The official AHF Cold War quiz thread

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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Inselaffe » 24 May 2009 18:14

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER.... :lol:
"It was like Hungary being between Germany and the Soviet Union. What sort of choice was that? Which language would you like your firing squad to speak?" Tibor Fischer 'Under the Frog'.
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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 25 May 2009 09:04

... SPY!? :lol:

Last clue: He's the old (gay) guy on this picture and might have had
a romance with one of the other 3... :lol: :P
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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Robb » 25 May 2009 13:35

Anthony Blunt?
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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 25 May 2009 23:02

Robb!

You're back... With the correct answer!!! :lol:
Well done.

Pict.1 Anthony Blunt, London, 1963 by Lord Snowdon
http://www.chrisbeetles.com/gallery/artist.php?art=2871
Pict.2 Blunt as Surveyor (of the King's Pictures), escorting the Queen around the Courtald Institute in 1959.
http://www.artscope.net/VAREVIEWS/blunt030802.shtml
Pict.3 Former officer of MI5 and author of "Spy Catcher", Peter Wright
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SSwright.htm
Pict.4 The Cambridge four - Blunt, Burgess, Maclean and Philby
http://www.ww2f.com/russia-war/31544-st ... eroes.html

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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Robb » 26 May 2009 13:00

Hi Waleed,

Your too kind! Both of you helped with your clues especially "spy" :wink: Maclean and Philby were the ones that came to mind at first, but using ALL the clues I managed to narrow it down... Next Question (showing some national bias maybe?)

I'm looking for a battle that took place nearly 43 years ago, involving a number of nations for one of which it is a very famous battle. The battle was one of many in a looong lasting war.... Name of battle? Further hints to be supplied if necessary, but with you two lads on the scent I wonder if they will be necessary.

regards from Downunder Robb :D
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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by sveahk » 26 May 2009 13:56

The battle of Long Tan...?
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/ ... s/longtan/

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Post by Robb » 27 May 2009 10:13

Hi Hans,

Didn't think I made it that easy - well done. You lads in this quiz are certaintly on the ball! Over to you now Hans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_long_tan regards Robb
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Post by sveahk » 27 May 2009 19:20

Thanks Robb - couldn't miss the answer,after your nice hints! :D

Here you see two guys who started something quite some time ago, and it's still a craze...
Who are they, and what's their "child" called?
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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by sveahk » 28 May 2009 10:55

Think start of the fifties...

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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 28 May 2009 23:07

Could it be...
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:roll: ...?


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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by sveahk » 29 May 2009 07:21

It could definitely be! :lol: Bill Gaines and Harvey Kurtzmann, the founders of this "what-me-worry" magazine photographed in a moment of intense work...!

To Denmark! :D

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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 29 May 2009 10:02

:lol: A fantastic comic!

Let's see what you make out of this "little" item.
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It was a first!


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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 01 Jun 2009 12:57

Nothing!

OK, time for some more clues.
Here's a shot of the man behind the mysterious wooden box together with a president.
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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by The Edge » 01 Jun 2009 14:54

Some sexual device / accessory? :roll: (followed by "satisfied customer" photo)
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Re: The official AHF post-WW2 quiz thread

Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 01 Jun 2009 17:07

No cigar! :lol: :lol: :lol:

You almost certainly have one, I have one, most of us use one...


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