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tonto · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:14 am Post subject:

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wildrover · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:01 am Post subject:

Another guy I often quote in my classes is the author of the classic military treatise, On War. The most often quoted comment from the book is "war is the continuation of politics by other means" and the book is often quoted together with the more famous Art of War by Sun Tzu written 2,500 years earlier. Who was the 19th Century Prussian general and military theorist who wrote On War?

JUS · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:38 am Post subject:

Only person I've heard of who might be Prussian is Blucher............dunno his rank or first name tho' Embarassed

wildrover · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:44 am Post subject:

He was a contemporary of Blucher - name was Carl von Clausewitz. Probably too obscure for a general quiz website.

Thomas Edison patented the electric light bulb in 1880 so it's a bit of a surprise that what tourist attraction dates from one year earlier?

tonto · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject:

Blackpool illuminations? ( or was that 1889 )?
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wildrover · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject:

Blackpool illuminations it was...

tonto · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject:

If you were in France and bought an Englishmans Overcoat, what would you have??
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JUS · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:58 pm Post subject:

Sounds rude Embarassed

tonto · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:06 am Post subject:

not really Wink

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wot no hair · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject:

thats a hard one. I will guess at mushroom

wildrover · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:19 am Post subject:

No idea - will guess sports jacket as you don't see them on the continent much?

tonto · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject:

Forgot to say it was French slang, and the English have a two word saying for the same product Exclamation

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daz · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject:

guessing....... french letter ??????

tonto · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject:

Quite amusing i think Very Happy

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JUS · Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:52 pm Post subject:

What has been called the "French disease" in Italy, Poland and Germany, and the "Italian disease" in France. Also, the Dutch called it the "Spanish disease", the Russians called it the "Polish disease", the Turks called it the "Christian disease" or "Frank disease" (frengi) and the Tahitians called it the "British disease"?