I liked the skating and team play.
It is improving each olympic game.
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
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Damn you CC, I was posting and you beat me to it.
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@cystic:
OK. This next one I think will be easier.
Question 2:Marital bliss
Lady Astor had had a number of exchanges between herself and a certain person. One of the most famous was her quote:
“If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea.”
To whom was she speaking?
Bonus question: What was his response?
I believe that Sir Winston Churchill replied “and if i were your husband, i would drink it”
Excellent.
I was torn between making Churchill the answer to the question or Lady Astor and I was lulled into a false sense of security by how long it took for the first question to be answered.
Well, as I wasn’t expecting my second question to be answered so quickly, I find myself unprepared to ask a third question so feel free anyone who wishes to try to stump the masses whilst I select one.
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Damn you CC, I was posting and you beat me to it.
Ah, the dreaded “beat me to it” post. That’s worth a point because I know how that feels.
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I knew it was Winston Churchill because it was the quote at the begining of the last caspian sub paper.
But as I don’t get to surf the net very often on the weekends I wasn’t even in the running.
As for a mass stumping question…
American Military History: What year did the US Army stop using horse drawn Artilary?
As I know this is a hard question I think search engines such as google will be alowed for this one. just be advised that you will get a lot of dead ends.
LT
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I’m gonna take a guess that horse drawn arty was still prevalent in WW1, so it’s sometime after that. Going on that, I’m going to say '39 since I’m sure not everything had transitioned to motorized units until WW2.
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I’m going to say 1941. I believe the Louisiana military exercises still involved horse drawn artillery.
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@TG:
I’m going to say 1941. I believe the Louisiana military exercises still involved horse drawn artillery.
That may be true so how about I revise the question. What year the the US Army stop useing horse drawn artilary for purposes other then drill and cerimony?
This will surely give it away.
Hint: It was the same year as VE day and VJ day.
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1945 then
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1945 then
Balungaloaf,
You are correct, +1. The US Army continued to use horse drawn Artillery until 1945. Although they leaned away from sending horses over seas they were able to continue serving their country stateside by moving Artillery pieces for preparation for deployment.
Here’s a format we have not tried before: Multiple-choice
WWII History: What country was the last country to develop an Airborne (aka paratrooper) program?
A) Germany
B) Russia
C) England
D) US -
United States
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United States
You are correct +1 at ya.
I am assuming that since the US didn’t get involved in the war until later that is the reason for the delay.
Most countries at that point had already experimented with paratroopers by that point. If they chose to pursue this method of delivering Infantry to the battlefield is another topic.
U-505 would you like me to ask another or are you ready?
LT
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Go right ahead. I’m sorry about that. I got caught up in my games. :lol:
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Ok here we go. The last good one I can think of.
Texas State History: How many sovereign flags have flown over Texas?
Bonus: What countries were they?
LT
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6
Spain
Mexico
France
CSA
Republic of Texas
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A44bigdog,
I am not going to confirm or deny the results to give others some time to agree or disagree.
LT
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Spain
Mexico
CSA
Republic of Texas
USA(was Texas ever under French control? – though there is a Paris, Texas…)
After LT04 reveals his answer we will commence Round 2 of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
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A44BigDog,
You are correct. There were 6 flags that flew over Texas. Some time later a park would be named for that called “Six Flags.”
TG you are good to go.
LT
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Since TG is MIA, I’d like to throw one out there. Hopefully its not too hard.
Film
Western films owe a lot to a foreign director, and in some cases remade his films that went on to be classics. The director in question also did his own versions of classic stories that are highly entertaining. Who was the director and where was he from?
Bonus: What well regarded actor did the director team up with for 16 movies?
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for bonus: Clint Eastwood?
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for bonus: Clint Eastwood?
Nope. But interestingly enough, Clint Eastwood starred in two of the Western pseudoremakes by the director I’m looking for. He played the same part as the actor in the bonus question.
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