Richard
And the winner is (#sixwordwar)
We had some great entries on the #sixwordwar competition over on Twitter. Here is the full list:
- Janvier, Fevrier give Grande Armee frostbite.
- Baltic fleet sails round globe. Sinks.
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Cities ablaze. The Few: Resilient, Triumphant.
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Alexander charges bravely. Darius legs it.
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And now its Istanbul not Constantinople.
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Divine Right. Head Loss. Parliament Supreme.
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Hessian's Christmas Party. Mother of hangovers.
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Roman pursuit. Fog. Mountains. Lake. Slaughter.
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Man in drag ends Jacobite rebellion.
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Waterloo the battle named after a station.
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too many Zulus not enough ammo.
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Henry marching mud arrows French defeat.
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Unjust cause, divide force, Custer dead.
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Minutemen, Redoubt, Advance, Charlestown burns tonight.
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Garbled order. Valley of death. War?
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Too far. SS Waiting. Bridges lost.
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Mighty fortress, deadly breach, drunken rampage.
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Heights clambered, volleys fired, generals die.
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Hot gates. Shield wall. No Rhinos.
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Too many Zulus. P*** Poor General.
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Britannia rules waves, but Nelson dead.
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Luftwaffe approach, pilots scramble, RAF victorious.
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Archduke shot - Trenches Dug - Germany succumbs.
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Man, plan, canal! Bridge too far.
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Romans reckless. Carthaginians crafty. Exemplary encirclement.
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Overstretched Reich. Eponymous city. Winter descends.
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Misunderstanding the order, the cavalry charge!
After much consideration the winner has to be 'Hessian's Christmas Party. Mother of hangovers.' for the imagery it invokes. Well done Goat Major!
Now the rest of you can spend some time working out exactly what these are.
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On the subject of competitions, I didn't do too well on the latest Quiz; but you might like to check your questions / answers ?
E.g., HMS Hermes appears to have been a conversion, not "purpose-built";
and exactly WHICH Russo-Swedish War did Suvarov take part in ? [ Not serving in 1741-1743 , fighting the Turks in 1787-1791, and dead by 1808. ]
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Versrat - Thanks for keeping the Quizmaster on his toes. After reading your post he has spent the morning smashing monitors in our IT closet. In his absence, I'll do my best to answer your query.
The HMS Hermes appears to have been a bit of trick question, confused by the multiple ships with the same name. You are probably thinking of the cruiser, built in the late 1800's, converted into a carrier, and then sunk during WWI. After this the name was assigned to another ship around 1918, which most people say was the first purpose-built carrier.
As for Suvarov, I've had to dig through a lot of the books here at the office, and I must say that I'm inclined to agree with you. I did find a couple of hints that he might have participated in the 1741-43 war as a boy soldier, but it seems more likely that he did not.
I know that once he cools off, the Quizmaster would like to offer you his personal congratulations. Please drop him an email at quizmaster@ospreypublishing.com, so he can answer you directly.
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We will of course be firing the Quizmaster immediately and looking for a replacement. Only those with an encyclopedic knowledge of military history and a dislike of bright lights who are happy to live in a cupboard existing on the odd stale biscuit need apply.
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Oh, no ! This is not a Strictly Come Dancing blog where everyone criticises the judges, is it ? 8o)
I didn't mean to cause any trouble, just trying to get things straight.
Regards.
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Oh, no ! This is not a Strictly Come Dancing blog where everyone criticises the judges, is it ? 8o)
I didn't mean to cause any trouble, just trying to get things straight.
Regards.
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We will be replacing him with a younger, more attractive model.
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