Pub Trivia - AKA things that may be beyond the scope of Moorey’s knowledge

[Ultra Lord]

@Ultra Lord alternate question, how long will a heretic be loyal if put to the flame?

Loyal untill no longer on fire. So you burn em again!

 

[Zaf]

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[born-again-biker]

"The rest of their life" was the answer we were looking for on that one.

Also, seems old Desert Sabre is killing the thread. So it was the 100-hour war, and it took about (you're never gonna guess this one!) 100-hours from the 24th - 28th Feb 1991 before Bush declared Kuwait liberated.

I'll leave it open to whoever has a question.

Yeah like I said, about a week.

 

[born-again-biker]

Who were the 4 (or maybe 5) countries, other than 'Merica that committed ground troops to the Vietnam War?

 

[pink poodle]

Staya, France, China, North and south Vietnam, I think there's a couple of tiny assists in there as well that I can't think of like Laos and...not on fire just now.

 

[born-again-biker]

Staya, France, China, North and south Vietnam, I think there's a couple of tiny assists in there as well that I can't think of like Laos and...not on fire just now.

OK, you're on the right track....but I mean who were 'Merica's allies on the ground?
HINT: No France, No Canada, No Brittain. Think SE Asia...

 

[Zaf]

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[pink poodle]

The list is really long... I also looked it up because I couldn't remember if NZ committed or not and I was very confident the 5 I provided were part of it...

So you're saying my list of countries didn't provide grind troops in 'nam @born-again-biker?

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Thailand, Australia, South Korea, NZ

 

[pink poodle]

The list goes on.

 

[johnny]

‘New Europe’*






*Donny Rumsfeld

 

[Lazmo]

... over there it's called the American war

 

[born-again-biker]

@Pintofstellamate pretty much nailed it.
The Philippines was the other one.
There's a few more that dabbled around the edges with 'advisors' and medical support etc.
But I was really surprised to learn how small the list was for countries that actually put combat troops (in large numbers) on the ground.

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Whilst we’re on the subject of troubled 3rd world countries, let’s play ‘Who’s Despot Is This?’

Here are 5 vicious tyrants. What countries did/do they rule with an iron fist

1: Nicolai Caucescu
2: Papa Doc Duvalier
3: Ferdinand Marcos
4: Charles Taylor
5: Jacinda Ardern

 

[pink poodle]

Papa Doc was in...fuck it Graeme Greene wrote about this! Was it Honduras?

Marcos was the Philippines.

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Correct on Marcos. Incorrect on Duvalier

 

[pink poodle]

Haiti is the only other central American country I can name right now. Got a real freeze

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Haiti correct although not Central American. It’s Caribbean.

2 down 3 to go

 

[pink poodle]

Haiti correct although not Central American. It’s Caribbean.

2 down 3 to go

I thought the Caribbean Islands were considered part of central America? Not that central America is a continent though. Greene wrote a few books and also did some interviews with Pappa. He was a strange man.


Caucescu...Poland?


Edit - fuck it!!! Got too curious and google tells all.

 

[nzhumpy]

Haha #5