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  1. Anachronus

    Anachronus Well-Known Member

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    I have no clue but Casablanca has been on my mind.
     
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    birthplace of the modern computer
     
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    The rule of thumb for a sucessful mission:

    Keep It Simple Stupid.
     
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    The rule of thumb for a sucessful mission:

    Keep It Simple Stupid.

    Nah, yes we in model combat live by this but it's not the "kiss" I was kooking for.
     
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  5. Anachronus

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    Bletchley Park? A.K.A. Station X?
     
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    and.................................................?
     
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    Beats me. Other than using X as a sign for a kiss. I have no clue as to how old that usage is.
     
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    Or does it some how refer to Colossus the computer built by Turing to crack the Enigma codes?
     
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    Kiss (Cryptanalysis) from Wikipedia:
    In cryptanalysis, a kiss was a term used at Bletchley Park during World War II for occasions when the enemy sent an identical message twice, once in a breakable cipher and again in an unbroken cipher. A deciphered message in the breakable system provided a "crib" (piece of known plaintext) which could then be used to read the unbroken messages. One example was where messages read in a German meteorological cipher could be used to provide cribs for reading the difficult 4-wheel Naval Enigma cipher.
     
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    Cool. Never knew that.
     
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    Correct, Absolutek your up
     
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    What battleships were the 15" guns mounted on HMS Vanguard, used on previously?

    sorry for the delay.
     
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    Vanguard's 15 inch guns came from :-



    HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (2)

    HMS RAMILLIES (2)

    HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN (1)

    HMS RESOLUTION (1)

    HMS EREBUS (1) (monitor)

    HMS WARSPITE.(1)
     
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    Correct, you're up.
     
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    In WW2, what famous writer hatched a plan to crash a captured German plane into the Channel? A crew of British commandos on board were to over power the rescue
    boats crew and steal German code books and documents.

    Who was this writer?
     
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  16. Knight4hire

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    Was there not a movie made about that as well?
     
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  17. Knight4hire

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    I recall seeing the movie and reading the book, but can not remember any names.
    Old age must be creeping in....
     
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    Ian Fleming of James Bond fame
     
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    Kevmorau you are correct, your up
     
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    How can the forum's longest thread be inactive for 3 months? That's a shame! Bring back the trivia!
     
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