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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Viking

#1620
February 18, 2010, 10:34:49 AM
Marathon, they were all in it.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Warspite

#1621
February 18, 2010, 10:42:50 AM
Quote from: Viking on February 18, 2010, 10:34:49 AM
Marathon, they were all in it.

I believe it was renamed to Snickers, actually.
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Agelastus

#1622
February 18, 2010, 11:01:34 AM
Quote from: Warspite on February 18, 2010, 10:42:50 AM
Quote from: Viking on February 18, 2010, 10:34:49 AM
Marathon, they were all in it.

I believe it was renamed to Snickers, actually.

:glare:

Horrible name.
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Pedrito

#1623
February 18, 2010, 11:47:04 AM
Quote from: Viking on February 18, 2010, 10:34:49 AM
Marathon, they were all in it.

Nopes

L.
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Caliga

#1624
February 18, 2010, 12:03:10 PM
I just finished eating a Snickers right before I opened this thread.  COSMIC. :o
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Caliga

#1625
February 18, 2010, 12:04:11 PM
Anyway, my guess is Salamis.
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Savonarola

#1626
February 18, 2010, 12:37:02 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2010, 12:04:11 PM
Anyway, my guess is Salamis.

I know Aeschylus fought at Salamis and Sophocles was a strategos so he might have been there as well.  No idea how Euripides would be involved.
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Pedrito

#1627
February 18, 2010, 12:45:29 PM
Good guesses Cal & Sav  :)

In tradition, Aeschylus fought in the battle, Sophocles led the choir singing the paean that celebrated the victory, and (in some sources) Eurypides was born on the very island the day of the battle.

Your turn, sirs  :bowler:

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Caliga

#1628
February 18, 2010, 07:44:08 PM
The southernmost land battle of World War II was fought where?
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Viking

#1629
February 18, 2010, 07:56:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2010, 07:44:08 PM
The southernmost land battle of World War II was fought where?

Madagascar?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Barrister

#1630
February 18, 2010, 07:59:01 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2010, 07:44:08 PM
The southernmost land battle of World War II was fought where?

New Guinea?
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Caliga

#1631
February 18, 2010, 08:35:18 PM
Quote from: Viking on February 18, 2010, 07:56:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2010, 07:44:08 PM
The southernmost land battle of World War II was fought where?

Madagascar?
Correct.  I think the southernmost significant battle was fought at Diego Suarez bay on Madagascar.

Beeb's guess was good too... the Battle of Milne Bay was probably #2.
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Viking

#1632
February 18, 2010, 08:39:17 PM
Name one place where the white man arrived before the present day indigenous people. I know of two.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Agelastus

#1633
February 18, 2010, 08:42:55 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2010, 08:35:18 PM
Quote from: Viking on February 18, 2010, 07:56:56 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 18, 2010, 07:44:08 PM
The southernmost land battle of World War II was fought where?

Madagascar?
Correct.  I think the southernmost significant battle was fought at Diego Suarez bay on Madagascar.

Beeb's guess was good too... the Battle of Milne Bay was probably #2.

Diego Suarez is at the Northern tip of Madagascar. There'd have been fighting further south as the Vichy French defended the capital at Tananarive.
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Agelastus

#1634
February 18, 2010, 08:47:24 PM Last Edit: February 18, 2010, 08:52:43 PM by Agelastus
Quote from: Viking on February 18, 2010, 08:39:17 PM
Name one place where the white man arrived before the present day indigenous people. I know of two.

:hmm:

Cape Town?

Reached by the Dutch before the Bantu tribes, although I've always been somewhat dubious about the claim that the Khoisan peoples weren't living there at that time either.

Southern Greenland?

I believe the natives may have migrated south to the vicinity of the Viking settlements.
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