysides, never knew WHO was behind them. WWII Battlefield near river: Blitz over the river Rhine? There were a few massacres around that area. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. Last edited by The last sane person : 11-22-2005 at 04:29 PM.

11-23-2005, 06:15 AM	#473
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	You may proceed.

11-23-2005, 12:24 PM	#475
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	...WWII failure to notice: Enemy flat-tops lying in wait not seen at all. Pearl Harbor? __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

11-23-2005, 12:53 PM	#478
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	...Korean War circumvention: General goes around and hit enemy troops rear. ...WWII failure to notice, Western Europe: Waiting in the front only to have enemy come from the side. ...WWII Great Atlantic chase: Enemy supership sank another supership later sunk by massive cannonades. ...WWII Staying in the closet: Enemy supership approached and damaged by midgets later sunk by aircraft.