OK, this one should be fairly easy: what was the purpose of Brigade 2506, and from what Latin American country was it launched for invasion?
My father's sole piece of political advice: "Son, politicians are like underwear - to keep them clean, you've got to change them often."
Brigade 2506 were the Cuban exiles that were planned to overthrown the Cuban government in the Bay of Pigs
"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Issac Newton
USA?
Either Honduras or Guatelmala. I go with Honduras.
BLARGH!
Rather than drag this out, I'm going to declare co-winners, and let you two decide who posts the next question. TevashSzat got the identification and mission down pat, and Jolt narrowed the launch country down so close (it was actually Guatemala).Originally Posted by Jolt
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My father's sole piece of political advice: "Son, politicians are like underwear - to keep them clean, you've got to change them often."
If Jolt doesn't mind, I'll post the next question.
Anyways, here it is:
I used to be a member of the clergy, but afterwards, I got into diplomacy. Although the country I am from experienced tremendously turbulent times during my service, I managed to survive and serve through at least six different regimes. Although known to be a womanizer and a general slimeball, I managed to leave my mark on European History
"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Issac Newton
Seems to be an excellent question, just that I don't know that person.
If no one else answers, might I ask for more clues please.
Talleyrand?
Yep,
He has served
Louis XVI
Napoleon I
Louis XVII
Napoleon I (again after he escaped)
Provisional Government
Louis XVII
Charles X
Louis-Philippe
"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Issac Newton
Wow, glad I remembered that name.
I'm not really in the mood for a question, so I'll leave the honours to Jolt, or anyone else willing if he doesn't pose one within a day.
Okay, thanks. :)
Copied from the Further Left than Gandhi Social Group:
*Scenery is set with a familly watching a tv in the mid 70's. One year and half after a bloodless coup, a group of soldiers followers of communism, stand in the only channel of the country, with one captain standing in the pulpit in front of the camera, reading a paper with gestures ala Fidel Castro, and three soldiers in the background leaned against the wall. The man in front was issuing a statement.*
Captain - "We will nationalize the Banks, and we shall conduct a through land reform!"
*As he said that, the soldier on the right from the PoV of the camera, looked right, followed by the other soldiers. They seemed somewhat perplexed. The man in the pulpit continued, unaware to what was happening in the right.*
Captain - "Furthermore, we shall!..."
Soldier on the left - "Captain, what's that?"
Captain - "...Wait, what?"
*Pzzt. The TV immediatly changes the broadcast to a comedy movie. The familly, not really caring for what had just happened, enjoyed throughly the comedy movie the channel presently put. What they found out later was that while the comedy movie was going, the counter-coup, designed to pre-emptively prevent a planned communist coup, had occurred while the movie kept going.*
In what country did this happen? (I must say I LAUGHED a lot with the way the person who told me that described the situation of the "Wait, what?")
BLARGH!
Jolt, I think you've stumped everyone for the last week - how about a hint or two?
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My father's sole piece of political advice: "Son, politicians are like underwear - to keep them clean, you've got to change them often."
Bolivia?? No real idea but yeah...
"No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."
All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut
It's in Europe. During Cold War (70's), after a famous coup.
BLARGH!
Portugal?
"No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."
All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut
Correct. :) It was a year after the Carnation Revolution. The communists are planning a coup, but there was a moderate pre-emptive counter-coup that settled the dillema and allowed Portugal to remain a democracy.
BLARGH!
Nice...
These people and their city/empire rivaled that of the Romans and their empire... who where they, and what was the name of their empire...
(if you watched TV in the past several days this couldn't be toooo hard)
"No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."
All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut
I find your question a little confusing, possibly because I don't watch enough TV.
Carthage would be a good answer, except that strictly speaking it was an oligarchic republic, not an empire.
The Persians would be a good answer, but then what empire do you mean? The Parthian empire? The Sassanid Empire? Or do you just lump them together under the name "Persian?" In either case the city name would be Ctesiphon, I suppose.
On the whole, my guess goes for Carthage.
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
Lol sorry about that... I was a bit distracted while I wrote that question lol ... I clarified it for you and others below(hope this is better):
So it's:
Who were the people that gave the empire it's name and what was the name of their capitol city.
So your answer would be: Romans for the Roman Empire and their capitol was Rome
As for your answer... you named the wrong peoples and city
"No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."
All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut
I would say Parthia and Ctesiphon
However it is still ambiguous. There are so many empires that antagonised the romans...
Αξιζει φιλε να πεθανεις για ενα ονειρο, κι ας ειναι η φωτια του να σε καψει.
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Strictly speaking, there is nothing in the thread rules against asking ambiguous questions. If Decker wants to shoot down any answer that fits the clues but wasn't what he had in mind, I guess he is in his rights. Some of us don't like it that way, but the rules are on his side.
In any case, I have no right to complain. I myself admit that calling Carthage an "empire" is questionable.![]()
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
"No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."
All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut
Wouldn't that make any empire in the know world between 500 BC and 500 AD an option?
Well, if it could be any contemporary empire from the Mayans to Ancient China, then I for one say the question is unfair. It crosses the line from history quiz to guessing game.
For that matter, if these people did not directly rival the Romans, who says they have to be from the same period? Spanish Empire, Russian Empire, Mongol Empire, British Empire, Portugese Empire, French Empire, etc. etc.
Play fair, Decker. Give us enough clues so that they can find the answer, not guess the answer.
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
You were pretty close with your first sentence Brandy Blue.
One ritual these people had was one in which they sacrificed people(mostly women) in a way that reenacted a story about one of their gods.
"No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."
All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut
Thanks, Decker. You've given us a very fair chance, now.
Unfortunately, I'm not up to the challenge. I still don't know, but I will guess you are referring to the Incas and their city was Cuzco.
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
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