Military-Themed Film Quiz

Started by Roy, 15 June 2016, 02:35:59 PM

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1 )   "Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war."  Source? - Marc Anthony, on hearing Pitbull's latest composition?
2 )   "Dog soldiers" in America - who were they? - Werewolves - can't fool me, I've seen the film!
3 )   Which AFV was named after a breed of dog? - Boxer
4 )   What is the usual reason given why Russian AT dogs were a failure in WWII?  - They were lackeys of capitalist imperialism, bourgeois traitors to the proletariat, lickspittle idlers and a kulak parasites, Bonapartist pigs, Trotskyite fascist hyenas, and class traitors!
5 )   Which first-class general modeled by Pendraken was utterly devoted to his dogs? - Raglan? Might be wrong on that one.
6 )   How does a dog on Salisbury plain force a fictional English politician to give up a planned defence reform? - This'll be Jeremy Thorpe, right?
7 )   What hideous initiation test was once part of qualifying as a member of an elite South African regiment? - They had to live in South Africa?
8 )   What military engagement did the Romans fight on a hill named after a dog? - Mons Fido?
9 )   Who was the most poignant casualty at Marston Moor? - Tiny Tim, the 6 year-old, one-legged drummer boy that Richard Sharpe promised to look after so you knew he'd be dead just in time for a poignant prelude to Sharpe shaking off the effects of being hit by a 24pdr cannon ball and hacking the baddy to death despite being barely able to stand seconds before?
10)  What sadist in popular fantasy appears to have just been executed with the aid of his own dogs after a defeat? - Too much to hope this is Osborne I suppose
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Roy

I've skipped my 'pass' answers

1. Shakespeare - That's all I do know. I guessed Henry V, but looking at the other answers given I reckon I'm wrong
2. Native Americans - I'm unable to give a more specific answer, so I'd call that a fail.
3. FV430 Mk3 Bulldog
4. Trained using Soviet tanks, so would always run towards the familiar and not the Axis tanks - again, specifics...
9. Rupert of the Rhine's pet dog - and that's just a guess from watching the film Cromwell and seeing Timothy Dalton holding a poodle
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FierceKitty

25 June 2016, 01:45:08 AM #22 Last Edit: 25 June 2016, 01:47:57 AM by FierceKitty
Quote from: FierceKitty on 24 June 2016, 01:33:44 PM
OK, how good are people at military dogs?

1 )   "Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war."  Source?   Mark Antony over the corpse of Caesar, fortelling the coming civil wars. (Before the funeral)
2 )   "Dog soldiers" in America - who were they?   Cheyenne resistance group from 1830s.
3 )   Which AFV was named after a breed of dog?   I was thinking of the greyhound, but as has been pointed out, there are others.
4 )   What is the usual reason given why Russian AT dogs were a failure in WWII?   Diesel tanks in training, petrol in reality.
5 )   Which first-class general modeled by Pendraken was utterly devoted to his dogs?   Frederick the Great. He was crazy about his greyhounds.
6 )   How does a dog on Salisbury plain force a fictional English politician to give up a planned defence reform?   See Yes, Prime Minister. Hacker OKs a rescue operation for a dog in a minefield without looking at the cost, then can't risk having it revealed in reaction to economy measures.
7 )   What hideous initiation test was once part of qualifying as a member of an elite South African regiment? Raising a puppy to adulthood, then killing and eating it.
8 )   What military engagement did the Romans fight on a hill named after a dog?   Cynocephalae, 1st Macedonian War.
9 )   Who was the most poignant casualty at Marston Moor?   Boy, yes. Being cuddled by Timothy Dalton, while attractive, is not enough to compensate.
10)  What sadist in popular fantasy appears to have just been executed with the aid of his own dogs after a defeat?   Ramsey Boulton (sp?)

Snoopy has been omitted since he disqualified himself as a canine when he began walking on his hind legs.
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