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Test your nautical knowledge
What ship was called "A spanish perfection"? Who said it, and who commanded the ship? Give yourself 3 points for each part, if you can do it without looking it up(I got 2 out of 3). 9 points:Admiral of the ocean sea. 6 points: Squadron commander. 3 points:ship captain. 0 points:Landlubber
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I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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I'm a landlubber then... not too bad according to my Collins English dictionary!
But I'll try to look it up anyway..."An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike"
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This one might be a little tough, so we get Hint#1: The ship has the same name as mexican dictator.I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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That was easy
: Santa Ana?
Ps. 'Spanish perfection' sounds as an oxymoron
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Originally posted by Jay Bee on 01-24-2001 06:00 PM
That was easy: Santa Ana?
First you got my Led Zep hint and now this
I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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O.K. now back to the quiz: Hint#2: The man who made the statement was a British flag officer.I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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Originally posted by cpoulos on 01-24-2001 06:37 PM
O.K. now back to the quiz: Hint#2: The man who made the statement was a British flag officer.
No knowledge on Brit officers around, sire (and I suspect no interst whatsoever
) Try hint #3 please!
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"Our community extends beyond national frontiers. Whether it is an Argentinian or a Spaniard, a Chilean or a Mexican, we all know as children that our national language is the language of many nations, and that it was born in Spain many centuries ago... without it, our people would not exist"
Octavio Paz, Mexican Writer. Nobel Laureate 1990, Cervantes Prize 1982Comment
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Originally posted by Jay Bee on 01-26-2001 07:05 PM
No knowledge on Brit officers around, sire (and I suspect no interst whatsoever) Try hint #3 please!
The brit was Cuthbert Collingwood. On to hint #3: This fine officer handled the Santa Ana so well that it nearly dismasted HMS Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar. His nephew was with him and also was present at Waterloo ten years later-The only officer to serve at both famous battles(Bet you didn't know a spainard was the only one to be at both!). The Admiral's initials are D.I.A.
I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
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The Santa Ana commander was Don Ignacio de Alava.
Benito Pérez Galdós tells it all in his Episodios Nacionales...
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"¡Y pensar que algunos se asombran de que hayamos perdido las colonias! Lo que a mà me asombra es que, con esta burocracia, no hayamos perdido hasta los pantalones."
PÃo Baroja"An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike"
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Originally posted by Fiera on 01-27-2001 09:18 AM
The Santa Ana commander was Don Ignacio de Alava.
Benito Pérez Galdós tells it all in his Episodios Nacionales...
Well done Fiera... but then, the initials are not D.I.A.
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Originally posted by Fiera on 01-27-2001 12:46 PM
Well, I assumed that the D was for "Don", so no problem at all!
cpoulos, do you know about the Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes, I guess), by Pérez Galdós? It's an amazing and very pleasant to read historical source for the Spanish 19th Century... I'm sure you'd enjoy it...
No I didn't, but I sure wish I did! Navel warfare is my speciality, that's how I knew about Santa Ana. I'm always looking for new facts and insights on all aspects of history!
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Originally posted by Jay Bee on 01-27-2001 11:25 AM
Well done Fiera... but then, the initials are not D.I.A.
Well done Fiera! The initials thing is my fault. In English it's Don Ignatio Alava. Sorry if I confused you guys.
I'll keep trying to improve my Spanish.
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Originally posted by cpoulos on 01-27-2001 12:12 PM
Well done Fiera! The initials thing is my fault. In English it's Don Ignatio Alava. Sorry if I confused you guys. I'll keep trying to improve my Spanish.
Well, I am afraid it's me who has confused you. "Don" is a courtesy title, not a name. It may mean "Mister" or "Sir", depending on the person and the context. So the initials would be just I.A., not D.I.A.
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Well, I assumed that the D was for "Don", so no problem at all!
cpoulos, do you know about the Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes, I guess), by Pérez Galdós? It's an amazing and very pleasant to read historical source for the Spanish 19th Century... I'm sure you'd enjoy it...
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"¡Y pensar que algunos se asombran de que hayamos perdido las colonias! Lo que a mà me asombra es que, con esta burocracia, no hayamos perdido hasta los pantalones."
PÃo Baroja"An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike"
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