DQ: Active in the American Revolutionary War?
DQ: known for one specific thing, like saying “Don’t give up the ship” or having something named after him?
2 DQs reserved.
S.
- real
- male
- dead
- last name begins with S
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- not known from the Arts
- from the British-Irish Isles
- English
- died after 1700
- died after 1800
- known from politics/military
- not known for politics
- died before 1850
- not known for naval exploits
- not active in the American Revolutionary War
- known for one specific thing, like saying “Don’t give up the ship” or having something named after him
DQ: Known from the Napoleonic Wars?
S.
- real
- male
- dead
- last name begins with S
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- not known from the Arts
- from the British-Irish Isles
- English
- died after 1700
- died after 1800
- known from politics/military
- not known for politics
- died before 1850
- not known for naval exploits
- not active in the American Revolutionary War
- known for one specific thing, like saying “Don’t give up the ship” or having something named after him
- known, in part, from the Napoleonic Wars
Please ask all earned DQs by noon EDST Sunday.
DQ: known for having something named after him?
1 DQ reserved.
S.
- real
- male
- dead
- last name begins with S
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- not known from the Arts
- from the British-Irish Isles
- English
- died after 1700
- died after 1800
- known from politics/military
- not known for politics
- died before 1850
- not known for naval exploits
- not active in the American Revolutionary War
- known for one specific thing, like saying “Don’t give up the ship” or having something named after him
- known, in part, from the Napoleonic Wars
- known for having something named after him
Final DQ: invented something military-related and it is named after him?
S.
- real
- male
- dead
- last name begins with S
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- not known from the Arts
- from the British-Irish Isles
- English
- died after 1700
- died after 1800
- known from politics/military
- not known for politics
- died before 1850
- not known for naval exploits
- not active in the American Revolutionary War
- known for one specific thing, like saying “Don’t give up the ship” or having something named after him
- known, in part, from the Napoleonic Wars
- known for having something named after him
- invented something military-related and it’s named for him
Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EDST tomorrow.
It’s probably someone like Captain Aloysius J. Swish-Swish-Clang-Clang, inventor of the air sabre.
(That’s NOT a real guess.) Thinking…
Guessing:
Are you {Rank and First Name unknown} Shrapnel?
And a very good guess it is, too! Yes, I am indeed Lt. Gen.
Henry Shrapnel
For more on the distinguished British artillery officer: Henry Shrapnel - Wikipedia
Well done, Prof. P.
Fascinating! I never knew shrapnel was named after a person.