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calvin

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Feb 3, 2014, 4:34:35 PM2/3/14
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During which war did the following battles occur?


1 Battle of Lone Pine
2 Battle of Ladysmith
3 Battle of Agincourt
4 Battle of Long Tan
5 Operation Desert Storm
6 Battle of Bull Run
7 Battle of Austerlitz
8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter
9 Battle of Stalingrad
10 Battle of Yorktown


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Erland Sommarskog

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Feb 3, 2014, 5:32:29 PM2/3/14
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calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> During which war did the following battles occur?
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> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

Tudor Wars

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

Tudor Wars

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

100-year War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Aung Shan uprising

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

Kuwait war 1991

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

US Civil War

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

Napolean War

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean War

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

WW II

> 10 Battle of Yorktown
>

Tudor Wars


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Mark Brader

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Feb 3, 2014, 6:03:33 PM2/3/14
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"Calvin":
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

War of 1812, the one fought in North America.

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

Boer War, aka Second Boer War.

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

Hundred Years War.

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Chinese Communist Revolution.

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

Second (Persian) Gulf War.

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

US Civil War.

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleonic Wars.

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean War.

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

Second World War.

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

American Revolution.
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Rob Parker

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Feb 3, 2014, 6:05:04 PM2/3/14
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> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

World War I

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

War of the Roses (?)

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

Hundred Years War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Vietnamese War

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

Gulf War

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

American Civil War

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleon v. Europe

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean War

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

World War II

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

American War of Independence


Rob


Dan Tilque

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Feb 3, 2014, 9:03:16 PM2/3/14
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calvin wrote:
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> During which war did the following battles occur?
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> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

Commanche War ?

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

Boer War

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

100 Years War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Opium War

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

Gulf War II

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

American Civil War

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleanic Wars

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean War

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

World War II

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

American War for Independence


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swp

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Feb 3, 2014, 9:21:10 PM2/3/14
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On Monday, February 3, 2014 4:34:35 PM UTC-5, Calvin wrote:
> During which war did the following battles occur?
>
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

world war i (nice aussie question!)

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

2nd boer war

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

hundred years' war

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

vietnam war

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

gulf war i

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

american civil war is your expected answer. the correct answer is that this was really the first battle of manassas (virginia) in the war of northern aggression.

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

napoleonic wars against the 3rd coalition. featured in the book 'war and peace'

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

korean war

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

world war ii

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

american revolution


swp, who swears he wasn't at all of them.

Marc Dashevsky

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Feb 4, 2014, 12:46:10 AM2/4/14
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In article <op.xap57xew2wood3@homepc>, 334...@gmail.com says...
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> During which war did the following battles occur?
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine
> 2 Battle of Ladysmith
Boer War

> 3 Battle of Agincourt
100 Year War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan
Vietnam War

> 5 Operation Desert Storm
Iraq War I

> 6 Battle of Bull Run
U.S. Civil War

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleanic Wars

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter
Korean War

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad
WWII

> 10 Battle of Yorktown
U.S. Revolutionary War


Jeffrey Turner

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Feb 4, 2014, 1:13:56 AM2/4/14
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On 2/3/2014 4:34 PM, calvin wrote:
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> During which war did the following battles occur?
>
>
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine
> 2 Battle of Ladysmith
> 3 Battle of Agincourt
Hundred Years' War
> 4 Battle of Long Tan
> 5 Operation Desert Storm
US-Iraq War
> 6 Battle of Bull Run
US Civil War
> 7 Battle of Austerlitz
WWI
> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter
Korean War
> 9 Battle of Stalingrad
WWII
> 10 Battle of Yorktown
American Revolution

Peter Smyth

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Feb 4, 2014, 3:52:23 PM2/4/14
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calvin wrote:

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> During which war did the following battles occur?
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>
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine
US Civil War
> 2 Battle of Ladysmith
Boer War
> 3 Battle of Agincourt
Hundred Years War
> 4 Battle of Long Tan
> 5 Operation Desert Storm
Gulf War
> 6 Battle of Bull Run
US Civil War
> 7 Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleonic War
> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter
Korean War
> 9 Battle of Stalingrad
World War II
> 10 Battle of Yorktown
US War of Independence

Peter Smyth

Pete

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Feb 4, 2014, 7:24:25 PM2/4/14
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calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in news:op.xap57xew2wood3@homepc:

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> During which war did the following battles occur?
>
>
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

French and Indian War

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

Boer War

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

100 Years War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Opium War

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

First Gulf War

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

American Civil War

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

World War I

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean Conflict

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

World War II

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

American Revolution
>
>

Pete

calvin

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Feb 11, 2014, 4:25:00 PM2/11/14
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On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 07:34:35 +1000, calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:

> During which war did the following battles occur?
>
>
> 1 Battle of Lone Pine

WW One

> 2 Battle of Ladysmith

[Second] Boer War

> 3 Battle of Agincourt

Hundred Years War

> 4 Battle of Long Tan

Vietnam War

> 5 Operation Desert Storm

First Gulf War. I accepted any reference to Iraq.

> 6 Battle of Bull Run

US Civil War
Accepting War of Northern Aggression, War Between the States and whatever
else you people call it from time to time.

> 7 Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleonic Wars, or "Napoleon v. Europe" as Rob called it :-)

> 8 Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Korean War

> 9 Battle of Stalingrad

WW Two

> 10 Battle of Yorktown

American Revolution / War of Independence


Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 341
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 71 Stephen Perry
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 65 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 69 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 66 Mark Brader
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 66 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 66 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 59 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 52 Erland S
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 53 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
2 6 9 3 9 9 7 9 9 8 71 79%

This was a difficult one to mark so please check your scores.
Congratulations Stephen.

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Mark Brader

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Feb 11, 2014, 5:22:11 PM2/11/14
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"Calvin":
> 8 66 Mark Brader

Nope.
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calvin

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Feb 12, 2014, 4:41:22 AM2/12/14
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:22:11 +1000, Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> "Calvin":
>> 8 66 Mark Brader
>
> Nope.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 341
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 70 Stephen Perry
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 64 Rob Parker
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 68 Marc Dashevsky
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 65 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 65 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 57 Mark Brader
0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 58 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 51 Erland S
0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 52 Jeffrey Turner
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
2 6 9 3 8 9 7 9 9 8 70 78%


If there are no further errors...


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