British History Quiz

Nick22 · **Reply #260 on:** January 24, 2006, 10:26:48 AM

Alright.. then was he refering to the RAF, whose vigorous defense of british skies, helped prevent a full-scale German invasion?

Malte279 · **Reply #261 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:00:26 PM

The fighter pilots of the RAF to be precise.
This is why I said that the job of "the few" with all the credit it deserves often left the jobs of those who made it possible uncredited. What about the mechanics who refitted, refilled, and reammunitioned the planes? They too risked their necks when the airfields were bombed as did the men and women at the radar stations. They were not given the credit of "the few" though their work made the "work" (the quotation marks are only to indicated my problem with the term work for the act of killing in war, not any kind of disrespect to the courageous pilots who fought the war) of "the few" possible in the first place. I don't mean to deprive anyone of the credit they got but only mean to draw the attention to a group of brave people who rarely given any credit though they too died by hundreds and even thousands throughout WW2.
Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #262 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:31:15 PM

When xgamberlain made that comment, he was also complimeenting those people as well, though in a indirect way. You are right, without the combined efforts of the mechanics, and radio and sonar control staff, the RAF could not have done what they did.
When did England seperate Northern Ireland from Ireland?

Malte279 · **Reply #263 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:34:58 PM

^ Churchill made that quote, not Chamberlain.
Northern Ireland was separated from the Republic of Ireland in 1921.

Nick22 · **Reply #264 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:47:01 PM

^ pavlovian slip, I meant churchill. you're right. Your turn Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #265 on:** January 24, 2006, 01:12:15 PM

Staying in Ireland, which English Admiral was blown up in Dublin in 1966?

Nick22 · **Reply #266 on:** February 07, 2006, 10:43:34 AM

I don't know Malte...

Malte279 · **Reply #267 on:** February 07, 2006, 01:32:41 PM

I'm positive you (I daresay all of you) know that admiral. Don't take the question too literally though.

Nick22 · **Reply #268 on:** February 08, 2006, 05:29:53 PM

Nimitz?

Malte279 · **Reply #269 on:** February 08, 2006, 08:44:07 PM

Sorry Nick, but he was American.
The admiral we are talking about was dead long before he was blown up.

Nick22 · **Reply #270 on:** February 20, 2006, 01:29:48 PM

oh I see so the Irisk blew up his corpse... kind of macarbe... :blink:

Malte279 · **Reply #271 on:** February 20, 2006, 03:02:01 PM

Yes and no. Whose "corpse"?

Nick22 · **Reply #272 on:** February 20, 2006, 03:05:54 PM

My god I'm an idiot. they blew up nelson's pillar. as in naval great lord haratio nelson.

Malte279 · **Reply #273 on:** February 20, 2006, 05:29:14 PM

Right you are

(about the name of the person, not about naming yourself an idiot

:)
I considered posting excerpts from songs about the incident here (there are some in a Wikipedia article about the blowing up of the pillar) which would have given away that it was not an actual person they blew up. However I found those songs not exactly appropriate for this forum.
Good going Nick. Your turn

Nick22 · **Reply #274 on:** February 20, 2006, 07:10:22 PM

Keeping with Nelson, which battle first propelled him to fame amoung his countrymen?

Malte279 · **Reply #275 on:** February 21, 2006, 05:37:04 AM

The battle of Cape St Vincent 1780? He saved the day there and turned what might have become a defeat for the English into a stunning victory. He was knighted after that battle.
The battle of Aboukir (aka battle of the Nile) 1798? In this battle he destroyed Napoleons fleet forcing him to retreat from Egypt.
In the battle of Copenhagen 1801 he became famous for attacking against direct order. When his commander raised the flag signal for him to retreat and one subordinate asked Nelson if they shouldn't retreat Nelson held the telescope against the eye he had lost in an earlier fight and maintained that he couldn't see any flag signal. I suppose he was quite famous by that time already.

Nick22 · **Reply #276 on:** February 21, 2006, 10:07:14 AM

the battle of the Nile is correct. There are many stories about Nelson especially the battle of Copenhagen. he did ignore his superior command, but his refussal to surrender led to a sweeping victory. his superior (who later resigned in disgrace) asked him after the battle why he ignored the orderr. "Nelson replied. "I have only one eye, and I diudn't see it(the flag)." They may be embellishing. but still it is a good story. Your turn Malte."

Nick22 · **Reply #277 on:** March 01, 2006, 02:05:27 PM

Malte? It's your turn

Malte279 · **Reply #278 on:** March 01, 2006, 02:56:42 PM

Which famous English outlaw executed himself by throwing himself of the ladder after the executioner had put the noose around his neck?

Nick22 · **Reply #279 on:** March 01, 2006, 06:21:27 PM

Could you give another hint please?