HMSWarspite
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Joined: 4/13/2002 From: Bristol, UK Status: offline
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Since the 15th seems to be retreating, and the forum is reduced to algebra quizzes (nice questions BTW), I thought I might as well post a quiz I did for one of my grogier (read that how you like) parties some while ago. It's a quotation quiz, some UV relevant(ish), some less so :). Should be fairly easy for you walking libraries out there! Who said or wrote the following, and about whom? (Two marks each). S1. Mad is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals. S2. A man who hath had his hand very deep in the blood of many innocent men. S3. There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today, _______. S4. In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable. S5. There is ______, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer. S6. Brilliant to the top of his army boots. S7. In this country it is thought proper to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. S8. By many degrees, the greatest soldier on record. S9. _______ was the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon. Part 2. Who said, or wrote the following (one mark each). S10. I have tremendous admiration for Caesar. But …I myself belong rather to the class of Bismarcks. S11. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the stomach of a king…. S12. Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. (modern quote, not original source). S13. Scratch one flat top. (bonus point for the occasion - and I mean exactly, not just the battle!). S14. I shall return. (better have occasion, date, and what he had in his pocket for this one, given the forum!) S15. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable….. S16. I've lost my leg, Egad! ( & Occasion?) S17. Peccavi. ( & Occasion?) S18. My dear McClellan, If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. S19. The enemy came. He was beaten. I am tired. Good night. S20. And Finally, which operation caused R W Thompson to write: In fact, Montgomery's decision to mount the operation…. was as startling as it would have been for an elderly and saintly Bishop suddenly to decide to take up safe-breaking and begin on the Bank of England. (More fun than maths huh....although Maths is fun too, so maybe I'll do one on that next!
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