War literary quiz.

Pedro

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Discussion Starter
• Sep 6, 2008

• #201

Nope.

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 6, 2008

• #202

In that case you'll be after referring to the other book of the same title by James Michener. so the answer will be Antonio López de Santa Anna and Samuel Houston.

 

Pedro

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On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yeah...I win!!

Discussion Starter
• Sep 6, 2008

• #203

You win the case of beer. Your go.

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 7, 2008

• #204

Pedro said:

You win the case of beer. Your go.

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Fine that, make it Guinness........

From where do these lines come?

"Young Hakon was the Norseman's pride,
And Steig-Thorer was on his side.
Young Hakon from the Upland came,
With royal birth, and blood, and name.
Young Hakon from the king demands
His royal birthright, half the lands;
Magnus will not the kingdom break, --
The whole or nothing he will take."

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avon

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Scotland

• Sep 8, 2008

• #205

This is from the Saga of Hakon the Good (or is it Hakon the fair??) from some Norse saga or other. Did Sibelius put this to music??

 

Pedro

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On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yeah...I win!!

Discussion Starter
• Sep 8, 2008

• #206

avon said:

This is from the Saga of Hakon the Good (or is it Hakon the fair??) from some Norse saga or other. Did Sibelius put this to music??

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Can't say for sure but maybe you are thinking of the Finnish epic the Kalevala from which he based his Kullervo Symphony and I think a couple of other compositions.

 

avon

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Scotland

• Sep 8, 2008

• #207

Pedro said:

Can't say for sure but maybe you are thinking of the Finnish epic the Kalevala from which he based his Kullervo Symphony and I think a couple of other compositions.

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Could be right there. I think I'm thinking of the Lemminkainen Suite.

 

Pedro

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On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yeah...I win!!

Discussion Starter
• Sep 8, 2008

• #208

Of course!!! I would have thought of that if I had known it.

 

avon

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Scotland

• Sep 8, 2008

• #209

(No need to raise it!!)

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 9, 2008

• #210

avon said:

This is from the Saga of Hakon the Good (or is it Hakon the fair??)

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No it ain't, close though..........

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 10, 2008

• #211

Need a clue? It'll cost............

 

avon

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Scotland

• Sep 10, 2008

• #212

Chookie said:

Need a clue? It'll cost............

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Please do Aberdonian!!

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 11, 2008

• #213

avon said:

Please do Aberdonian!!

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Don't be insulting ABERDONIAN??? Forsooth (and fivesooth). For that you only get half a clue...........

The quotation is from a saga.

 

naylor182

Joined Jun 2008

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United Kingdom

• Sep 11, 2008

• #214

I want to say Beowulf but I know that's wrong.

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 11, 2008

• #215

True. Beowulf is wrong.........

 

naylor182

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United Kingdom

• Sep 11, 2008

• #216

Yup...

 

M

mlipo

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NE PA

• Sep 11, 2008

• #217

Is it from the Eddas?

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 11, 2008

• #218

Nope, it's one of the sagas.

 

laura

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• Sep 11, 2008

• #219

its been a few years since i read it so i might be wrong but i think this is from magnus barefoots saga from the heimskringla. it tells the story of hakon and magnus who became kings at the end of the 11th century but only reigned for a very short time.

 

Chookie

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Alba

• Sep 11, 2008

• #220

You aren't wrong. It is from the Saga of Magnus Barefoot. He became Magnus III of Norway and he ruled for 10 years - his cousin Hakon , who was co-ruler died in 1095.

Your go Laura........